Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax held a series of community meetings on the eviction crisis recently, says Virginia’s Public Radio (VPR) to the Daily Business News. The underlying problem? A lack of affordable housing. “Now some advocates think manufactured homes, also known as mobile homes, could be a part […]
It’s no secret that FANG – Facebook, Apple, Netflix and Google – has drawn a growing amount of monopolistic concerns in the last 2 years. It’s also no secret that big tech has faced push-back from the right, which says that FANG often has shown bias for progressives, and animus
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The Florida Manufactured Housing Association (FMHA) spotlighted Adam Putnam earlier this year, after his tour of a HUD Code manufactured home and modular housing factory in Plant City, FL. Ag Commissioner, Gubernatorial Candidate Adam Putnam Tours Palm Harbor Plant Adam Putnam’s connected political action committee (PAC), called ‘Florida Grown,’
The Business Journal noted that Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) has 409 properties in the U.S. and Canada. The Real Deal touted the ELS Chairman Sam Zell angle, in announcing the $50.35 million dollar purchase price. None of the mainstream media sources bothered to show that the monthly site
It took under one week from the day since Mark Weiss, JD, President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) and MHProNews/MHLivingNews publisher L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach reached out to a National Association of Realtors researcher for corrections to be made in their seminal report
Let’s note from the top that this is just one step in the challenging road of trade negotiations with various economic players globally. The talk from China is still tough. But Mexico’s new president is hinting that there may be a deal. With that backdrop, what was announced today from
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Let’s start with what the bottom-line for professionals and investors should be in this new data-driven housing report. The manufactured home industry demonstrably holds a key to America’s economic growth. The need and market are there. How so? First, let’s look at the facts from the latest conventional
The weather event earlier this week was first reported as a tornado strike by local media on a “mobile home park1” which in this case appears to be a manufactured home community. Profitably Decoding Windstorm Reports for Industry Professionals Before diving into the details, this Daily Business News
“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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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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“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,”
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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“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.
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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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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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
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
“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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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
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
