As always, there is so much going on in Manufactured Housing (MH), picking a topic to focus on tonight is a little like picking from the smorgasbord at a top notch buffet. Given the looming discussion in the U.S. Senate on a key issue for our industry, millions of MH consumers and prospective buyers, we …
Republicans are +7 in the Senate, with plus 8 or 9 possible when LA’s run-off and AL voting are completed. That will be a headline in many parts of the media Wednesday as the 2014 mid-term elections saw the vaunted Democratic ground game that won in 2012 falter in Tuesday’s balloting. The above and …
There are leaders of companies of all sizes involved in the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Some are huge in MH, others as small as one person and all sizes in between. We routinely get questions related to MHI’s decisions, communications, actions or the seeming ‘absence of action’ which we’ll explore for the next few minutes. …
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The words 'freedom isn't free' can't be more eloquently expressed than when you see Arlington National Cemetery. In and around DC, dead soldiers and dead presidents are among the many monuments and reminders of the difficult, tumultuous, yet noble tale of our American Republic. Freedom isn't free, and that includes our economic freedom, which …
Obviously businesses tend to start little and when successful, they grow. Regrettably, some little things can become big things, as when the proverbial mole hill is made into a mountain. I was listening to comments from someone Danny Ghorbani, President of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform or MHARR, talks with. According to this …
When you promote the value and durability of our product, you are protecting and promoting yourself and our manufactured and modular home industry. Let's start the day with some quotes from Industry personalities you may know, and then wrap up with a few rapid fired points on protecting and promoting yourself in an enlightened fashion. …
The Manufactured Housing Institute's (MHI) new president and CEO, Richard A. "Dick" Jennison, is now more than half way through the customary 100 day honeymoon period given to incoming executives. How is he doing? Let's look. Jennison made his first public appearances in Washington DC during MHI's Legislative session. Unable to make the Great Southwest …
Let's start with a quick numbers look at the Tunica Manufactured Housing Show. Tunica was well attended, and most of those I spoke with during or since the show were pleased with their attendance. Dennis Hill and his team at Show Ways Unlimited do a great job year after year. This has been the manufactured …
