4 Things Singles Should Know About Filing for Social Security
Big Picture Retirement®
Devin Carroll
4.7 • 546 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Navigating the Social Security filing process as a single individual can be a daunting task. The considerations you need to make differ from those of married couples. In this episode, we aim to simplify this process and provide you with the essential information you need before filing for Social Security.
Reasources mentioned in this episode:
SSI Blog: Survivors' Benefits: Exceptions to the Marriage Length Requirement - https://www.socialsecurityintelligence.com/survivors-benefits-exceptions-to-the-marriage-length-requirement/
Retirement Budget Calculator - https://www.carrolladvisory.com/retirement-budget/
Break Even Calculator - https://www.socialsecurityintelligence.com/calculators/social-security-break-even-calculator/
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| 0:00.0 | The Big Picture Retirement Show does not provide tax, legal, or financial advice. |
| 0:04.3 | Listeners are encouraged to seek out their own advisors in these areas. |
| 0:11.2 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:12.3 | Welcome to The Big Picture Retirement Show. |
| 0:14.3 | I'm your host, Devin, and joined back today by Alexander Davis and Alec Kepler. |
| 0:25.8 | Okay. by Alexander Davis and Alec Kepler. Hi, fellas. |
| 0:26.7 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:27.2 | Hey, Devin. |
| 0:27.5 | Thanks for having us. |
| 0:28.3 | Well, thank you so much for coming back on again. |
| 0:30.1 | The last one was such a smash hit. |
| 0:32.0 | How could we not have you back on? |
| 0:33.7 | Now, the three of us sit around and we talk about some pretty nerdy stuff over our lunch breaks. |
| 0:37.8 | Retirement planning, Social Security. We get some pretty deep conversations about this. |
| 0:42.8 | Casual party topics. |
| 0:44.0 | Well, absolutely. I mean, what else you're going to talk about, right? |
| 0:47.2 | I can't imagine any other topics. I mean, sports? Heck no. You know, no, I want to talk about PIAs. |
| 0:54.1 | All right. So, the other day, I'm going to get your input on this in my YouTube channel. Someone made the comment. Well, first, someone made the comment that said, you need to standardize your accent. Your southern accent makes you sound uneducated. And actually, the YouTube filters caught that. But I was like, no, I'm going to publish it because I'm going to see what people say. |
| 1:11.9 | Well, I can't find it now. |
| 1:12.9 | So I don't know if people have been defending me or not, or maybe agreeing with them. Who knows? Well, if you're like me, then you probably don't want to lose your Southern accent because right now there's an excuse. If I standardize it, then people are just going to realize them uneducated. That's going to be a problem. |
| 1:27.4 | But there was another comment that I called it, and this one was Devin. |
| 1:31.0 | You never... people are just going to realize them uneducated. That's going to be a problem. But there was another |
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