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Joseph Stronks Joins Manufactured Home Industry Lender as Chief Operating Officer

By / July 25, 2018 / Announcements, Business, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Small Business

  “Community West Bancshares, (NASDAQ:CWBC), parent company of Community West Bank, announced that T. Joseph Stronks has joined the bank as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer,” said the company via a release to the Daily Business News. Stronks will lead the Central Operations, Information Technology and Facilities departments of …

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State of the American Workplace Report, Plus Manufactured Housing Market Updates

By / July 24, 2018 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Company News, Economy, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, research, Stocks, Trends

One of the hot topics among manufactured housing business owners and management today is the ability to recruit a more qualified workers and team members.  While there is plenty of anecdotal insights from manufactured home professionals, there is no operation that is known to be publishing industry specific, evidence-based information. …

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“Huge Opportunity for Growth,” Says Tom Hardiman, Executive Director, Modular Building Institute

By / July 24, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry, People, Trends

“The hotel/hospitality sector represents a huge opportunity for growth and greater adoption of modular construction,” said Tom Hardiman, Executive Director of the Modular Building Institute (MBI).   His comment came as a reaction to this video about modular construction, as well as the latest data that he’s reviewed. “In fact,” …

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Freedonia Group’s Comprehensive Incursion into Manufactured Housing

By / July 24, 2018 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, research, Trends

  The truth is often hiding in plain sight. Who says?    “Sometimes the best hiding place is the one that’s in plain sight.” – Stephanie Meyer, per AZ Quotes.   “I’ve found that wherever there is one cockroach in plain sight, many more are lurking behind the corner out …

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Howard Walker, Mensch – Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Manufactured Homes Retrospective

By / July 23, 2018 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, Obituary, People, Trends

“It’s a Jewish tradition when someone dies to say, “May his or her memory be for blessing.” The actual honorific is “of blessed memory,” a translation of the Hebrew “zikhrono livrakha” (m.) or “zikhronah livrakha” (f.)…I tend to say, “May his or her memory be a blessing.”” – Nina Amir. …

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Dimon Sounds Off, White House Hints GDP in Q2 Could Hit 4 Percent, plus MH Market Updates

By / July 23, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Company News, Economy, Finance, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Stocks, Trends

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis is set to release second-quarter GDP at 8:30 a.m. ET on Friday, but there are whispers from the White House that the numbers could hit the U.S. hit 4 percent in the 2nd quarter of 2018. That GDP preview and some new economic …

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Sexual Harassment in Housing – HUD and DOJ Campaign PSA Launched

By / July 23, 2018 / Advocacy, Analysis and Commentary, Announcements, Legal, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, People

  PSA features three victims who tell their emotion stories   WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released today a Public Service Announcement (PSA) to raise awareness of housing-related sexual harassment and to reach persons who are victimized …

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What Do You Know About HALTS and Good Customer Relations? Monday Morning Manufactured Housing Marketing, Sales Meeting

By / July 23, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, Marketing Sales Management, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry

  Marketing is the wide net cast to attract prospects, while sales is a person-to-person experience.   We normally focus on more basic items, but today let’s consider a mid level subject that too few know about, much less, understand.  It’s HALTS. HALTS = Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired, Sick/Stressed. When …

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Disruptive Intelligence – Sunday Morning Manufactured Home Industry Reports, Headline News Recap 7.15.2018 to 7.22.2018

By / July 22, 2018 / Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Headlines - Week In Review for Manufactured, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, regulation, Trends

Disruptive Intelligence   The status quo is unsustainable. Hold that thought, and we will return to it.   Imagine the following. You are walking in a park, your favorite beach, or through some woods. You are in nature. As you walk, you spy in the grass, shrub or sand a …

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“When I Slow Down, I Go Faster.” – Ken Blanchard, and Manufactured Housing

By / July 21, 2018 / Advocacy, Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Manufactured Housing Industry, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry

  “When I Slow Down, I Go Faster.” – Ken Blanchard, PhD, The One Minute Manager.   The year was 1985 when The One Minute Manager was first published. It was a year or so after that date when this writer picked up that book, and began to apply some …

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Town’s Stance Against “Mobile Homes” Caused Division, Uncertainty – MH Association Reacts, Video, Report

