“I have no comment on MHI’s legislative agenda.” – Ross Kinzler. “The [MHI] Urban Design Project didn’t have any lasting market effects.” – Ross Kinzler Priceless, direct quotes. Why Priceless? They are significant observations – and de facto admissions – by someone ‘defending’ MHI, and their ‘new class’ of manufactured homes. The …
It’s lunchtime somewhere on planet Earth. As reports we’ve done for years – and added more to this past week – there are international stories about factory-built housing. Those business-focused stories – most by our hot, new writer – R.C. Williams – may intersect with U.S. or Canadian businesses that: operate MH Communities (look for …
Manufactured, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry News Never Sleeps Read More »
When speaking at live industry events, one of my favorite questions for attendees is this. By a show of hands, how many of you think that media stories about manufactured housing and wind storms harms our industry, and our sales? So far, every hand in the room will shoot up to that question. No one …
Media Wars, MH Industry and Pros Like You – In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) Read More »
We’ll keep it short and sweet this evening. If high volume manufactured home retailer Alan Amy is right, then current CFPB regulations are costing manufactured housing about 30% more in MH sales. That means instead of 70,000 new homes in 2015, we’d have more like 91,000+ new MHs for the year. If CMHI’s Jess Maxcy’s …
The High Cost of Apathy & Weakness & Tunica Show Talk Read More »
I finished what was supposed to be an hour call after 100 minutes. The gent on the other end of the call wanted to continue on the conversation. We agreed to talk again next week. He’s a successful real estate broker, so he knows his market. The more we spoke, the more enthusiastic he sounded …
The New Breed? The Next Gen of Manufactured Home Pros? Read More »
Social media has changed mainstream journalism. We hear reporters and news anchors routinely talking about someone’s Tweet, or about a post on Facebook. A video on YouTube may be cited in a commentary. There are bloggers who blog, and journalists often blog now too. Welcome to A.M. – the “Alternative Media” – and where it …
Winter will soon release her icy grip on much of the nation. The spring “selling season” is rushing upon us. We are picking up 3 minutes a day of light. The Tunica MH Show will be here in a matter of weeks. As you look at the balance of the year 2015, this is a …
MH March-ing, Money, Motivation, Movement, Morality and Matthew Read More »
Sometimes what is in the past should stay there. But the flip side of that is that the past is a great resource to learn from. 2014 marks year 5 of the manufactured housing recovery. John Evan at CMHI will tell us in the new 2015 January issue an insightful rear-view-mirror story. What happened to …
We won’t run all of the comments on the weekend Masthead about MH industry and MHI leadership. This was one from ‘Steve‘ was one of the funnier ones, so let’s share it: My 2 cents. It needed to be said and written. Most responses are like a “Stockbroker” quote, “Past Performance is NOT indicative of …
About Manufactured Housing Industry Leadership – It Needed to be said and Written Read More »
Financing. Affordable housing demand. Regulations. Tiny Houses. Consolidation (wanted and otherwise). RV Industry seeking definition clarifications on “Manufactured Housing.” Opportunities mixed with Challenges. These are just some of the fluid dynamics facing manufactured housing today. Any birth is ‘messy,’ and a breach birth needing a c-section perhaps more so. This comes to mind as industry …
The Messy Manufactured Housing Industry Re-birthing Process Read More »
