Let me start by inviting you to take a good look at this Industry Voices guest blog post by a seasoned West Coast MH Business owner, entitled, Will we catch the Tsunami? If you haven’t read it yet, please do. Yes, now, before proceeding. Done? Glad to have you back. As you can see John …
No, I've not turned 36 (again…and again and, okay, you get the picture). But the HUD Code went into effect 36 years ago, on this date! How many of you are ready to celebrate this industry birthday…or anniversary…of manufactured housing? Reader's Digest has run a department in their magazine for years, using the theme …
The Center For Responsive Politics has provided us with the following insights as to the lobbying activities of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Bill Number Congress Bill Title No. of Reports & Specific Issues* H.R.3849 112 Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act 2 S.1813 112 …
We've all heard from the media that apartments have high occupancy since the conventional mortgage/housing bubble burst. The area of construction that often dominates the conventional housing news is multi-family rentals, ie: apartments. Still, apartments experience turn-over, and the multi-family pros have a strategy they are using to enhance retention and increase referrals. When this …
What Apartment Pros Do to Enhance Retention; Implications for Manufactured Housing Read More »
Make no mistake about it, this column will be all about manufactured housing and how we can advance our Industry's cause. The logical route for that may seem a bit of a curved road, but hang in there and this will make sense. Knowing how fractured our industry can be, please indulge a few disclaimers, …
Welcome to our new June 2012 Featured Articles issue! You will see below writers from the past and many of our regular experts too. A number of factories are reporting backlogs, as shipments continue to grow. This is good news to all of those in markets or whose businesses are doing what it takes to …
Our new issue for June will go live by the end of this week. So you still have time to catch up on all the great May Featured Articles, before they go into the archive. It looks like we may nudge past the April record in readership in May. With thousands of new visitors (industry …
Perhaps 'dual track' would be a better phrasing here than 'two step,' but sometimes you just have to have the headline that makes you smile, look and read. There has been behind the scenes whispers and words in the weeks since the late February MHI Legislative Session. Those whispers have been about an effort to …
Texas sells 1 out of 5 every new manufactured homes shipped in the United States. If you ask D. J. Pendleton why, he might modestly say that they are blessed with a better economy. That they have significant oil field activity. That the relationship with regulators is a good, professional one. All of this would …
What follows may seem counter-intuitive at first. Pain is natural, necessary and can be good. Pain is a signal in the body or mind that something is awry. That something needs 'fixing' or attention. We tend to avoid pain and run from it. But in fact, the solution almost always involves embracing the pain. One …
