“Cool Cal Coolidge” once said to a group of journalists that: “After all, the chief business of the American people is business.” This is often misquoted as ‘The business of America is business,’ explains Robert Dies, who brings that topic into focus in an interesting article, linked here. Dies cites longer excerpts from that president’s talk, …
Independent Business Survey, MH and the American Political Climate Read More »
A historic 24 million people reportedly watched the GOP’s August 6th presidential debates. A few screen captures from news websites will tell an amazing tale in just seconds, and then look at what this American political shakeup could mean to the manufactured housing industry. What are some of the headlines that have Americans clicking through on …
In August 2009, shortly after the venerable MHMerchandiser Magazine quietly closed, my truly better half and I made the decision to launch an eZine for manufactured housing industry pros. We have a vision of what we launched as being the virtual first step in creating platforms that would inform and inspire innovation that would lead …
Let’s start by tipping the hat to: > Manufactured Home (MH) Retailers who are selling homes at the best rate in years; > MH Communities, that are watching their occupancy rise; > MH (and modular) Builders who are producing homes with astonishingly few consumer complaints; > Suppliers, service, installers and associations that day-by-day do …
Manufactured Housing Industry – What’s Our Most Important Product? Read More »
In any profession, successful people do what the unsuccessful can’t, didn’t or won’t do. The successful see opportunities which those with more limited vision or who lack a given expertise might miss. To inform and inspire, let’s look at a snapshot provided by the infographic that follows, and share some analysis. The National Association of …
How High Can Modern Manufactured Home Sales Go? News, Report, Statistical Analysis Read More »
As regular readers know, the first Masthead blog post of the month is devoted to ‘introducing’ the Featured Articles on our MHProNews.com home page. Every month, we list them all, and this month will be no exception. There are times when a theme emerges or is planned for a given month. Last month, it was …
America’s and the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Crossroads, July 2015 Read More »
The Manufactured Housing Industry is poised for renewed greatness, but it’s not without challenges. In some ways, those challenges – such as image – are opportunities in disguise for the forward thinking professionals, owners, current-and-prospective investors. Our newest Inside MH video interview with Scott Roberts of Roberts Resorts and Communities has already drawn praise from …
The five year recovery is real from the bottom hit by manufactured home producers, yet tepid compared to the MH potential. We can cheer every baby step forward, while challenging all to see that we are surrounded by opportunities to grow many times faster than the MH Industry has been. The facts, figures, videos …
Justification June 2015 – The State of the Manufactured Housing Industry Read More »
Social media has changed mainstream journalism. We hear reporters and news anchors routinely talking about someone’s Tweet, or about a post on Facebook. A video on YouTube may be cited in a commentary. There are bloggers who blog, and journalists often blog now too. Welcome to A.M. – the “Alternative Media” – and where it …
We won’t talk in detail about the 3rd – and most recent – frontal assault by media outlet(s) that have targeted the manufactured housing sector. I’ll mention the first of the three articles immediately below, because we published a reply that included on-the-record comments from a variety of MH Industry pros. http://www.mhpronews.com/home/industry-news/industry-in-focus/9233-correcting-errors-in-the-hidden-high-costs-of-mobile-homes-lance-george-daily-yonder The question …
