>Safe deposit boxes are very hard to come by these days. Safe deposit boxes are also not insured. If you put $250k of cash in a box and the bank catches on fi

>Safe deposit boxes are very hard to come by these days. Safe deposit boxes are also not insured. If you put $250k of cash in a box and the bank catches on fire or gets robbed, you will most like get $0 back, while people with accounts will atleast get the FDIC insured portion of funds back.