Welcome to our new June 2012 Featured Articles issue! You will see below writers from the past and many of our regular experts too. A number of factories are reporting backlogs, as shipments continue to grow. This is good news to all of those in markets or whose businesses are doing what it takes to …
Our new issue for June will go live by the end of this week. So you still have time to catch up on all the great May Featured Articles, before they go into the archive. It looks like we may nudge past the April record in readership in May. With thousands of new visitors (industry …
Perhaps 'dual track' would be a better phrasing here than 'two step,' but sometimes you just have to have the headline that makes you smile, look and read. There has been behind the scenes whispers and words in the weeks since the late February MHI Legislative Session. Those whispers have been about an effort to …
Texas sells 1 out of 5 every new manufactured homes shipped in the United States. If you ask D. J. Pendleton why, he might modestly say that they are blessed with a better economy. That they have significant oil field activity. That the relationship with regulators is a good, professional one. All of this would …
What follows may seem counter-intuitive at first. Pain is natural, necessary and can be good. Pain is a signal in the body or mind that something is awry. That something needs 'fixing' or attention. We tend to avoid pain and run from it. But in fact, the solution almost always involves embracing the pain. One …
As full disclosure, I've not (yet) read the book that the World Over Live discussion I am about to share introduced me to recently. But the interview plus the Washington Times book review of the new volume by Arthur Brooks, Road to Freedom, How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise, certainly piqued my interest. …
I was speaking with a very successful manufactured home community owner and MH Retailer. We spent about an hour discussing a plan to advance home sales and profits. Near the end of the conversation, the owner said, “Tony, this means a change in the way that we do business.” I agreed, but asked, do you …
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The nomination process on the Republican side seems all but resolved with Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich out of the race and both formally backing Mitt Romney. There has long been speculation that Ron Paul will get to speak at the Republican Convention, and will support Romney too, with Paul's presumed goals being to keep …
1/3 of 2012 is already in the history books. Manufactured home shipments have continued on an upward trend. The political and business climate continues to stay in flux, but this is a presidential election year. All of the U.S. House and 1/3 of the Senate will stand for election. There is plenty to talk – …
The human body needs oxygen. Cut oxygen off, and the body suffers, then dies. Imagine for a few moments how you would respond if the local city or county were to come to your businesses location. An official has a legal notice in hand and serves it to you. They are shutting your location down, …
