Let's begin by stating that those who favor subsidized housing, or other programs for lower income households, routinely do so with “good intentions.” The questions that ought to be asked are many, but we will focus on why manufactured housing professionals ought to sit up and take notice of facts, challenges and “opportunities in disguise” …
Please think back to the painful, dark days of 2008, 2009 and 2010. Or do you recall IBISWorld's shocking March 2011 manufactured housing report? Some of you will recall reading the following: Derek Thompson, associate editor at The Atlantic, penned a commentary that included these words: "At the center of a perfect storm of boomer …
Manufactured Housing: Out of the Ashes, Phoenix Rising Read More »
My plan for today's blog post was quite different, I may run the planned one this weekend instead. But looking at the amazing numbers that we have for the registrations for the 2014 Louisville Show, a number of thoughts hit me. First, naturally all involved with the show are thrilled that it is sold out, …
Two quick notes before dive into our main topic, The Media, Manufactured Homes Communities and the Rent Control Issue. Note 1: We've received numerous replies on the Captive Finance topic, beyond those we have published. There are comments that said this was an 'excellent' and 'important' topic and that gave us their atta boy. We …
The Media, Rent Control and Manufactured Home Communities. Read More »
When investment and consolidation accelerates and interest in our industry rises, as we've reported in recent days, you can bet they are for sound business reasons that should make manufactured housing professionals smile. When MH Pros sound off to an Ivy League institution, asking them to update their flawed online definition of manufactured homes, you …
Manufactured Housing Industry’s Improving Signals! Read More »
From Townhall: "Herbert E. Meyer served during the Reagan administration as special assistant to the director of Central Intelligence, and vice chairman of the CIA’s National Intelligence Council. He is widely credited as having been the first senior official to predict the fall of the Soviet Union." In an interview with Meyer, one of the …
There is a hunger for information among many manufactured home community owner/operators (CO/Os). In numerous states, land lease communities make up the majority of their state association's membership. Certainly when you look at MHI, the number of land lease communities members far outnumbers those who are involved in "street retailing." The community owner/operator (CO/O) hunger …
Barely two weeks since our INdustry In Focus Reports journalist Eric Miller has come on board, and those reports are already one of the hot pages on the MHMSM.com site! No wonder. Monday’s exclusive INF Report should be a helpful tool for sales managers, owners and their sales teams! http://www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com/industry-news/industry-in-focus/696-tornado-caused-more-destruction-to-conventional-construction-than-to-mobile-or-manufactured-homes If you haven’t signed up …
