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Stats on the Average Funeral Home affect Average Funeral Cost

Stats on the Average Funeral Home affect Average Funeral Cost

Statistics on the Average Funeral Home affect the average cost of a Funeral.  By looking at two statistics about the average funeral home you can come up with the industry standard for the average cost of a funeral.

First the Average Funeral Home does 100 funerals a year. This is down from several years ago when the National Funeral Directors Association  said the average number of Funerals done by a Funeral Home was 112 per year.

Second the average funeral home makes about 1 million USD per year. That may come as a surprise  to some. Consider  Traditional Funeral Homes have a large number of fixed assets.

So if we do simple math the average cost of a funeral is $10,000 per funeral.

There has been a rise in folks asking for a low or lower cost funerals. This is do primarily to the economic downturn. There has been a rise in cremations since the Wall Street crisis last September. We will be covering that in depth  in the future. For now you should know that because of this I have called the average cost of a funeral in 2009 to be 8,500.00+ USD per year. This does not include the cemetery costs.

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Average Cost of a Funeral-Your Funeral Guy.

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What does a Funeral Cost? What  does the average funeral cost? This is very hard to determine. A Funeral is a combination of many individual choices. Every one’s choices are different. So essentially there is no average funeral. The median cost of a funeral can be referred  to as the average cost of  a funeral. Your cost is determined at your arrangement conference.

The median

Funeral Cost/Funeral Arrangement

Funeral Cost/Funeral Arrangement

means equal dollar  number above and equal number below. Industry analysts say it is $10,000 USD. The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) say it is $7,323.00 USD.

The NFDA  states that the average cost  in the  South to be $7,807.00USD.  They call the average in the the Pacific Mountain Region to be $6,514.00 USD.

Due to the economy folks are opting for the lower cost funeral and cremations. However in order for costs to significantly come down, the cremation rate needs to be above the current 35% nationwide. Also third party casket purchases need to be more than 15% (be sure to get your casket on the internet). In spite of economic pressures for lower cost funerals, people over 70 want the traditional event and  to pay a little less.

With all these factors taken into consideration I have declared the average or median cost of a funeral in 2009 to be $8,500.00+ USD.

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Source: NFDA issued funeral industry 2006 figures.


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Your Funeral Guy: Rest in Peace (R.I.P)

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Rest in Peace: Do a Lower Cost Funeral

Rest in Peace: Do a Lower Cost Funeral

Death happens. We do not like to think about this. The highest cost of a funeral is the death of the person involved. It is often thrust unexpectedly or too quickly upon us. Sometimes out of nowhere it comes to us. Most of the time we get through or escape the grim reaper. There will come a time however when we all will have to rest in peace.

In 2007 Your Funeral Guy had an experience with this. I went to the hospital for a routine test. Within a few hours I was in intensive care. My doctor came in, a friend who closed the door and said You may not get out of here alive.

I actually had been sick for about a year when this happened. I had started a book that helped folks lower the cost of their family funerals. After the the doc left the room I decided I was not going to go until I finished the book. So up came the printer and the computer the book was completed just after I left the hospital.

Funeral Book

Funeral Book

Less than a year later the book, Rest in Peace Insiders Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral was available on Amazon.

There is more to the story. I am  amazed what I accomplished when I thought I was going to Rest in Peace in a short time. Recently I have been impressed what other folks have done in similar circumstances.

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Your Funeral Guy:Rest in Peace Book, Lower Cost Funeral Book Information

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Discover how to lower the cost and stress of any funeral, guaranteed. In the pages of “Rest in Peace” R. Brian Burkhardt walks with you through the heartbreaking situation of the funeral and reveals the solutions you most desperately need.

Just by going through the Table of Contents, I could quickly tell this book can help me save money and go through a lot less stress when going through the funeral process. Thanks for writing this reference and guide.

Wheaton, IL March 2, 2008 — R. Brian Burkhardt, Funeral Director and your funeral guy revealed that the book “Rest in Peace: Insiders Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral”. is reasonably priced at $12.95, and is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com.

A book purchase brings a free 15 minute call on the phone with a Funeral Director.

This will help you with your family funerals and bring about reduced funeral costs.

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This is what a number one international bestselling author discovered about the book:

“Just by going through the Table of Contents, I could quickly tell this book can help me save money and go through a lot less stress when going through the funeral process. Thanks for writing this reference and guide.” -Jason Oman

R. Brian Burkhardt, known on the internet as “Your Funeral Guy” wrote a chapter in his  published book about prepaid funerals in the Funeral Industry.

He did not have information on the “IFDA Preneed Trust” 59,000,000 USD deficit when his final manuscript went to the publisher, Morgan James.

Accordingly, Your Funeral Guy released limited information to the State Journal Register (newspaper) in Illinois because the information is not contained in the pages of “Rest In Peace.”

The blog http://www.yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com and the book “Rest in Peace” puts you on the path to solving the painful problem of the funeral.

About: R Brian Burkhardt, Your Funeral Guy, is the author of “Rest in Peace: Insiders Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral.” He is a Funeral Director in the State of Illinois and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

His book has been called a “Great Book” by bestselling author Matt Bacak who wrote the forward. The pages are recognized as the new 21st Century “American Way of Death.” This work was  published on May 1st 2008.
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Your Funeral Guy: Why Did R.Brian Burkhardt (FD) & Internet Guru Matt Bacak write Rest in Peace?

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1. Rest in Peace: Insider’s Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral
Publication Date: May 1, 2008

Rest in Peace: Insider’s Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral”R.Brian Burkhardt (Author) Matt Bacak (Forward)

It is quite simple really….You save up to 1000 USD on each of your family’s funerals, guaranteed.

FYI: R.Brian Burkhardt is a funeral director .
Matt Bacak is a #1 best selling author
and Internet Business Coach.

Most people’s knowledge about funerals comes from their experience and what they have seen on TV. This is not enough information to help you lower your funeral cost.
You do not have to sacrifice dignity and honor. The pages of this work give you the missing pieces. You need just a few tips and some insider information.

This is clearly a situation where less is more.
This seems easy. It is not.

This process requires you to do something everyone has trouble with:
Accept the reality of death and dying and be able to think about this subject.
In Kindness,

R.Brian Burkhardt

Your Funeral Guy(yourfuneralguy)

Rest in Peace: Insider’s Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral
Publication Date: May 1, 2008

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