Here’s how to add a lot of money to your Social Security benefit
“Timing is everything” as the old adage suggests, but that is especially true if you’re trying to decide when to start your Social Security benefits. If you can afford to wait and if you expect to live a long and healthy life, then waiting until you’re 70 to apply for benefits could mean hundreds of thousands of extra dollars in total benefits over your lifetime. This article by Paul Katzeff appears at Investor’s Business Daily and explores how choosing when you and your spouse elect to start your Social Security benefits can get you an extra $250,000 over your lifetime. Click here to read more.