Before taking the nation’s highest elected office, 45th President of the United States (POTUS) Donald J. Trump was successful at developing high end real estate (e.g.: Trump Tower), clubs, and golf courses. He had his television show, The Apprentice, beauty pageants, and best-selling books. He lived a publicly lavish billionaire’s […]
Before pivoting to the Sam Landy, J.D., President and CEO of UMH Properties test, let’s first ponder the following thoughts, which are related. For the next few moments, MHProNews will apply a pair of politicians’ slogan to the manufactured housing industry. As a brief reminder to set the stage for
The Bard, William Shakespeare, exemplified the artform of providing interludes of comedy during a drama, or by inserting some dramatic moments in comic theater. With that in mind, a blend of the serious and satirical that follows will provide a useful change of pace mix on this Satirical Saturday episode
According to ABC 10 in Orangevale, CA, Storz Management Company owned Heritage Oak Glen has hiked site fees – a.k.a. lot rent – by 230% in the last decade. The tale is one that is all too familiar, reminiscent of the tactics of firms branded as “predatory” by MHAction and
The KCCI Iowa TV News’ headline says about the Havenpark Communities owned “Mobile home community fed up with raw sewage, gunshots and flying axes” with the nomenclature glitch in the original. Will the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) react to this, or will they again ignore this fresh apparent violation of
Cavco Industries (CVCO) President and CEO Bill Boor was and remains demonstrably correct. Boor said that the manufactured housing industry has an opportunity to “catch up” with conventional housing construction. With conventional housing builders essentially ‘maxed out,’ it raises the issue of just how high the manufactured industry’s potential might
In Ready Player One, that director Steven Spielberg movie depicted our affordable homes profession through the dark vision of 50-year-old metal exterior “mobile homes” in ugly, depressing high-rise “stacks.” But in the hit movie, The Minority Report, that hit Spielberg directed flick stating Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, and
To launch June 2021 as National Home Ownership Month, the National Housing Conference (NHC) said that the Biden White House has made affordable home ownership one of two pillars of their plan. Quite correctly, the Biden White House said that home ownership is a proven path to wealth creation, something
MHProNews contacted the CFPB to get additional information regarding manufactured home lending in their recent report, which is linked further below among the Sunday weekly headlines in review. Among the topics and technical concerns raised by their new research is this. Manufactured Home lending data previously referenced by the Manufactured
The following transcript of the May 27, 2021 earnings call for Cavco Industries is per Yahoo Finance and the Motley Fool. It is important to note that there are some apparent typos in the transcript that spokespeople for Cavco Industries (CVCO) for whatever reason declined correcting when asked by MHProNews.
As the Masthead reported earlier this week, it is June, which is National Home Ownership Month. Unlike the national Manufactured Housing Institute, in a press release, the Michigan Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA) touted their latest effort at reaching out to the public to encourage shoppers to consider buying a manufactured
In fairness, Flagship Communities Estate Investment Trust (TSX: MHC.U) (“Flagship REIT”) rating on Indeed on 6.2.2021 was a stellar 2.5 out of 5 stars. That noted, the very first statement by a “property manager” dated 5.21.2021 headline stated, “Worst company I’ve ever worked for!” Reporting the facts and quoting accurately
The Census Bureau has released some new data on U.S. construction spending for April 2021. Private #ConstructionSpending $1,180.7B (annualized) in April 2021, up 0.4% from March and up 13.9% from April 2020 $1,036.6B. #CensusEconData pic.twitter.com/wgX5IdfnyN — U.S. Census Bureau (@uscensusbureau) June 1, 2021 The effective of inflation needs to be
Facts always are whatever they may be. Facts are either elevated or obscured in a variety of ways. But facts – carefully followed, said Mark Weiss, J.D. – can prove to be stubborn things. The “Color of Change” nonprofit previously called Clayton Homes’ lending practices “Racist.” Color of Change claimed
Veterans Day is when we honor all veterans, living or dead. Memorial Day is when we recall the sacrifices of those who died in America’s many wars so that we all might live as a free people. Anything that has happened before can occur again – that’s why history, bios,
A source with the big business-dominated Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) provided the following message as a tip to MHProNews, which was not sent to MHI’s ‘free’ email-list readers. The highlighting is added by MHProNews to emphasize their surprising admission and the meaning of the stunning and possibly actionable revelation. The
The Job Creators Network (JCN) provided the following new research survey on the recovery rate of small businesses in the U.S. Additional information, plus MHProNews analysis will follow. Washington, D.C. (May 27, 2021)—Today, the Job Creators Network (JCN), a leading small business advocacy organization, is launching a new monthly
“One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein” is coming out in paperback on July 7, 2021. Per Amazon, “One Nation Under Blackmail is a damning indictment of the consequences resulting from the nearly century old relationship between both US and
Facts matter. Evidence matters, as do fact-checks and informed analysis. “Solar for Manufactured Homes – An Assessment of the Opportunities and Challenges in 14 States” is a two-volume publication by the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA). A 2019 press release by CESA indicates that they have been given some $1.1
“U.S. home prices jumped by the most in more than seven years in March, as an increasing number of would-be buyers compete for a dwindling supply of houses. The March S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, released Tuesday, May 25, rose 13.3% from a year earlier, the biggest gain since December 2013,” per Richmond. Left-leaning CNBC framed the year-over-year house price gains as
