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Update Contact Information

Some fun facts, courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau:

• 14% of people in the U.S. move in any given year.  This translates to over 40 million people in 2009.  30% of renters move in any given year.
• The average person moves once every 5 years, and the average renter moves once every 2 years.
• The average person moves 11.7 times in their lifetime, and 9.1 times during adulthood (after they hit 18).

What's not so fun is having your bills or earnings get lost in the mail, or into the ether of the Internet.  Another issue that comes up is if there is a class action or other legal action against one of your billers, the only way you can be a part of it and receive your due is to make sure that your biller has the correct information so that the plaintiff can contact you and provide you the necessary forms.

Steps for keeping your contact information up to date:

• Make Two Lists: Outstanding Balances & Contact History
• Update Those Lists
• Check Your Credit Profile

• Subtask Complete!