Before we dive into our main theme, a note that the Carlyle Group has just announced a $150 million dollar deal. You’ll see this covered in the read-hot Daily Business News blog. So the MHC consolidation trend moves on, and Carlyle increases their footprint in MH. That said, let’s move onto our main mid-week Masthead blog …
Carlyle Scores plus Mad as Hell – America and MHVille Read More »
“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. One of our thousands of faithful readers sent me the attached scanned copy of prior Manufactured Housing Institute President, Chris Steinbert’s ‘farewell’ …
Chris Steinbert’s Farewell – Manufactured Home Industry – Then and Now Read More »
We’ve had so many other newsy items lately, we thought it best to hold this pending MHC deal until now. Apparently, some 50 (+/-) MHCs are in play. Word on the street is that Frank Rolfe and company have a CA with Asset Development Group (ADG/Home Source One), a portfolio that has been hanging there …
Another Big MH Deal? + Warren Buffett, Grabbing Nettles Read More »
Let’s start in reverse order from our headline. After well over two decades with Zeman Homes, Dee Pizer is stepping away from the CEO role, which will be assumed by Jeff Fannon. Zeman is one of the industry’s largest MHC operations, and our sources tell us they are now looking to expand beyond their upper …
Changes of the MH Guard – Nathan Smith to Tim Williams; Dee Pizer to Jeff Fannon Read More »
We’re in a nation and world living in critical times. Ensconced in the cocoon of our big screens, tablets, smart watches, phones and social distractions, images of millions of refugees from the Middle East may seem as surreal as a Dali painting. The moorings of our nation’s constitution were slipped years ago. We awakened to …
It is traditional at this time of year to ask oneself – or in a company “retreat,” to ask the team – what should we do differently in the new year? Ask: “What can I as a professional or we as a team do differently to improve our results in 2015?” Before you run to …
What will MH Pros Do Differently in 2015 to advance their biz and career? Read More »
There are times when industry veterans understandably ask us one or more elements of the following, given the: U.S./Mexico border crisis, the “recession,” the FEDs pumping dollars into the system to keep stocks and the economy going, Ferguson – MO, China, Russia, ISIS and radical Isalmists, drug wars, the war on coal, DC gridlock, an …
The Big Picture, MH Puzzle Pieces and More New Manufactured Housing Home Shows? Read More »
A private comment came in, one of dozens in the last 16 hours since Ross Kinzler's thought provoking Industry Voices guest column was posted Tuesday afternoon. The guts of the comment: which is more likely? 1) we build # 9 million 2) we build the last HUD Code home Enough said. Ross' article is called, …
The Manufactured Housing Industry is waking up to the fact that CBS News has given overall positive coverage to our industry, in the form of a Sunday show video report. MHProNews' Matthew Silver's Daily Business News (DBN for short) article on that topic is found at the link below. Please read it, watch the video …
CBS Reports on good Manufactured Housing news, Plus! Read More »
"The woman who deliberates is lost." in Cato, by Joseph Adler. Let's run through, four quick snapshots of the Mo-mentum found in four industry advancing efforts, plus a positive CBS News video report and more! Our industry has an amazing array of perspectives, frustrations, opportunities, hesitations and advances. Ideas are great, but they must be …
He Who Hesitates is Lost and Manufactured Housing MOmentum! Read More »
