Viji Sashikant's (activeincolumbia) Blog

Don't laugh, but I am a big city girl. Grew up in downtown Bombay - that is like growing up on 42nd St in Manhattan! So... this is the first time in my life I've had a yard, and the first time in my life that I am growing veggies. The cucumber plant that I casually planted in a sunny spot has gro...

This particular couple is very nice, especially the wife, but it is a real test of my pateince! Sometimes, we go in their van as they have several kids and sometimes a cousin tags along. If we go in their van, the back-most seat is folded and all the kids are in the back on the floor of the van -...

I ordered the 4th of July postcards for my sphere a good 2 months in advance. The cards arrived with 5 weeks to go and I had set reminders to mail them the Monday before the 4th. Well... as they say, the best laid plans of mice men gang agley, and mine sure ganged agley. I had to make a quick tri...

As per the Public Service Commission's directive, SCE&G and other electric providers in the state had to make net-metering available to their customers, and that their websites should give explanations and rates. It is heartening to note that SCE&G, the providers for Columbia had indeed created a...

Last week, I received a call from a potential seller (he had tried to sell his home as a FSBO) - a common friend had given him my name. We fixed up a time for me to go meet him and his wife with my marketing plan. The next day I received a call from another friend - what a pleasant surprise, she ...

Last week, I put in an offer for a couple as a buyers' agent. In spite of the CMA that I had done and my advice, the buyers put in a low ball offer. The listing agent emailed me a counter-offer that was a little lower than the asking price. When I took it back to my buyers, they were adamant and ...

On June 24th 2008, the SC Public Service Commission issued a directive to SC power companies to make net-metering available to their customers from July 1, 2008! SC is finally a net-metering state and this is a major step towards making solar energy accessible to home owners. In brief, the PSC's ...

Summer has just begun and its brutal out there in the sun. So why don't we make the most of it? I'm talking solar power. In South Carolina, there's plenty of sun - in Aug the temperature last year was 110 degrees!!! Why can't we put solar panels on our roof and produce some electricity? Unless th...