In literature, phrases and words can have various meanings. In the case of through the looking glass, it may mean a window, or a mirror. Let's talk today about mirrors and a valuable, proven Good to Great concept. When something goes wrong for a person or an organization, Good to Great author Jim Collins says …
There are lots of ways that manufactured housing pros “handle” the fact that they are in this business. Don't get me wrong, we are in a great industry, one that in a different world or place ought to be celebrated. I've been looking at an obscure report sent by an industry contact done by a …
You'll see what the acronym TEST means below, along with Big Number 48. Let's start with some observations about all the superior September articles you'll find, outlined below. Before publishing an article, it's my privilege to read and edit them all. As I read Zig's article this month for MHProNews, my mind turned to exactly …
The next exclusive “movers and shakers” interview coming up for September in our wildly popular series is, A Cup of Coffee with…Leigh J. Abrams. Drew is a billion dollar plus annual sales company, and their long, steady “ashes to cashes” story may be ideally suited for our industry in the waning days of summer 2013. …
Two quick notes before dive into our main topic, The Media, Manufactured Homes Communities and the Rent Control Issue. Note 1: We've received numerous replies on the Captive Finance topic, beyond those we have published. There are comments that said this was an 'excellent' and 'important' topic and that gave us their atta boy. We …
The Media, Rent Control and Manufactured Home Communities. Read More »
As regular readers of our popular, free twice weekly emailed news update know, 2012 was a record year here at MHProNews, as we completed the first full year of our new web-media format. That said, 2013 is blowing 2012 away! We have already had more visitors and more page views this year than all of …
In the wake of recent columns on captive finance, regulatory over-reach and related topics, some have thoughtfully taken the time to reminded me there is a strong streak of independence among many manufactured housing pros, especially so among business owners. They are telling me, they are NOT 'head in the sand.' Rather, they opt to …
We did a post a little over a year ago called Failure to Report. In it we outlined items that at the time, in our editorial opinion, it was in the Manufactured Housing Industry's best interests not to comment or report upon. There are often such matters at play, which might – for example – …
Scaring professionals is never the point in our news stories or OpEds. In fact, my gripe about some writers or speakers is that all too often their commentary pointed out problems without proposing sound – or any – solutions. Problems exist, but they are often opportunities in disguise once solved. News is news, but in …
In recent years regulatory impact has forced our industry into pretzel-like contortions. Consider the challenges faced by manufactured home communities. When options – such as "buy-here, pay-here" "captive finance" are tried, the ever growing cost of regulatory compliance threatens those methods. While a number of states have de minimus exemptions, not so with the Feds. …
