5 tips you need to know to make changing addresses easier

by Chris Gottschalk, First Alliance Credit Union

At first glance, you wouldn’t think that changing addresses would have much of a financial impact. If you look closer, though, you’ll realize that a lot of your finances depend on people knowing your correct address. Utility providers will need to know your current address to they can supply power, Internet and other essential services to your home, for instance, and financial institutions will need to know your current address so they can contact you if your account has any issues.

Fortunately, changing your address isn’t difficult, and these tips will make it even easier.

Verify Your New Address

If you just shook your head after reading this, it’s understandable. How could someone not know their new address? The truth is that you won’t be as familiar with your new address as you are with your old one, and in the midst of moving you might make a wrong assumption about your new address.

 

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