“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.” – Warren Buffett “Superficiality is the curse of the modern world.” ― Matthew Kelly There are both keen truths and potent tensions between the two quotes above. The subject is easy, but we’ll avoid an overly superficial look at the …
40 Years of Manufactured Housing, 240th Birthday for America, July 4, 2016 Read More »
We have had a dozens of positive comments from attendees of the education at the 2016 Tunica Show and even more positive words about the largest manufactured housing show in MH. Exhibitors are telling MHProNews that this has been a profitable event, see more details in the Daily Business News report, linked here. Some of …
Mutual Thanksgiving at 2016 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show Read More »
Other than being dead, hospitalized or tending to those in those scenarios, almost any excuse will do. – Need to walk the dog. – Hate the cold, snow. – Need to fund that deal. – That’s two days you could be selling, etc, etc.. The successful and success-seekers in MH – from the Midwest and …
The apparent Muslim terrorists who struck Paris are the visible consequence of a variety of festering factors. Pre-attack anti-immigration sentiment has been rising in Europe and here in the U.S.. Don’t be surprised if that sentiment spikes in France and elsewhere after this terror event. Any who thinks the mass killings in the French capitol …
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 »
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 …
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 …
Our focus for today won’t be the wisdom or merits – pro or con – for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) imposed Appraisal Rule for manufactured housing that are going to be required on all High Priced Mortgage Loans (HPML). Rather, we will do a review of the information available for those thousands …
New CFPB Mandated HPML Appraisal Rule for Manufactured Housing effective July 18, 2015 Read More »
“A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, ‘Huh. It works. It makes sense.‘” – Barack Obama. There is momentum behind the common-sense changes sought by the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act (HR 650/S 682). MHProNews has …
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 …
