About two days after MHProNews published a report on Mary Alice Sparks, Echovita says she died at the age of 87. More on her manufactured home industry connection with Nathan Smith and Kurt Keeney is found further below. A visitation and funeral for Sparks occurred on Friday, September 25 at […]
Alice Sparks, SSK Communities Partner, Dies Amidst Flagship Communities IPO Controversies Read More
The SSK Communities brand has been changed to Flagship Communities, but official state documents reveal that the SSK Communities name lives on. Among the questions that raises is – what does the initials SSK mean? A source with knowledge told MHProNews the following. S – Nathanial (i.e.: Nathan) G. Smith
“For many years, SSK[Communities] carried out a plot designed to force its mobile home park residents to lose their homes.” So reads a court document found at this link here that was provided to MHProNews earlier today. Since the report linked about co-founders Nathan Smith and Kurt Kenney was published
First, the facts – per the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) National Communities Council (NCC) documents, both quoted at length and also attached in their original form further below. Then, there will be some analysis and commentary. NATIONAL COMMUNITIES COUNCIL CODE OF ETHICS As a Member of the Manufactured Housing
Mama used to say, you are known by the company you keep. That’s a fairly common maxim, phrased in a variety of ways. Before applying it to Nathan Smith, let’s step back and look at a different Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) industry leader first. The largest and best known manufactured
In a written statement provided to the Daily Business News on MHProNews, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and their prior Executive Committee Chairman, Nathan Smith, slammed the new manufactured home communities association. From the issue shown in the screen capture above, comes the following direct quote: “MHI was
“You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.” – Daniel Patrick Moynihan, per Wikipedia. Erlanger, KY is across the Ohio River and near Cincinnati, Ohio. Fort Mitchell, KY is nearby too. So, it is no surprise when a successful business professional and
Nathan Smith is often described as a jovial, successful professional. He has attracted significant attention inside and outside of the manufactured housing (MH) industry. His SSK Communities are large enough to make the top 50 list among manufactured home community (MHC) operators. So, when Smith speaks, MH industry pros listen.
MHPronews has learned from wfie14news that SSK Communities has acquired the 353 home site Lamp Lite Estates manufactured home community (MHC) in Owensboro, Kentucky and intends to “make significant improvements” which will include changing the name to Riverbend Pointe. Nathan Smith, SSK co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors
SSK Communities Plans Revamping of Manufactured Home Community Read More
There are some 45,000 +/- manufactured home land lease communities (MHCs) in the U.S. today. When MH Retailers began to tumble in the post 1998 slide that finally bottomed out in 2010, a growing number of MHC owner-operators realized their traditional source for many of their new home placements –
