2013 is off to a strong start. Shipments are continuing their two year rise. It seems that Spring Break plus the flurry of March's business activities, including a strong finish for the Tunica Manufactured Housing Show, some of our regular writers needed some time off. Frankly, we could have published a few articles more, but …
For those who live near Chicagoland, you know that we've seen temps in the low 60s on Tuesday that melted all the snow. A day later, temps dropped and a nice, fresh snow fall is covering the evergreens. Warm up, thaw and chill have all taken place in a matter of two days. The same …
The manufactured housing industry has seen a significant level of change at the national level. There are new faces at the state association level too. So a general look at the topic of leadership makes sense. Leaders come in all personality types and styles. Let's look at a sampling of quotes from Think Exist and …
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Some eight centuries ago, a keen thinker observed to his associates that hoarded seed rots. That was a pithy way of saying, get to work, spread your seed, nurture it so it may yield its crop. Is the hoarded seed of our manufactured housing industry rotting? If so, what are we doing about it? When …
I understand the theory behind the book entitled, It Takes a Village (to raise a child). Without parsing or endorsing the volume or its author, let me segue to the idea that in times like these, It takes an Industry for individual businesses or organizations to be successful. Some will take issue with that idea. …
The calls, texts and emails that come in privately far outnumber those posted publicly on MHProNews.com. The following are a sampling of recent posted comments. About Putting the Qualified Mortgage Dilemma in Perspective. “Ronnie, Good article! This should be sent to all state associations so they can send it to dealers who don't join because they …
Summer time seems to be heating up on the Industry Voices guest blog. The latest one is from Ronnie Richards, the Chairman of the Board at the Texas Manufactured Housing Association and a senior VP at factory home builder, American Homestar. Jefferson Lilly, investor and MHC owner, has an eye opening column that every property …
Will you raise you pen to paper, fax or send off a quick email to improve access to manufactured housing personal property (home only/chattel) financing? Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) rulemaking is asking for comments under their proposed Affordable Housing Goals (AHG) for 2012-2014. I've sent my comments in as follows below. You can write …
I confess there are times that we at MHProNews.com have failed to report on a topic. An example might be my sitting in a room where former MHI President Thayer Long sat and was politely told by a respected state executive director that MHI was not getting their job done. Would it have been a …
When you promote the value and durability of our product, you are protecting and promoting yourself and our manufactured and modular home industry. Let's start the day with some quotes from Industry personalities you may know, and then wrap up with a few rapid fired points on protecting and promoting yourself in an enlightened fashion. …
