People spend years dreaming about retirement. But once they retire, many find that retirement is very different from what they imagined, says Mark Singer CFP®. Often, they wish they had embraced a different approach retirement planning.

The Fall 2012 National Retirement Survey is designed to gather opinions from retirees about their retirement planning experiences. Survey participants will be able to share their thoughts on everything from the biggest surprise in retirement to the one piece of advice they'd give to those currently preparing to retire.

The survey results will be used to help financial planners better understand what future retirees need from a financial planning perspective. To participate in the survey, please click here:

2012 National Retirement Survey.

Mark Singer is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and the author of The Changing Landscape of Retirement—What You Don't Know Could Hurt You. He has been The Retirement Guide to thousands of investors for close to 25 years and is the creator of the Retirement Roadmap and the Financial Organizer System, both of which contribute to a solution to investors' greatest concerns—properly coordinating their financial affairs.