Alan Skillern

Advisor at Best Case Financial

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Location

Fillmore, IN

Credentials

CFP®

Industry experience

3 years

About

I'm Alan Skillern. I'm from a tiny town in west central Indiana. My goal is to help people just like I help my family. I'm a CFP® professional and I picked up my MBA while I was at Ball State. I've worked in a few firms but I never sold a financial product or taken a commission. I don't have any desire to push products to people who are looking to secure their family's future. I have picked up a set of skills, including: a deep knowledge of estate planning, mindfulness around taxes, and the ability to build a killer financial plan.

Best Case Financial is built around the idea of neighbors helping neighbors. I've seen too many cases of people being treated un-neighborly and I want to do my part to tip the scale in the other direction.

Client services

Based on Best Case Financial

Financial planning Portfolio management

Expertise

Cash flow / budgeting

Demographic focus

Sandwich Generation Young Families Gen Y/Millennials (Born 1980-1995)

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AUM

1%

Other

1% of Investable Assets for Total Wealth Planning, $3,000 minimum fee

Location

Fillmore, IN

Most active in

Indiana

Work history

Best Case Financial LLC

2025 - Present (1 year)

N/A

2024 - 2024 (1 year)

Delta Wealth Advisors, LLC

2020 - 2023 (3 years)

Cortland Capital Market Services

2019 - 2020 (1 year)

N/a

2019 - 2019 (1 year)

Valeo Financial Advisors

2018 - 2019 (1 year)

Integrated Planning and Wealth Management

2017 - 2017 (1 year)

N/a

2010 - 2018 (8 years)

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