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Yurts – Americans Hunt for an Affordable, Single-Sectional Manufactured Home Alternative

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, tiny house

For newcomers, it bears mentioning that MHProNews is pro-manufactured housing, and generally in favor of modular or other forms prefabricated home building in general. So ‘comparison’ reports on the Daily Business News – like this one about the growing interest in yurts – should be viewed through that lens.  No […]

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Barry Shein, Gary McDaniels, the Mission of Filling Manufactured Housing GAPs

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, regulation, research, Trends

Interviews with industry success stories – such as Barry Shein, of the Commodore Corporation, Gary P. McDaniel, CEO of Yes Communities – reveal professional perspectives that others need to consider.  Those interviews and other featured reports are found from this  link here.    Perhaps even more insightful is or our

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Calling It Quits – Tiny House Counter Trend, Manufactured Home Pros Need to Know

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, tiny house

Before diving into the video and headline issue, some background on tiny houses will be useful.   Those in manufactured housing for at least a few years know that the media seems enamored with tiny houses.  So, while there are mainstream news stories that point out that tiny house living

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‘No Fun’ – Wild Market Ride Continues, E-Mac Explains Why, plus MH Markets Update$

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, regulation, research, Stocks, Trends

FBN’s Elizabeth “Liz” MacDonald (E-Mac) and Connell McShane discuss the cause behind the volatile week for the markets in today’s market spotlight If you’re new, already hooked on our new spotlight feature – or are ready to get the MH professional fever – our headline reports are found further below, just

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Ag Commissioner, Gubernatorial Candidate Adam Putnam Tours Palm Harbor Plant

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Election, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics

The Florida Manufactured Housing Association (FMHA) and Palm Harbor Homes hosted Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner and Republican gubernatorial candidate, Adam Putnam, in Plant City, FL on January 16. “It was a very positive experience for everyone involved,” said Mark Kelly with Palm Harbor Homes, in a release to the Daily Business News.

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“Not the Big One,” “Major Storm Coming” – Carl Icahn; Plus MH Market Updates

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Company News, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Stocks, Trends

Scott Wapner with CNBC recaps his conversation with legendary investor Carl Icahn on the market volatility and where he sees the market going from here. This tremor has or will settle down.  Are the fundamentals sound?  Is the big one coming?  We’ll get different takes on that from Carl Icahn,

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“I need to report a stolen house!” Couple Wants PreFab Home Returned

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Factory-Built Homes, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People

It’s a problem pretty unique to factory-built housing.   It’s happened occasionally in the U.S. before, as the link below reflects. Stop, Manufactured Home “Thief” A Houston couple wants their 20x 30 prefab vacation home returned to them, says KTRK. Jo and Lonnie Harrison told Eyewitness News said they bought

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“No Other Options” – Frank Rolfe’s Pad, MH “Parks” Tug-of-War, Good, Bad or Meh for Manufactured Home Communities, MH Industry?

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry

Frank Rolfe has become a well-known personality in the manufactured home industry. He’s been called a genius. Others take issue. For example, sometimes, Rolfe says “mobile homes,” and they are indeed a pre-HUD Code home.  But other times, he says that, and he’s talking about a manufactured home.  On terminology

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Opportunity Zones Law in Place, Poised to Benefit Some 50,000,000 Americans

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, People, Politics, regulation, Trends

Manufactured housing professionals in or near economically challenged areas in rural or urban America may be interested in learning more about a little known provision in the new tax law that is now in effect.   Its “Opportunity Zones.”   “ICYMI: Senator Scott Investing in Opportunity Act Included in Tax

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“Blood in Water,” Panic? WaPo’s Long, POTUS Trump Agree, plus MH Market UPdate$

By / / Manufactured and Modular Housing News

Mark the calendar. The normally anti-Trump, left-of-center Washington Post, specifically Heather Long, and President of the United States (POTUS) Donald J. Trump both agree on something. The fundamentals of the economy are good. Heather Long explains what’s going on with the Dow Jones and why you shouldn’t be too worried

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“Live in a Mobile Home to Buy a House?” – Dave Ramsey Video

