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Darren Krolewski, Co-President at MHVillage and publisher of their MHInsider magazine made another bold claim in their most recent issue. As regular and close readers of MHProNews fact-checks may recall, a problematic claim was made in their prior issue too, and no known correction of that factual error took place. In …
Fact Check, Darren Krolewski, MHInsider Claim on 2019 Louisville Show Attendance Read More
On the day before a week-long manufactured home industry business trip, the top of my to-do list would not normally have included going to a men’s conference. But a retired-younger Army major and former law enforcement officer invited me to go, so that’s where some of these thoughts came from …
“Whatever It Takes,” Hard As Nails Men’s Conference, and Manufactured Housing Read More
Tunica Show management and the SCMHI has advised the Daily Business News on MHProNews that the Sunshine Homes Sponsored golf tournament location has been changed. Rain that has caused flooding further north, has led to the announcement that “the River Bend Links Golf Course is no longer able to …
Golf Tournament Location Has Changed at 2019 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show Read More
Anyone can allege anything. To heck with hyperbole or he said, she said. It’s evidence, documents, money trails, trend lines, and common-sense reasoning that are among the elements that ought to be considered by thinking professionals. While most of manufactured housing’s bloggers, or other publishers, are blatant Omaha-Knoxville-Arlington kiss-ups, the …
Let’s be clear. For years, not only manufactured housing, but other forms of housing had formaldehyde. The health notices that were required in manufactured homes were arguably discriminatory. Science says there can be more formaldehyde in parts per million (PPM) in the normal person’s breath than there used to be …
HUD Proposes Ending Manufactured Home Formaldehyde “Health Notice” Read More
Yes, the breaking news is that the Mueller reports has been delivered to the Department of Justice. That will have more news value in terms of the markets in the days ahead. The Daily Business News on MHProNews has said from the outset that no collusion with Russia will be …
The approach often deployed by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and their industry acolytes is one of sounding reasonable. It’s also the voice of polite compromise. But unfortunately, it’s been demonstrated time and again to be ineffective. A recent example is the article linked below. Urgency Grows, Another City Prepares …
Manufactured Housing Compromise? Carrots and Sticks, and Mutual Victories? Read More
The report of yet another American city considering a ban on new manufactured housing is the most recent warning-flag for an issue that has been growing for several years in states across the country. City of Bryan, TX, District Two Councilman Prentiss Madison, told KBTX that he is getting calls …
Urgency Grows, Another City Prepares Ban on Manufactured Homes Read More
It was an issue that began to attract attention close to a year ago. A controversy erupted between a pre-HUD Code mobile home resident and her resident owned community (ROC). The controversy raised freedom of religious expression and thus fair housing, and other legal issues. So, it caught fire for …
A couple of billion folks globally use Facebook (FB) globally, hundreds of millions of them right here in the U.S.A. Manufactured housing and other marketers often use FB, as do politicos, or the latest crazed killer – anyone trying to get the word out – on whatever. Voices on the …
The Daily Business News on MHProNews learned that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, M.D., kicked off their latest ‘HUDle’ meeting at their Washington, D.C. office building. In a statement to MHProNews, here is what the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) said today. …
HUD Secretary Carson “HUDdle Conference” Draws Manufactured Housing Issues Engagement Read More
Relax. Smile. Have no fear. Be at peace. Among the safest places a civilian in the U.S. can be is at a hotel casino, where security cameras abound. They are supported by armed security, who may be plain clothes as well as uniformed. Then there are local police or other …
“If you’re not the lead dog, the scenery never changes,” said the Ford Motor Company on their Big [Lead] Dog commercial’s YouTube page. Ford’s Big Lead Dog commercial comes in two lengths on YouTube. One has had over 8.5 million views as of this date. That number is nearly …
Ford’s Big Lead Dog, Teaches Manufactured Housing, Legal Q&A Read More
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced what several observers are referring to as a ‘cave,’ giving into what investors and President Donald J. Trump has been pushing for over the course of several months. On a day when the broader market slid, and more losers than gainers on the manufactured …
“In order to outperform the market, you have to have a contrarian point of view,” said Robert Robotti, to the investing media resource, the Motley Fool. This Daily Business News on MHProNews report looks at Robotti and his firm’s 15+ years involvement in the Manufactured Housing sector. This 1-minute video gives …
“Out-Performing the Market” Robert Robotti, Value Investing, and Manufactured Housing Read More
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) periodically commissions research on various topics. That research may be dubbed “Policy Development and Research” or PD&R. As an example of a useful HUD PD&R, one established some years ago that manufactured homes and conventional housing – sited side-by-side in urban …
Housing affordability is down from 8 out of 10 buyers 10 years ago, down to 5 out of 10 home shoppers today, says the NAHB’s Jerry Howard CEO in today’s Fox Business video. On a day when most manufactured housing tracked stocks slid, as did the broader markets the interview …
The past is there to learn from. Avoiding prior mistakes is something that savvy and successful professionals do. A close look at the facts reveal that few fields have more upside growth potential as HUD Code manufactured housing does. Yet the industry is underperforming, as even publicly traded …
Fix MH Industry Trick$ – Special Meeting at Tunica Show Read More
A recent report reflected the potential for the manufactured housing industry during this current affordable housing crisis. There are some 100,000,000 Americans living in rental housing. About one in seven Americans are moving this year, and every year. Manufactured homes are the most affordable type of permanent housing. So …
Cha-Ching! Manufactured Housing Made Simple in 2019 Read More
The website of Marge Clark’s Grand Lakeview Estates website says “FOR forty-four years we have been improving the quality of life and reducing the cost of living for our residents, who’ve downsized from their “big” houses.” The new HUD budget proposal for 2020 is out. It calls for billions of …
Subsidized Housing vs Manufactured Homes, Community Owner Marge Clark Sounds Off Read More
