A very small number of retirees will begin taking home $4,873 each month from Social Security in 2024. Those retirees will be getting the largest checks that the program offers, after or near the end of their long and fruitful careers.

If you want the max $4,873 Social Security benefit in 2024, it's virtually impossible unless you've spent the last few decades striving to reach that target. There are three things you need to do to make it a reality, and none of them are easy. You must:

Unless all three of those things are true, you simply won't get that maximum benefit in 2024.

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Source Fool.com