It depends on what income you are replacing. If you can get to $15MM in assets and charge 1%, you can take home around $100k after expenses. If you can raise $100MM in assets, you can take home around $800k. 

If you have people willing to put money with you right away, it might be worth doing a training program at Raymond James, Merrill, UBS, or Morgan Stanley. They will give you a salary for a few years. Use their brand name to build up a book, then take your clients and join or start an RIA.

Let me know if you have any questions. I have spent my career in the RIA space and have experience with the wirehouses.

 
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The topic has come up many times on WSO.  If you plan on charging fees for your services, it isn't practical, unless your F&F are ultra high net worth, in which case you'd be running a family office.  If you aren't planning on charging for your services, you can give them investment advice on a non-discretionary basis, if necessary telling them how to execute trades in their own accounts.  Liability would still be a major concern.  As a rule, it's unwise to assume liability without being paid for it.

I learned the hard way about the risks of managing money for relatives.

 
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The topic has come up many times on WSO.  If you plan on charging fees for your services, it isn't practical, unless your F&F are ultra high net worth, in which case you'd be running a family office.  If you aren't planning on charging for your services, you can give them investment advice on a non-discretionary basis, if necessary telling them how to execute trades in their own accounts.  Liability would still be a major concern.  As a rule, it's unwise to assume liability without being paid for it.

I learned the hard way about the risks of managing money for relatives.

I agree that assets are crucial here because the start up costs can be substantial.  With that said, I am not sure that this company would legally qualify as a family office.  A family office situation has a very specific definition under federal law and if it met that definition, the company would not have to register. To qualify, all the clients have to be family members and own the business.  In addition the company, can not hold itself out to the public as an investment adviser.  

 

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