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Co-authored Articles (126)
Endorsing and Signing Checks: A Complete Guide
Learn how to endorse a personal check or sign it over to someone else If someone gives you a check, you must endorse it before you can cash it or deposit it in your bank account. Through your endorsement, you give the ba...
How to
Locate a Check Routing Number
When you're providing funds for an online transaction or filling out form for direct deposit, you'll often be asked for your bank's routing number. That's a nine-digit number provided by the American Banker's Associatio...
How to
Wire Transfer Money
One of the fastest ways to transfer money between two parties is to wire transfer money. A wire transfer allows you to send money quickly and securely. The sender is required to provide information about the bank or inst...
How to Write an Email to a Customer Service Agent
A complete guide to contacting customer service via emailWhen it comes to sending an email to customer service, some people may feel stuck. What kind of conventions or protocols apply to a customer service request? Altho...
How to
Survive if You Cannot Find a Job
No job? Learn how to stay afloat while still looking toward the futureSurviving without a job is challenging. If you don't have a regular monthly income, you may have a hard time paying your bills, filling your time and ...
How to Fill Out a MoneyGram Money Order the Right Way
A comprehensive guide to correctly filling out a Moneygram A Moneygram money order must be filled out correctly to ensure that the payment is accepted and processed without any complications. This wikiHow will teach you ...
How to
Fill Out a Cashier's Check
A cashier's check is a check that offers significantly more security to the payee because it's drawn against the bank's funds and not against an individual account holder's funds. However, when it comes time to obtain a ...
How to
Be Rich at a Young Age
Getting rich at any age, and particularly a young age, requires hard work, planning, and saving for most people, unless they are lucky enough to inherit their wealth. While it may seem like young and famous entertainers,...
How to
Sign over a Check
A third-party check is a personal or business check that is signed over as payment to another person. Signing over a check can be helpful if you have a check that was written to you and you need to pay someone else with ...
How to
Count Money
A big pile of dollar bills and coins is a beautiful sight, but how do you know exactly how much money you have? Counting money is a breeze when you can identify your bills and coins quickly and do a little mental math. W...
How to
Make Money Online
Nowadays there are lots of opportunities to earn money online. Whether you’re looking to make money online full-time or you just want to supplement your income, you have a variety of options to choose from. This wikiHo...
How to
Get Free Land in the USA
"You can't get something for nothing" is an idiom for a reason. You can get free land in the United States, but it usually comes with a caveat, such as you must build on the land. Nonetheless, several small towns and com...
The Complete Guide to Purchasing a Cashier’s Check
Getting a cashier’s check is simple with our easy-to-follow stepsA cashier's check is a check that is drawn on a bank's funds rather than your own personal funds. It offers a secure way to pay in situations where a per...
How to
Write a Briefing Paper
A briefing paper outlines a particular issue and its background, usually for a government official or other policy maker. These decision-makers have to make hard choices about many different topics every day, and they do...
How to
Exchange Old Money
Exchanging old currency may be necessary for several reasons. If your currency is old and damaged, you may want to exchange this currency for newer and usable currency. You may also own notes and coins that are from now-...
How to
Buy a Tax Lien Certificate
A tax lien is often filed by a local government against a property owner who has failed to pay property taxes. The government agency involved will issue a public certificate stating the amount of unpaid taxes and verifyi...
How to
Calculate Acreage
Calculating a parcel of land's acreage is done by determining the length and width, and then calculating the total size in square feet, meters or yards. Once you have this figure you can concert it into acres by dividing...
How to
Change Credit Card Information
Updating or changing information on your credit card is important if you are making changes in your life, such as moving, changing your marital status, or even just changing your phone number. You may also need to change...
How to
Find Information on a Business That No Longer Exists
Each day businesses start up, close, are sold, or change for some other reason. You may need to find information on a defunct company to verify your employment history, for tax purposes, or a number of other reasons. How...
How to
Put Money on a Gift Card
Have an old gift card you really love but it's all out of money? Would you rather just reload it and not have to go and pick a new gift card? There may be several ways for you to reload the card—in person, through your...
