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mbperrin

(7,672 posts)
53. Nope. We don't take checks in our rental business.
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 10:54 AM
Mar 2012

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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Nope. We don't take checks in our rental business. mbperrin Mar 2012 #53
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