This may seem obvious, but lawyers can tend to look for “get rich quick” schemes as the way to truly build wealth. The best way to get rich is slowly, over time.
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Sometimes life is too busy and you don’t want to do it all yourself. Over the years, many people have asked me to connect them with the “good guys” in the financial services industry. Below are people and companies that I’ve personally vetted (often meeting them in person). Know that they are paid advertisers on the site but that I routinely recommend them to friends and colleagues and would do so even if they weren’t advertisers.
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