Business and profit building education has always been one of the many benefits of membership in state and national associations. When we say that an association exists to protect and promote the industry, that's true. One of the ways those goals are accomplished is precisely through educational workshops, seminars, symposiums and events tailored for manufactured …
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The Louisville Manufactured Housing Show for 2012 is now in the history books. Hats off to Dennis Hill and the Show Ways team, Show Chairman Ron Thomas Sr., the Midwest Manufactured Housing Federation (MMHF) executive directors, our speakers, panelists and each company that helped make this show a success. An exhibitor I spoke with summed …
We are starting a pre-show and at show series of videos here on the Masthead blog, entitled "Live from Louisville: the 2012 Manufactured Housing Show." The pre-show registrations reveal that 20% more community, retailers, builder/developers, installers and suppliers are signed up for 2012 than through the same period in 2011. Hundreds more typically show up at the …
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The BUZZ is on because it will be 'show time' in Louisville this week! The extended weather forecast for next week indicates high temperatures in the 40s and 50s. The show is all indoors at the South Wing of the fine Kentucky Exhibition Center, so no matter what is happening outside, it will be comfortable …
The 2012 Iowa caucuses are now history. FoxNews reports that Mitt Romney, Rick Sandorum and Ron Paul have emerged as the winners in the top tier among Republican candidates, in that order. As of this writing, only 8 votes – 8 votes! – separated Governor Romney from Senator Santorum. Santorum's late surge was surprising to …
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Happy New Year, 2012! When you look at: the recent rising trend in manufactured housing shipment reports, when you look at the fact that the 2012 Louisville Show could shatter last year's attendance record and you realize that home and other financing options are available or coming online that most would not have dreamed about in …
2012: the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Year of the Turnaround? Read More »
Manufactured Home Community Operators! Manufactured Housing Retailers! Manufactured and Modular Builder/Developers! If there is only 1 event you can attend in 2012, make that one the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show. Why? It will provide you with THE Tools and Methods that will yield MORE home $ale$ in 2012. Learn more and read all about …
Merry Christmas! This year, yours truly actually made it out to get those Hallmark cards that I had intended to send out to hundreds of great Industry pros from coast to coast. As you may have noticed, if you didn’t get one, that you are not alone. They never got out of the box (that …
The concept of Time is a handy measurement that helps us plan our minutes, hours days, weeks, months and years. Time is the same for all. How we use our time is one of those things that sets person A apart from person B. I used to use a fax cover sheet that had some …
I confess that election season is compelling to me. The ups and downs in the Republican field has been fascinating. On C-SPAN this past week, I caught Mitt Romney giving his stump speech to a group in Iowa. Tieless shirt sans a jacket, Romney spoke about caring for the middle class, creating jobs for those …
