There’s still several more days to check out the Cincinnati Home and Garden show, taking place at the Duke Energy Convention Center downtown. The show opened last weekend, and continues Wednesday through Sunday. The list of exhibitors is staggeringly long, and includes vendors from the industries of construction, home improvement, heating and cooling, landscaping, gardening, paving, pools, lighting, windows, furniture, flooring, roofing, kitchen and bath, art and more. (Read them all here.) You can attend sessions on a variety of topics at the Home Depot Home Improvement Stage, or go to an... [more...]

It doesn’t feel like spring, but the Flying Pig Marathon and its associated events are coming up. Even if you’re not a marathon runner, there’s a variety of events for which you can register. Get your kids in on the fun with some of their youth events. Here are some highlights of the schedule. Saturday, May 1 8:00 a.m.  – 10K Race start 10:00 a.m. — 5K Race Start 11:30 a.m. — Flying Pig Kids’ Marathon finish Sign your kids up for the Kids’ Marathon, in which they can log miles and complete the entire 26 over a couple of months then finish their last... [more...]

If you are claiming the $8000 tax credit (or the $6500 tax credit for repeat buyers,) you will have to file on paper. Here’s what the IRS has to say: Because of the documentation requirements for claiming the credit, taxpayers who claim the credit on their 2009 tax return must file a paper — not electronic — return and attach Form 5405, First-Time Homebuyer Credit and Repayment of the Credit (see the instructions for help with the form), and a properly executed copy of a settlement statement used to complete the purchase. Purchasers of conventional homes should include a copy of Form... [more...]

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