Jake Elm, CFP®

Senior Financial Advisor

Hi, I’m Jake Elm, CFP®, a Financial Advisor at Dentist Advisors. I help dentists make thoughtful financial decisions around budgeting, debt and student loans, saving, investing, and long-term retirement planning. My goal is to help dentists plan responsibly for the future while still enjoying life today.

I found my way into financial planning in college simply because I wanted to understand how money works and how to build and maintain wealth. Since personal finance isn’t something most of us are taught early on, discovering that I could learn it deeply and help others do the same felt like a natural fit. While I enjoy the problem-solving side of building a financial plan, what keeps me passionate about this work is seeing how money touches every part of life and helping people use it intentionally to live their best life.

To me, client success means less stress, fewer unknowns, and more time and energy to focus on what matters most. Making as much money as possible isn’t the goal. Money is simply a tool, and I love when clients tell me they feel confident about their financial future and clear on how to reach their goals.
I’ve been a financial advisor for over seven years at Dentist Advisors. I earned my degree in Personal Financial Planning from Utah Valley University and hold the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation.

Outside of work, I enjoy reading, movies, sports, good food, traveling with my family, and golfing whenever I can. I’m also a loyal Utah Jazz and Utah Utes football fan, for better or worse.


My Content

Progress > Perfection

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A Reminder About Taxes

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Some Thoughts on Income

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What I’m Into

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Lessons from the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in History

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How Do The Wealthy Invest?

A few months ago Bank of America released its 2022 Private Bank Study of Wealthy Americans. The study asked 1,052...

What Comes Next?

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What Separates Multi-Million Dollar Practices From the Rest?

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How Much Is Enough?

​​A few months ago, someone placed an online wager of $7.16 at FanDuel Sportsbook. The bet was a 25-leg parlay...

Random Acts of Finance

​​Today’s post is going to be a short one; more of a thought than a fully fleshed-out essay. Which, I’m...

Do You Really Want To Be Rich?

Being a Twitter user, I feel like Elon Musk is in my life a lot these days. Not only do...

Things Are Getting Better

I was going to write about the biggest story in finance last week which was the collapse of FTX (one...