Before continuing part two of – The MH Impossible Dream? – let’s look briefly at a MH nightmare scenario lurking in the shadows… A Manufactured Housing Industry Nightmare It’s near the end of the first quarter of 2017. A dark horse Democratic candidate emerged and upset Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren for their …
The MH Nightmare or the MHImpossible Dream? Part II Read More »
Blaise Pascal, who penned the original Pensées (French for 'thoughts'), would likely be disappointed in part of what follows; for that this scribe takes full responsibility. As we approach the 2014 MHI Summer Meeting Sunday-Tuesday, what should we expect? What should be our hopes following the event? What should we be talking about while there? …
Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) 2014 Summer Meeting Pensées Read More »
Let's sandwich considerable good news at the start and end of today's Pensées (thoughts) between a pretty challenging – or some would say – an ugly reality. The good news? New manufactured home shipments continued to rise, in spite of all the legal head winds and the worst U.S. winter in decades. New Capital is …
Eli Wiesel vs. The Manufactured Housing Enemies List Read More »
The past week put us face-to-face with hundreds of the 2,195 professionals who had gathered to: compare products and services, learn more to earn more, make deals, network and have a great time in Tunica! But what we will focus on in the next few minutes are some of the living and future Legends of …
Living and Future Legends in Manufactured Housing Read More »
For all the noise being created from an office in DC and Indy, you'd think the famous 500 series race-cars were roaring; but they're not. We will park that thought for now, and before looking at a "manufactured housing fairy tale," briefly survey what's truly advancing in our industry, including: the 2014 Tunica Manufactured Housing …
Manufactured Housing’s Fairy Tales vs. Roaring Ahead Read More »
There is a great column by Zig Ziglar this month, that provides a true to life story about "adding zeroes" that thousands of pros in a Manufactured Housing need to read and heed. Why are we at 60,000 new homes shipped in 2013? Could – and more important, should – we add a zero to …
Adding Zeroes and Fact based Challenges to the MH Status Quo Read More »
After an in depth report published yesterday, there won't be a lot of commentary today about Danny Ghorbani, his recent relationship with George Allen and related. We will first pose a question, then state an obvious fact and then follow up with a few more simple questions before moving on to other manufactured housing topics. …
MHARR after Danny Ghorbani and more Manufactured Housing Issues Read More »
A breath of fresh air passed from Washington, DC to the parts of the country tuned into manufactured housing related issues. HUD notified Congress on March 5th of the appointment of Pamela Beck Danner, JD, as the new Career Administrator for their Manufactured Housing Program. MHI sounded off publicly on March 6th with their welcome, …
Financing is the life blood of any big ticket sales industry. Without GMAC or Ford Motor Credit and their counterparts with other automakers, would we see 10 million plus cars sold in the U.S. every year? The entire matter of the SAFE Act, Dodd-Frank and the CFPB's regs are onerous precisely because they so impact …
'Championship wrestling' (example, WWF style) has frankly never been my kind of thing. While I love the Rocky series of movies, boxing isn't high on the list either, but a good football game (like that amazing finish between Falcons and the Seahawks) may be! Some of our regular factory-built housing readers who are also on …
