Facebook has a neat feature that reminds you of some post from the past. This morning, that Facebook feature reminded me of a post about MHVille that was from two years ago. We’ve begun to use the phrase – “wheat and chaff” – more often to describe the point that people and sources of …
Facebook, Manufactured Housing, and American Drama Read More »
“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.” – Warren Buffett “Superficiality is the curse of the modern world.” ― Matthew Kelly There are both keen truths and potent tensions between the two quotes above. The subject is easy, but we’ll avoid an overly superficial look at the …
40 Years of Manufactured Housing, 240th Birthday for America, July 4, 2016 Read More »
Serious September 2015. It could just as easily be named, how to Scale Success, or Sliding Sideways September. Which of the later two it will be depends on how each of us views and responds to events and opportunities. Before outlining our STRONG Serious September Featured Articles and Interviews line up, let me explain what …
Investors, take note. Manufactured Home ‘Street’ Retailers, your report is coming. But for the next few minutes, we will look at why manufactured home communities (MHCs) – incorrectly still known by too many as ‘mobile home parks’ ([sic] – since no mobile homes have been built in the U.S. since June 15, 1976) ought to …
Manufactured Home Communities – aka ‘Mobile Home Parks’ [sic] – should be 100% Occupied Read More »
There are few things more exciting yet stressful than finding a home. There is a powerful impetus for ‘home’ in the majority of mortals. Ballads of home fill the lyrics of songs. They are the stories of books and movies. At the end of the work day, we want to be, homeward bound. Manufactured housing …
2014 was yet another up year, with more increases in new MH home shipments. HR 650 has ‘dropped. ‘ The Louisville MH Show was up again. That’s all good news, but are we hitting our potential? Honest two word reply? ‘Not even!’ With the final number for 2014 now in, we know we are up five …
“Please, oh, please just leave me alone to my little corner of the world. I just want to be able to sell a few houses and try to keep my park full, that’s all.” So said one community owner at an MH industry meeting, as he emotionally spoke about the impact of regulations on his …
A lender who’s firm originated hundreds of millions of dollars in mortgages in December is poised to enter manufactured home (MH) lending. That lender holds a high level management role. Our source has been talking to us for about 2 1/2 years, as part of their expanding their understand of the MH space. He tells …
New Financing for MH in 2015; Plus DC, Tunica and Louisville Updates Read More »
