Imagine millions of more households with significantly increased wealth. Or picture contemporary America with more authentic choices and greater personal freedom. While many speak about poverty, what if poverty could be dramatically reduced by making intelligent changes away from programs proven not to work by decade of experience? Note that such a national pivot to …
The acclaimed thinker and best-selling author G. K. Chesterton famously quipped that “Sometimes the perfect is the enemy of the good.” That notion, for example, has sometimes applied by those working to reform whatever, when parties agree to a compromise that represents progress but is still less than ideal. Manufactured homes are not perfect, they …
“Over the past 20 years, housing costs as a share of income have increased for middle- and low-income Americans,” per the Brookings Institution. “One of the many unique aspects of the 2020 presidential campaign is that affordable housing has become a prominent issue,” said the Minnesota Post. Agree or not, the Los Angeles Times …
Public policy and the media impacts business, domestic and international affairs. How policy is influenced by the news can be done in many ways. Influencing the narrative the mainstream or social media carries to the public often drives sentiment one way versus another. The ISIS bombing in Paris and the Syrian/Middle Eastern refugee crisis are …
Ever play, “what if?” Day dreamed about what it would be like if only…X… happened? Win the Lotto? Where 20 years younger (or never got older), better looking, the favorite to a bevy of rich uncles, and so on? Sure you have. Everyone does on something. Let’s invest a few in an MH “what …
There are leaders of companies of all sizes involved in the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Some are huge in MH, others as small as one person and all sizes in between. We routinely get questions related to MHI’s decisions, communications, actions or the seeming ‘absence of action’ which we’ll explore for the next few minutes. …
What is MHI’s and the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Leadership’s Strategy? Read More »
Pithy quotations from great minds have the power to cut-to-the-chase and may force us to think in new ways. Let’s look at this quote from George Bernard Shaw, and apply it to manufactured housing professionals. We need to celebrate all those who have survived and/or jumped and have advanced in Manufactured Housing since the Great …
Manufactured Housing Pros – Do You Like What Your Getting? Read More »
While good or helpful MH news stories are growing in number, why are we still so often the housing of last resort? Ignorance and poor experiences are “the Twins” holding factory-crafted home builders, retailers, developers, communities and all who service and supply them from reaching new record sales levels. These “Negative MH Twins” exist among …
The Panama Canal impacts your life on a routine basis, even when you don’t realize it. Wikipedia says that in 2008, 14,702 vessels went through the canal, carrying a total of 309.6 million tons of cargo. That cargo includes the clothes, electronics, coffee, tea and others products in grocery, department stores or sold online. No …
Here’s the paraphrase. “Tony, there are two kinds of real estate agents. Those who do a lot of deals, and those who only do a few every year. We can’t get those upper tier real estate agents to work with us. We’ve tried it, and it doesn’t work.” First of all, let’s admit there IS …
