By Brandon Miller, CFP– A female donated her grandfather’s footstool to Habitat for Humanity, not knowing there was more than $43,000 stashed within. Oops. Thankfully, she was tracked down and reunited with the hard cash. Hiding cash “under the mattress,” as it had been, is an age-old habit. Although getting some cash in your earthquake/crisis kit is fantastic, squirreling absent stacks of it leaves you vulnerable to misfortune these as theft, fire, or your have forgetfulness. Without having noticing it, you could have hundreds of hundreds, probably even tens of millions, that are sitting idle preferred stashed hard cash if you have an profits home acquired decades in the past…