We have read of late from Marty Lavin, Doug Gorman, industry lender Al Cole and here on this blog about the impact of Dodd-Frank on our Industry. Clearly we are not alone, as JPMorgan Chase’s leader recently sounded off on the negative economic impact Dodd Frank will have to the U.S. with Fed Chairman Ben …
Deal Making in Dodd-Frank’s Shadows over Manufactured Housing News Read More »
Are Manufactured Home chattel finance clouds getting darker still? Attorney and Industry Expert Marty Lavin has sounded off on what ails MH personal property (chattel) lending with this article entitled The Train to Oblivion. A response from an MH chattel lender was made with an article entitled If you don’t go forward, you’re not going …
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Tulsa, Oklahoma. Members of the MHMSM.com team are attending the Great Southwest Home Show (GSWHS), billed as the World’s Largest Indoor Home Show, at the QuikTrip Center in Tulsa, and have some images and impressions to share. Thursday evening, April 28, was an “All Industry Night Reception” at the QuikTrip Center, where Industry pros could …
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This blog post will be somewhat like pieces for a jig saw puzzle; each piece can stand alone, but together it will form a picture. Let’s take piece one, a true tornado survival story. 1. They went into the bathroom of the partially underground lower level of their house. The tornado that hit the Merrill …
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The Business Insider headline “Don’t Show this to Warren Buffett…” was just one of many private or public messages that came into my email in the days following the IBISWorld Report that forecast the manufactured housing dealer as a ‘dying industry.’ Many calls came in on this and related topics in recent days as well. …
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Seven topics this week, one that is pure fun, others more serious, so let’s dive right in. 1. Manufactured Housing: Endangered Species or Phoenix Rising? If you listen to the likes of consultant Chuck Shinn or academic Dr. David Funk, you would think Manufactured Housing is poised for a potentially bright future. In fact, as …
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Following the successful 2011 return of the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show, we journeyed to Oklahoma to meet with Deanna Fields. Fields is the Executive Director of the Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma (MHAO) and is also coordinating the 2011 Great Southwest Home Show at the QuikTrip Center in Tulsa, OK, along with the help of …
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at The World’s Largest Manufactured Housing Show in Tulsa, OK Read More »
Holiday Reflections for Manufactured Housing Professionals
Thanksgiving. Christmas. New Year’s. These are times that we gather with friends, family and associates. We celebrate, party and feast! We eat (and sometimes drink ;-) too much! To those distant, we send warm greetings by phone, mail, text, via Facebook, Twitter or email. FedEx and UPS certainly celebrate all the packages that reflect the love and caring that this season brings. These are for most of us bright, grand days during the seasonal darkness where we Americans live.
An Exclusive Interview with Doug Gorman
…I do not have any specific knowledge of a conspiracy to destroy our industry. At the same time I find many of the actions taken in Washington are in fact resulting in driving up costs for our industry’s clients while reducing the financing options available. If it is a conspiracy, those responsible are being remarkably successful as we look at a 90% drop in industry shipments. I don’t read a lot of news coverage of any other industry taking a hit of that magnitude….
Out of the ashes, Phoenix Rising
“A phoenix is a mythical bird with a colorful…tail…near the end of (its life) it builds itself a nest of twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix…arises, reborn anew to live again.”
Quote from Wikipedia online encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28mythology%29
Let me say what you know. We aren’t the only ones out there with turn-around ideas! In the last few weeks, a number of positive efforts are underway, new initiatives have been revealed, soon will be publicized or will be launched. This is important for an industry that has been hungry for good news. While this doesn’t mean that we are out of the woods, it does mean that many keen minds and dedicated parties are at work to effect the great turn-round for Manufactured Housing…
