5 /5 Tom Rettenmaier: Prior to retirement we visited 3 different “retirement specialists”. The first was Dennis Joppe who many people at my work enjoyed and did a great job managing their monies. The second a mid 30’s investor and the third was a social security specialist. The second guy was very likeable until he started slamming Dennis Joppe, which is a “turn off” for us if you have to slam your competition. I had to finally tell Justin to never contact us again to stop him from calling or emailing us. The third investor specializes in maximizing your social security which basically means not drawing until age 70. She was excellent, but both my wife and I were not in favor of delaying our social security. We saw Dennis Joppe for 1-1/2 years before we retired and I had given Dennis a portion of my Roth monies to invest. Dennis and my wife hit it off and suggested taking a portion of her 401k monies and investing those in a Prudential index annuity which would bring in a guaranteed amount of money very month. In the 2 years since retiring, we couldn’t be happier with Dennis or his Assistant Vicki. Wonderful people!
