The front lines of the struggles for affordable housing are a routine backdrop to the news, tips and commentary found on MHProNews. Our industry’s professionals know the solution is hiding in plain sight. What’s next? How does that message advance more broadly into the public sphere? No one can fix or accept what is overlooked, ignored or …
Obstacles and Opportunities in Affordable Housing – October 2016 Read More »
If you’ve been in manufactured housing: at least 5 years, and have been to at least 3 MH professional events/association meetings/shows a year, then odds are excellent that you know first hand how diverse our industry is: politically, by Industry segments (MH Retailers, MH Communities, MH Producers, Lenders, Installers, Transporters, Suppliers – plus sometimes stark …
December to Remember – Manufactured Housing News, Tips and Views 2015 Read More »
Before we get down to Taking Care of Business in MH, let me first note the following. In the middle of October, we’ll mark the 6th anniversary launch of what we now call MHProNews.com. In this issue, you’ll find quotable quotes from industry leaders and professionals who say in their own words, why this …
Taking Care of Business – Manufactured Housing Industry – October 2015 Read More »
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 …
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 »
As the headline implies, this brief intro to our monthly line-up of featured articles isn’t about environmental or energy policies, as important as each may be. Rather, we’re using a metaphor of releasing nuclear energy in a way that will be productive, or we risk energy that is destructive instead. Darlington Nuclear Generating Station – …
Nuclear November 2014 – Energy or Explosions for Manufactured Housing? Read More »
Since you, me and everyone of our living friends, associates and acquaintances has both strengths and weaknesses, isn't it amazing how often some focus on the bad rather than the good? Isn't the better path to be aware of a weakness or problematic habit – address it – while gladly embracing all the good a …
Jumping July! Aware of the Bad, Focus on the Good in Manufactured Housing Read More »
Imagine a product or service where the majority are guaranteed to lose, by design. Be it Vegas, Atlantic City, those reservation gaming centers, river boat casinos or your nearest state lottery, that's what gambling is. Yet billions of dollars change hands – daily – that's a powerful example of marketing, sales and systems management …
Las Vegas = Lost Wages; Now that’s Marketing, Sales and Management! Read More »
Incoming calls and messages from pros like you are invaluable to our MH Industry supporting mission. This week is a great case in point. ELS and that huge judgment ought to be front page news for almost all in our industry. Why is it that it has been only a whimper in MH publishing – …
Suits, ELS Judgment, “Lost Wages,” Manufactured Housing’s Greenback Boogie Read More »
Wikipedia reminds us that it wasn't Oliver Cromwell, but William Blacker who said the words "Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry!" Well, U.S. coins and currency still read, “In God We Trust.” Others, as the joke goes, are handled as cash and carry. We will plan an update to our popular report …
Terrific Tunica and Magnificent March’s Manufactured Madness! Read More »
