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The teamDay one at Checkmate

Zaid Alsalhani

Founding Agent

Timeshare took him to the very top and still felt like a trap. When his brother started a life insurance agency, Zaid joined from day one.

Zaid Alsalhani, Founding Agent at Checkmate Financial Group
Day OneFounding Checkmate agent
Top ProducerPeak of his former sales org
LicensedInsurance agent

Zaid Alsalhani was good at timeshare. Good enough to climb to the top tier of the sales organization, the level reserved for the company’s highest producers. It looked like a career anyone would want. It felt like a trap.

The trap of being good at the wrong thing.

Every month reset to zero, and every sale ended at the same place: a product he did not believe was changing anyone’s life. The better he got, the harder it was to leave. High performers in that world rarely walk away. The money is designed to keep you.

Then his brother walked away first.

His brother left to start a life insurance agency of his own: Checkmate Financial Group. Zaid did not wait to see how it would turn out. He joined from day one and got to work building something better.

I already knew I could sell. I wanted to build something that was ours, and sell something that protects people.

What day one bought him.

Everything Zaid learned at the top of his old world came with him: the discipline, the conversation craft, the comfort with hearing no. The difference is what it all points at now. A family that finishes a call with Zaid has protection in place for the hardest day they will ever face. He considers that a better thing to be great at.

Zaid Alsalhani on a seaside terrace overlooking a marina
He walked away from a sure thing. This is what the other side looks like.
The reputation

What he is known for

Conviction. Zaid reached the top selling something he did not believe in, so families notice the difference when he sells something he does. He explains coverage straight, without pressure, and the agents who came after him learn pace and discipline by watching him work.

Off the clock

The team behind the title.

Zaid Alsalhani at dinner in a wine cellar restaurant
Out to dinner, phone still in hand. Some habits survive the career change.
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