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Hostexa – Scheduled Maintenance

Hostexa, our web hosting division, will be performing a scheduled maintenance on its hardware this Thursday February 20th starting at 12AM EST and ending at 8AM EST. Although the scheduled downtime is 8 hours long, this does not mean your service will be down during the entire time. Our staff will only be taking one machine down at a time and the downtime per machine is based on the maintenance performed. All machines will be completed during this window of 8 hours. Hostexa strives to provide as close to 100% uptime as possible. These scheduled maintenance’s, performed during off hours, insures that your service(s) are active during the times which matter most. If you have any questions regarding this or any other issue related to your service, please feel free to contact our office. Our best contact information is listed below. About Hostexa Hostexa was formed in 2000 as the web hosting division of Bradshaw Consulting, Inc. Serving its community and abroad for over 10 years they have provided quality web hosting with cutting edge technology. About Bradshaw Consulting, Inc. Bradshaw Consulting, Inc. has been providing quality content on the internet for over 10 years. Providing services such as web design, web hosting, copy, search engine optimization, programming and management skills increasing the bottom line.

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Top Investor Questions When Considering A Real Estate Investment Company

Real estate investment companies play a crucial role in connecting investors with profitable opportunities in the property market. As investors navigate this complex and dynamic industry, it’s natural for them to have several pertinent questions. In this blog post, we will explore some of the top investor questions that often arise when considering partnering with a real estate investment company. Understanding these questions can help existing and potential investors make informed decisions, paving the way for successful real estate ventures. How does the company source its investment opportunities? One of the primary concerns for investors is understanding how a real estate investment company identifies and sources potentially lucrative deals. Investors want to know if the company has a robust network of real estate professionals, if they conduct thorough market research, and if they have a track record of successful investments. Transparent communication on the company’s deal sourcing strategies helps investors validate the company’s credibility and competence. What kind of investment properties does the company specialize in? Investors often want to know the specific types of properties a real estate investment company specializes in. Some companies focus on residential properties, while others specialize in commercial, industrial, or even mixed-use developments. By understanding the company’s niche, investors can determine if their expertise aligns with their investment goals. What is the investment strategy? Investors want to gain insight into the investment strategy employed by the company. Is it a short-term fix-and-flip strategy or a long-term buy-and-hold approach? Understanding the company’s strategy and how it aligns with the investor’s risk tolerance and financial objectives is crucial. Additionally, investors seek clarification on how the company executes its investment strategy, including due diligence procedures, risk management practices, and exit strategies. How are the investor funds protected? Investor funds need to be protected, and real estate investment companies should have robust systems in place to ensure transparency and security. Investors should inquire about the company’s licensing, registration, and compliance with relevant regulatory bodies. Understanding how the company protects investors’ funds, such as through third-party escrow accounts or legal safeguards, provides peace of mind and minimizes potential risks. What is the company’s track record and performance history? Investors often request information about the real estate investment company’s track record and past performance. This can include details such as the number of successful projects completed, the returns generated for investors, and any case studies showcasing notable achievements. A strong track record inspires confidence and reassures investors of the company’s ability to navigate market fluctuations successfully. What are the projected returns and associated risks? Investors need a clear understanding of the expected returns on their investments as well as the risks involved. Real estate investment companies should provide detailed projections, outlining potential returns and the timeframes associated with different projects. Investors should also have access to comprehensive risk assessments, including market dynamics, regulatory changes, and potential economic fluctuations. By addressing these top investor questions, real estate investment companies can establish a strong foundation of trust and transparency with their investor base. Answering these queries effectively demonstrates the company’s expertise, experience, and commitment to delivering profitable real estate investment opportunities. Investors, armed with this crucial information, can make informed decisions and confidently engage with real estate investment companies to embark on a successful journey in the property market. Want to learn more about BACH? Here is a blog you may be interested in, “How Bach Is Revolutionizing Real Estate Investing.”

