Home folder using more HD space then what's in it.

I am having a space issue my home folder shows it's using 550 GB when the folders inside of it add up to only about 100 GB.  Anyone know why it thinks there is more in it?
things I have done:
Disk verify - says it's ok
repaired permmissions
searched for hidden files - nothing of significance showed up
My total HD space is 750
the programs I use most often are:
Mail
Firefox
final cut pro x
and a data base for my work called acctvantage

There are plenty of files in your home folder you won't see in finder.
Google for the command to "show all files" in Finder, or open up Terminal and enter:
du -chd 1
This will generate a size report for ALL files and top-level folders, you can increase the number "1" to go deeper into your subfolders if needed. Here is part of what I get on my machine:
[15:35:43] rcooke@Richards-MacBook-Pro-4 ~
$ du -chd 1
4.0K          ./.adobe
4.0K          ./.config
4.0K          ./.cups
2.9M          ./.dropbox
16K          ./.freemind
24K          ./.ix
  0B          ./.jfreereport
4.0K          ./.MacOSX
48K          ./.macports
8.0K          ./.parallels
28K          ./.pylint.d
128K          ./.python-eggs
12K          ./.ssh
8.0K          ./.ssh_new
132K          ./.subversion
588K          ./.swt
3.2M          ./.Trash
8.0K          ./.wxglade
  0B          ./.Xcode
420K          ./Applications
18M          ./Applications (Parallels)
234M          ./Desktop
28G          ./Documents
707M          ./Downloads
30M          ./Dropbox
1.0M          ./GLUCOFACTS Deluxe
3.2M          ./InstallShield
45G          ./Library
73G          ./Movies
12G          ./Music
61G          ./Pictures
54G          ./Public
9.3G          ./Shared
  0B          ./Sites
208K          ./SugarTests
392K          ./T1
14M          ./T2
520K          ./T3
115M          ./T4
204M          ./T5
2.0M          ./test
2.5M          ./Test2
283G          .
283G          total
Anything starting with a dot (.), called dot-files or dot-folders is ignored by Finder.  That is because these are behind-the-scenes files.  Chances are one of your apps is maintaining a HUGE temporary file or cache.
Oh yeah, your "Library" folder is also hidden by default, but pressing ALT while the GO menu is open in Finder will reveal a link to it.  Likewise, any of your apps could be keeping a HUGE library file inside of the library folder.
To list hidden files in terminal use:
ls -laGh
To get more information on either command use:
man man
man du
man ls
Arrow up/down to navigate, press "q" to exit.
Fixed a typo in the "du" command example that would cause an error.

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