A very successful retail center, one of the top 100 in the country, has the following practice that I though was brilliant. Every day, people in their office read stories from sources like ours. Then they discuss them! I’m told the ideas that come from that discussion are part of what makes and keeps these …
The news last week about the Lochmiller conviction reported in factory built housing Daily Business News should be a wake up call for many. For those of us who have watched the ups and downs of HUD Code manufactured housing, we recall that in the 80s, 90s and early 00s, some took advantages of apparent …
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The headline linked below in yesterday’s MHMSM.com Daily Business News many seemingly lead to a modest news event. But the symbolic meaning can be far more important to MHI, MHARR and the Manufactured Housing Industry at large. Because MHARR and MHI quietly agreed to do something jointly together. If you haven’t read all about it …
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When you get a lot of e-comments and calls on an article, it makes a writer think he has hit an important theme. There is no easy way to capture all of the comments on our last column: Can MHI and MHARR Join Hands on Dodd-Frank for Manufactured Housing’s Future? But let’s provide a representative …
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I just reviewed a housing news item for our Daily Business News blog. In the next decade, we need 16 million new housing units in the U.S. So, even though we are in the midst of this great foreclosure and housing finance debacle, we are on the brink of a boom driven by what every …
Odds. English is an incredibly versatile language! We have so many ways of expressing ourselves, many of them quite polite. A word like ‘Odds’ can jump to mind for many possible uses: fighting the odds, being at odds (with someone, some group, etc.) odds and evens (as in numbers 1, 3, 5 being ‘odds’) being …
“Those who do not know the past are condemned to re-live it.” – George Santayana Let’s jump into four topics today. 1. & 2. Where have all the philanthropists gone? Warren? Sam? Kevin? Joe? Where are you when the RV/MH Hall of Fame needs you now? Or are you waiting for the dramatic last moment, …
As reported in our Daily Business News and our Factory Built Housing News at Noon Podcast, The RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana, has lost a sponsor and is now in troubled waters. Please check out the story, pass the word on to others and lend a hand. Also look again at Ross Kinzler’s …
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Among the recent calls that came in was one from a community owner with a turnaround property in Ohio. She had attended our “Dominate your Local Market” seminar in Louisville and wanted Bob Stovall, our IT and WebTech Manager to follow up. We chatted about a number of topics. She was very pleasantly surprised by …
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On a regular basis, calls and messages come in from across the country – and internationally as well – regarding some comment, idea, content, a question, thank you or critique. We tend to get more high fives than pans in these messages, but let me stress that all are welcome and encouraged. For a few …
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