65 to 70 percent of the country consistently say in polling that the nation is on the wrong track. A famous billionaire will be cited below who said the paraphrased headline remark: ‘I Don’t Want a Nation of Thinkers, I Want a Nation of Workers.’ There is plenty of blame […]
The Biloxi Manufactured Housing Show is on. The Louisville Manufactured Housing Show for 2024 is in the rearview mirror. The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), dozens of state associations, and several supposedly independent coaches and trainers will be doing seminars, training, or other ‘educational’ sessions for free and/or for a fee
NASDAQ reported that: “Legacy Housing (LEGH) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.28 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.77 per share.” Be that as it may, odds are that the analysts cited by Zack’s lacked some key insights or they wouldn’t have missed their estimates. With that
The recreational vehicle (RV) industry and the manufactured home industry have similar and in some respects “intertwined” origins, as the Smithsonian Institute, the RVIA, and other sources would say. Per Bing’s AI powered Copilot: “The origins of the RV (Recreational Vehicle) and manufactured home industries are intertwined, with both having their roots in the early
Like it or not, billionaires like Warren Buffett, Sam Zell, Nick Hanauer, and a leaked document from Citigroup – among others – have bluntly stated in their own words that the United States today is a society that to various degrees is ‘ruled’ or governed by plutocrats, oligarchs, and corporate
Per left-leaning Wikipedia: “The Center Square, formerly Watchdog.org, is an American news website that features reporting on state and local government.” Ballotpedia stated: “Watchdog.org is a network of state-based watchdog reporters keeping an eye on government corruption and transparency that was begun in September 2009.” On 3.14.2024 the Daily Signal and The Center Square published
“MHInsider is the leading information source for the manufactured housing industry, providing the manufactured housing news, legislative updates, operational insight, data, statistics, and trends for manufactured housing professionals.” That bold claim is going to be acid tested in the light of the analysis of the Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) owned
“Say goodbye to your home” is a pull quote from a campaign email that is obviously partisan but nevertheless made some factual points shown further below in Part II of this report with analysis. Insights from Steve Hollosi into the lessons from the auto industry are found in Part I.
What follows are a series of exclusively presented facts and figures that paint a picture of what has been aptly described as the “Rise and Fall” of HUD Code manufactured housing. In a related fact-packed report entitled “Affordable Housing Crisis Solution Made Easy – 9 Minutes of Facts with Applied
What follows is cut and paste from the Berkshire Hathaway website on 3.9.2024. So, it is their ‘official’ list of companies held by that conglomerate. It may be technically correct in some weird or convoluted legal sense. But it is arguably incomplete for several reasons which will be demonstrated during
For millions of renters, we’re cracking down on big landlords who break antitrust laws by price-fixing and driving up rents.” – Joe Biden, State of the Union (SOTU) address 3.7.2024, per the transcript on right-leaning Breitbart. Biden also said: “Too many corporations raise their prices to pad their profits charging
Stating the obvious, it is campaign season. Despite dozens of charges (some 91) and legal maneuvers against their biggest challenger, the Biden-Harris (D) ticket is behind in most polls for the past 6 months when compared to deposed prior President Donald J. Trump (R) in a two or multi-person race.
Since MHProNews reported some 5 weeks ago on the initial wave of investigations of Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) by plaintiffs’ attorneys on behalf of that company’s shareholders, the pace of those announced probes apparently has not slowed. Perhaps oddly, or revealingly, others who claim to be manufactured housing industry trade
Few things are more important to frontline manufactured home retail sellers than access to more competitive chattel lending. With that in mind, according to their press release: “Persistent efforts by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) to reform the draconian “10-10” rule imposed by Ginnie Mae in 2010
Futurism. Left-leaning and Microsoft owned MSN. Right-leaning Breitbart. These are among the mainstream and trade media platforms that have reported on Microsoft (MS) owned Bing AI’s Copilot chat/search function taking on an alter ego called “SupremacyAGI.” MSN, also MS owned so hardly an anti-Microsoft platform, said that SupremacyAGI reportedly claimed
The Washington, D.C. based Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) released new HUD Code manufactured home production and shipment figures for January 2024. The data MHARR provided is based on official statistics gathered on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). That information will be
Helium isn’t just for balloons or used to make young teen voices sound funny. Helium is used in welding and in an array of other uses, a partial list of which will be provided below. Welding occurs in every manufactured housing industry frame shop. So, it is one of several
“Get ready.” “Pucker up buttercup” is a phrase that can have different meanings depending on the context. According to one source, it means “get ready” and is used sarcastically to show something negative is going to happen1…” So said Bing in the top response to the inquiry, “What does pucker
Before diving into this review of Flagship Communities REIT Investor Relations (IR) pitch on the dates 2.12.2024 and 2.13.2024, the following explanations are warranted. As a periodic disclosure of a standard practice, when MHProNews publishes a report on a firm, or quotes an individual or organization, that should not be
“The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) has published a talking points paper…explaining and highlighting the three main bottlenecks that are suppressing the production, marketing and sales of affordable, mainstream manufactured homes.” That MHARR press release was provided to MHProNews and is shown in Part I below. Part II
