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20 bank accounts for 20 accounts?
 

I have a question for people who have more than 10 ebay accounts ,how do you manage to withdraw money from paypal .do you guys have 10+ bank accounts for every ebay account?

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Yep.
I have 35 bank account myself spread among 7 banks. Opened over time its not a problem.

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I'd suggest not telling bankers you have accounts at other banks... And not to send money from one bank to another. I'd withdraw the cash and deposit.

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Sometimes you can open several savings under a checking, or sub-accounts. If you have 3-4 per bank opened over time it's not a problem.

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Or use the balance to pay one big fat credit card bill electronically.

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For that many bank accounts, are they connected to stealth Paypal accounts? I thought Paypal required a SSN or EIN once the 200/$20,000 treshhold is fulfilled. So what is done about that?

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Ein is free to get. Make one a day for a month online and have them ready to go. Can only make one a day.

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Doesn't the EIN need to be for an existing business though? Who or what are the EINs being assigned to?

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You open the ein's with your real ssn on the IRS website

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So an individual can conceivably have innumerable EINs assigned to them?

Yes. Getting an ein should be 0% of your concern when operating stealth. Takes 1 minute online haha

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Don't you still need a unique mailing address for each Paypal account? I imagine you would start by using a stealth Paypal account and legitimize it by converting it into a business account with EIN?

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I keep seeing this but have never come across it with any of the main banks I've worked with in my area (BOA WF TD etc). Which banks do this?

When you're at the branch submitting paperwork for this type of setup, are you officially only opening one account? And the 'sub-accounts' that come along are standard sub-accounts each with their own account #s?

Is this just for personal or for business only?

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PNC for one. Personal. They give you a 3-for, one checking two savings. Each one has it's own number.

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I never use more than 4 Accounts total at one Bank and I'm always sure to get an even balance of 2 Checking and 2 Savings.

I never close an account until it's been opened for a while and I love using Banks that don't use ChexSystems so I don't leave a trail.

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ChexSystems, what banks don't use this and how does it effect me if they do?

Also what banks are the best for sub accounts?

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For example, Huntington. You can open sub-accounts but I thought it is not safe to use them for a stealth eb account if the main account is linked to a different eb account. I guess, I was wrong.

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+1 for PNC Virtual Wallet. You immediately get 3 accounts and it takes minutes to setup online. I believe they also don't charge to use their debit card at any ATM

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how many checking/savings accounts are you allowed w/ pnc?

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what banks do you recommend?

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You would only need 10 accts for 20 paypals, 10 checking accts and 10 debit cards attached to those, debit cards have a different number than the attached checking acct. I have 4 paypals attached to 2 checking accts and 2 debit cards.

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When you open a portfolio, you get one chequing, one growth (savings), and one reserve (savings as well) - very nice for stealth