The Consumerist asked some top personal finance bloggers to give a short summary of their single best piece of financial advice. Here’s how The Simple Dollar responded:

Don’t pay fees unless you like giving your money away. There are many financial institutions out there that offer fee-free banking, checking, and investing.

For more details on this line of thinking, see Thinking Of Making A Banking Change? Here’s How To Compare Competing Bank Accounts.

— FREE MONEY FINANCE

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