Reminder: like so many of you, we love the manufactured housing industry, and believe strongly in its future. Good news exists like the wine that cheers us ahead; troubling news is there for us to identify, navigate and overcome so our home owners and we as professionals can grow even more. Let’s note the rising …
DC Complexity plus Rising Sales, Rising Pressures on MH Read More »
Before diving into the headline topics, let’s briefly comment on what so many pundits missed in Monday’s Iowa Caucus results. On the Democratic side, the questions hanging over their photo-finish results may prove to be worse for Hillary Clinton’s once inevitable campaign than if Bernie Sanders had won Iowa outright. Among the headlines Tuesday Morning …
If you are one of those who have not had your email, text, voicemail of other outreach replied to, my apologies. As the photo below suggests, there are dozens of voice messages – plus the others – that are yet to be addressed. If you are in that group of as yet unreturned calls, kindly …
2 Hats, 2 Phones, 2 Faces, 2 Standards, 2 Words and 2 Threats Read More »
Housing isn’t a partisan issue. It’s a human necessity. Physically – not spiritually – speaking, there is food, clothing, transportation and shelter. In the natural order, all else is a bonus. In the USA, affordable housing is a growing need. No industry – on paper – can make a better case for being the affordable …
Manufactured Housing – Losing, Lemmings and MH Winning Read More »
Dictionary Reference defines Coup d’état definition as, “a sudden and decisive action in politics, especially one resulting in a change of government …” We won’t say the dates, but what follows is a true MH story. 1) MH Coup d’etat Once upon a time, a duo of MH personalities decided to overthrow the leadership in …
Other than being dead, hospitalized or tending to those in those scenarios, almost any excuse will do. – Need to walk the dog. – Hate the cold, snow. – Need to fund that deal. – That’s two days you could be selling, etc, etc.. The successful and success-seekers in MH – from the Midwest and …
Let’s let each of the successful and respected industry leaders below, speak for themselves on their respective topics. Let’s begin with the Manufactured Housing Institute’s Chair… Tim Williams 21st Mortgage and MHI Chairman Sounds off on PBS Controversy http://www.MHProNews.com/blogs/industryvoices/about-responding-to-pbs-newshours-bad-bargain-report-by-stephen-fee/ Just hours before Tim Williams’ Industry Voices post on MHProNews.com, Marty Lavin’s Industry Voices post on …
For the next few moments, let me again encourage those on the fence to make the trek to Louisville for the 2016 Manufactured Housing Show. Industry pros need to get their batteries recharged! Many will need to get their inventory refreshed and restocked. Dozens of suppliers are waiting to share their latest. We’ll be at …
2016 Louisville Show Previews, Updates on Media – Clayton Homes Drama Read More »
It could be called a study in contrasts. The wide range of comments from MH industry pros in recent days varied from the extreme of a fellow who termed our published response to PBS news takedown of MH and MHI as “either misguided or have a self-serving agenda.” – to a far greater number of others …
Staying A Positive MH Course in sometimes Negative World Read More »
Industry statistics suggest that the auto industry’s final count for 2015 could hit an all time high for U.S. car sales, with some 17.5 million autos, trucks, SUVs and other vehicles sold. At the current pace, the MH industry looks like it could finish the year with some 70,000 total HUD Code manufactured homes (see download …
17.5 Million Autos in 2015 vs. 70,000 Manufactured Homes? Read More »
