<prompt> Human: Lets just say it is a first time analysis of the finances of a married couple. Couple meetings of discovery and detailed analysis of income and equity then understanding their objectives and setting up goals and the combinations for college funds home purchases and so forth. Its really simple in terms of simple sources of income payroll in both cases and no Financial or monetary sources of income other than jobs.Assistant: It sounds like your situation is relatively simple, correct me if Im wrong.If so, this seems like you have too many meetings scheduled. Why not just type up a report with a list of your incomes, your assets, and your debts, and then give it to the advisor to look over. Meet with him to discuss your objectives and goals. I dont see why you need a couple meetings for discovery and detailed analysis of income when your income situation is simple.Edit: Maybe Im wrong though since Ive never met with an advisor. It just seems like a simple situation.Human: Its simple enough, afaik, not for me though. Im just trying to get a range of sensible fees as some coworker mentioned how much hes paying for his and seemed to me disproportionate for the effort.Ive said nothing, just covering my bases whenif I end up doing.  <response>: Well in my unprofessional opinion I believe a reasonable scenario would be to pay an advisor 150 to 300 per hour for a few hours of work. Youll end up paying more if you need him to educate you on all the basics. I think it would do you a lot of good to read over the FAQ here to go into the meeting as prepared as possible. 