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New Property/Contract Secured – Projected 13.06% Return 4245ECANTRELLST-62521

BACH has secured a new contract this week for a property in Decatur, IL. This three-bedroom, one-bath property should rent for $1,125/month and is rent-ready with a few minor improvements. If you would like to see what the condition is like, there is a YouTube video link here. This will show the interior and exterior condition of the property. The office of Quality Home Locator fields several potential tenants daily and is already working to secure a tenant for when we take possession of the property. The property located at 4245 E Cantrell St, Decatur, IL is being purchased for $40,000.00 with expected repairs of $20,000. Members have already started to pledge funds and secure a partnership position for this property. If you are not a member and do know an active member, fill out the form here for a BACH member to contact you for admission. Or find the link at “START HERE- Investor Questionnaire.” If you have questions about how to invest you can read about it on our website in the “How To Invest” tab. There is also a blog post on BACH Real Estate Investment Group that explains how BACH Investing works.

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Follow your own design process.

My job is simple and sophisticated, so it is possible to describe and simple, and flowery language. I love the feel and sophistication of its superiority. I like people with a keen mind and at the same time easy to talk to. These qualities can be combined perfectly natural. However, things like people look miserable, if these properties are connected to them artificially. Modern design and a lack of love dilettantism. Looking for such designers, which all use a little beauty and no matter how much they looked around either; which you always want to do something else. Designers do not only image-makers, but also dreamers who tell stories and think. For me, all the things a good story is more important than its form. The designer must be an interpreter, and real and virtual needs must anticipate those questions of people that they do not think, and suddenly opened in the already created objects. For me, the design — it is the quality of life. Good design has little to do with trends. Tired of listening to how he try to give the status of a frivolous fashion phenomenon. In my opinion, the designer should strive to do more than separate things. — Antonio Citterio Minimalism has reached a certain critical point, the top. Where to go? I do not know. The main thing for the designer — to create things that are pleasing to him, the work brings satisfaction, and cooperation with the customer — satisfaction. We need to understand what the customer wants, and to connect it with your wishes and possibilities. To create something outstanding, we need the enthusiasm of both. I am a very happy person, because I worked with wonderful customers who have helped me very. Design — is not how the object looks, but how it works. Good design — is innovative. A good design — is as little design as possible. Good design — aesthetic. Think about the content that you want to invest in a created object, and only then will form. The thing is your spirit. A spirit unlike forms hard copy. Simple gallery I want to create beautiful things, even if it’s not necessary for anyone, as a fight against ugly things. This is my intention. Fast, cheap and good — from these three things you should always choose two. If it’s fast and cheap, it will never be good. If it’s cheap and good, it will never work out quickly. And if it is good and fast, it will never come cheap. But remember: of the three you still have to always choose two.

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Why You Should Take Care About Your Branding.

My job is simple and sophisticated, so it is possible to describe and simple, and flowery language. I love the feel and sophistication of its superiority. I like people with a keen mind and at the same time easy to talk to. These qualities can be combined perfectly natural. However, things like people look miserable, if these properties are connected to them artificially. Above all, think of life as a prototype. We can conduct experiments, make discoveries, and change our perspectives. We can look for opportunities to turn processes into projects that have tangible outcomes. We can learn how to take joy in the things we create whether they take the form of a fleeting experience or an heirloom that will last for generations. We can learn that reward comes in creation and re-creation, no just in the consumption of the world around us. Active participation in the process of creation is our right and our privilege. We can learn to measure the success of our ideas not by our bank accounts by their impact on the world. It is not enough that we build products that function, that are understandable and usable, we also need to build products that bring joy and excitement, pleasure and fun, and, yes, beauty to people’s lives. Creativity is to discover a question that has never been asked. If one brings up an idiosyncratic question, the answer he gives will necessarily be unique as well. The goal of a designer is to listen, observe, understand, sympathize, empathize, synthesize, and glean insights that enable him or her to make the invisible visible. Andrew Grove There’s the whole Buddhist thing about the essence of a bowl being its emptiness—that’s why it’s useful. Its emptiness allows it to hold something. I guess that means that design must talk about something else. If you make design about design, you’re just stacking bowls, and that’s not what bowls are for. Design — is not how the object looks, but how it works. Good design — is innovative. A good design — is as little design as possible. Good design — aesthetic. A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist, and evolutionary strategist.

