If you had to reinvent your career right now, how would you do it? What do you think will be the best career opportunities in the long term?

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I’d quit Jones, and take my book to another shop for two years- then come back and get a fat goodknight/rtp/open office for being a “transfer broker”.

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Criteria #1 should be you can’t participate until you’ve brought in $25M. . . Because you’re still clueless.

Yes . Do tell

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I would have taken advantage of Primerica 5 years ago when it was first presented to me. By now, I would be making over $300k/yr at this point. I would love on a 1/4 of that and begin investing in real estate, buying up the rowhomes in my hometown like crazy. I would take blocks each year, fix them all, and then rent them out. I would own several laundromats, 2 cabins in Lake Arrowhead that I could rent out for Air BnB or church retreats, and focus all my efforts on making as much passive income as possible .

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I get it, but also understand that first of all, I don’t really make my decisions based on what “legitimate advisers” think about Primerica because Primerica is a legitimate company with legitimate advisers. Regardless of how they recruit or whatever, that changes nothing about the company’s legitimacy whatsoever. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been included in the list of Forbes “America’s Most Trustworthy Financial Companies” in 2015. Crappy company? Forbes also named Primerica as one of America’s Best Employers for Women 2019, #194. (I guess you’ll start discrediting Forbes now so you can fire back) Again, you can research anything I’m saying here. I choose to look at real data instead of opinions and people’s limited knowledge that are not based on facts, figures and numbers. As an adviser, isn’t that what you do? Don’t you want your clients to not make emotional decisions? Do you not make data driven decisions? Of course you do.

Please also understand this, that I could choose to go with any firm I decide to go with. Primerica is not a company I decided on because I fell victim to some recruiting presentation that sold me a dream. Let’s just say I’m not a novice, guys. And it would surprise you to find out how many “legitimate advisers” have switched over to Primerica.

To the gentleman above who asked the question, would I rather be a 2M producer at Primerica or a 2M producer at any other firm. That’s the thing guys, I’ve made that very same decision, and that’s why I’m here instead. Yes, my $2M would be better earned with Primerica than it would be with any other firm. Shocking huh? Not when you’ve done your homework.

You guys really need to do your research instead of getting all hung up on the recruiting thing. No, I don’t believe that you should be able to call yourself an FA unless you have the licenses and credentials necessary to enact business in investments. We don’t do that. Some guys fake it till they make it, but most of us on the real don’t. I have a real respect for the industry, but as you can see guys, business is changing all over the place. Being branded with a first and last name/two last names doesn’t make you the only game in town. I appreciate your honest opinion on the company, and you’re definitely entitled to it. However, that is all it is. It’s not facts, not based on research, not based on industry standards and not even based on first hand experience. Not really sure how that holds up, but hey, it’s a free country .

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