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, media ignorance, mobile home, People, research

  Relevant background information is important for understanding an issue.   To understand why Dave Ramsey’s take on “mobile homes” [sic] as an “investment” for a home buyers matters to the industry and millions of manufactured home owners, Ramsey’s background matters. “The Dave Ramsey Show is a three-hour, self-syndicated radio program and

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What’s Your Manufactured Housing Narrative? Monday Morning Sales Meeting

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Homes, Manufactured Housing Industry, Marketing Sales Management

  Comparisons and analogies are useful methods of sharing ideas.   God rest Grayson Schwepfinger’s soul; while he and I did some things similarly, others were quite different. “Schwep” believed in telling “the company story” using a “pitch book,” a presentation book. In his method, that was to be done

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MHI Winter Meeting News Tips, & Industry Headline News 1.28.2018 to 2.4.2018 Sunday Morning Weekly Review

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  Maybe you’re working for a giant, or maybe your a one-person operation.   Either way, it’s your manufactured and modular home industry too. Thousands depend on us, and we depend on caring people willing to share what they know, to help inform others, so that they can navigate and

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FISA Memo Released, Markets Drop, Bargain$ Ahead – Plus MHMarket Update

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Politics, Stocks, Trends

Let’s simplify what this highly politicized FISA memo uproar is all about. What’s been called the “Trump Dossier” for over a year, was in fact paid for by former Secretary Hillary Clinton, and the Democratic National Committee. That document was deemed “Salacious and Unverified” per James Comey, former FBi director, and

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Fiduciary Responsibility to Corp Shareholders-MH Anti-Trust Concerns; Plus MH Market UPdate$

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Association, Business, Canada, Company News, Legal, Legislation, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Home Communities, Manufactured Housing Industry, Politics, regulation, research, Stocks, Trends

It’s not an issue today. It could become one in the near term. As the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) winter meeting approaches, and there is more talk in the industry about anti-trust concerns, the question has been raised. What are the risks and responsibilities of corporations that could get up

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Disruptive Social Media Giant, Used by MH Marketers, Facebook Admits It’s Being Rocked

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Marketing, People, Politics, Stocks, Trends

Social media giant, Facebook beat Wall Street’s expectations. But they made an admission that Business Insider says should cause investors to wonder what’s next. The social media platform is used extensively by manufactured home marketers, along with all others in the housing sector.   “Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made

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“Never a Better Time…Living the American Dream,” plus MH Market Update$

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Company News, Economy, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, Stocks, Trends

“This, in fact, is our new American moment. There has never been a better time to start living the American dream.” – President of the United States (POTUS) Donald J. Trump, was the left-of-center New York Times ‘quotation of the day.’ Quotes, facts, figures, and pictures can be worth a

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CFPB’s Mulvaney’s Email; What it Says, Mean$ to Lending, & Manufactured Housing

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Announcements, Business, Economy, Finance, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry

First, the Daily Business News will share the email that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director, Mick Mulvaney sent out. Then, we will then briefly examine what it could mean to lending, and the manufactured home industry.   The CFPB email: ————– From: Mulvaney, Mick (CFPB) <Mick@cfpb.gov>Date: January

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SOTU, Manufactured Housing Business, Regulations, Investments, Americans, and You

By / / Advocacy, Analysis and Commentary, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, regulation, Stocks

This will be an overview. A series of one liners, links, and facts. They will all tie it all together with last night’s State of the Union, (SOTU) and what has been taking place surrounding the event. Industry impacts will be considered.   Sound Bites and “Open For Business” Politics

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Buffett, Bezos – Time Announcement to Drop Market Ahead of SOTU? Plus MH Market Update$

By / / Analysis and Commentary, Business, Canada, Company News, Manufactured and Modular Housing News, Manufactured Housing Industry, People, Politics, regulation, Stocks, Trends

It looks to be yet another case of the truth hiding in plain sight. Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Jaime Dimon for JP Morgan Chase announced a healthcare deal. The market reaction?  A selloff. What could it mean for MHVille, the nation? That will be our focus

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