It pays to be a nerd.
October 26, 2005
I like to peruse the website for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Go ahead, laugh. I'm a nerd, and I know it.
I started doing this about six years ago. I don't know what led me there, but once I started clicking, I couldn't stop. There's this section called "Unclaimed Property" and I'm addicted to it. I will search every person I know in Texas just to see if they are listed.
Once, I found out that Stephen F. Austin State University owed me $500 from a scholarship I didn't know I had received, and I overpaid my tuition. So I claimed it! Sweet!
Today, on a whim, I decided to search the site again. And guess what? I found out that a title company in Dallas owes my sister $1,000. Duede, seriously.
I think I should start charging a fee for this.
