13 Ways to Maximize Your Social Security Benefits

Social Security benefits last for life and are protected against inflation because recipients get cost of living raises when prices go up. Because of this, Stanford experts have declared these benefits to be the ideal source of retirement income.

Since Social Security will always be there for you and you don't have to worry about it running out -- unlike your savings -- it makes sense to try to get the largest benefit possible.

Here are 13 ways you can try to do that by maximizing the monthly Social Security checks you receive.