“I’m tired of being the best kept secret. I’m ready to help house America.” – Terry Decio, Skyline Homes, to MHProNews. What happened? The Rest of the Story, 1… Several of the brands that the industry knows today are not the same brand as they were a decade or more ago. Palm Harbor. Fleetwood. Champion. …
Terry Decio, Skyline Homes, “The Secret” – The Rest of the Story Read More »
It’s not a joke, or a blast from the distant past. We’ll share a nice message of praise from Clayton Homes for our pro-industry work. We said thank you, of course, and pointed to those who make this work possible. We’ll likely release that kind Clayton statement, next week. It will depend on other news, …
Recent Praise from Clayton to MHProNews, with C3 Read More »
“He lives twice, who enjoys both the past, and the present.” – Marcus Aurelius. It was a saying on one of those wooden blocks we’ve all seen in a hundred stores that sell such items. My mom gave it to me when I was still a kid, and the Lord only knows where it might …
Benefits from “Living Twice,” Plus the Source of All Truth Read More »
It’s Advent for Christians, and Hanukkah for Jews. At the “darkest” time of the year, when the days are the shortest, believers in America and around the world are celebrating – light. “Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against …
Darkness and Light; Faith, Freedom, and Manufactured Housing Read More »
It was 15 years ago, but back then, MHI was correct to quote Harvard’s Eric Belsky. What happened to Belsky’s prediction, that kept manufactured housing from reaching its promised potential? That’s debatable. We outlined in a cross-referenced, fact-based analysis and commentary part of what allegedly happened to the then-and-now potential for federally regulated, HUD …
That’s Debatable – Affordable Housing, Manufactured Homes, Trillion$ Await Read More »
There is Value to Understanding News from Manufactured Housing Industry Perspectives. There is also value to taking a long-term, principle-based educational perspective. There are Tensions today between the notions of Freedom and Boundaries “None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. We’ll return Goethe’s pithy pensée later. …
Let’s share these cartoons for today. Is it time to wake up, and get real? Ready for a cool change? Is it time to join and lead in YOUR local market, through the Manufactured Housing Revolution?! For the more serious side of recent MH Industry news, you can check out the …
There is so much that tens of millions of Americans, and our industry, have to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. There are also so many threats, scandals, and possible disruptions of our society, industry, and the world, that this Thanksgiving ought to be a time for knee-mail, vs. email. Scandals, lies, deception, threats, murders, smears …
Beyond Thanksgiving, Reflections on Scandals, Fears, Reform, Prayer, Conversion Read More »
First, the readers digest version, then the details. Last week, the WVHI sent out their newsletter with a column apparently written by their co-president, George Gunnell. Gunnell is an RVP for Clayton Homes. That article and others in the same newsletter indicated that MHI wanted Pam Danner ousted from her role at HUD. That’s not …
Andy Gallagher, “Ousting” Pam Danner, MHI, Clayton’s RVP, WVHI – “Transparency” Read More »
Every professional should have a sense of the industry’s history; how manufactured housing evolved from trailer houses, to mobile homes, to modern manufactured homes. It’s proven profitable! You can begin that survey of manufactured home history, linked here. Every manufactured home pro should understand how to explain and defend the truth about the industry. You …
