1) – Introduction and background. Let's set the stage for what I sincerely hope will be an important dialogue within our industry. I've seen estimates that there are some 5 to 9 billion dollars worth of captive finance paper created by manufactured home professionals, mostly in the land lease community side of the industry. Much …
I had to smile to myself about an incident from a few months ago. I'd started a discussion on LinkedIn about re-branding single section homes “The CuBe Home,” a name that Lifestyle Factory Homes, LLC has the copyright. Some where poking fun at the re-branding concept, others clearly got it. The reason for the quiet …
Manufactured housing home owners and professionals may be catching some breaks in the recent reports coming out of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This is good, because those owners and we industry pros deserve it. That said, the situation is still in flux and in an ideal world, we'd see the CFPB continue on this …
What does it take to get manufactured housing to advance? What follows are 4 quick looks at very different aspects of how manufactured housing is already 'Roaring Ahead' and how we can continue to fuel the two year rise of new home shipments. 400% growth Imagine if the traffic at your manufactured home sales center …
Stop and think for a moment. What do we get paid for, really? Isn't it for solutions? Let's imagine a school teacher. What are they paid for, if not to 'solve' the need to educate? What does a doctor get paid for, if not for the need to cure the sick or maintain better health? …
It seems that some are insistent on focusing on division vs. unity at a time when unity is so valuable. Part of this is due to 'divide and conquer' style strategies. The question for this column is simple. What is the biggest fish that we need to fry? What are our top priorities as an …
We saw about a week ago how rapidly the Senate moved to pass their so-called comprehensive immigration reform bill, with the political prize being the votes of Hispanics, some 11 million of whom now live in the U.S. without proper documents. Next, watch as the Congress races to pass legislation to help the estimated 6 …
Zillow reports on a listing by Sotheby's International Realty on a home that reminds us of the 4th of July, because its first owner was a signer of the Declaration of Independence! The photos that follow will all be of that home. Here are snipets from the Zillow report: TUSCULUM –An allee of Zelkova trees …
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The word fraternity is derived from the word fraternal. Wikipedia says: A fraternity (from the Latin frater: "brother") is a brotherhood, or a fraternal organization. In ancient times, fraternal – brother – meant 'kin' and in many societies it was understood in a gender neutral (male and/or female) fashion, that went well beyond immediate siblings. …
There is always a question for a digital publisher that has monthly (in our case, also business daily and other weekly) content. Do you make the monthly 'switchover' the day before, in this case June 30, or the day of the first of the new month? In this instance, you will see all our July …
