Angela Lechtenberg, APR
Time to look back and see what was popular on the blog with our readers. There’s a lot of good information in these posts for you about retirement and your LAGERS benefit – that’s why they’re so popular! Read on for the top 5 LAGERS blogs of 2018.
5. Things to Consider when Timing Your LAGERS Retirement Benefit
Timing is critical to determining when is the right time is for you to retire. From taking early retirement to calculating your benefit’s COLA, here are a few things to consider.
4. There Are Two Paths To Retirement, Find Out Which One You Will Take
Hint: They are very different roads to take. Are you a traditional retiree or will you take the non-traditional path? Many factors will help you determine your best path.
This “Back by Popular Demand” Post was highly read when it was posted again this past year. Originally written in 2016, it has a lot of great info for you so you understand how important it is that your LAGERS benefit keeps up with the cost of goods and services and inflation.
2. Taxes and Your LAGERS Retirement
Everyone’s favorite subject is also one that we all need to understand just a little bit better. This is a very thorough post about how taxes affect your LAGERS benefit.
AND OUR #1 MOST POPULAR POST FOR 2018 IS…
1. When is the Best Day to Retire?
Again, timing is an important consideration for you when determining when to retire and take your LAGERS benefit. But maybe not for the reasons you think. Just because January 1 is the most popular day to retire in LAGERS doesn’t mean it is the right day for you. This blog has some important food for thought about what day is the best day to retire.
Happy New Year to all our readers and members. Here’s to a wonderful 2019, we hope to continue to provide you with great information on retirement and your LAGERS benefit through this blog and our new blog, “The Administrator”. If there are any topics you’d like us to address in our blogs, please let us know by contacting us. We love to hear and spotlight member and retiree stories too!
