It’s an event that’s more than double the size of the Louisville manufactured housing trade show’s display. This brand-new event is also much larger than the number of manufactured and tiny homes displayed at the factory-built housing industry’s Tunica Show. Who’s making this special event happen? Out of millions …
Huge New Factory-Built Home Wholesale Liquidation Event Announced Read More
Albert Einstein, Zig Ziglar, Martha C. Nussbaum, and Manufactured Housing There are those who mistakenly think they don’t understand the value of an honest critique. But the truth is that we all know the value of objective analysis, because we all rate things – be they spoken, written, expressed …
For the better part of the first six months of 2018, stocks on the Dow and other markets have reacted – mostly negatively – to a series headlines out of Washington, Beijing, North Korea, Canada, the Eurozone – you name it. But today, after the so-called trade war – new …
Stocks Just Did What? Plus Manufactured Housing Industry Market Updates Read More
“We’re thrilled that it passed this first hurdle,” said Cameron Herrington to the Portland Tribune. Herrington is the “anti-displacement coordinator for Living Cully,” which is described as a coalition of nonprofits campaigning to create the new protections for residents. “In 2016, the Portland Housing Bureau worked with …
City Fighting to KEEP Dozens of Manufactured Home Communities Read More
People are entitled to their own beliefs, but not to their own facts. Which should cause the open minded to ask, what are the facts? Big government has been among the challenges for manufactured housing (MH) for decades. So, this is a topic that matters to everyone who makes …
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) anti-trust division has the slogan, “Protecting and Promoting Competition.” It sums up why this issue matters to thousands of manufactured home industry professionals, and consumers. Rephrased, this rule could impact every manufactured home industry professional, regardless of what company or organization you are working for …
Depending on who you ask in MHVille, the AT&T/Time Warner deal ruling either has little meaning for manufactured housing companies, or it may have real significance. What is now being revealed, is that the Trump Administration DOJ is considering an appeal. That will be our focus for this evening. …
West Texas. South Dakota. Louisiana. Oklahoma. These are just some of the places that oil, natural gas, and energy have and are creating or supporting jobs that have sold thousands upon thousands of factory built housing units. Tonight’s spotlight focus is an interview with the Texas Commissioner who keeps his …
Texas Commission Talks West Texas Oil Boom, Plus Manufactured Home Market Updates Read More
When Jon Markman reveals much with his first paragraph in Forbes, which said: “Since 1975, Sun Communities has been flying under the radar. Managers have been buying and operating trailer parks.1 And they have been making a fortune for shareholders.” Markman’s bio says Analyzing tech stocks through the prism …
Forbes Boast$ about Manufactured Home Community Operation Read More
Before diving into tonight’s feature, millions will tune in tonight to see who President Donald J. Trump will nominate to replace retiring Justice Anthony “Tony” Kennedy on the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). Some have speculated on a variety of supposed top contenders. An interesting op-ed by Senator …
U.S. vs China, SCOTUS Pick, Biz Effects, and MH Market Updates Read More
“Easy doesn’t pay well.” – John Bostick, Sunshine Homes “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we’ve been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by …
We will start by “setting the table” or “teeing up” today’s topic with a series of thought provoking facts. Then, we’ll dive into the reality-based action steps for today’s marketing and sales theme. As hard to imagine as it may be to someone in the year 2018, …
A new Reuters Ipsos poll tells the Daily Business News that the top two issues for most voters in the approaching midterms will be employment and immigration. Even as the long-awaited tariffs between the U.S. and China both kicked in today, a series of positive jobs data sparked a rise …
Via a release on July 3 from Tricon Capital Group Inc. (“Tricon” or TSX: TCN), “…a principal investor and asset manager focused on the residential real estate industry, has completed the previously-announced sale of its 14-park manufactured housing investment vertical known as Tricon Lifestyle Communities (“TLC”) to an institutional asset …
Sale of $172 Million Manufactured Home Community Portfolio Completed Read More
On the eve of the implementation of tariffs on China by the Trump Administration, “trade war” leery investors apparently realized that the tech sector will benefit. The Dow rose by over 180. The headline, will be our market focus tonight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature …
On Eve of Tariffs, China Has World’s Worst Market, Plus MH Market Updates Read More
There are those who slam manufactured housing as being less expensive due to inferior quality. But a “Harvard study refutes that, labeling as “exaggerated” the “concerns about the difference between manufactured homes…and [homes] built to applicable local building codes” (Vermeer and Louie 1995, section IV, 2). The study found that …
Having published Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and others on the left a chance, it is time to do a video with a Texas GOP conservative, Senator Ted Cruz. An interview with him will be our spotlight going into the 4th of July holiday today. If you’re new, already hooked on …
Long-time manufactured and modular housing industry professional know that oil production, and other energy related work, often translates into more demand for factory-built housing. So the oil data, provided below, will be our spotlight for this evening’s market focus. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – …
Bloomberg’s list is interesting, and meaningful, because it reveals movers and shakers in the U.S. and abroad that shape policies and markets. These top 25 clans often have significant influence in politics, because of their economic clout. Some top figures from that list will be shown in our featured report …
Lee Enterprises in Davenport, Iowa, will run Berkshire Hathaway’s newspapers and digital sites in a five-year agreement. Why does it matter to MHVille? That will be our featured report this evening, found further below. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get …
Warren Buffett Strikes Deal with Lee to Manage Berkshire Units, plus MH Market Updates Read More
