The Right Way to Hire Financial Help : A Complete Guide to Choosing and Managing Brokers, Financial Planners, Insurance Agents, Lawyers, Tax Preparers, Bankers and Real Estate Agents Book

	Acknowledgments
1	Starting your search for help	1
2	A pocketful of money beats a mouthful of excuses	9
3	Recruit advisers before you need them	17
4	Overcoming the sins of commission	23
5	Do you want your mother's decorator? A guide to referrals	29
6	Friends don't let friends become clients, most of the time	37
7	Defining a match made in heaven	43
8	Your first meeting with an adviser	51
9	Swimming through alphabet soup	61
10	They're smarter than I am; how do I keep control?	67
11	Getting blood from a stone; how to get good answers from references	75
12	Can my computer replace traditional advisers?	83
13	Hiring a financial planner	91
14	Hiring a broker	113
15	Picking an online broker	141
16	Hiring an insurance agent	149
17	Hiring an accountant or tax preparer/tax planner	167
18	Hiring a lawyer	187
19	Hiring a real estate agent	207
20	Hiring a banker	233
21	How to get a bunch of individuals to function as one unit	247
22	Utility infielders; can one adviser handle two jobs?	257
23	Breaking up is hard to do	263
	The Last Word	269
App. 1	State and federal securities regulators	273
App. 2	State insurance commissioners/independent insurance agents associations	283
App. 3	Tax preparer/CPA organizations	295
App. 4	State bar associations	301
App. 5	State Boards of Realtors	307
App. 6	Online consumer resources	313
	Index	319