Author, media personality, and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino’s “Follow the Money” advice is used in investigative research in legal, business and other venues. Note that all industries and professionals are a subset of the greater economy. In America, the political environment influences business, and the reverse of that […]
The Jewish Rosh Hashanah 2020 will begin on the evening of Friday, September 18 and ends on the evening of Sunday, September 20. History says that “Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of the world and marks the beginning of the Days of Awe, a 10-day period of introspection and repentance
In the topsy-turvy, upside down world of the Arlington, VA based Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), they have notified their members of threatened legal action they are pondering in conjunction with a “coalition” of manufactured housing competitors — on behalf of renters and rental housing. But MHI fails to make a
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Our featured focus this evening is a map that shows every top billionaire by state in 2020. While the data is ever shifting, it is an interesting data-point to consider. Some of those billionaires have direct or indirect impact on the manufactured housing industry, as well as others. Our teasers
Pre-COVID19’s notable impact on the U.S., Statista reported that “In 2019, there were 281,000 multifamily housing units built in the United States and 280,000 are forecast to be completed in 2020” on Dec 11, 2019. Investopedia stated on October 2, 2019 that “Here are three reasons to consider investing in multifamily real estate as
“All three of the options discussed, if properly done, will give the industry a much-needed image boost and ready the [manufactured housing] market for expansion.” So said Donald (“Don”) C. Westphal, a member of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) in an article published in Kurt Kelley’s MHR and MHVillage’s MHInsider
The SSK Communities brand has been changed to Flagship Communities, but official state documents reveal that the SSK Communities name lives on. Among the questions that raises is – what does the initials SSK mean? A source with knowledge told MHProNews the following. S – Nathanial (i.e.: Nathan) G. Smith
On Tuesday 9.15.2020, President Trump touted the “dawn of the new Middle East” said left-of-center Yahoo News about a signing ceremony for peace accords between Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “We’re here this afternoon to change the course of history,” President Trump told attendees at the White
“Republican candidate for Michigan Senator, John James, held a rally Wednesday in Pontiac, and it was attended by a host of celebrity guests,” said WXYZ-TV Detroit Channel 7. Some of President Trump’s and Republican Senate nominee John James’ enthusiastic supporters are interviewed in the local news video below.
“For many years, SSK[Communities] carried out a plot designed to force its mobile home park residents to lose their homes.” So reads a court document found at this link here that was provided to MHProNews earlier today. Since the report linked about co-founders Nathan Smith and Kurt Kenney was published
“We don’t want the small business people who own most of the apartment buildings and single-family rentals in the country to go out of business.” – said David Dworkin, President and CEO of the National Housing Conference (NHC), per CBN News. In spotlighting several sobering points of concern impacting thousands
Best-selling historical writer Bill O’Reilly said in his book, Killing Reagan, that then President Ronald Reagan (Republican) was suffering from Alzheimer’s while in office. It is denied by some, but if it were so, it’s not the first time that a president suffered limiting or even incapacitating issues. There are
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A message was sent to MHProNews that included these words, “…this sheds serious light supporting the thesis that MHI [Manufactured Housing Institute]thwarts enhanced preemption as well as diverts DTS [Duty to Serve] in order to benefit the consolidators. That in turn hurts consumers, [manufactured home industry] independents, and taxpayers too.”
The left-of-center Associated Press (AP) and USA Today recently reported that there are two significantly different versions of reality being projected by the Trump-Pence ticket vs. the Biden Harris ticket. “Competing Versions of Reality, is how the AP summed it up. While one can certainly reasonably critique how AP and
The following is an email to MHProNews this morning from the Heritage Foundation’s President, Kay C. James. It is an apt reminder of the tragedy and also of the way that for a time, it brought our nation together. This will be followed by additional information, MHProNews analysis and commentary.
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“Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton appeared on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” to discuss Judicial Watch filing an opposition to a request to dismiss the civil rights lawsuit against Mayor Bowser…” So says the Judicial Watch YouTube page. Among the topics in this video right-of-center Fox Business interview are the following. Attorney
The TRD national weekend edition reported on 9.5.2020: “Hot commodity: Investors bet on mobile home parks [SIC] Sales volume increased 23% in the second quarter, year-over-year.” Citing left-of-center Bloomberg, they said: “More than $800 million worth of mobile home parks traded during the second quarter, according to Bloomberg. That’s 23 percent
Big Surge in Manufactured Home Community Deals, Insider Details Others Missed Read More
Last week, MHProNews was contacted by email from various sources in the Skyline Champion (NYSE:SKY) retailer (a.k.a. ‘dealer’) network, as well as by rivals and other industry professionals regarding allegations of price gouging and other irregularities that purportedly violated written agreements. Following those reports, per insider information, Skyline Champion’s leadership
The Washington, D.C. based Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) President and CEO, Mark Weiss has issued a blistering array of facts, analysis, and wry sarcasm in his latest “MHARR Issues and Perspectives” for September, 2020. Their report is below. Lest some think that the slice and dice
Tonight’s topic is the latest 5 year data set from the U.S. Census Bureau obtained by MHProNews. While others in manufactured housing trade media – including those who publish as well as blog – routinely continue to ‘cheer lead’ for the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and their ‘big boy’ backers,