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The main thing for the designer – to create things.

Modern design and a lack of love dilettantism. Looking for such designers, which all use a little beauty and no matter how much they looked around either; which you always want to do something else. Designers do not only image-makers, but also dreamers who tell stories and think. For me, all the things a good story is more important than its form. The designer must be an interpreter, and real and virtual needs must anticipate those questions of people that they do not think, and suddenly opened in the already created objects. For me, the design — it is the quality of life. Good design has little to do with trends. Tired of listening to how he try to give the status of a frivolous fashion phenomenon. In my opinion, the designer should strive to do more than separate things. — Antonio Citterio Minimalism has reached a certain critical point, the top. Where to go? I do not know. The main thing for the designer — to create things that are pleasing to him, the work brings satisfaction, and cooperation with the customer — satisfaction. We need to understand what the customer wants, and to connect it with your wishes and possibilities. To create something outstanding, we need the enthusiasm of both. I am a very happy person, because I worked with wonderful customers who have helped me very. Design — is not how the object looks, but how it works. Good design — is innovative. A good design — is as little design as possible. Good design — aesthetic. Think about the content that you want to invest in a created object, and only then will form. The thing is your spirit. A spirit unlike forms hard copy. Simple gallery I want to create beautiful things, even if it’s not necessary for anyone, as a fight against ugly things. This is my intention. Fast, cheap and good — from these three things you should always choose two. If it’s fast and cheap, it will never be good. If it’s cheap and good, it will never work out quickly. And if it is good and fast, it will never come cheap. But remember: of the three you still have to always choose two.

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Minimalism has reached a certain critical point.

My job is simple and sophisticated, so it is possible to describe and simple, and flowery language. I love the feel and sophistication of its superiority. I like people with a keen mind and at the same time easy to talk to. These qualities can be combined perfectly natural. However, things like people look miserable, if these properties are connected to them artificially. Above all, think of life as a prototype. We can conduct experiments, make discoveries, and change our perspectives. We can look for opportunities to turn processes into projects that have tangible outcomes. We can learn how to take joy in the things we create whether they take the form of a fleeting experience or an heirloom that will last for generations. We can learn that reward comes in creation and re-creation, no just in the consumption of the world around us. Active participation in the process of creation is our right and our privilege. We can learn to measure the success of our ideas not by our bank accounts by their impact on the world. It is not enough that we build products that function, that are understandable and usable, we also need to build products that bring joy and excitement, pleasure and fun, and, yes, beauty to people’s lives. Creativity is to discover a question that has never been asked. If one brings up an idiosyncratic question, the answer he gives will necessarily be unique as well. The goal of a designer is to listen, observe, understand, sympathize, empathize, synthesize, and glean insights that enable him or her to make the invisible visible. Andrew Grove There’s the whole Buddhist thing about the essence of a bowl being its emptiness—that’s why it’s useful. Its emptiness allows it to hold something. I guess that means that design must talk about something else. If you make design about design, you’re just stacking bowls, and that’s not what bowls are for. A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist, and evolutionary strategist. If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come upwith anything original. Here is one of the few effective keys to the design problem: the ability of the designer to recognize as many of the constraints as possible; his willingness and enthusiasm for working within these constraints. The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it. Above all, think of life as a prototype. We can conduct experiments, make discoveries, and change our perspectives. We can look for opportunities to turn processes into projects that have tangible outcomes. We can learn how to take joy in the things we create whether they take the form of a fleeting experience or an heirloom that will last for generations. We can learn that reward comes in creation and re-creation, no just in the consumption of the world around us. Active participation in the process of creation is our right and our privilege. We can learn to measure the success of our ideas not by our bank accounts by their impact on the world.

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Inspiring design trends this fall 2017.

