This document discusses different compensation options for financial advisors: salary only, salary plus bonus, commission based, fee-based, and fee-only. It outlines some potential pros and cons of each model from the perspective of both the advisor and client, such as incentives around certain products, fees, transparency, and conflicts of interest. The fee-only model, which the author's firm uses, is presented as having fees that are transparent and eliminating conflicts of interest between products and advice, while being potentially the least expensive option for medium to larger portfolios.