Executive Summary. The Duty to Serve manufactured housing has been twisted into a pretzel in order to give an appearance to the casual observer of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 being followed. But as a careful review of what follows will reflect, voices across the left-right […]
There are many forms of manipulative and deceptive techniques being used in the world today. One of these is paltering. Paltering is “an active form of deception that involves the use of truthful statements to convey a mistaken impression” (Rogers, Zeckhauser, Gino, Norton, & Schweitzer, 2016) said an article entitled
Competitive Strategy. Getting to Yes. Secrets of the Soft Sell. Seven Habits of Highly Successful People. from Good to Great. How the Mighty Fall. The Magic of Believing. The Art of the Deal. Thoughts of Chairman Buffett. These are just some of the dozens of books on this writer’s bookshelves,
It has been just over 5 months since the Innovative Housing Showcase in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall. Several videos and interviews involving manufactured housing were produced during that event, some of which were posted to YouTube so that the views on those videos could readily be seen. MHProNews
Comparisons – Tiny House, Innovative Housing Showcase, and Manufactured Homes Read More
“As Congress turns up the heat on companies like Facebook, they’re facing added pressure,” says Full Measure’s YouTube page. “Nearly every state has now joined an anti-trust investigation that could threaten the way the tech giants do business. Lisa Fletcher talks with the Attorney General for the District of Columbia,
It goes without saying that manufactured housing is a subset of the larger American economy. As modest as the manufactured home industry may be today, it was not always so. Given the affordable housing crisis, the recognized quality that is documented by third-party research, and supervised by federally mandated inspections,
Today is Veterans Day, a federal holiday that honors America’s military. Though Veterans Day is a federal holiday, NYSE and the Nasdaq are open, but bond markets are closed Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. According the VA.gov website blog, here is a list of restaurants and other firms that offer free or special deals to vets.
Credit Human is one of the financial institutions that serves the manufactured housing industry. From their website is this pull-quote. Build Financial Slack Financial health is not about how much money you make, it’s about having enough financial slack. Your income minus expenses is what we mean by financial
Data about Manufactured Home Professional News (MHProNews) is produced automatically by a variety of third-party sources. Among them are Webalizer and MailChimp. A recent research report of data from Webalizer indicated that federal and state governmental sources account for thousands of hits monthly on MHProNews, which is a small number if
President Donald J. Trump’s campaign has not been shy about pushback. Accuse him of collusion with Russia? Challenge that at every level. After 2 years, Special Counsel Robert Mueller effectively delivered nada. As longtime MHProNews readers may recall, shortly after the probe was launched, relying on experts like Harvard Law’s
Millions have seen the classic movie “Tucker,” based on the real-life experience of revolutionary car designer Preston Tucker. There are fascinating touch-points and lessons for our industry from the experiences that will be related in the report that follows. Tucker was as revolutionary in automotive as Carl Strandlund was for
A reasonably well-known professional figure in manufactured housing circles told MHProNews that he is a “merchant” that wants “to do business with everyone.” He then said that this writer is a “crusader” – someone ready to do battle for what we believe are just causes. Let’s take that as a qualified compliment.
Merchants, Crusaders, Dave Ramsey, and Manufactured Homes Read More
There are tragically over half-a-million homeless in the United States tonight, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. There are an estimated 111 million living in rental housing, said the Apartment List earlier in 2019. The economy has generated so much demand for workers that there are about
Almost Midnight Manufactured Housing News Teasers Read More
Markets rose to new highs on increasing signals from across the Pacific that a ‘phase one’ deal with China is taking shape. But perhaps the more interesting news is former New York City Mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg is taking the first steps toward formally entering the race. Those reports
What follows is a lightly edited version for publication of a message sent today to Senator Tina Smith (MN-D). A similar message was also sent to Senator Tim Scott (SC-R). Senator Tina Smith, Let me start by saying we are the Manufactured Housing Industry’s largest and most read trade
Senate Testimony on Manufactured Housing, Related Letters, and Statements Read More
The news tip came in yesterday, mere minutes after the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) sent out their email to their members and readers about their latest ‘housing alert.’ The tip read as follows: “Same sh-t, different day. They keep going down, rather than up.” It was mere days
Results Are In! The Next President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Institute Is… Read More
Project Veritas has struck again, this time with a ‘hot mic’ moment video from ABC News’ video shows Amy Robach talking about the network’s efforts to squash her Jeffrey Epstein coverage. Robach claimed on camera that she had the story ‘for three years.’ A number of high profile people were
Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) has some two hundred high quality manufactured home communities. It is one of the top REITs – Real Estate Investment Trusts – in the manufactured housing industry today. What ensues will utilize a process that follows these steps. This preface. The released dividends press release plus
This will be part one of a two-part report that will be a deeper dive into insights and information from manufactured home community giant, Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) and information that will shed on the land-lease sector and the industry at large. In part one, Manufactured Home Professional News (MHProNews)
Affordable housing is the name of the game, and modern HUD Code manufactured homes are the runaway most proven type of affordable type of home. That is one possible takeaway from the data that follows. But there are other insights that the facts below, which comes from the U.S. Census
