Like it or not, billionaires like Warren Buffett, Sam Zell, Nick Hanauer, and a leaked document from Citigroup – among others – have bluntly stated in their own words that the United States today is a society that to various degrees is ‘ruled’ or governed by plutocrats, oligarchs, and corporate […]
“In a stunning development, the original DTS proposals to FHFA in May of 2021 were soundly rejected by many housing advocates such as the Lincoln Institute, the National Housing Conference, and National Community Stabilization Act.” So wrote Raymond Leech for MHVillage’s MHInsider. Leech added that “They [nonprofit housing advocates] told FHFA
Tim Williams, President and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) owned 21st Mortgage Corporation was the former chairman of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). That Williams still sits on an MHI board. His firm is reportedly the largest lender in manufactured housing for independent retailers, communities, and others who are not
After direct engagement about a troubling report about manufactured housing, a real estate publisher that will be identified in an upcoming report deleted the following comment from their website on Friday 12.18.2020. There are more corrections that same publisher made, some as bad or possibly worse, as will
On October 30, 2020 – on a Friday and just days before the presidential and general election that has the nation’s rapt attention – the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued its ANNUAL HOUSING REPORT for the period covering JANUARY 1, 2019 – DECEMBER 31, 2019. In less than an
MHInsider’s writer Patrick Revere has the knack, but the facts about pageviews displayed on the MHInsider/MHVillage website reveals he doesn’t have much of an audience. Their own published data on articles like the one featuring Tim Williams and the hot topic of manufactured home lending stands in stark contrast to
Part of the ‘secret’ for legal victories can be consistency, procedures, and documentation. There is little doubt that Tim Williams, President and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway owned 21st Mortgage Corporation and his company has vastly more experience in legal matters than our far more modest operation does. It should
“Since its inception in 2003 this part of my web site has offered a mix of consumer news, excerpts of reports about manufactured homes, miscellaneous ideas and suggestions, Q&A snippets, updates, consumer alerts, and commentary from yours truly,” said John Grissim, author of the Grissim Guides in a Summer-Fall 2018
Opinions are common. As the saying goes, opinions are a dime a dozen. But facts, evidence, and money trails are nettlesome things. Sam Zell Sam Zell is the Chairman of Manufactured Home (MH) Community giant, Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS). In the MH and RV site spaces – and related home
“When in the course of human events…” Day by day, people make life-changing decisions. Those choices can be for good or ill. A fact without context may have little discernible meaning. To properly understand the present, or any moment in time, one must understand what occurred previously. In the famous
