If it isn’t broken, let’s not break it

Let's briefly review some facts:   Shipments in manufactured housing have been rising for about half a year now. Month over year prior month increases
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Rising Shipments, can we fuel an ever Rising Sales Tide?

Let's start with the Good News.   Virtually everyone in our industry likes to hear that new manufactured home shipments are rising. This is good
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Asking Questions?

1) It may not seem like it to regular readers of this column, but the way I begin my writing preparation is by asking questions.
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First Down!

It is Super Bowl weekend, and so it is easy to think in terms of football analogies. In this past week, we had a vivid
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Leap Year 2012

February is here, it is leap year, and that means presidential election primary season. It is also time for our new February issue, and we
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Fan Mail and the Ego

It is Thursday, 3:10 AM. I was just looking at a nice message from a client of ours. We get x amount of 'fan' calls,
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The Great Depression and Manufactured Housing

We have heard (and perhaps said ourselves) that we are in one of the toughest financial times since the Great Depression. There is no doubt
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Value Destroying Villains = Narcissistic Leaders

An headline in the Motley Fool entitled Value-Destroying Villains: Narcissistic CEOs caught my eye. Motley Fool's (MF) article first cited the case laid out by Donald
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Advancing Manufactured Housing through Education

Business and profit building education has always been one of the many benefits of membership in state and national associations. When we say that an
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Post Show Post

The Louisville Manufactured Housing Show for 2012 is now in the history books. Hats off to Dennis Hill and the Show Ways team, Show Chairman
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Live from Louisville: the 2012 Manufactured Housing Show.

We are starting a pre-show and at show series of videos here on the Masthead blog, entitled "Live from Louisville: the 2012 Manufactured Housing Show."  The pre-show
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Lovin’ La Vida Grande! Plus Iowa upset?

The BUZZ is on because it will be 'show time' in Louisville this week! The extended weather forecast for next week indicates high temperatures in
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Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and The 2012 Louisville Manufactured Housing Show

The 2012 Iowa caucuses are now history. FoxNews reports that Mitt Romney, Rick Sandorum and Ron Paul have emerged as the winners in the top
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2012: the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Year of the Turnaround?

Happy New Year, 2012! When you look at: the recent rising trend in manufactured housing shipment reports, when you look at the fact that the
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Be sure! Make More MH $ale$ in 2012!

Manufactured Home Community Operators! Manufactured Housing Retailers! Manufactured and Modular Builder/Developers!   If there is only 1 event you can attend in 2012, make that
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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! This year, yours truly actually made it out to get those Hallmark cards that I had intended to send out to hundreds of
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Tick Tock, Tick Tock…

The concept of Time is a handy measurement that helps us plan our minutes, hours days, weeks, months and years. Time is the same for
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Confessions of a MH Political Junky

I confess that election season is compelling to me. The ups and downs in the Republican field has been fascinating. On C-SPAN this past week,
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The Buzz in Manufactured Housing

The buzz has begun. If you haven't seen this past weekend's blog post, you may want to check it out. There is more buzz going
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The Meeting of 6 – “A Game Changer!”

It is always a pleasure to work with forward thinking, goal and solution oriented professionals. Let me confess that we can't fully take the wraps
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Congress, GAO PLus Working Hard for your Success

We started the adventure of MHProNews.com and MHMSM.com with the idea that properly used, Knowledge is Power. You and thousands of Industry Pros like you
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A Manufactured Housing December to Remember!

The temperature may be dropping and the snow may be flying where you are, as it tends to do around Chicago-land at this time of
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What’s Your take on the State of the Manufactured Housing Industry?

The long awaited “State of the Manufactured Housing Industry” Congressional field hearings held in Danville, Virginia are finished – now what say you?   Have
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‘Perverse’ Black Friday Inspiration for Manufactured Housing from Warren Buffet and others

You don't have to be an economist to realize that the Christmas shopping season is off to a good start.  My wife and I were
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Gather round the table and feast!

Happy Thanksgiving from: Joe – Matthew – Jeff Soheyla – Tony Before you break for all the joys and feasting with family and friends, let
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Pre-Christmas Rush Surprise!

  “Yes, Virginia, there is a stocking under the tree for top manufactured housing retailers!”       Place your cursor on the image to
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National MH Issues, including Meeting of Successful Retailer’s, focus on enhancing Business Growth

  National MH Issues, including Meeting of Successful Retailer's, focus on enhancing Business Growth   We have two national manufactured and modular home topics to
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Muckraking and the Herman Cain lesson for Manufactured Housing

Muckraking and the Herman Cain lesson for Manufactured Housing Muckraking is a topic recently on some people's minds. In that context, the sexual harassment accusations
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Are you hungry for New Business and Profits in 2012? Get ready to FEAST! (Pure Poetry ;-)

If your bank account’s tummy is rumbling. If your accountant is telling you tis time to stop tumbling. If your significant other and team members
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November 2011 Feature Articles are in at MHProNews.com

We are ready to push the button and launch the new November 2011 issue. We hope you are enjoying the new, modern MHProNews.com format! Lucky
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Bridges and Roads: How Manufactured Housing Industry Business Gets Done

First of two topics: We’d like to welcome a new advertiser/sponsor to the MHProNews.com (MHMSM.com) family. AIA – American Insurance Alliance “is the largest insurer
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Bold! New! The Dawn of a New Day.

A friend of mine called from California today (I am writing this on Saturday) who was telling me, ‘I’ve been looking at the history of
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State and National issues and Laissez le bon temps rouler

Some state associations are struggling, and at the national level, we have hit a temporary wall.  The departure of Thayer Long from MHI has some
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Albert Einstein’s advice to Manufactured Housing

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein 1. MHI and MHARR released
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You will need to track the news!

It is Monday afternoon as I draft this blog post and three topics are ‘hot’ on Industry people’s minds.  In no particular order of importance,
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Hospitality & Class; Power for Manufactured Housing Professionals

A nice snapshot of the hospitality and class shown during my trip last week to New York would start at the airport.  A limo from
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What’s next at MHI – The Four Mile Perspective

From four miles up, the perspective of the world is quite different.  The biggest home looks tiny, the nicest ride is a pencil point on
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Big Names Bid Thayer Long Farewell & What’s Next for MHI?

Many have thoughtfully shared there feelings and reflections on Thayer Long’s departure as the President of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) with us.  Those reflections
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Manufactured Housing’s October-Fest 2011!

October-fest! We celebrate the start of our third year!  Going to the NY Housing Association’s annual meeting this month?  Please check out the Dominate Your
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Dominate and Attracting More Customers with Good Credit

October is here and in Chicagoland, we can feel the drop in temperatures as fall has arrived. This starts perhaps the busiest season of all
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