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Did you ever want to be a personal-finance advice columnist? Well, here’s your chance.

In Money’s “Readers to the Rescue” department, we publish questions from readers seeking help with sticky financial situations, along with advice from other readers on how to solve those problems. Here’s our latest reader question:

> I'm unhappy with my financial adviser, but he is also a long-time friend. How do I fire him without ruining the friendship?

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