Manufactured Housing Industry Giant’s Passing
An Industry Giant has died.
A decade ago who would have dreamed such a thing? We stand in requiem to mourn the loss of the manufactured housing giant Fleetwood Homes…
History is often seen as a series of ‘great events.’ While great events obviously occur – the Stock Market Crash of 1929, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Invasion of Normandy, the attack on the World Trade Center, the sub-prime bubble bursting in 2008 and so on – history is in fact made up of …
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All about Manufactured Home Financing Updates!
This will be a lengthy report, so let’s do a quick executive summary of the points to be covered:
1. FHFA Comments follow up.
2. Congressman Walter Jones review
3. MHI Summer Meeting Report on the Washington, D.C. Finance Meeting with Gov’t Officials and Industry Players
Asking a Congressman or Senator about Manufactured Housing
Getting More Chattel/Home-Only Financing for Manufactured Housing!
Executive Summary: no excuses, just do it.
“It takes two to speak the truth, one to speak and another to hear.” – Henry David Thoreau The insight and power possible from a single sentence, a powerful quote, is telling indeed. The quotation above is a case in point. Let us see for a few moments how this quotation applies to the manufactured …
Capitol Building, the home of the U.S. Congress. All photos by L.A.’Tony’ Kovach. “Manufactured Housing Still Rocks!” with those words, Teresa Payne addressed the crowd at the busy L’Enfant Hotel solarium this morning, July 15th, an apt summation of this important MHI Summer Session meeting. Some of the many ‘Who’s Who’ personalities were at thisCongressional …
Celebrating our nation’s independence on the 4th wasn’t the only hot summer show in town. MHI’s Summer Meeting and Legislative Conference is going on right now in Washington, DC (July 13-15), and our Editor and Publisher L.A. ‘Tony’ Kovach is attending. Be sure to say hello and talk a little “manufactured home” biz. Tony is …
Write Congress and the FHFA, Let’s get Financing!
Second set of Eyes; the Manufactured Housing Institute’s Summer Meeting
Two distinct topics today. First, a brief reminder that next week is the MHI Summer Meeting, held in Washington, DC. The dates are July 13-July 15th. This will be my first to attend, and I am looking forward to it. I hope to see you there, here is a photo from April that will help you spot me in the crowd. I always enjoy a good conversation about INdustry related issues.
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L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach MHCC April 2010 Meeting Tulsa OK
Next, I want to talk to you about the second set of eyes and their importance. George F. Allen’s recent blog post is part of the spark, but more immediate was this true tale of two cities.
