May is traditionally thought the merriest of months when the promise of spring is kept and summer is just around the corner. May 1 is celebrated as International Workers’ Day in over 80 countries across the world. So let’s hear it for all workers, but especially – in our context – for the hands-on folks …
‘In the Merry Month of May…’ and Manufactured Housing Read More »
Tulsa, Oklahoma. Members of the MHMSM.com team are attending the Great Southwest Home Show (GSWHS), billed as the World’s Largest Indoor Home Show, at the QuikTrip Center in Tulsa, and have some images and impressions to share. Thursday evening, April 28, was an “All Industry Night Reception” at the QuikTrip Center, where Industry pros could …
Glimpses of the Great Southwest Home Show in Tulsa, OK Read More »
LAS VEGAS, NV – Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Members of the MHMSM.com team continue to share news and videos from MHI’s 2011 National Congress & Expo for Manufactured and Modular Housing. Joe Stegmayer (Chairman & CEO, Cavco Industries and present Chairman, MHI) heard that Land Lease Communities (LLCs) have done better than most sectors of …
Signs of Optimism at MHI 2011 Congress in Las Vegas Read More »
LAS VEGAS, NV – Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Members of the MHMSM.com team are present and share news of the morning sessions. Over 700 have Pre-registered for MHI’s 2011 National Congress & Expo for Manufactured and Modular Housing, and the word is that many more have signed in at the registration desk who were not …
MHI National Communities Council (NCC) Pre-Conference Forum Read More »
Members of our MHMSM.com team are here in Las Vegas, NV for the MHI’s 2011 National Congress & Expo for Manufactured and Modular Housing. Enjoy a look around before the Congress gets underway Tuesday. Be sure to stop by Booth 610 to say hello and tell us what we need to do to earn your …
Baseball season is in full swing (pardon the pun). Even for non-baseball fans, there are expressions and lessons from baseball beneficial to anyone. For example, in baseball, when you are playing defense, you can’t score. The only time you can score a run is when your team is at bat. A twenty-plus year Industry friend …
This blog post will be somewhat like pieces for a jig saw puzzle; each piece can stand alone, but together it will form a picture. Let’s take piece one, a true tornado survival story. 1. They went into the bathroom of the partially underground lower level of their house. The tornado that hit the Merrill …
Tornado Survival, The Media and Manufactured Home News, Customer and Business Success Read More »
Attention getting headlines vs. a true analysis. This sums up what many in the factory-built home world believe is the heart of the issue with the IBISWorld report on the ‘top ten dying industries’ in America. IBISWorld named manufactured home dealers as one of the top ten, and publications such as The Atlantic , Huffington …
Why Buffett Bets Against IBISWorld on Manufactured Homes Read More »
The calls, emails and commentary on the recent IBISWorld report continues to keep us even busier than normal in covering MH Industry events. We have a new article by the MHMSM.com team that focuses on the strong number of calls, emails, articles and posted comments that have come into us since this story broke a …
The Business Insider headline “Don’t Show this to Warren Buffett…” was just one of many private or public messages that came into my email in the days following the IBISWorld Report that forecast the manufactured housing dealer as a ‘dying industry.’ Many calls came in on this and related topics in recent days as well. …
“Don’t Show this to Warren Buffett…” the latest Manufactured Housing News and Commentary Read More »
