Readers to the rescue – Full disclosure

I may be selling my condo. A neighbor’s cigarette smoke is sometimes noticeable in one of my bathrooms. Am I obligated to tell potential buyers? –N., Alexandria, Va.

If an odor from an adjacent unit penetrates your home, contact your property manager and demand that it be fixed. In all likelihood, there’s a small hole somewhere in the bathroom that allows this odor to transmit from one unit to another, and it can be repaired. –Bill Wertz, Friday Harbor, Wash. ..read more

The market boomed… and 401(k) investors sat on their hands

A new survey out today from Hewitt Associates finds that 401(k) investors haven't been very busy lately. Just 16% of participants made any kind of fund transfer in 2009, vs. about 20% the year earlier. In other words, relatively few people noticed the 27%-return rally in the works and said to themselves, "Hey, I should jump back into stock funds." That's good… and it's bad. And it's an opportunity to make 401(k)s work better.

Why it's good: Chasing hot-performing funds or ..read more

This year's most confusing tax credit

The beauty of online tax prep software is that most people can get their taxes right without really understanding the nuances of the tax code. But sometimes I think that this has just given license to lawmakers to make the rules even more baffling.

I do my taxes online, but I'm also really careful to triple check the numbers and see if they make sense. That's partly because of my job, which includes a fair amount of reporting on tax policy: ..read more

More Money Tuesday roundup: Tax breaks for millionaires & the real cost of knockoffs

Personal finance from around the Web:

It's good to be rich: Since the mid-1990s, millionaires have been taxed at lower and lower rates. But when latest data become available the trend will likely be reversed. [Tax.com] People that buy knockoff designer products may think they're saving money, but they're just delaying the inevitable. An MIT professor has found that buying a fake makes you more likely to spend the big bucks on the real thing in a couple of years. [MIT ..read more

More Money Tuesday roundup: Tax breaks for millionaires & the real cost of knockoffs

Personal finance from around the Web:

It's good to be rich: Since the mid-1990s, millionaires have been taxed at lower and lower rates. But when latest data become available the trend will likely be reversed. [Tax.com] People that buy knockoff designer products may think they're saving money, but they're just delaying the inevitable. An MIT professor has found that buying a fake makes you more likely to spend the big bucks on the real thing in a couple of years. [MIT ..read more

More Money Tuesday roundup: Tax breaks for millionaires & the real cost of knockoffs

Personal finance from around the Web:

It's good to be rich: Since the mid-1990s, millionaires have been taxed at lower and lower rates. But when latest data become available the trend will likely be reversed. [Tax.com] People that buy knockoff designer products may think they're saving money, but they're just delaying the inevitable. An MIT professor has found that buying a fake makes you more likely to spend the big bucks on the real thing in a couple of years. [MIT ..read more

More Money Tuesday roundup: Tax breaks for millionaires & the real cost of knockoffs

Personal finance from around the Web:

It's good to be rich: Since the mid-1990s, millionaires have been taxed at lower and lower rates. But when latest data become available the trend will likely be reversed. [Tax.com] People that buy knockoff designer products may think they're saving money, but they're just delaying the inevitable. An MIT professor has found that buying a fake makes you more likely to spend the big bucks on the real thing in a couple of years. [MIT ..read more

The Best Comes With The Lowest-with cheap secured loans

Author: Aldrich Chappel

Are you searching a loan that would be relatively cheap? If yes, then your search ends here, as cheap secured loans are specially customized for you.

Cheap secured loans are offered against any collateral. It could be real estate, automobiles or some other valuable assets. Generally, with cheap secured loans, the ranges of borrowed amount are from £3,000 to £75,000. But, in case of greater amount, lenders will check the worth of your collateral. If your collateral has higher ..read more