From the NCJRS.gov website, which is part of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs, one can read the following. “Razzle Dazzle is a gambling game in which the player has essentially no chance of winning without the operator letting him win…it may be possible to press …
The definition given by Dictionary of the noun razzle-dazzle reads in part as follow, with the bold added for emphasis: “Informal. showiness, brilliance, or virtuosity in technique or effect, often without concomitant substance or worth; flashy theatricality: The razzle–dazzle of the essay’s metaphors cannot disguise its shallowness of thought.” The Urban …
“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.” – Arthur Conan Doyle, per BrainyQuote. An attendee of multiple MHI events who is an award-winning corporate leader who is also a Daily Business News reader explained what he called their “razzle dazzle.” He specifically …
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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) press release in Part I reveals that existing conventional housing sales took a dip in March by 5.9 percent. Other conventional housing market insights from the NAR are included. Part II is the state-by-state data from the Institute for Building Technology & Safety (IBTS), …
What is it that many liars, cheats, and con artists fear? Isn’t it exposure, getting caught and exposed by the truth of their deception and misdirection? Aren’t the potential legal, moral, and reputational consequences of their manipulation part of the risk that a con artist takes? Perhaps it can’t be …
Remarks from legal professional and zoning expert Daniel R. Mandelker, J.D., help frame the more detail insights that follow from Harry J. Abramson. MHProNews and MHLivingNews previously reported remarks by pro-manufactured housing zoning law expert and land use professor Mandelker who said: ‘Statutes Should Prohibit Restrictive Zoning Standards for Manufactured Homes’ …
In a marketing presentation and related that MHProNews/MHLivingNews may explore in the near term, New Jersey based Edison Mobile Estates and Carteret Mobile Park marketing director Maria Dolan said, “It’s not your grandma’s trailer anymore.” True. “People are living in miniscule apartments paying $2,400 a month and when they buy …
In a post that is dated 8.19.2021 – almost exactly 3 years ago – Jim Ayotte of the Florida Manufactured Housing Association aptly said that: “It’s not rocket science.” “The FMHA press release was issued to elevate Florida’s worsening housing affordability problem, to make the case that factory-built housing needs …
The definition of “news” is: “newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events,” according to Oxford Languages. Merriam Webster defines it like this: “The meaning of NEWS is a report of recent events.” Updates means: “an act of bringing something or someone up to date, or an …
Near the end or ‘the bottom’ of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) email that follows, MHI has the following statement. “MHI News & Updates is a bi-weekly, members-only publication with important updates on federal legislative and regulatory activities, association accomplishments, industry events and other items important to our membership.” However, …
When a ‘survey’ is a ‘sentiments’ survey, as the Texas Real Estate Research Center (TRERC) told MHProNews earlier in this year, it is entirely possible for TRERC and the Texas Manufactured Housing Association (TMHA) to be accurate about their survey results, but nevertheless be inaccurate or even misleading, intentionally or …
To grasp the subtlety in Mark Weiss’ opening lines, it is useful to know that he is an attorney, besides being the 2nd President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR). In as much as the words “regulatory reform” are part of MHARR’s name, when you …
According to HomeLight: “If you’ve turned on the news or tried to buy a house since 2020, you’ve probably already heard about the housing shortage and its contributions to the soaring cost of real estate. And while it’s easy to blame this shortage on the pandemic, the so-called “urban exodus,” …
An authentic way to track the trends in manufactured housing is by using factual measurements based upon new U.S. manufactured home production and trends. This report is being posted in part to counter apparent paltering and posturing of data, statistics, graphics and trends by others in MHVille rather than clearly …
It is useful to provide the views of both national trade associations engaged in the manufactured housing industry. MHProNews has been doing this from the early days of our publication, which is now over 14 years since our launch. For several years, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and the Manufactured …
Four members of the U.S. Congress, including high profile figures, and an indicted man are among the fresh and ongoing revelations related to the Manufacturing Housing Institute (MHI) and its CEO, Lesli Gooch, Ph.D. Evidence and allegations that some $4oo,ooo was paid to Gooch as part of a claimed $25 …
On May 22, 2023 Patrick Revere for Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) owned MHVillage’s MHInsider publication made the points found in Part I of today’s article. The claims by Revere were later largely regurgitated by Yardi in July 2023, which cited MHVillage’s Revere as the author of its post too. ELS, …
A move by the Indiana State Attorney General Todd Rokita to stop ‘fraudsters’ from ‘deception’ may be the kind of useful, pragmatic lesson well suited to this week’s Sunday weekly MHVille headlines in review. That press release by Rokita’s office is Part I of today’s report. Part II are the …
“Bidenomics” has been praised by Joe Biden, no surprise there. It has also been praised by those who cheerfully double down on Biden’s policies of the past 31.5 months. But there are apparent reasons why some 74 percent of the nation thinks the country is on the wrong track, per …
“A Lack of Supply Isn’t Causing Our Housing Crisis,” says attorney Fran Quigley, who added that: “Millions of people simply do not make enough money to consistently afford market-rate housing.” Quigley directs the Health and Human Rights Clinic at Indiana University McKinney School of Law. Quigley shared his thoughts published …
