#077: 5 Smart Reasons to FIle Early for Social Security
Big Picture Retirement®
Devin Carroll
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🗓️ 18 June 2018
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Devin talks about good reasons to file for Social Security at age 62.
Every situation is different, and some folks will benefit more if they file later, but there are many people for whom it makes sense to file early:
- You need the income
- You Are Single and Have Health Issues
- Issues Related To Your Spouse's Benefits
- Survivor Benefits
- Minor or Disabled Children
For more information, visit the show notes at http://www.bigpictureretirement.net/episode-77-5-smart-reasons-to-file-early-for-social-security/
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| 0:00.0 | The Big Picture Retirement Show does not provide specific tax, legal, or financial advice. |
| 0:05.1 | Listeners are encouraged to seek out their own advisors in these areas. |
| 0:11.9 | Hi, everybody, we're live. |
| 0:13.9 | We are live. |
| 0:15.2 | To all of the members of Big Picture Retirement, we thought we would do a live video since we're in here on Memorial Day. |
| 0:25.6 | And I hope all of you are enjoying your barbecues or whatever it is you're doing, visiting with families. And we are as well, just as soon as we get this episode recorded. |
| 0:30.6 | Yeah, I got brisket on the cooker. |
| 0:33.6 | And I've got some chicken and the marinade. |
| 0:34.6 | Chicken? |
| 0:35.6 | Yeah. What's on with chicken? It's a beef kind of day. Okay, maybe so. Well, we're going to do chicken. Actually, we're just keeping it very simple tonight. We're doing grilled chicken sandwiches. So it's very good, though. Cook on the green egg, no less. So we wanted to come to you today and do this live video. So You guys have been so gracious in the Facebook page and engaging with us and talking to us. |
| 0:59.0 | And so you're going to get to see how the sausage is made here. |
| 1:02.0 | We're going to record an episode right here while we're on Facebook Live |
| 1:07.0 | and let you see how we do this. |
| 1:09.0 | It's not a lot different from the finished product |
| 1:11.4 | that you're accustomed to hearing. So we're going to go through this. And this episode will come out, |
| 1:17.2 | I believe this is going to be episode 76 or 77. So it'll be a couple of weeks before it comes out, |
| 1:23.8 | but that'll give us time to get settled into the new studio. And so with that, if you like |
| 1:30.3 | to, if you like a little bit of voyeurism, just sit back and watch us get this episode recorded. |
| 1:34.3 | Here we go. John, you ready? |
| 1:35.3 | All right, let's do it. |
| 1:36.3 | All right. |
| 1:37.3 | In three, two, one. |
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