{"id":778,"date":"2021-08-19T14:04:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T14:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpswp.com\/cooperfinancial-new\/?page_id=778"},"modified":"2024-02-20T19:50:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T19:50:05","slug":"meet-brad-cooper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gpswp.com\/cooperfinancial\/meet-brad-cooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Brad Cooper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\"Brad<\/div>
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Brad E. Cooper<\/u><\/h2>

Founder and President
Cooper Financial Investments, LLC<\/h4><\/center>\n
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I\u2019ll never forget the day I learned about money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was a Police Officer, and a friend introduced me to what I now call: “Commonsense Money Principles.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019d think I\u2019d have been excited learning about how to manage money, but I wasn\u2019t \u2013 I was angry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had all these questions flying around in my mind like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy didn\u2019t I learn this in school?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShouldn\u2019t our education system care about teaching financial principles?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I came from a modest background, where people worked hard, and you married your high school sweetheart. I couldn\u2019t stop thinking, \u201cSomeone needs to teach the average American how simple financial planning can be.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turns out, God was calling ME to be that \u201csomeone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I shifted careers and vowed to educate<\/strong> people on how simple financial planning can change<\/strong> their life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first part of my career, the company I worked for was more focused on managing money<\/strong> than on education<\/strong>, so I kept feeling like I was not living up to part of my vow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That changed in 2006, when my brother Bruce died suddenly of a heart attack at age\u2026 49. He was newly married and had diligently saved all his life so he could retire at 60 to \u201cenjoy his life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my grief I thought, \u201cBruce sacrificed to reach his retirement goals; he planned and planned and planned\u2014 but he never actually lived<\/strong> his life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wondered, \u201cWhat was the use of all that planning if he never enjoyed the fruits of his labor?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This realization weighed heavy on me. I immediately thought, \u201cI want to teach people how to plan for the future while also<\/strong> living for today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But to do that, I need to become a different kind of advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I started a full-service financial planning firm, centered on education.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon after, I saw that no matter how much money people have, they are torn the way my brother was, between planning<\/strong> and living<\/strong>. But with the right guide and a bit of education it doesn\u2019t have to be that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why for the past 16 years\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve created financial plans that not only provide my clients with guaranteed income for life\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But also, ample education\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, my clients will never again be so terrified of spending money that they never actually live their life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing <\/strong>fulfills me more than seeing the relief and excitement on my clients\u2019 face when they realize, \u201cWow, we really can<\/strong> have both.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why I do what I do. And if we decide to work together, I\u2019d love<\/strong> to show you how you<\/strong> can have both too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n