Cha-Ching!

I sent the wire transfer today. Closing is tomorrow. Definitely can't stop this roller coaster now. The only annoying thing is they charge $30 to do the wire. What a rip-off. I almost protested: "How much money do I have to have in all my Chase accounts before you'll do this for free?" Alas the lady helping me was so nice I refrained from being a jerk.

Chase bank is funny, in kind of a cool way. Faron (cool name) was very smooth and helpful getting the wire going. But she also dug in and looked at the accounts I have with them. Her intention -- at least as stated -- was to make sure I am really in the best type of accounts and taking advantage of everything I can. My initial thought was, "Oh man, what are they going to try to sell me?!" (Isn't it interesting how circumspect we've become about things like this?) But it wasn't like that it all. She was genuinely helpful and didn't really try to sell me anything. The closest she came was advising me to use their free auto bill pay features. It probably is much less hassle and expense for them to do all of that electronically, but there isn't much of a downside to me either after the initial setup. She volunteered to do all of that and show us how it all works. Pretty cool really.