If you hear negative whispers, ignore them! The latest word is that the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show will lock a deal this week that insures a break even, even before the final show and exhibit spaces are committed! To rephrase, the profitability of the show is thus assured. The last of the show home spaces …
Locking and Loading! Louisville Manufactured Housing Show 2011 Read More »
In his article “Hoping for Change Doesn’t Cut It”, Ross Kinzler from the Wisconsin Housing Alliance (WHA) used a term I would like to paraphrase, “partnering with government.” Specifically, here is what Ross said: “2. There will be no progress without agreement on an action plan to press the solutions with our government partners in …
Two Snapshots of topics in manufactured housing – plus a bonus! So thanks for joining us again. Let’s dive in and get started! 1. This week’s Manufactured Housing Events: 2010 Five-State Mid-Atlantic Convention Oct 18 – Oct 20 Albany, New York Contact: Nancy Geer (518) 867-3242 Manufactured housing industry professionals from the states of NY, …
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Three Topics today, so let’s get started! 1. 2011 Louisville Manufactured Housing Show We have received at www.MHMSM.com numerous positive responses to the report on the return of the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show in 2011. Some are public, as a review of comments posted in last weekend’s blog will reveal. Many more are ‘private,’ or …
2011 Louisville Manufactured Housing Show Part Two & More! Read More »
In a recent mid-term election commentary, Dick Morris commented that the risk for Republicans wasn’t over-confidence, it was under-confidence. While pundits say 40-50 House seats may switch as a result of the mid-terms, Morris contends it could be in an historic 80-100 seat range, if the response is bold enough. This reminded me that the …
Mid-Term Under-Confidence and Manufactured Housing Read More »
I. Return of the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show in 2011 Hats off to Dennis Hill at Showways Unlimited, as well as to the bold, forward looking manufacturers, exhibitors and others who are lining up rapidly behind the return of the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show, coming up quickly in 2011! My understanding from recent conversations with …
Louisville Manufactured Housing Show’s Rebirth & more! Read More »
In our Friday edition of the Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon, we featured stories from Canada and the United States, including our daily Market Watch report on manufactured housing stocks. My focus for this post is the part of the News at Noon that recapped the Wall Street Journal’s recent article on the …
The Wall Street Journal and the Manufactured Housing Industry Read More »
Three broad topics today, as suggested in the title, so let’s get started. 1 Unintended Consequences We hear and read a lot these days about “unintended consequences.” Unintended consequences may occur in business, government, politics or in our personal lives. An example of unintended consequences may be the Conseco-Greentree et al. lending meltdown a dozen …
Unintended Consequences; the Manufactured Housing Pro Dialogue; MHI Annual Meeting Read More »
The International Networking Roundtable in Phoenix last week gathered some 175 Industry pros to hear top speakers, network and look at show homes. We’ve already featured photos of Cavco’s show home on my last blog post. Today we turn to the New Champion’s home. I saw Wade Lyall, Regional Vice President of Sales and Marketing; …
