The Little Book of Missing Money

The Little Book of Missing Money is a consumer's guide to the many tricks one can use to find money that belongs to them plus more than 100 places they can look. This is not about government grants. This is about money that belongs to individuals, charities and businesses, both large and small. It offers advice to avoid finder's fees and scams, ways to prevent your money from going to the state, what your state allows finders to charge, and more. The down side to this comprehensive resource is it becoming a favorite reference book of professional finders that charge people for helping them get their money back from some of the many places it can hide. Mary's mission is to teach people how to do this on their own. "It's not a one time thing," she says. "People need to look at least once a year because new listings are added all the time. They need this information because some listings have time limits."

The Little Book of Missing Money is a consumer's guide to the many tricks one can use to find money that belongs to them plus more than 100 places they can look. This is not about government grants. This is about money that belongs to individuals, charities and businesses, both large and small. It offers advice to avoid finder's fees and scams, ways to prevent your money from going to the state, what your state allows finders to charge, and more. The down side to this comprehensive resource is it becoming a favorite reference book of professional finders that charge people for helping them get their money back from some of the many places it can hide. Mary's mission is to teach people how to do this on their own. "It's not a one time thing," she says. "People need to look at least once a year because new listings are added all the time. They need this information because some listings have time limits."

Mary Pitman is known as The Missing Money Lady. She is proud to be a consumer advocate when it comes to teaching people how and where to search for unclaimed property. Her love of journalism, research skills and passion for helping people blended together to create The Little Book of Missing Money: A Quick and Easy Guide to Finding Money that is Rightfully Yours. She has appeared on Good Morning America, America's Money Class with Suze Orman, The Willis Report, The John Test Radio Network and AARP magazine. Mary earned her BA in Journalism from Georgia State University where she graduated Cum L:aude with Advanced Honors. She worked as the Lifestyle Editor at the Forsyth County News where she won first place for feature writing through the Georgia Press Association. Her lifestyle section also won first place twice. She has spent the majority of her professional life as a nurse. It was the desire to help a coworker avoid $2,800 in finder's fees that prompted Mary to write the book.