It is very smart to have all of your pertinent information together and accessible in the even that anything should happen to you. Some people fail to do so because they don’t like to think about such things happening, but it is always better to be prepared than caught with your pants down. Just be very careful about where you store it; don’t want that kind of info falling into the wrong hands.

Have you ever thought of electronic documentation? Of course some items are required to be presented in their original form, but for bank, broker, and credit card statements, receipts for important purchases, legal documents, etc. it is much easier to organize, sort and maintain. Plus, you can make several copies on CD/DVD and keep one in the bank vault, one at your house and one at a relative that you trust to ensure that should anything happen to one copy, there are others available.