Political correctness – the PC movement – is arguably a form of manipulation and control. 40+ years ago, long before the PC culture took hold, people were aware of the notion that we should be polite and respectful of others. The baby boomer generation were the ones that made greater racial, religious, gender, and other …
It’s Your Profession – Investment of Time, Talent, Treasure – So What’s Next? Read More »
Everyone has had the experience of realizing that something that they had believed about a person, thing or group was untrue. There are scores of reasons that explain why and how that phenomenon of discovery occurs. But the reality is that it does happen, so it needs no more explanation than what’s just …
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Prosperity Now. MHAction. Indivisible Project. Billionaires George Soros and Warren Buffett. Each of those are all interconnected. Each of those are involved in protests against manufactured home businesses, President Donald J. Trump, and his supporters. Who says? Let’s follow the facts, evidence, and the money trail. 1) The billionaire George Soros funded “…Open Society funds are …
Let’s stipulate that both President Donald J. Trump and his anti-Trump opponents at times error in various ways. No one is perfect. Let’s note later why the bullets below matters for the cause of the economy, affordable housing in general, and manufactured homes in particular. But we’ll do this systematically, by first …
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“It’s unbelievable how much you don’t know about the game you’ve been playing all your life.” – Mickey Mantle Every state has its heroes and heroines. Mickey Mantle is a favorite son from Oklahoma, where I began my manufactured home career some years ago. Hillsadale College’s president says that the word education …
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There are some who can’t win based upon sound reason and the truth. So, to obtain their goals, they lie, play act, and deceive others to get what they want. That pattern impacts independent businesses, our industry’s home owners and millions of potential customers. Millions of Americans, along with hundreds of millions of …
The Rich, Famous, PreFab Homes, Manufactured Housing, Hypocrisy, and You Read More »
A) In manufactured housing production, the elephant in the room is Clayton Homes. They are owned by Berkshire Hathaway, which also owns the 2 largest industry lenders, 21st Mortgage and Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance (VMF). Berkshire also owns a large stake in the industry’s third largest single family manufactured home loan lender, Wells Fargo. There …
Affordable housing, including manufactured homes, is not a partisan issue. At least, it shouldn’t be. When HUD Secretary Ben Carson, M.D., and Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) shared the brief exchange below, there was an energy in Carson’s words. It’s an energy – “a shock” – that many have experienced over the …
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Buying into the manufactured housing industry today is like buying a stock that is significantly undervalued. That’s what many believe. Count the Masthead’s industry veteran’s author among them. Buying into manufactured housing now is like buying a stock that is significantly undervalued, and is potentially poised for serious growth. The odds are good …
Think about the following realities. History is so important, that scores of ideologically bent individuals are willing to twist history, in order to influence you, and your fellow citizens. As an analogy, if a corporation filed deliberately false data with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), upon conviction, that crime can bring prison, and monetary …
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