Sharing Success in 2013’s Record Territory!

As regular readers of our popular, free twice weekly emailed news update know, 2012 was a record year here at MHProNews, as we completed the
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Defiant Independence!

In the wake of recent columns on captive finance, regulatory over-reach and related topics, some have thoughtfully taken the time to reminded me there is
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Deliberately Ignored!

We did a post a little over a year ago called Failure to Report. In it we outlined items that at the time, in our
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Scaring Professionals

Scaring professionals is never the point in our news stories or OpEds. In fact, my gripe about some writers or speakers is that all too
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Escape Up!

In recent years regulatory impact has forced our industry into pretzel-like contortions. Consider the challenges faced by manufactured home communities. When options – such as
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Cocktails and Dreams

Tom Cruise did a movie a number of years ago, with 'cocktails and dreams' being the theme of a pub the fictional entrepreneurial bar tender
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Amazing August!

Hot July nights and even hotter days have yielded to August and the frenzy of back to school and so much more. Manufactured housing is
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Manufactured Housing and Captive Finance: Can it be done successfully in Today’s Environment?

1) – Introduction and background. Let's set the stage for what I sincerely hope will be an important dialogue within our industry. I've seen estimates
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CuBes and Angles

I had to smile to myself about an incident from a few months ago. I'd started a discussion on LinkedIn about re-branding single section homes
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Catching a Break?

Manufactured housing home owners and professionals may be catching some breaks in the recent reports coming out of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This is
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Manufactured Housing – Roaring Ahead!

What does it take to get manufactured housing to advance? What follows are 4 quick looks at very different aspects of how manufactured housing is
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Solutions Pay

Stop and think for a moment. What do we get paid for, really? Isn't it for solutions? Let's imagine a school teacher. What are they
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Bigger Fish!

It seems that some are insistent on focusing on division vs. unity at a time when unity is so valuable. Part of this is due
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6, 11 and Manufactured Housing’s 23 Million

We saw about a week ago how rapidly the Senate moved to pass their so-called comprehensive immigration reform bill, with the political prize being the
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Historic Home and Manufactured Housing’s 4th of July

Zillow reports on a listing by Sotheby's International Realty on a home that reminds us of the 4th of July, because its first owner was
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The Fraternity – Will the Ties Bind?

The word fraternity is derived from the word fraternal. Wikipedia says: A fraternity (from the Latin frater: "brother") is a brotherhood, or a fraternal organization.
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The July 2013 issue of MHProNews

There is always a question for a digital publisher that has monthly (in our case, also business daily and other weekly) content. Do you make
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11 or 23 million?

Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate are breaking their necks to pass a so-called comprehensive immigration reform bill. The perceived political prize is the
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MHARR Message, Associations, China, Japan, Russia and You

We will save the international segment of this message for later, but don't think that means it's a footnote. The international factory builders and investors
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Cursing the Darkness, Or…

You likely have heard the maxim, “Every problem is an opportunity in disguise.” America has its share of challenges, including the ever growing need for
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Manufactured Housing Professionals, Is Image Everything?

Odds are good that you've heard some Hollywood type or other celebrity say, “Image isn't everything, it's the only thing.” There is no doubt that
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Manufactured Housing, HR 1779 and the Bigger Issue

Let me begin by saying that MHProNews is highly supportive of HR 1779 as a reasonable remedy to a vexing set of financing and related
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Manufactured Housing Lending, More Financing Available than most Pros Realize

We rarely lack for topics of industry interest to blog about and today is no exception. Sometimes I focus on just one subject, but at
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Manufactured Housing’s Who’s Who

You never know who will call or email, or what it is they will want to sound off, ask or talk about. Early on in
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The Future of Manufactured Housing Trade Media

The more one reflects on the elements of success, the more one may come to the conclusion that all success is team success. While there
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Executive Concerns, plus 4 BIG Manufactured Housing Exclusives!

I received a message recently from a respected industry executive. In part, the message stated that 30% of all Fair Housing complaints come from manufactured
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Death Toll From Tornadoes Compared to other Risks

The AP tells us that the tornado that struck the Oklahoma City, OK suburb of Moore this week may have created $1.5 – $2 billion
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Tornado ravaged Moore, OK

As I start this blog post at 5:30 AM CST, there are already 51 known dead in Oklahoma. By 6:24 AM one source place that
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Manufactured Housing C-Suite Sees Sweet

Are there common points among the various A Cup of Coffee with… interviews with C-suite manufactured housing leaders? Yes. Among them, a quiet optimism about
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Frustration and Gratitude

All too often, politics in our country simply seems frustrating. I routinely meet people – in and out of our industry – who feel that
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Manufactured Housing News and Gossip

A dear, wise soul told me years ago that 'news is gossip for intellectuals.' It was meant to be witty as well as often being
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Red Hot May Numbers!

Okay, not everyone will be as blown away by this report as our inner circle and close supporters are, but let me outline below why
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HR 1779 and Manufactured Housing

We have some 7 months before onerous regulations from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) kick in January 2014 that would cut access to an
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Mayflower and Judgment

In the last couple of years, your scribe has taken up the liberating rhetorical tool of stating the obvious. For example, you and I don't
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Reforming Dodd-Frank

The day has dawned. The start of the reform of the Dodd-Frank bill has begun. You read the hint here first in our Spotlighted Reports
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African Coast

I'm not aware of any manufactured home communities in Africa, much less on the islands off the African coast. So you can image my surprise
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Enlightened Self Interest

What if taking care of others was the best way to take care of yourself?  That isn't a merely pious thought, but the ideal of
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New Energy

The boom in the energy sector in parts of Texas, North Dakota and Ohio has led to a jump in sales and opportunities in manufactured
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Manufactured Housing Industry’s Improving Signals!

When investment and consolidation accelerates and interest in our industry rises, as we've reported in recent days, you can bet they are for sound business
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Who Says So?

Millions of times daily, people turn to Google, Yahoo! or Bing for a quick definition of a word, acronym or phrase. Dictionaries are thought to
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