There is an apparently ever-growing mountain of alleged ignorance – or agenda driven – reporting about manufactured homes. PBS NewsHour, NPR and more recently The Raleigh, NC headquartered News & Observer are just 3 of many examples of what Marty Lavin, JD has paradoxically called, “the manufactured housing industry’s other …
The REAL Truth, vs. Fake News, About Modern Manufactured Homes Read More
“Publishing hand-picked information can be worse for the impression it makes on manufactured homes and our industry than stating entirely false information.” – Brad Lovin, North Carolina Manufactured Housing Association. “My 80 percent friend is not my 20 percent enemy.” – Ronald Reagan. “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a …
Mainstream Media Hit on Manufactured Housing? What’s Their Agenda? Read More
About three years ago, Sam Zell quipped in Chicago to hundreds of manufactured home community professionals that at Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) they discovered they had a partner without an investment they didn’t count on. The government. The owners of Diablo Estates have likewise learned from experience that organized residents …
Kort & Scott Financial Group (FSFG) Faces Reports of Senior Wrath Read More
The Eric C. Conn – Social Security attorney, fraud case – would never have been mentioned in the Daily Business News save for this troubling fact. Several mainstream media accounts featured his office space – manufactured homes – in photos and copy, as if that was somehow relevant to the …
Ongoing Saga – Eric “Conn Man” MegaFraud – Media’s Troubling ‘Mobile Home’ Spin Read More
Several recent industry events have highlighted just how significant the incorrect use of jargon – terminology – is for manufactured housing retailers, communities, producers and others who serve, supply, and support the industry. For instance, the Ohio Manufactured Home Association (OMHA) and their state’s resident group struggle to keep their …
Lies, Fables and MH Impact – A Rose by Any Other Name… Read More
Social Security disability lawyer Eric C. Conn plead guilty earlier this year to a scheme that defrauded the federal government of over half-a-billion dollars. While a legacy factory-built housing professional yesterday quipped, tongue in cheek, that the real Ponzi scheme is social security itself, “The Conn Mann,” a judge and …
Eric Conn ‘Trailer Law Complex’ Social Security Attorney ‘On the Lam’ Read More
“Though mobile homes offer a relatively inexpensive but comfortable housing alternative, it appears that this trend has made the United States more vulnerable to tornadoes over time,” claims Climate Change, Tornadoes And Mobile Homes: A Dangerous Mix. Mark Skidmore and his colleagues crafted the Michigan State University study, which said, …
What Michigan State Climate, Tornado and ‘Mobile Home” Researchers Missed, and Admitted Read More
“There are lies, damned lies and statistics.” – Mark Twain “How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” – Abraham Lincoln “We don’t plan to respond any further…Our analysis captures …
Explosive! MSU’s Mark Skidmore on Flawed Tornadoes and “Mobile Homes” Study, Exclusive Read More
After listening to the former FBI director James Comey’s explosive testimony, pro-Clinton MSNBC‘s Chris Matthews said the Russia-Trump collusion story was now dead. That didn’t keep the New York Times from leading this morning by saying that Comey raised the possibility that President Donald J. Trump obstructed justice. That would …
No Fire, Just Smoke, and Democratic Clinton Supporter Says, Enough Read More
Over the years, one of the most persistent thorns in the side of manufactured housing is the topic of tornadoes. In numerous meetings with dozens to 100 plus industry veterans in the room, L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach has asked industry attendees this simple question. “How many of you believe that …
While various narratives continue from talking heads and media pundits about President Donald Trump’s lack of progress, the numbers don’t lie. As the Daily Business News covered in a feature story yesterday, while President Trump continues to make progress, including the lowest unemployment rate in decades, and the highest consumer, …
Trump’s Negative News Coverage Belies Public’s Positive Pesky Facts Read More
The ongoing battle between the Ohio Manufactured Housing Association (OMHA) and Ohio Governor John Kasich over the status of the Ohio Manufactured Housing Commission (OMHC) has been taken to a whole new level, with what informed sources are calling “fake news.” According to a story from WOSU, Gov. Kasich wants to …
In what is quickly becoming known as the “tweet heard ‘round the manufactured housing world,” former ESPN and MSNBC host Keith Olbermann’s reference to President Donald Trump supporters — former Presidential candidate Sarah Palin and musicians Ted Nugent and Kid Rock during their White House visit — as “trailer park …
As the Trump Administration prepares its first budget, a familiar name is on the chopping block. Legal Services Corporation, AmeriCorps, the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), parent of National Public Radio (NPR), are all in the crosshairs for cuts. According …
Trump Administration Readies Budget Cuts, Familiar Name on List Read More
A recent op-ed by Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, puts a new spotlight on the coverage provided by NPR and poses serious questions about how the organization covers news. “Is National Public Radio’s description of an Obama urban directive as something that merely ‘links [government] funding …
NPR and Fair Housing: Is “Liberal Bias” Creating Fake News? Read More
The southern U.S. was severely affected this weekend, as tornadoes and storms destroyed homes, injured dozens and killed 16. According to the Chicago Tribune, a tornado blew through a manufactured home community in rural Cook County in southern Georgia causing damage and killing seven people. “The tornado leveled the park …
Tornadoes, Severe Weather Ravage South, Misconceptions Abound Read More
The Digital Journal, International Business Times and dozens of other mainstream media outlets have picked up the following MHLivingNews press release that refutes the slanted claims made in a recent “All Things Considered” radio broadcast and related articles. The Inside MH Road Show and Manufactured Home Living News have featured experts and professionals, but homeowners …
“Jail Him!” NPR’s “Mobile Home Park Owners Can Spoil An Affordable American Dream” Refuted Read More
Roger Thompson is one of the millions of manufactured home owners who are happy, but with one big difference. He was willing to go on camera and tell his story to all who will listen. Thompson says that the people “…that come into my home are like, “Oh my gosh…This …
Thompson – ‘OMG! Manufactured Home Like My $200,000 House!’ Read More
As a series of business and economic reports last week reflected, 2016 ended on several positive notes that could bode well for a good 2017. Small Business Optimism Soars Post-Election Consumer Confidence Soars Post-Election – 2017 Outlook Nevertheless, the factory built home industry still faces some old, familiar challenges. The …
A flurry of comments follows the controversial, and many would say, flawed story by National Public Radio’s (NPR) correspondent, Daniel Zwerdling. Broadcast on NPR’s All Things Considered, one professional suggested that the taxpayer-sponsored program ought to be renamed, Only Progressive Viewpoints Considered. Tim Williams, M. Mark Weiss and community owner/investor …
