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Cyprus Credit Union: Where to hide cash in your home

Posted at 2:46 PM, Oct 18, 2017
and last updated 2017-10-18 16:46:28-04

Financial Expert Rachel Langlois from Cyprus Credit Union talks about the best and not so smart places to stash your cash in your home.

Great places to hide cash: 

A Safe

Okay, this is an obvious one, but it`s still a good thing to have around the house. It`s important to make sure it`s either hidden or bolted down so it can`t be wheeled away. This is also a great place to store items like passports and birth certificates, so you`ll always know right where they are. However, if you need to get out of the house quickly, this may be more difficult to access.

High & Low

The chances of anyone breaking into your home and bringing along a ladder or crawling on the floor are not great, especially when time is of the essence. Try hiding money in places that are little more difficult to access than just at eye level. This could include on top of shelves, under rugs or floorboards, or inside vents.

Inside Items

Roll up bills and place them inside of everyday objects such as a flashlight or a pen. This is an item that would be easy to grab on the way out the door but isn`t as obvious to potential home intruders looking for valuables.

Multiple Layers

It`s a smart idea to provide layers of defense when it comes to hiding anything. For example, if you have large shelves of DVDs, you could place the money within the insert, clip it in the case, and then place it on the shelf. So not only would someone need to figure out money is hidden in the DVDs, they would need to figure out which one.

Bad places to hide cash:

Under the Mattress

With so many jokes and clichés about hiding money in or under your mattress, if someone were to break into your home, this is one of the first places they`ll check.

The Freezer/Food Boxes

Again, this is such a common hiding spot that a potential burglar would check there. Just expect anyone who breaks into your home to ransack the fridge and cupboards.

Toilet Tank

While this used to be a smart hiding place, it`s become so commonplace it`s bound to be checked regardless of what you are hiding there.

Most importantly, wherever you choose to hide this reserve cash should be somewhere you`ll remember. You want to pick a place where it`s well hidden, but not so well hidden that you aren`t able to find it.

For more tips on where to hide your money at home and other financial tips, visit cypruscu.com.