From time to time, ‘straw man’ issues are raised in manufactured housing professional circles. This is often done by those who – no surprise – think they might benefit from their particular spin on the issue. For those who don’t know, a ‘straw man’ is a communications or debate tactic, and is defined by Google …
We’re traveling in parts of the U.S. – the original 13 colonies – that witnessed the birth of this great Nation. The last few days have been in Vermont and New Hampshire, which are amazingly green. The forests seem endless. The lakes are alive with fish and watercraft of various kinds. Hotels are packed for …
Meeting with Marty Lavin, Touring Mountainside Financial and a ROC cooperative Read More »
A historic 24 million people reportedly watched the GOP’s August 6th presidential debates. A few screen captures from news websites will tell an amazing tale in just seconds, and then look at what this American political shakeup could mean to the manufactured housing industry. What are some of the headlines that have Americans clicking through on …
The higher up you go on the ladder, any ladder, the more exposed you become. Some target the person on the ladder out of envy. Some cheer the person that climbs the ladder to mount the roof that has a leak. When you’re trying to do good, you don’t let the jeers stop you. Nor …
In August 2009, shortly after the venerable MHMerchandiser Magazine quietly closed, my truly better half and I made the decision to launch an eZine for manufactured housing industry pros. We have a vision of what we launched as being the virtual first step in creating platforms that would inform and inspire innovation that would lead …
Let’s start by tipping the hat to: > Manufactured Home (MH) Retailers who are selling homes at the best rate in years; > MH Communities, that are watching their occupancy rise; > MH (and modular) Builders who are producing homes with astonishingly few consumer complaints; > Suppliers, service, installers and associations that day-by-day do …
Manufactured Housing Industry – What’s Our Most Important Product? Read More »
Let’s take 5 to thank the manufactured housing association leaders who have already sounded off in public on The Hill’s Congressional blog’s “read hot” manufactured home lending expose of the harmful reality of CFPB regs and the holes in CFED’s policy positions. The list of public comments from others in MH also are coming in …
Red Hot Hill on Expanding Manufactured Home Lending Read More »
I’m picturing a manufactured home community owner who was standing at the entry door in the back of an association meeting. He looked stunned, bewildered and lost. When asked, he tried to express to me his frustration, and sense of helplessness, over federal finance regulations that hit his business. He’d served MH owners and buyers …
Our focus for today won’t be the wisdom or merits – pro or con – for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) imposed Appraisal Rule for manufactured housing that are going to be required on all High Priced Mortgage Loans (HPML). Rather, we will do a review of the information available for those thousands …
New CFPB Mandated HPML Appraisal Rule for Manufactured Housing effective July 18, 2015 Read More »
I finished what was supposed to be an hour call after 100 minutes. The gent on the other end of the call wanted to continue on the conversation. We agreed to talk again next week. He’s a successful real estate broker, so he knows his market. The more we spoke, the more enthusiastic he sounded …
The New Breed? The Next Gen of Manufactured Home Pros? Read More »
