Found Money

Found money is pretty much exactly what one would expect it to be: money…that is found.

Whether it’s a ten-dollar bill we discovered in a pair of jeans we haven’t worn in years or a random savings account Aunt Gertrude opened for us when we were born and never told us about, money we “find” that we didn’t know we had is considered found money.

Fun fact: in the United States, there are agencies devoted to reuniting people with their lost money, even if those people had no idea it existed. This definitely isn’t a retirement strategy we would bank on, but let’s be real, if a state agency shows up on our doorstep with a bunch of found money, we’re probably not going to turn them away. Just saying.