By / July 20, 2018 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Company News, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, People

In May, the McBee Town Council passed a temporary moratorium on manufactured homes from being placed in that town’s city limits.   WISTV reports that the motion read, “Mobile Homes are prohibited from being placed on any lot within the town limits of McBee, South Carolina and any current uninhabited …

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‘They’re F-ing Us’ hints President Trump, but “We’re Playing with the Banks Money,” Plus Manufactured Home Market UPdate$

By / July 20, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Company News, Economy, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, Politics, research, Small Business, Trends

The President of the United States (POTUS) Donald J. Trump coyly hinted that countries he named are ‘f—king us,’ but then said he won’t use that expression for a respected show.  Markets closed down a fraction, and this evening’s focus will be a one on one interview with the president …

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Dozens of Tornadoes Rip Iowa, Storm Damages Buildings, Houses, Videos with Manufactured Housing Analysis

By / July 20, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Association, disaster, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, media ignorance, research

The ABC News videos help tell the dramatic tale of reportedly two dozen tornadoes that ripped through central Iowa yesterday.     Forecasters that morning admit they didn’t expect tornadoes later that same day.  Fortunately, there were no initial reports of fatalities, though many were injured.   Conventional houses, commercial …

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MHBA’s Hardiman Rips “Global Banking & Finance” Article Entitled, “Why Does Your Bank Not Finance Modular Homes?”

By / July 20, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, media ignorance, mobile home, Modular, Non-Profit, research

  “Wow, I’m not sure which is worse; the writer’s understanding of the modular home industry or grasp of basic grammar and writing skills. This article is a complete mess and only serves to continue to spread misinformation about the modular home industry.  I found no meaningful or helpful information …

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New Steps to Fill Skilled Jobs for American Businesses, including Manufactured and Modular Housing

By / July 19, 2018 / Affordable Housing, Announcements, Association, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry, People, Small Business, Trends

What are skilled workers?  “Its training the works for the skills that industry needs,” said Linda McMahon, who heads up the federal Small Business Administration (SBA).   Johnson Controls, makes numerous products, including heating, ventilation or air-conditioning systems and fire alarms, for housing, business and for manufactured home firms too. …

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Literally Killer News, the Business of America, and Manufactured Housing Industry Market Updates

By / July 19, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Company News, Economy, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Stocks, Trends

“The Business of America is Business,” said President Calvin Coolidge. It seems that for a number of years, under both GOP and Democratic leaders, that mantra was missed in the maze of regulatory barriers and high taxes. Whatever party you may belong to, that’s obviously changing in the last 18 …

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CityLabs Spotlights ROC USA’s Bright Communities Brand, Lessons for Manufactured Home Professionals, Investors

By / July 19, 2018 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, media ignorance, Non-Profit, Trends

“Manufactured home communities have a long history of providing low-cost housing in the U.S., where residents drive their homes in, secure them, and pay a monthly rent to stay on the owner’s land. These homes are typically the least expensive option when it comes to unsubsidized housing, serving households with …

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John Wake, FSBOs, Forbes, Real Estate Decoded, Mobile Homes or Manufactured Housing Resales

By / July 19, 2018 / Affordable Housing, Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, mobile home, research

“The National Association of Realtors is usually a good source of statistics but they’ve gone off the rails with this factoid,” says John Wake in a new column on Forbes.  Wake’s column should get manufactured housing industry professionals and investors thinking.   Wake was looking at a tweet by the …

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Who Says Bipartisanship is Dead? House Passes Massive “JOBS & Investor Confidence Act” S 488 by 406 to 4 Vote

By / July 18, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Economy, Finance, Manufactured Housing Industry, Politics

“Waters, Hensarling put forth massive bipartisan economic growth bill,” said HousingWire.   The White House press room tells MHProNews, that: “President Donald J. Trump commends the House of Representatives for passing S. 488, the JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018.  This bill would enact commonsense regulatory reforms to help …

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Warren Buffett on Construction and Trucking Labor, Plus Manufactured Housing Markets Updates

By / July 18, 2018 / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Economy, Finance, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Politics, regulation, Stocks, Trends

The video below with Warren Buffett is perhaps more interesting for what it doesn’t say, than what it does.  That will be our focus report for this evening. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our …

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