The AP tells us that the tornado that struck the Oklahoma City, OK suburb of Moore this week may have created $1.5 – $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as many as 13,000 homes, multiple schools, businesses and a medical center. Early reports of high death tolls (51, 91, etc.) than …
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As I start this blog post at 5:30 AM CST, there are already 51 known dead in Oklahoma. By 6:24 AM one source place that death toll at 91, but the likelihood is it will only climb. One of the most destructive storms on record has passed, but another day or two of similar conditions …
Are there common points among the various A Cup of Coffee with… interviews with C-suite manufactured housing leaders? Yes. Among them, a quiet optimism about the future of manufactured housing, a strong belief in the value of our product and a desire to see reforms in federal regulations. That said, each leader brings their own …
All too often, politics in our country simply seems frustrating. I routinely meet people – in and out of our industry – who feel that what happens in DC, state or local politics is simply beyond their ability to influence. So they tune it all out. On the other end of the spectrum are those …
A dear, wise soul told me years ago that 'news is gossip for intellectuals.' It was meant to be witty as well as often being a truism. Some 'news' – entertainment news comes to mind – is indeed gossipy. But other news and commentary are more serious, notably when it impacts people's lives, including our own. …
Okay, not everyone will be as blown away by this report as our inner circle and close supporters are, but let me outline below why you and others in manufactured housing should be! The top two articles so far in May on MHProNews are as follows: MHProNews.com/home/featured-articles/may-2013/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics/5417-a-cup-of-coffee-with-michael-evans MHProNews.com/home/featured-articles/may-2013/137-financing/5418-manufactured-home-mortgages-perform-as-well-as-other-mortgages Through the first part of May 7, …
We have some 7 months before onerous regulations from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) kick in January 2014 that would cut access to an important segment of manufactured housing financing. That means we have less than 7 months to get HR 1779, and a pending companion bill in the U.S. Senate done. So we …
In the last couple of years, your scribe has taken up the liberating rhetorical tool of stating the obvious. For example, you and I don't know what we don't know. Or as this pithy quote re-states it: “A businessman’s judgment is no better than his information.” – R. P. Lamont Because we don't know what …
The day has dawned. The start of the reform of the Dodd-Frank bill has begun. You read the hint here first in our Spotlighted Reports mid week emailed NewsLine. Starting in the House of Representatives, the bill designated as HR 1779, was filed on Friday, April 26, 2013. The bill's press release is available at …
I'm not aware of any manufactured home communities in Africa, much less on the islands off the African coast. So you can image my surprise when a client called me last week during the MHI/NCC annual Congress and Expo with a question about something he read; and the call came from off the coast of …
