Analysts and publicly-trade manufactured housing companies widely agree that growing job creation is a good thing for home sellers. Sources also agree that when energy costs are lower, that tends to be good for manufacturing and business. When consumers pay less for energy, they have more disposable income for other …
A senior manager of a Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) member company complained during the Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute (KMHI) mixer on 1.17.2018 that they ‘didn’t want to be known as an MHI apologist.’ “We want to be able to get along with everyone,” the high-ranking corporate officer told the Daily …
The Worm Turns, Senior Corporate Officer Sounds Off on Public MH Industry Disputes Read More
Facts can be nettlesome things. Pictures can speak 1000 words. The pair of photos above and below are from a prior year, when this publication was doing the show promotion. The next photos are all from today’s Louisville Show, the first year since the show’s ‘restart’ after being cancelled, that …
Louisville Manufactured Housing Show 2018, Day 1, Photo Report Read More
The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and an array of media across the left-right media spectrum are reporting that Apple is going to repatriate over $200 billion, which could have several forms of positive impact in manufactured and factory built housing. That will be our market spotlight for today. If you’re …
The industry has two national trade association’s, but only one claims to represent every segment of the factory-built home industry. That one would be the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Whatever they do, whatever they fail to accomplish, it obviously impacts your manufactured home industry’s image, and your ability to …
“The Industry has to prepare for when the orders from the REITs slow down,” said a senior level executive with a HUD Code manufactured home production company. The HUD Code builder agreed with the Daily Business News’ reporting that the industry’s orders are essentially flat, when orders going into communities …
The Front-Line View from HUD Code Manufactured Home Production Companies Read More
What was once an occasional drip-drip-drop of reports about the coming disruptions caused by robotics and AI – artificial intelligence – is turning into a growing river. One report out of Britain suggests that many are feeling hopeless about the issue, which in turn is driving more despair, drug, and …
Experts Say Job Disruptions Looming from AI, Robotics – Plus MH Market Update$ Read More
One problem with a partisan, agenda-driven bias of any kind is that they can finally run into reality checks that refute the alleged claims and concerns. For months, certain figures in politics and the media have beaten-the-drum that the president should be removed from office under the 25th Amendment …
“No one likes pain: emotional, physical or spiritual,” said Tim Connor in a detailed statement to MHProNews. “Pain always has a message for us,” he said. Connor has worked for decades in the manufactured, modular, log and other systems-built housing and other industries. The guru has 80 books in areas …
Facts can and be nettlesome things. For decades, numerous people have postured being the friend of minorities, while falsely claiming their opponents where bigots, racists, or some other slur. This video shows Donald Trump being praised for a lifetime of achievement in providing minorities with opportunities. The man praising …
Truth Hiding in Plain Sight, Faux Outrage Vs Facts, ‘Building Together’ Read More
Let’s be plain spoken. This video could be an eye opener for any long-term player considering all the reasons why manufactured housing is poised to boom. Clayton and Buffett apparently believe that to be true. So there are ‘good news,’ and big opportunities aspects to this video interview, for the …
Kevin Clayton Interview-Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, Clayton Homes CEO Read More
We’ll start with the website insights, and then move onto the 9-quick manufactured home marketing, training, educational, inspirational, and sales tips. Over-simplifying, there are in manufactured housing today, 4 kinds of websites: Non-existent. As hard as it may be to believe some 2 decades after the websites came …
9 Quick Tips, Plus Your Website – Monday Morning Manufactured Home Sales Meeting Read More
Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior’s life and career are historic in every sense. Without question, he and those who worked with him, changed the arc of America in his time. The Daily Business News on MHProNews have used thought-provoking, inspirational quotes from Dr. King for years. Why? Frankly, not only …
The last administration’s policy and the current one couldn’t be more different on a wide range of issues. Those policies impact our nation, the world, and our industry. The false alarm about a nuclear attack on Hawaii reminds us that this can get very real, very quickly. Thankfully, it was a …
Presidential Insanity? Billions in Dollars, Tens of Millions of Lives Impacted Read More
Years and time are made up of cycles. There are seasons, celebrations, memorials, and events. There are days off, and days on duty. At times, the coastal tides are rolling in, at others, the tide is retreating. This upcoming week is one of those crescendos, an event. Thousands will roll …
Marcus & Millichap CEO Hessam Nadji was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business, in a discussion on the impact of tax reform legislation on real estate. Nadji notes that there is a lot to unpack from the recently enacted bill. In states with high real estate prices, there are …
Marcus & Millichap CEO Hessam Nadji, Tax Reform Impact on Real Estate Read More
zJobs, justice, racism rhetoric, and reality. Manufactured housing feels the skilled worker pinch, and the second video posted below today – which is related to the first – are a focus of today’s spotlight. If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get …
Justice, Jobs, Race & Reality, Plus MH Market Update$ Read More
They are there to protect your rights, and those of your fellow citizens. “With a mix of humor, simplicity, magic and logic, an historical figure opens the family’s eyes to the origins and importance of the U.S. Constitution,” says the summary below In Search of Liberty. When the safeguards of …
In Search of Liberty, the America Dream and Manufactured Housing Read More
Billions are being freed up from tax reform domestically. Hundreds of billions more poised to come back into the U.S. via repatriation and from foreign capital. Could manufactured homes and PreFab housing witness a new wave of investments? The smart-money, early indications are; yes. Housing is a trillion-dollar-plus annual industry. …
Immediate Expensing, Investing in Manufactured Housing, Developments w/Manufactured Homes Read More
Americans must recognize, says Harvard psychologist Susan David, that “A familiar story is not necessarily a truthful story.” In “The Science of Fear-Mongering: How to Protect Your Mind from Demagogues,” Harvard psychologist Susan David explains “the dangers of fear-mongering, the questionable ethics of journalism in spreading hate politics, and the …
