Scaring professionals is never the point in our news stories or OpEds. In fact, my gripe about some writers or speakers is that all too often their commentary pointed out problems without proposing sound – or any – solutions. Problems exist, but they are often opportunities in disguise once solved. News is news, but in …
Tom Cruise did a movie a number of years ago, with 'cocktails and dreams' being the theme of a pub the fictional entrepreneurial bar tender wanted to open. While Cruise won't be present, dozens of the leading lights from the RV and Manufactured Housing industries will be at the 2013 induction ceremonies, which will include …
Hot July nights and even hotter days have yielded to August and the frenzy of back to school and so much more. Manufactured housing is still on a general two year uptick in new home shipments. As you will see in some of our August Featured Articles, while there are still plenty of challenges to …
I had to smile to myself about an incident from a few months ago. I'd started a discussion on LinkedIn about re-branding single section homes “The CuBe Home,” a name that Lifestyle Factory Homes, LLC has the copyright. Some where poking fun at the re-branding concept, others clearly got it. The reason for the quiet …
Manufactured housing home owners and professionals may be catching some breaks in the recent reports coming out of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This is good, because those owners and we industry pros deserve it. That said, the situation is still in flux and in an ideal world, we'd see the CFPB continue on this …
Stop and think for a moment. What do we get paid for, really? Isn't it for solutions? Let's imagine a school teacher. What are they paid for, if not to 'solve' the need to educate? What does a doctor get paid for, if not for the need to cure the sick or maintain better health? …
It seems that some are insistent on focusing on division vs. unity at a time when unity is so valuable. Part of this is due to 'divide and conquer' style strategies. The question for this column is simple. What is the biggest fish that we need to fry? What are our top priorities as an …
We saw about a week ago how rapidly the Senate moved to pass their so-called comprehensive immigration reform bill, with the political prize being the votes of Hispanics, some 11 million of whom now live in the U.S. without proper documents. Next, watch as the Congress races to pass legislation to help the estimated 6 …
Zillow reports on a listing by Sotheby's International Realty on a home that reminds us of the 4th of July, because its first owner was a signer of the Declaration of Independence! The photos that follow will all be of that home. Here are snipets from the Zillow report: TUSCULUM –An allee of Zelkova trees …
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The word fraternity is derived from the word fraternal. Wikipedia says: A fraternity (from the Latin frater: "brother") is a brotherhood, or a fraternal organization. In ancient times, fraternal – brother – meant 'kin' and in many societies it was understood in a gender neutral (male and/or female) fashion, that went well beyond immediate siblings. …
