Manipulation can be a science. Meaning, there are those who study the art of manipulation, can do so using scientific principles, but may do so under a variety of different labels. Some forms of manipulation may be legal, others not. Influence and persuasion can be related and may be …
Sun Communities recently announced another ‘big deal.’ The merger and acquisition (M&A) of Jensen’s, Inc into their portfolio is a $343.6 million dollar transaction. The details, from Sun’s (SUI) release will be followed by some additional information on each firm. Southfield, MI, Aug. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE: …
Sun Communities Scores 1/3rd Billion Dollar M&A, Insights, Details Beyond Media Release Read More
The insider trade being reported is the type reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). “An insider is defined as any officer and/or beneficial owner who is buying or selling their company’s stock is required to file a Form 4,” explains Nasdaq. The spoiler is the stock has risen since the …
“Organizations tend to “do what they have done” until someone asks why. Don’t let drift dominate over a planned way forward,” wrote the retired state association executive of the Wisconsin Housing Alliance (WHA), Ross Kinzler. He also asked via LinkedIn that “Has Your Organization Lost It’s Way?” The typo …
Ross Kinzler – Manufactured Housing Organizational Drift? Going to the Next Level Read More
In the 2012 presidential election cycle, then candidate Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, dutifully released his tax returns tot he public. For years, this American custom – not required by federal law – has been followed by the major party candidates of both Democratic and Republican parties. …
The vix has been up. Uncertainty seems to be a byword on Wall Street, Main Street, and in Washington. Europe may be moving toward recession. While the U.S. economy seems sound, the trade war with China is one of several factors that have numbers worried. It is axiomatic …
Is Manufactured Housing Investing or Professional Clarity Possible? Read More
“It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.” – Chinese proverb, Eleanor Roosevelt quote, and the motto of the Christophers. MHProNews obviously is not the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, or Forbes. But day-by-day, we strive to light the candle(s) at hand …
This special report will come in three parts plus an analysis and should be pondered by industry professionals who have direct or indirect ties to manufactured housing production, investors, and advocates. · The first section is a video a pull quotes from CNBC which shed light on some of …
Big Picture – China-U.S. Trade War, White House Statement, Manufactured Home Pro Alert Read More
If videos and storytelling can move minds and hearts – and they are proven to do so – then music videos as a genre is something that affordable housing industry professionals should better understand. Not long ago, for the 4th of July holiday, our publisher posted a video about …
Cultural Corner – O Fortuna, Hava Nageela, Mary Did You Know, and America x2 Read More
There are those across the left-right spectrum who were shocked and outraged last week when President Donald J. Trump looked toward heaven on camera, and said that “I am the Chosen One…” Blasphemous?!? There are those who were similarly disturbed when then candidate Barack Obama took the stage at …
Propaganda is defined by the Safari-connected online dictionary as follows. ‘Information of a biased or misleading nature, used to publicize a particular political cause or point of view.’ As with many of our MHProNews articles, we will systematically build step-by-step toward the headline. Let’s begin. Propaganda could in …
There will be days, weeks, months and perhaps years of arm-chair quarterbacking about today and decisions in Beijing and Washington made regarding U.S.-China trade. Only those dialed into the economic engine potential of affordable housing can debatably appreciate how the current economic turmoil over tariffs, trade, interest rates, and other …
It’s a hot issue. Who says? Anecdotal as well as polling/statistical evidence for some years suggests that ‘housing affordability’ has drawn ever more attention on the political left than the right. But during the Trump Administration, that gap may be narrowing, as HUD Secretary Ben Carson and the …
Some years back, the late Vice Chairman for Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Howard Walker, JD, said this to our publisher. “Tony, the money in manufactured housing is in a book.” Walker went onto explain that manufactured housing was filled with stories. For example. · There are the personalities, like …
ELS’ Howard Walker, on Where the Money is in Manufactured Housing Read More
Forbes and NewsMax are reporting a list of which 2020 Democratic Presidential hopefuls have the most billionaires providing them with campaign support. Sam Zell, of Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) fame is among them. While most manufactured home professionals don’t ponder Bill Gates connections to manufactured and factory-built housing, they …
There isn’t much connection between this headline and manufactured housing on the surface, save this. It is one more reminder that for some 2 years, much of the media were ‘covering’ a controversy that was cooked up. MHProNews, over two years ago, said that it would lead no where with …
There’s fake news, meh reporting, and then there is news plus analysis that shares a variety of perspectives that paints a richer picture involving often complex scenarios. As thousands of manufactured housing industry professionals know, for some years, there have been seminars, boot camps, videos, and other so-called educational …
New Manufactured Home Community Owner Defends Actions in Legal, Media Uproar Read More
Legacy Housing has a history, just as you have your history, or we as a publisher or individuals have our history. If the last 1,000 years of human or business history shows us anything, it is this. It is inevitable that no history of a person or organization is perfect. …
Mainstream media routinely does flashbacks to set the context for new or developing controversies. In manufactured housing, to be fair, there are some examples of that by others, but they are arguable often tilted with little or no evidence provided to support their often flawed thinking, easily debunked, and outrageous …
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development program will be presenting a housing fair in Upper Lake, CA. The fair is set to begin at 11 AM, Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake Community Room, 9460 Main St., Upper Lake, per Lake County News. Since 2008, more than 500 …
County Plans Housing Fair Sept. 7, 2019, Dozens Getting Conventional, Manufactured Homes Read More
