It is easy for some to get the mistaken impression that MHProNews has become obsessed with spotlighting only bad stuff occurring in and too the manufactured housing industry. Acknowledging that such a misread is possible, let’s dispel notion simply by saying that we have never for a moment doubted nor failed to express that there …
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“Tony…as I think you know, it’s ALWAYS been my position that lease option and rent to own are illegal if they are a “workaround” for chattel financing, which is what most such schemes are…” – MH Industry attorney, not an association exec, in off-the-record comment about his legal perspective about the issue that follows. George …
The American Dream is more than housing that someone owns, but that is a key element to it. Properly understood, this story could bridge much of the left-right divide. Properly told, and it would likely need to be a series, it could win a Pulitzer or other prize for reporting. Nevertheless, those true tales are …
Everyone has had the experience of realizing that something that they had believed about a person, thing or group was untrue. There are scores of reasons that explain why and how that phenomenon of discovery occurs. But the reality is that it does happen, so it needs no more explanation than what’s just …
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“It’s unbelievable how much you don’t know about the game you’ve been playing all your life.” – Mickey Mantle Every state has its heroes and heroines. Mickey Mantle is a favorite son from Oklahoma, where I began my manufactured home career some years ago. Hillsadale College’s president says that the word education …
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“When in the course of human events…” Day by day, people make life-changing decisions. Those choices can be for good or ill. A fact without context may have little discernible meaning. To properly understand the present, or any moment in time, one must understand what occurred previously. In the famous George Orwell’s dark novel, 1984, …
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Manufactured Housing is every bit as “amazing” as HUD Secretary Carson said in a video found on MHLivingNews.com. Secretary Carson had even more to say, his full prepared statements are exclusively found at this link here. Manufactured homes are indeed a “phenomenon,” as award-winning industry veteran Ron Thomas, Sr. told MHProNews. The industry needs good …
Warren Buffett’s Annual Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders, and their annual shareholders meeting, are writ large on the calendar for investors. The same can be said for professionals who are in or researching – or in – the manufactured home industry. Clayton Homes – led by company founder Jim Clayton’s son, Kevin Clayton – become …
Executive summary. To solve a problem, to tap an opportunity, one must discover the root causes and address those core issues. There are numerous untold stories in the manufactured housing industry. The common stories read and seen in mainstream news tend to leave the uninformed with the impression that manufactured home owners got …
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Clayton Homes made the news several times in recent days. As a heads up to readers, this mentions legislation, but that isn’t the headline topic. The example that follows exemplifies a reality check that will tee up an “Aha! Moment” for many. The subjects Clayton Homes has been included in mainstream media reports included such …
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