In a recent mid-term election commentary, Dick Morris commented that the risk for Republicans wasn’t over-confidence, it was under-confidence. While pundits say 40-50 House seats may switch as a result of the mid-terms, Morris contends it could be in an historic 80-100 seat range, if the response is bold enough. This reminded me that the …
Mid-Term Under-Confidence and Manufactured Housing Read More »
I. Return of the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show in 2011 Hats off to Dennis Hill at Showways Unlimited, as well as to the bold, forward looking manufacturers, exhibitors and others who are lining up rapidly behind the return of the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show, coming up quickly in 2011! My understanding from recent conversations with …
Louisville Manufactured Housing Show’s Rebirth & more! Read More »
In our Friday edition of the Factory Built Housing Industry News at Noon, we featured stories from Canada and the United States, including our daily Market Watch report on manufactured housing stocks. My focus for this post is the part of the News at Noon that recapped the Wall Street Journal’s recent article on the …
The Wall Street Journal and the Manufactured Housing Industry Read More »
Three broad topics today, as suggested in the title, so let’s get started. 1 Unintended Consequences We hear and read a lot these days about “unintended consequences.” Unintended consequences may occur in business, government, politics or in our personal lives. An example of unintended consequences may be the Conseco-Greentree et al. lending meltdown a dozen …
Unintended Consequences; the Manufactured Housing Pro Dialogue; MHI Annual Meeting Read More »
The International Networking Roundtable in Phoenix last week gathered some 175 Industry pros to hear top speakers, network and look at show homes. We’ve already featured photos of Cavco’s show home on my last blog post. Today we turn to the New Champion’s home. I saw Wade Lyall, Regional Vice President of Sales and Marketing; …
Cavco Community Series Manufactured Home displayed at the International Networking Roundtable in Phoenix, AZ
The International Networking Roundtable (INR) is behind us, and we are only days away from MHI’s meeting in Denver. A few brief thoughts… and more to follow. The Roundtable (INR) featured a number of important ‘reality check’ keynote topics: Randy Rowe, State of the Asset Class address, in which he outlined 5 points that need …
Candid reality checks, Rallies and Manufactured Housing Read More »
Bring on the magic! Not the smoke and mirrors of illusion, but the real results of proven “outside the box” thinking and innovation – applied to the way you perceive the economy – to opportunities for financing – to technology and online marketing strategies – to Industry-media relationships – to recreating our Industry image – …
Stellar September – Celebrate Issue #12! – Get More & Better Results! Read More »
Only the patient folks with open minds and eyes to see – those committed to improve their results – will get the WIIFM (what’s in it for me) in this weekend’s blog post. I hope you’re one of them! If you want to grow your business, if you want to see REAL Industry growth, please …
Rocky Mountain Highs, Viva Las Vegas, 9/11 and Manufactured Housing Read More »
Part 1. Technology delivers “Real-Results Testimonials!” Most of us just love technology. I certainly enjoy its many benefits. One fun little item I am toying with for my INR presentation in Phoenix next week is letting some people speak – via technology – to those attending. These candid “in their own words” statements about our …
Manufactured Housing Results “In their own words” Read More »
