I finished what was supposed to be an hour call after 100 minutes. The gent on the other end of the call wanted to continue on the conversation. We agreed to talk again next week. He’s a successful real estate broker, so he knows his market. The more we spoke, the more enthusiastic he sounded about all he was learning about manufactured homes and how they could benefit many of his clients.
This broker’s seen our industry’s appealing homes. He’s watched our videos. He’s read the articles we supplied. He’s smart, so he’s “getting it” rapidly. While I expect a learning curve, some of those bumps we all face along the way, a year from now it would not surprise me if this gent has numerous closed MH sales under his belt.
I’d forecast happy customers for that broker, clients who send him even more buyers.
About a dozen years has gone by since my first major effort was made on behalf of an independent MH client to get two RE brokerage offices to sell homes for them. It worked then, and there have been other success stories since. I’ve met real estate brokers like Linda Hazelhoff, who’s personally sold hundreds of MH in her career, in addition to her scores of other conventional housing sales.
Could RE brokers and agents be part of the new breed, the NextGen of MH sales success stories?
Why not? More on this exciting path to growth in MH sales, later.
2) We ought to mention the looming Appraisal Rule implementation and point you to a new NADA press release on the topic. This is interesting! Don’t miss it.
The HMPL Appraisal Rule and related finance articles are read-hot this month. Please share them with your team; we expect one or two more articles on this subject in the days ahead.
3) We’ve had very thoughtful feedback, suggestions as well as cheers for this article and video on MHLivingNews. Kindly take a look – your comments on this are valued.
4) Joe Kelly, Iowa‘s soon-to-be inducted Executive into the RV MH Hall of Fame shares an OpEd every MHC owner and industry-focused attorney ought to read and share. Barry Cole sounds off on the name and image topic, at this link here.
5) Congressman Stephen Fincher published this OpEd in The Hill, you can read this champion for MH owners and businesses sound off on the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act, along with commentary, at this link here.
6) I thought when we published an article with a video including actor Brad Pitt taking about his modular homes project, it would be popular. It has been. So imagine my surprise when the interview with Sunshine Homes’ John and Pam Bostick has been twice as popular as Brad Pitt’s! See them both on their respective links.
7) As always, let’s tip the hat to faithful Matthew Silver. I’ll bet Matthew’s done more Daily Business News articles focused on MH and related housing articles than any other active person writing about MH on the planet today. No wonder he has a faithful following of thousands!
Half way through July, you can see the full line up of Featured Articles, linked here. Plenty more ahead as we dive into the Industry News, Tips and Views Pros Can Use. © ##
