by T-Rod » Tue May 06, 2008 12:46 pm
However,
I think everyone that uses a checking account for this kind of thing or even for having say their apartment rent deducted should have 2 checking accounts:
Account 1 is the account for echecks. It's the account for poker cashouts; it's the account you pay the IRS from; its the account you have the apartment take out rent every month, etc.
You also keep almost no money there.
Account 2 is where you have all your money and you routinely send money to account 1 to pay for stuff.
This is how I do it and it keeps any unscrupulous folks from accessing my account (if they do they only get a few bucks).