Just as you, I or a colleague might go online to research a restaurant, product or topic, obviously the same happens with investors, news media, government officials, non-profits, educators and the public when it comes to housing and related issues. We'll begin with an example to illustrate a concept, then spring-board to make an entirely …
We promised midweek here on the Masthead to give you something more upbeat this weekend. Let's race through a few items that should liftyourspirits and move you to end 2013 on a high note, then prep your start of 2014 with more spring in your step! For three years running, attendees of the Louisville Show …
I had to smile to myself about an incident from a few months ago. I'd started a discussion on LinkedIn about re-branding single section homes “The CuBe Home,” a name that Lifestyle Factory Homes, LLC has the copyright. Some where poking fun at the re-branding concept, others clearly got it. The reason for the quiet …
We will cover what's up and coming below, but let's start with the notion that everything takes time. How long does it take to make a decision? Just a moment. But we know from experience that some consider – or procrastinate – for days, weeks, months or years on a decision. Why can some decide …
We've all heard from the media that apartments have high occupancy since the conventional mortgage/housing bubble burst. The area of construction that often dominates the conventional housing news is multi-family rentals, ie: apartments. Still, apartments experience turn-over, and the multi-family pros have a strategy they are using to enhance retention and increase referrals. When this …
What Apartment Pros Do to Enhance Retention; Implications for Manufactured Housing Read More »
Make no mistake about it, this column will be all about manufactured housing and how we can advance our Industry's cause. The logical route for that may seem a bit of a curved road, but hang in there and this will make sense. Knowing how fractured our industry can be, please indulge a few disclaimers, …
When you get a lot of e-comments and calls on an article, it makes a writer think he has hit an important theme. There is no easy way to capture all of the comments on our last column: Can MHI and MHARR Join Hands on Dodd-Frank for Manufactured Housing’s Future? But let’s provide a representative …
Leaders’ and Readers’ comments on MHARR and MHI joining hands on Dodd-Frank reform Read More »
One of the advantages of publishing an electronic trade journal like www.MHMSM.com (aka www.MHProNews.com) is that over time, you built a list of experts as go-to resources on key topics. Some experts are writing columns for us monthly or periodically. Some you can see on my LinkedIn profile, but other experts and professionals are entirely …
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The Business Insider headline “Don’t Show this to Warren Buffett…” was just one of many private or public messages that came into my email in the days following the IBISWorld Report that forecast the manufactured housing dealer as a ‘dying industry.’ Many calls came in on this and related topics in recent days as well. …
“Don’t Show this to Warren Buffett…” the latest Manufactured Housing News and Commentary Read More »
This may sound for a few moments to be about me, but really the example that follows is more about your neighbor down the street, across town or across the country. So please hang with me, as this is about our Industry and your role and future in this business. If you read some of …
Being Pigeonholed, the Wall Street Journal and Manufactured Housing News Read More »