My job is simple and sophisticated, so it is possible to describe and simple, and flowery language. I love the feel and sophistication of its superiority. I like people with a keen mind and at the same time easy to talk to. These qualities can be combined perfectly natural. However, things like people look miserable, if these properties are connected to them artificially. Modern design and a lack of love dilettantism. Looking for such designers, which all use a little beauty and no matter how much they looked around either; which you always want to do something else. Designers do not only image-makers, but also dreamers who tell stories and think. For me, all the things a good story is more important than its form. The designer must be an interpreter, and real and virtual needs must anticipate those questions of people that they do not think, and suddenly opened in the already created objects. For me, the design — it is the quality of life. Good design has little to do with trends. Tired of listening to how he try to give the status of a frivolous fashion phenomenon. In my opinion, the designer should strive to do more than separate things. — Antonio Citterio Minimalism has reached a certain critical point, the top. Where to go? I do not know. The main thing for the designer — to create things that are pleasing to him, the work brings satisfaction, and cooperation with the customer — satisfaction. We need to understand what the customer wants, and to connect it with your wishes and possibilities. To create something outstanding, we need the enthusiasm of both. I am a very happy person, because I worked with wonderful customers who have helped me very. Design — is not how the object looks, but how it works. Good design — is innovative. A good design — is as little design as possible. Good design — aesthetic. Think about the content that you want to invest in a created object, and only then will form. The thing is your spirit. A spirit unlike forms hard copy. Simple gallery I want to create beautiful things, even if it’s not necessary for anyone, as a fight against ugly things. This is my intention. Fast, cheap and good — from these three things you should always choose two. If it’s fast and cheap, it will never be good. If it’s cheap and good, it will never work out quickly. And if it is good and fast, it will never come cheap. But remember: of the three you still have to always choose two.

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Modern street art as a source of inspiration.

My job is simple and sophisticated, so it is possible to describe and simple, and flowery language. I love the feel and sophistication of its superiority. I like people with a keen mind and at the same time easy to talk to. These qualities can be combined perfectly natural. However, things like people look miserable, if these properties are connected to them artificially. Modern design and a lack of love dilettantism. Looking for such designers, which all use a little beauty and no matter how much they looked around either; which you always want to do something else. Designers do not only image-makers, but also dreamers who tell stories and think. For me, all the things a good story is more important than its form. The designer must be an interpreter, and real and virtual needs must anticipate those questions of people that they do not think, and suddenly opened in the already created objects. For me, the design — it is the quality of life. Good design has little to do with trends. Tired of listening to how he try to give the status of a frivolous fashion phenomenon. In my opinion, the designer should strive to do more than separate things. — Antonio Citterio Minimalism has reached a certain critical point, the top. Where to go? I do not know. The main thing for the designer — to create things that are pleasing to him, the work brings satisfaction, and cooperation with the customer — satisfaction. We need to understand what the customer wants, and to connect it with your wishes and possibilities. To create something outstanding, we need the enthusiasm of both. I am a very happy person, because I worked with wonderful customers who have helped me very. Design — is not how the object looks, but how it works. Good design — is innovative. A good design — is as little design as possible. Good design — aesthetic. Think about the content that you want to invest in a created object, and only then will form. The thing is your spirit. A spirit unlike forms hard copy. Simple gallery I want to create beautiful things, even if it’s not necessary for anyone, as a fight against ugly things. This is my intention. Fast, cheap and good — from these three things you should always choose two. If it’s fast and cheap, it will never be good. If it’s cheap and good, it will never work out quickly. And if it is good and fast, it will never come cheap. But remember: of the three you still have to always choose two.

