Seven topics this week, one that is pure fun, others more serious, so let’s dive right in. 1. Manufactured Housing: Endangered Species or Phoenix Rising? If you listen to the likes of consultant Chuck Shinn or academic Dr. David Funk, you would think Manufactured Housing is poised for a potentially bright future. In fact, as …
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Tony Kovach and members of our MHMSM.com team report from sunny Tunica, Mississippi on the second day of the largest outdoor home show in the country.
Tony Kovach submitted these three short videos from 2011 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show. He is there with other members of our MHMSM.com team and joined our IT/WebTech Bob Stovall for the popular “Dominate Your Local Market!” seminar this afternoon.
At times many tire of the long string of ‘bad news’ that seems to flow endlessly towards our Industry from Washington DC, our state capital or locally. Many working in our businesses today never knew the glory days of the late 90s, when 372,000+ manufactured homes were sold by HUD Code builders in 1998. Even …
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I heard an interesting fact yesterday. In 1900 there were some 1800 carriage builders in the U.S. Today, only one of those firms survived – Fisher – and they did so by adapting, by changing with the times. Body by Fisher, now a branch of General Motors (GM), became famous and wealth followed. The horse-drawn …
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Are you looking for ways to earn more income this year? Want to drive more business in 2011? Learn the secrets from award-winning companies and recognized pros! Join an estimated 1200 Industry professionals who will attend the Tunica Manufactured Housing Show free. Among the homes and services, you will find the seminars indicated below to …
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Three Manufactured Housing News topics today: 1. Post MHI DC meeting comments 2. Reality Check/Getting Mad, and 3. Business Building in the Spring of 2011 So let’s jump in and get started. 1. Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Winter Meeting and Legislative session Duties here in Chicagoland kept me from attending the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) …
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The monthly stats are in for Manufactured Housing shipments. They have declined again. A double digit drop. In our premier issue in 2009, we featured the message, “I’m madder than hell and I am not going to take it any more!” That was a famous refrain from the 1976 movie Network. If you do not …
“Those who do not know the past are condemned to re-live it.” – George Santayana Let’s jump into four topics today. 1. & 2. Where have all the philanthropists gone? Warren? Sam? Kevin? Joe? Where are you when the RV/MH Hall of Fame needs you now? Or are you waiting for the dramatic last moment, …
It is Thursday morning as I start writing this blog. We just sent out our twice-weekly emailed newsletter. Already we have received posted comments on Associations, besides those that come in by phone or email. Click here for one Disqus comment posted by an unhappy camper, and click here for one on the other side of the discussion …
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