The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) won't say it, because they understandably want to be polite. The state and MHC associations, ditto. So who is going to make the point that an important industry association voice is essentially inaudible on a key financing issue facing manufactured housing? Before making the point, let me share what a …
We announced in the ever popular Daily Business News on Labor Day that we would be moving our base of operations (HQ) to Florida. While there is still much to be done, the first phase of that move is complete. My new office number is 863-213-4090, Soheyla's is 863-213-4077, other team member numbers remain the …
There are promising developments in manufactured housing and more in the making. We will review in rapid sequence a few of these, such as the industry's political efforts, Louisville and others in the paragraphs that follow. We've hinted for weeks, and now can openly spotlight, that MHI has been working with 3 consumer groups in …
Manufactured housing is bigger than any one of us who are in it, but relatively small compared to so many other industries. Outreaches and Inreaches are thus essential for our industry to accomplish its political, media, regulatory, public, marketing, sales and other goals. Let's look at (1) Outreaches, (2) Inreaches and peace talks. Outreach At both …
In literature, phrases and words can have various meanings. In the case of through the looking glass, it may mean a window, or a mirror. Let's talk today about mirrors and a valuable, proven Good to Great concept. When something goes wrong for a person or an organization, Good to Great author Jim Collins says …
There are lots of ways that manufactured housing pros “handle” the fact that they are in this business. Don't get me wrong, we are in a great industry, one that in a different world or place ought to be celebrated. I've been looking at an obscure report sent by an industry contact done by a …
You'll see what the acronym TEST means below, along with Big Number 48. Let's start with some observations about all the superior September articles you'll find, outlined below. Before publishing an article, it's my privilege to read and edit them all. As I read Zig's article this month for MHProNews, my mind turned to exactly …
The next exclusive “movers and shakers” interview coming up for September in our wildly popular series is, A Cup of Coffee with…Leigh J. Abrams. Drew is a billion dollar plus annual sales company, and their long, steady “ashes to cashes” story may be ideally suited for our industry in the waning days of summer 2013. …
Two quick notes before dive into our main topic, The Media, Manufactured Homes Communities and the Rent Control Issue. Note 1: We've received numerous replies on the Captive Finance topic, beyond those we have published. There are comments that said this was an 'excellent' and 'important' topic and that gave us their atta boy. We …
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As regular readers of our popular, free twice weekly emailed news update know, 2012 was a record year here at MHProNews, as we completed the first full year of our new web-media format. That said, 2013 is blowing 2012 away! We have already had more visitors and more page views this year than all of …
