There are numerous points that mainstream media pundits are passing over or missing in the latest economic report. Certainly, the major news outlets fail to mention manufactured housing (MH) at all when it comes to economic data and potential impact. The Daily Business News will begin by setting …
Q2 Best Economic Growth in Years, Per Federal Data, MHVille Insights Read More
It’s no secret that FANG – Facebook, Apple, Netflix and Google – has drawn a growing amount of monopolistic concerns in the last 2 years. It’s also no secret that big tech has faced push-back from the right, which says that FANG often has shown bias for progressives, and animus …
Facebook Faded Fast, Biggest Plunge in History, Plus MH Market Updates Read More
It took under one week from the day since Mark Weiss, JD, President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) and MHProNews/MHLivingNews publisher L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach reached out to a National Association of Realtors researcher for corrections to be made in their seminal report …
One of the hot topics among manufactured housing business owners and management today is the ability to recruit a more qualified workers and team members. While there is plenty of anecdotal insights from manufactured home professionals, there is no operation that is known to be publishing industry specific, evidence-based information. …
State of the American Workplace Report, Plus Manufactured Housing Market Updates Read More
The truth is often hiding in plain sight. Who says? “Sometimes the best hiding place is the one that’s in plain sight.” – Stephanie Meyer, per AZ Quotes. “I’ve found that wherever there is one cockroach in plain sight, many more are lurking behind the corner out …
Freedonia Group’s Comprehensive Incursion into Manufactured Housing Read More
The President of the United States (POTUS) Donald J. Trump coyly hinted that countries he named are ‘f—king us,’ but then said he won’t use that expression for a respected show. Markets closed down a fraction, and this evening’s focus will be a one on one interview with the president …
The ABC News videos help tell the dramatic tale of reportedly two dozen tornadoes that ripped through central Iowa yesterday. Forecasters that morning admit they didn’t expect tornadoes later that same day. Fortunately, there were no initial reports of fatalities, though many were injured. Conventional houses, commercial …
“Wow, I’m not sure which is worse; the writer’s understanding of the modular home industry or grasp of basic grammar and writing skills. This article is a complete mess and only serves to continue to spread misinformation about the modular home industry. I found no meaningful or helpful information …
“The National Association of Realtors is usually a good source of statistics but they’ve gone off the rails with this factoid,” says John Wake in a new column on Forbes. Wake’s column should get manufactured housing industry professionals and investors thinking. Wake was looking at a tweet by the …
“Compared with the unregulated mobile/trailer homes of the past, the manufactured homes built after 1976 have a higher level of safety, durability, and quality, and the small fraction of homes damaged during hurricanes attests to their safety and durability. New design features and multi-section homes are increasingly giving them the …
Albert Einstein, Zig Ziglar, Martha C. Nussbaum, and Manufactured Housing There are those who mistakenly think they don’t understand the value of an honest critique. But the truth is that we all know the value of objective analysis, because we all rate things – be they spoken, written, expressed …
Nature abhors a vacuum. At the center of every business’ or industry’s success was the recognition of a need, followed by the steps required to fill that need. The affordable housing crisis is well known and documented. What is less embraced are the causes and potential solutions, which includes …
7 Reasons Why Manufactured Housing is Poised to for More Rapid Growth Read More
Facts are facts. They are not partisan, or at least, they shouldn’t be. It may not always seem like it, but tax rates and related policies – hold that yawn, please – can be significant drivers of economic activity. Translated, taxes can help or harm business, including manufactured …
Really? Taxes are Cut, Tax Collection and Revenue Grows? Read More
For the better part of the first six months of 2018, stocks on the Dow and other markets have reacted – mostly negatively – to a series headlines out of Washington, Beijing, North Korea, Canada, the Eurozone – you name it. But today, after the so-called trade war – new …
Stocks Just Did What? Plus Manufactured Housing Industry Market Updates Read More
It’s what award-winning manufactured home industry professional Marty Lavin, speaking tongue in cheek, called the industry’s “other image campaign.” It’s what Darren Krolewski, now Co-President of MHVillage, said is part of the ongoing wave of bad news in mainstream media about “mobile homes” that seems to outweigh the good …
Friday the 13th, Mobile Homes, Fires, Tornado Magnets and the 2020 U.S. Census Read More
People are entitled to their own beliefs, but not to their own facts. Which should cause the open minded to ask, what are the facts? Big government has been among the challenges for manufactured housing (MH) for decades. So, this is a topic that matters to everyone who makes …
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) anti-trust division has the slogan, “Protecting and Promoting Competition.” It sums up why this issue matters to thousands of manufactured home industry professionals, and consumers. Rephrased, this rule could impact every manufactured home industry professional, regardless of what company or organization you are working for …
West Texas. South Dakota. Louisiana. Oklahoma. These are just some of the places that oil, natural gas, and energy have and are creating or supporting jobs that have sold thousands upon thousands of factory built housing units. Tonight’s spotlight focus is an interview with the Texas Commissioner who keeps his …
Texas Commission Talks West Texas Oil Boom, Plus Manufactured Home Market Updates Read More
When Jon Markman reveals much with his first paragraph in Forbes, which said: “Since 1975, Sun Communities has been flying under the radar. Managers have been buying and operating trailer parks.1 And they have been making a fortune for shareholders.” Markman’s bio says Analyzing tech stocks through the prism …
Forbes Boast$ about Manufactured Home Community Operation Read More
We will start by “setting the table” or “teeing up” today’s topic with a series of thought provoking facts. Then, we’ll dive into the reality-based action steps for today’s marketing and sales theme. As hard to imagine as it may be to someone in the year 2018, …
