Weekend Links and Changing Checking Accounts

Well, now that I’m home and working, I decided to ditch my Bank of America student checking account because they do not have a local branch or ATMs anywhere close to home. I only went with them 4 years ago because they had ATMs in my school. At home, Chase has 3 branches within a 5 block radius – supporting their ads of “the most ATMs in New York City”.

Interesting posts:

• The Cost of Being a Dude at Budgets Are Sexy. I love how this article fuels the war between genders. J. Money compares the typical expenditures of a guy versus a gal and points out how the guys will often come out spending less – mostly because we (the guys) demand less in the beauty department.
• 10 Attributes Of The Perpetually Broke at Bible Money Matters. Here is another post answering the question: “why are we not rich?”. Certainly, even the best handlers of personal finance have some of these traits. Those who realizes that they have them will have the chance to eliminate them. This post puts them in your face and hopefully will make a difference.
• 5 Steps to Closing Old Bank Accounts at No Debt Plan. Kevin got this post up just in time for me since I was in the process of switching banks. It plans out a solid procedure one should take when closing a bank account because it isn’t always as simple as saying “I want out”.

Carnivals and mentions giving some love for Realm of Prosperity:

• The Carnival of Personal Finance #228: Halloween 2009 Edition at Money Crashers
• The DoughRoller Weekly Roundup (Zecco $50,000 Practice Forex Account Edition) at DoughRoller
• Boo! Halloween-edition links and update at MoneyCrush (revamped BluntMoney)

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