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 »
There are few things more exciting yet stressful than finding a home. There is a powerful impetus for ‘home’ in the majority of mortals. Ballads of home fill the lyrics of songs. They are the stories of books and movies. At the end of the work day, we want to be, homeward bound. Manufactured housing …
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 »
If you haven't spent time with Rick Robinson, you've missed out on a fascinating gent who is doing fine work lobbying for our industry. I was just reviewing some of the edits from the video we will feature with Rick, the Manufactured Housing Institute's (MHI) Vice President and General Counsel. The man has a sense …
We all have the right to our own opinions, but we don't have the right to make up our own facts. People sometimes say or do things that can be embarrassing or difficult to walk-back. Rather than 'fess up and try to make things right, at times a smoke screen is rolled out instead. There …
Three short topics today – the water's fine! – let's dive in and get started. Home of The Brave… "…Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave? O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave…" Memorial Day is the unofficial start to the summer in the U.S.A.. It is also …
Please think back to the painful, dark days of 2008, 2009 and 2010. Or do you recall IBISWorld's shocking March 2011 manufactured housing report? Some of you will recall reading the following: Derek Thompson, associate editor at The Atlantic, penned a commentary that included these words: "At the center of a perfect storm of boomer …
Manufactured Housing: Out of the Ashes, Phoenix Rising Read More »
There is a great column by Zig Ziglar this month, that provides a true to life story about "adding zeroes" that thousands of pros in a Manufactured Housing need to read and heed. Why are we at 60,000 new homes shipped in 2013? Could – and more important, should – we add a zero to …
Adding Zeroes and Fact based Challenges to the MH Status Quo Read More »
After an in depth report published yesterday, there won't be a lot of commentary today about Danny Ghorbani, his recent relationship with George Allen and related. We will first pose a question, then state an obvious fact and then follow up with a few more simple questions before moving on to other manufactured housing topics. …
MHARR after Danny Ghorbani and more Manufactured Housing Issues Read More »
July is jumping at manufactured home communities and sales centers in many parts of the country. Some factories are reporting production orders a few weeks out. Lenders, insurances companies, suppliers, installers, transporters, support and service pros are glad to see the 9 month upturn in new orders. We all await the latest numbers to see …
