When speaking at live industry events, one of my favorite questions for attendees is this. By a show of hands, how many of you think that media stories about manufactured housing and wind storms harms our industry, and our sales? So far, every hand in the room will shoot up to that question. No one …
Media Wars, MH Industry and Pros Like You – In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) Read More »
It’s safe to say that few if any in publishing have brought more rock-solid MH finance related analysis and reports on issues impacting home owners, investors and professionals – including the problems caused by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and its director, Richrd Cordray. Tomorrow evening, we’ll have a new video posted with a number …
Preview – Justice in June for Manufactured Home Owners, Investors and Professionals Read More »
February 2016 witnessed a record shipment increase in new homes, the biggest jump in some time in our manufactured home (MH) industry. That Daily Business News report is linked here. While that’s obviously a positive sign, pros must keep in mind that until we crack at least 100,000 new home shipments annually again, MH as …
Industry Growth vs. Industry Threats – Coal Industry Lessons for Manufactured Housing? Read More »
Let me briefly point out that my truly better half’s article on the presidential candidates had already drawn thousands of readers from around our industry, and is getting attention from outside MH nationally too. As of last night, The Gateway Pundit and over 600 others news and political commentary sites have picked it up. This morning, …
Amazing April Showers Attention for Manufactured Housing Pro Issues Read More »
Having been tamed on his anti-MH chattel lending theme for a few months, Doug Ryan is back at it again with his latest attack on the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Ryan does so while asserting his support for manufactured homes as an important solution for home ownership for millions of lower income Americans. MHARR’s president …
Friday February 19th was a long, long day – but it went by quickly. We were doing a video shoot at a true mobile home park. I say ‘true,’ because most of the homes there were pre-HUD Code homes – so they were properly called mobile homes – dozens of which have been nicely updated. …
Profitably Shifting the Mobile and Manufactured Home Paradigm Read More »
We’ll keep it short and sweet this evening. If high volume manufactured home retailer Alan Amy is right, then current CFPB regulations are costing manufactured housing about 30% more in MH sales. That means instead of 70,000 new homes in 2015, we’d have more like 91,000+ new MHs for the year. If CMHI’s Jess Maxcy’s …
The High Cost of Apathy & Weakness & Tunica Show Talk Read More »
First, for those who don’t know the term, Google defines “MEH” as follows: meh me/ informal exclamation 1. expressing a lack of interest or enthusiasm. “Meh. I’m not impressed so far” adjective 2. uninspiring; unexceptional. “a lot of his movies are … meh” For millions, “meh” describes their feelings toward our industry. Meh. Little interest …
“Meh,” Manufactured Housing and Industry Advancement Read More »
It could be called a study in contrasts. The wide range of comments from MH industry pros in recent days varied from the extreme of a fellow who termed our published response to PBS news takedown of MH and MHI as “either misguided or have a self-serving agenda.” – to a far greater number of others …
Staying A Positive MH Course in sometimes Negative World Read More »
There are voices that command attention. There are voices not yet known, who will rise to power. There are voices that may differ from us on this or that, but who nail it on a key issue. There are gems to be heard from almost anyone, for those willing to listen objectively. The problem for …
Where Sam Zell, Lindsey Bostick and Paul Bradley all meet Read More »
