I spent $300 on a financial advisor who didn't get freelancing

I hired a financial advisor last quarter because I felt lost with my taxes and retirement. He charged a flat $300 for a session, but all his advice was for people with regular jobs and steady paychecks. He kept talking about 401k matching and W2 forms, which don't apply to my project-based income at all. I basically paid to be told stuff I already knew wasn't right for me. Has anyone found a good advisor who actually understands freelance cash flow?

4 comments

4 Comments

allen.anthony1mo ago

My last advisor asked if my quarterly taxes were a new streaming service.

the_miles1mo ago

Mine asked if my business license was a gym membership. I had to explain that no, the state of California does not offer a treadmill with this paperwork. Still not sure he gets it.

roberth661mo ago

How do they even get these jobs? That's a whole new level of clueless. Makes you wonder what they think we do all day. Solidarity, man. The struggle is too real.

gavin_kim5d ago

This is just how experts work now. They learn one basic script for the most common customer and then blank out on anything outside that box. You see it with mechanics who can't fix old cars, or tech support that only knows how to restart a router. The system trains them for the average, and anyone with a slightly different life gets useless advice.