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castaloy
Metal Working
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Castaloy Website Upgrade Plus Free Shipping On Orders Over $60.00

Earlier this year I announced Bradshaw Consulting, Inc. was going to start upgrading its network of websites.  We started with the Alloy websites because I felt those sites were so old, it was causing the customer experience to be less than desirable.  Last year I have spoken to several of our regular buyers of these products and confirmed my hunch.  My wife and I have been so busy with all of the day to day operations with Quality Home Locator, Bradshaw Consulting, and The Hidden Lair, that we just did not have time to get everything done.  Over the last couple of years, we have focused on hiring quality people to help insure our customer base would be properly taken care of.  This has also allowed us to spend some much needed time with the family in general.  I promise my free time will not be spent on gardening, as my blueberry experience failed not just the first time growing blueberries, but also my second time growing blueberries.  The Mandarin tree died such a horrible death.  I just could not get rid of the mites, or whatever was growing on her.  My other trees however are doing a great job.  I will post updates on my Asian Pear Tree, Gala Apple Tree, and Tilton Apricot Tree later this year.   Although all three trees have gotten pretty good size, only the two apple trees have bared fruit. Alumaloy received a website upgrade first this past January.  Followed by Castaloy which got a website upgrade last month.  Steelaloy is being redone right now and should be announced later this month.  At this point I do not know which main website will get upgraded first, Quality Home Locator or Bradshaw Consulting, Inc.  I have separate teams working on their upgrades at the same time.  Based on customer feedback, we are also providing free shipping on orders over $60 dollars.  Once all three of the alloy websites are complete we will start rolling out new products such as non-lead based repair product for cast iron cookware.   We also have entire new metal alloys for metals such as copper. I can not get my head around the fact that it has been 6 years since the red carpet event at our house.  Oh man does time fly!

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Metal Working
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Aluminum Repair Rod Website Upgraded

I have been so busy over the last few years that my websites have really suffered. My blog has not seen any updates from my family and almost every website has been untouched. The Hidden Lair and Quality Home Locator have been growing so fast, it has taken every bit of our time to keep up.  Dustin is stationed in Japan, Devin is living in Kansas working at Cerner, Jacob is about to finish diesel school, Jessikah will be driving this year, and the younger boys, Derrick and Connor, are both in Jr High.  Dustin is not in this most recent family photo due to his station to Japan.    We are very proud of the service he is giving to all of us, but having him away is hard.  Jessikah has been babysitting more lately and has started her own Facebook page for babysitting.   Derrick Jr. has been helping out at The Hidden Lair which has been a big help to Andy and Jesse. 2017 is going to be the year of upgrades and improvements. I have several new eCommerce stores that will be launching this coming year as well as all the current websites will be upgraded. I’m starting with Alumaloy, one of my alloy websites, which will be the first of several alloys to get an upgrade.  I even have a few new alloys that will launch this year.  I plan to also upgrade my other sites like Quality Home Locator which should go live in the next month.  Quality Home Locator will get virtual tours, updated photos, and floor plans for each house.  The design will also undergo a very dramatic change, but the logo will stay the same.   Bradshaw Consulting, Inc. and Hostexa will also get a full upgrade in the next couple of months.  While all the changes will get an extensive feature upgrade we are not sure how drastic the design will change on each site.

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The Hidden Lair
Hobbies and Games
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The Hidden Lair gives back to the community

The vision at The Hidden Lair has always been about providing a safe and fun place for people of all ages to share in the love of games. That is why we keep buying games and adding them to the free demo shelf. We do run a large amount of card game tournaments like Friday Night Magic, but the store also carries a large variety of board games for people of all ages. One of my very favorite games right now is Splendor, a very quick paced game using cards and chips. Set in the Renaissance time, players, (who are the merchants), try to buy gem mines in order to acquire points to win the game. It is very simple, easy to learn, and loads of fun! We have many customers come in to check out our games and among those have been a few teachers. They communicated to us how much they love using games as a learning manipulative for their students. This got us to thinking, and we have come up with Vote for Your Favorite Teacher Contest. The teacher with the most votes will win some cash to spend in the store and add some games to their classroom! No purchase necessary, just come into the store located on 121 in Mt Zion and cast your vote. The Hidden Lair has donated funds to some really great local organizations. Northeast Community Fund is one of those groups that really does a great job in our community. For the Month of December, we plan to donate some games to this amazing organization. Board games have provided many amazing memories for my family and I wish to pass that along to others.

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