Ryan Sterling

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807 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 7 Sep

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NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast · Stop Worrying About Your Financial Advisor and Start Finding the Right One · 25 Jun 2026 podcast

And that's where having that percentage was the one that made the most sense.

Yeah, that's right.

And again, like the evil piece, because there are conflicts.

Let's just like take a more of a global look at this.

Like there's conflicts of interest within every industries.

I think about I've had the change of that three or four times because there have been certain vets that have wanted to put my dog under the knife faster than others.

And like they get paid more for surgeries that they do.

I think about dentists.

Like I've moved dentists a couple of times.

I've been upsold in the chair so many times that it was just getting frustrating because

The dentist that I have now, who doesn't upsell me, I've referred like 30 or 40 patients to her.

So I think about just across the board in every industry, there are conflicts of interest.

So to me, I think just because conflicts exist doesn't mean professionals are evil.

that's exactly bang on and and that's where you know i i've stayed away from any sort of commission fee structure because once again like that is where i think the most conflicts do exist now i will say i'm sure there's an advisor out there who's listening who's saying i operate on that model and like i'm doing what's right for my client and i'm sure that is the case for a lot of those people however i think if there is a conflict that exists that's probably the biggest conflict where

I would get paid a commission from putting clients into a certain investment vehicle or annuity structure.

And that's where, again, like we don't have any of those types of conflicts.

When I think about what our greatest incentive is, it's to keep clients for a long period of time.

We want to have multi-decade relationships with our clients.

The only way that can exist is if trust exists.

And if we're consistently telling clients to take action that benefit us only, at some point in time, there's a certain level of skepticism that's gonna seep through and that trust is gonna be eroded.

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