The front lines of the struggles for affordable housing are a routine backdrop to the news, tips and commentary found on MHProNews. Our industry’s professionals know the solution is hiding in plain sight. What’s next? How does that message advance more broadly into the public sphere? No one can fix or accept what is overlooked, ignored or …
Obstacles and Opportunities in Affordable Housing – October 2016 Read More »
The Manufactured Housing Industry is poised for renewed greatness, but it’s not without challenges. In some ways, those challenges – such as image – are opportunities in disguise for the forward thinking professionals, owners, current-and-prospective investors. Our newest Inside MH video interview with Scott Roberts of Roberts Resorts and Communities has already drawn praise from …
August. Back to school sales. People in a rush to get their manufactured home before winter sets in. Those end of the summer vacations. Baseball is starting its wind up, while football season is ready to launch. There are plenty of reasons why August is simply AMAZING! Let’s review a few in rapid fire …
Imagine a product or service where the majority are guaranteed to lose, by design. Be it Vegas, Atlantic City, those reservation gaming centers, river boat casinos or your nearest state lottery, that's what gambling is. Yet billions of dollars change hands – daily – that's a powerful example of marketing, sales and systems management …
Las Vegas = Lost Wages; Now that’s Marketing, Sales and Management! Read More »
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." – Nelson Mandela Our industry …
From Prison to President, Lessons for Manufactured Housing Professionals Read More »
The truth be told (and such is my intent), it was NOT my plan to write about the time shared with Marty Lavin, JD. Yes, I wanted to take some photos that might be used later on for something. But going to see Marty and Pat Lavin to relax on their handsome new craft, the …
On the Boat with Manufactured Housing’s Marty Lavin Read More »
Wikipedia reminds us that it wasn't Oliver Cromwell, but William Blacker who said the words "Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry!" Well, U.S. coins and currency still read, “In God We Trust.” Others, as the joke goes, are handled as cash and carry. We will plan an update to our popular report …
Terrific Tunica and Magnificent March’s Manufactured Madness! Read More »
In recent years regulatory impact has forced our industry into pretzel-like contortions. Consider the challenges faced by manufactured home communities. When options – such as "buy-here, pay-here" "captive finance" are tried, the ever growing cost of regulatory compliance threatens those methods. While a number of states have de minimus exemptions, not so with the Feds. …
Richard A. "Dick" Jennison is having his first anniversary as MHI's (Manufactured Housing Institute) President and CEO (Chief Executive Officer). It was just before the 2012 Legislative session that Dick Jennison came on board and was introduced to members at that session. The year has gone by quickly! Happy anniversary, Dick. Glad our industry hasn't …
After former Senator and one time presidential candidate George McGovern left office, he entered the private sector in 1993 by starting a small bed-and-breakfast. He later stated that he wished he "…had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. Senator and later a presidential nominee. That …
