From four miles up, the perspective of the world is quite different. The biggest home looks tiny, the nicest ride is a pencil point on a ribbon of a road. From up here, the ‘who is next at MHI’ topic takes on the perspective of the high flying leaders for whom such choices are common …
Many have thoughtfully shared there feelings and reflections on Thayer Long’s departure as the President of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) with us. Those reflections below are followed by another key topic on Industry Professionals’ minds; namely, who and what’s next at MHI First the Farewells to Thayer, in the order in which they were recieved: “Thayer …
Big Names Bid Thayer Long Farewell & What’s Next for MHI? Read More »
October-fest! We celebrate the start of our third year! Going to the NY Housing Association’s annual meeting this month? Please check out the Dominate Your Local Market seminar and say hi there. Going to the IMHA annual meeting? Please say hi after the “Attracting more Customers with good Credit.” Thanks for making us the run-away #1 …
October is here and in Chicagoland, we can feel the drop in temperatures as fall has arrived. This starts perhaps the busiest season of all for manufactured housing industry associations and their members, as the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and many state association are holding their annual meetings this month. For those of you who …
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This week (on Sept 27) we celebrated the anniversary of the Model T’s debut in 1908. It was the first mass-produced car that was considered affordable for the public. The Ford Motor Company created middle class jobs with their car, and they offered motorized transportation to the masses. Factory built housing has a similar vision, …
Model T in U.S. history and Factory Built Housing Read More »
It would be difficult to understate the importance of what took place in Washington, DC on September 22nd, when officials from MHI and MHARR met jointly with HUD officials, as reported Friday in our Daily Business News. Given the often tenuous and rocky history between these two key trade groups representing manufactured housing’s various interests, …
In case you missed the previous Masthead blog post, I hope to see many of you this Sunday through Tuesday, as we do our Texas Two step. Catch more info at the link below. Texas Sized Tid-Bits The second of our pair of two steps will be moving our MHProNews.com (MHMSM.com) website next weekend …
A pair of Two Steps, first Texas and then Internet Style! Read More »
We will know in the coming months (14 or less) if Texas will be home to the next President of the United States. We know already that CEO Magazine rates Texas as a top “business friendly” state. Unemployment in Texas is lower than the national average. Of keen importance to us in manufactured housing, Texas …
September means the busy meeting season is upon us. Are you going to: Texas MHA‘s, Indiana MHA’s or the NYHousing Association‘s meetings? Please stop and say hi before or after my presentations there. August brought new records here at MHMSM.com (MHProNews.com). Thanks for “voting” us #1 with your time, laptops, computers, mobile devices and browsers. …
A very successful retail center, one of the top 100 in the country, has the following practice that I though was brilliant. Every day, people in their office read stories from sources like ours. Then they discuss them! I’m told the ideas that come from that discussion are part of what makes and keeps these …
