Frank Rolfe has become a well-known personality in the manufactured home industry. He’s been called a genius. Others take issue. For example, sometimes, Rolfe says “mobile homes,” and they are indeed a pre-HUD Code home. But other times, he says that, and he’s talking about a manufactured home. On terminology …
Comparisons and analogies are useful methods of sharing ideas. God rest Grayson Schwepfinger’s soul; while he and I did some things similarly, others were quite different. “Schwep” believed in telling “the company story” using a “pitch book,” a presentation book. In his method, that was to be done …
What’s Your Manufactured Housing Narrative? Monday Morning Sales Meeting Read More
Maybe you’re working for a giant, or maybe your a one-person operation. Either way, it’s your manufactured and modular home industry too. Thousands depend on us, and we depend on caring people willing to share what they know, to help inform others, so that they can navigate and …
“It’s the gift that keeps on giving,” an attorney researching the manufactured housing industry said to the Daily Business News. If so, it’s a gift courtesy of Warren Buffett, Kevin Clayton, and 21st Mortgage’s – and prior MHI Chair – Tim Williams, and the Urban Institute, among others. …
Warren Buffett Wants an MH Shark Tank – Clayton, 21st, MHI, ‘Gift that Keeps Giving’ Read More
Warren Buffett gave billions to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Accordng to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation website, that organzation in turn gave millions of dollars to the Urban Institute. The Urban Institute (UI) recently published a report on manufactured housing. The Urban Institute …
“Follow the Money” – Controversial Urban Institute Report on Manufactured Housing Read More
It’s not an issue today. It could become one in the near term. As the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) winter meeting approaches, and there is more talk in the industry about anti-trust concerns, the question has been raised. What are the risks and responsibilities of corporations that could get up …
“The Democratic National Committee (“DNC”) filed their Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) disclosure form for the month of December in the middle of President Donald Trump‘s inaugural State of the Union speech,” says Law and Crime. Why did the DNC try to bury their filing in a hot moment in the news …
“Now is the Time for All Good People to Come to the Aid of their Country” Read More
Washington, D.C., January 30, 2018 – On January 29, 2018, HUD Secretary Dr. Benjamin Carson met with a delegation of officials from the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). “MHARR’s delegation provided the Secretary with a first-hand opportunity to hear the concerns of smaller industry businesses regarding the operation of …
There’s a race on between the giant 3 As of the tech world. Which will become the first trillion-dollar operation? Analysts project that in about 12 months, Apple, Amazon, and Alphabet – the parent company to Google – could hit the $1 trillion-dollar mark in valuation. As the Daily …
Stating the Obvious for Clarity. Manufactured housing professionals are busy doing what they do, day-by-day. People go to work, invest in, or own a business in order to earn a good living. With the affordable housing crisis, the manufactured home (MH) industry ought to be doing far better than …
HUD asks for Public Comment to identify regulations that stifle affordable housing and job creation. Notice: Industry reactions follow the HUD release, below. WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced a top-to-bottom review of its manufactured housing rules as part of …
HUD Announces Wholesale Review Of Manufactured Housing Rules, National Association Reacts Read More
While conventional housing remains hot, the statistics that follow continue to spell “opportunity” for visionary, and long-term thinkers in manufactured housing. “Existing-home sales [EHS] subsided in most of the country in December, but 2017 as a whole edged up 1.1 percent and ended up being the best year for …
Home Sales slide in December, But Rose Overall in 2017, Import for Manufactured Housing Read More
“Other compensation” – is that a legal phrase, a euphemism – for a bonus? Documents filed by MHI obtained by MHProNews reveal that the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) paid “an estimated amount of other compensation from the organization and related organizations” over “$61,610” – what could be a substantial …
The “Oracle of Omaha” billionaire whose Berkshire Hathaway owns several manufactured housing (MH) brands, backed Barack Obama for the White House, twice. Before looking at what that Warren Buffett support for Mr. Obama did for Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other Berkshire MH brands, let’s peek at what …
Warren Buffett’s Political Payoff$, THIPS, and Manufactured Housing Read More
It was a battle that the entire industry needed to track, because of the implications for other state governments that might be tempted to follow suit. In spite of several ‘false narratives,’ the manufactured home industry ultimately lost that battle. Fires Burning Manufactured Housing’s Public Image? News, Review, MH Industry …
There are reports linked below out of the just concluded Louisville Show that many will want to catch up on. There have been several developments in this past week that underscore the internal challenges that the manufactured housing industry faces. Among what’s ‘new’ is that the truth hiding in plain sight …
Broadly speaking, there are two sets of roadblocks or choke points to the manufactured housing industry’s growth. They are? Internal road blocks, and external ones. The nearly concluded Louisville Manufactured Housing Show marks 50 years of Show Ways Unlimited’s Dennis Hill’s leadership of the event. Every significant event in …
MH Resistance – Unmasking, Demystifying, Manufactured Housing Industry’s Roadblocks Read More
Richard “Dick” Jennison, President, and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) had been scheduled for weeks in advance to be the first presenter on January 17, 2018. The subject was to be their new initiatives. He was reportedly on the show floor, instead of presenting. So MHProNews sought to …
A senior manager of a Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member company complained during the Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute (KMHI) mixer on 1.17.2018 that they ‘didn’t want to be known as an MHI apologist.’ “We want to be able to get along with everyone,” the high-ranking corporate officer told the Daily …
The Worm Turns, Senior Corporate Officer Sounds Off on Public MH Industry Disputes Read More
Facts can be nettlesome things. Pictures can speak 1000 words. The pair of photos above and below are from a prior year, when this publication was doing the show promotion. The next photos are all from today’s Louisville Show, the first year since the show’s ‘restart’ after being cancelled, that …
Louisville Manufactured Housing Show 2018, Day 1, Photo Report Read More
