About Best Interest Financial

Kindra S. Sailers, CSA, CLTC

Founder, Best Interest Financial

Kindra Sailers has worked in California’s legal and financial industries for more than 40 years. She founded Best Interest Financial in 2000 after witnessing firsthand how too many retirees were being placed into solutions that served the limitations of a company rather than the unique needs of the client.

Early in her career, Kindra worked for a captive insurance company, where advisors were limited to offering only that company’s products—even when another solution available elsewhere would have been a better fit. Rather than compromise what she believed was right, she would often encourage prospective clients to seek an independent advisor who could evaluate the broader marketplace.

Around the same time, Kindra witnessed the devastating impact of the dot-com market collapse on retirees. Even clients who believed they were invested conservatively saw retirement savings they expected to rely upon cut nearly in half. She remembers retirees opening their account statements with trembling hands, fearful of discovering how much of their life savings had disappeared at the very moment they needed those dollars most.

Those experiences shaped the foundation of Best Interest Financial. Kindra established an independent firm so she could recommend the solutions she genuinely believed best served each client’s unique goals rather than being limited by a single company’s product shelf. Her commitment was simple: to always offer her clients whatever accounts were in their Best Interest.

Today, Kindra continues to help individuals and families prepare for retirement by developing thoughtful strategies for income, asset protection, legacy planning, and long-term financial security. The philosophy that inspired the firm’s founding continues to guide every recommendation made at Best Interest Financial.

Outside the office, Kindra enjoys spending time with family and friends, caring for her pack of animals, hiking, gardening, reading, traveling, and warm-water scuba diving.

Dylan Johnson, RICP

Retirement Strategist, Best Interest Financial

For Dylan Johnson, retirement planning begins with understanding two things: your goals and the math required to achieve them. He believes clients deserve to understand the math behind every recommendation rather than simply taking it on faith.

Having worked in the financial services industry since 2005 and as a licensed advisor since 2012, Dylan focuses on retirement income planning, annuities, life insurance, and tax-aware retirement strategies. He works to help clients understand not only what he recommends, but why, empowering them to make informed decisions with confidence.

Dylan believes every dollar in a client’s portfolio represents a portion of their life. Each dollar was earned through time, effort, and sacrifices that can never be recovered. That perspective shapes every recommendation he makes. His goal is to help ensure those sacrifices are honored by positioning every dollar as intentionally and efficiently as possible in support of the client’s goals, values, and legacy.

In addition to serving clients, Dylan is the Ventura County President of the Council of Financial Educators (COFE), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving retirement education. In that role, he conducts educational retirement lectures and hands-on planning lab classes, helping individuals better understand the complex financial decisions they face before and during retirement.

Outside the office, Dylan enjoys hiking, surfing, scuba diving, and international travel, believing that life’s greatest wealth is found not only in financial security, but in the experiences and relationships that financial security makes possible.