The “Trailer Park Boys,” on Netflix and the movie. “8 Mile,” movie with Eminem. Some zoning board, near you… Day by day, for whatever reason, numbers of entertainers, officials and in media find an excuse to spotlight mobile or manufactured homes, and routinely do so in a negative light. …
“Ready Player One” Movie – Unsubtle Slam on Manufactured Housing? Read More
The screen capture below is a case of a picture is worth 1,000 words. It is a composite from a page one Google search this morning for “mobile home” news. Note that each of these page one search results reveals a news report that negative. Every day, such …
Relevant background information is important for understanding an issue. To understand why Dave Ramsey’s take on “mobile homes” [sic] as an “investment” for a home buyers matters to the industry and millions of manufactured home owners, Ramsey’s background matters. “The Dave Ramsey Show is a three-hour, self-syndicated radio program and …
“Live in a Mobile Home to Buy a House?” – Dave Ramsey Video Read More
Greg Schoor is about to become much better known in MHVille. In an exclusive statement published on MHLivingNews, a National Weather Service (NWS) severe storms expert – Greg Schoor – has made admissions that could shake the foundation of what the public has been led to believe about …
As news and retrospectives tied to the release of O.J. Simpson last year reminded tens of millions, crime happens in neighborhoods of all kinds. Notorious Charles Manson’s death also reminded the public about the same point, crime happens across the economic spectrum. But all-too-often in media, ‘if it bleeds, it …
“Murder in Mobiles” Mainstream Media = “Trailer Park” [sic] “Dispute Turns Deadly” Read More
The New Year of 2018 has started off with a bang in the factory-built housing industry. Mergers, economic, political, legal, and other hot issues have hit this week, plus all of our market news. Be mindful that we welcome your confidential News Tips at this link here. Let’s …
“It’s the industry’s other image campaign,” quipped Marty Lavin, JD, an MHI award winner, to MHProNews. Marty Lavin Lashes the Manufactured Housing Institute’s (MHI) Latest Initiative How do the ‘two campaigns’ compare? The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) launched the video part of their “image campaign” on November 15, …
“Trailer Park Millionaires: How to Get Rich on Housing for the Poor,” Guardian Features Read More
Over two pages of current mainstream media news stories about “mobile homes,” are focused on one topic. That subject? “Mobile home fire.” MHLivingNews has previously reported that fire-related incidents, and thus news stories, increase in all kinds of housing when winter hits. But local media often appears to hype – …
Fires Burning Manufactured Housing’s Public Image? News, Review, MH Industry Impact Read More
To cure a problem, one must first recognize that a problem exists. A recent message to the Daily Business News on MHProNews from an award-winning Manufactured Home (MH) industry executive read in part, “…you are rapidly becoming the industry’s institutional memory…” The MH Industry, as is true for most professions, …
“We need to get these people out” of that “mobile home park. These homes are going to go up in flames,” said Shannon Handy, a reporter for CBS8 Local in California, near the end of the video embedded below. The male co-anchor of CBS8 Local makes the more correct statement …
Mobile and Manufactured Home Fire Reports, Fact Check, Industry Impact Read More
As we approach Christmas – and begin to wrap up 2017 – let’s keep this Monday Morning Sales Meeting hyper-simple today. Almost everyone in the industry agrees that mainstream news-and-entertainment industries impact – mostly harmfully – the manufactured housing industry. A Harvard report predicted that the first decade of 2000 …
An Open Letter to Robert “Bob” Plunket, Sarasota Magazine Dear Robert, My hunch is you’re a fine writer, which is why your opening, headline, and much of column in your recent article in Sarasota Magazine are troubling. The executive summary might be the maxim, “the road to hell is paved …
“Complaining about a problem without a solution is called whining,’ is attributed by some to Teddy Roosevelt. As an executive summary, this report will sum up the issue, and will point to solutions, not just whine. A CBC newscast in Nova Scotia, with anchor Jim Nunn, called the Trailer Park Boys an “awful television …
‘Trailer Park Boys’ Death Focuses Manufactured Home Industry, Homeowners Challenge Read More
There are some who due to habit, bias, ignorance, or other limiting factors simply don’t know or see the truth on a given issue. That naturally applies to manufactured housing, and to journalism too. Those who say that journalism is dead are exaggerating. Far more accurate to say that journalism …
Frank Rolfe: Pressured into Silence? Manufactured Housing Industry, and Journalism Read More
A story on Bloomberg, a left-of-center business publication, recently drew a number of emailed tips and comments to the Daily Business News, as a heads up for possible coverage. Such emailed tips from readers are welcomed. They often lead to one or more articles/fact checks about a given issue that …
Bloomberg, Rising “Mobile Home” Prices, and the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Read More
A Democratic strategist said in the run-up to Thanksgiving, 2017, that the holiday should be used to torture supporters of President Donald J. Trump. Then candidate Trump’s 2016 opponent, Secretary Hillary Clinton’s full infamous quote: “You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what …
There’s a significant difference between advertising and educating. It is a difference that some will instinctively grasp, but others may have a problem defining. The difference is a fundamental one. It can literally be worth billions of dollars to the manufactured housing industry. Who says? A careful review of the …
“To solve a problem, you must first be willing to accept the problem by acknowledging that the problem exists,” stated Jacquie Hooker on Quizlet. Many who aren’t exposed to “critical thinking” need an explanation that Hooker isn’t talking about criticizing someone or something. Rather, critical thinking is logical thinking – …
On MHProNews, we strive to test and tinker with the news work product, always with the goal to see if we can make it ever more useful and relevant to the manufactured housing industry professional, investors and other pros. We cover news in a volume and pace no one else …
While press releases (PR) often bring useful information, a media release can be used to peddle fake or problematic news about – whatever. In this case the whatever involves the manufactured home industry. The apparent targets are investors, the media, housing professionals – and through them, others. As a disclaimer, …
