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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Friday, 30 March 2012 [View all]mbperrin
(7,672 posts)53. Nope. We don't take checks in our rental business.
As for money orders and my teacher check, there's a place here that will cash them for $1 per thousand - way cheaper than the buffet of charges any bank would charge.
I don't have an account of any sort with any type of banking institution. We do mortgages on owner finance, but mostly we just pay cash. No credit cards, either.
I figure I have literally saved a million dollars in the last 30+ years, all told.
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