Financial Advisor/Real Estate Professional hybrid advice?

[Daniel Cooper]

Hello everyone and Happy New Year!

I'm considering leaving my company and going independent as a Financial Advisor.  With experience as a Mortgage Banker in my past, I naturally have real estate conversations with my clients and think I can provide a whole new level of service to them by having duel registration as a Financial Advisor AND a Real Estate Agent.  

Does anyone have any experience with this?  I understand it may pose a conflict of interest, I'm unsure whether or not my compliance department would even allow for this and have no idea whether or not a RE Broker would allow this.  All I know is that working Real Estate part time for my clients could turn into a great retention strategy and, in turn, may help expand my business. 

I've researched all over and have found very little on the topic.  Any advice is appreciated!

Thank you