In reviewing the Jim Clayton video interview we'll Feature in May, one of the many pearls was his contrasting the doom and gloom of the not-too-distant past, to the more upbeat mood of the present. A comment from another party shared recently ties into the opposite of that perspective. Namely, those in our ranks who …
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." – Nelson Mandela Our industry …
From Prison to President, Lessons for Manufactured Housing Professionals Read More »
Perhaps you are a manufactured home (MH) retailer, and you want to compare the latest homes, loans, products and services available in your market. Maybe you are an MHCommunity operator, and you are tired of chasing aging used homes and those repos that still need thousands in updates, and then have no warranty when you …
Let me start with a program note, before diving into MHCommunities, MHRetailers and You. For about two years, Marty and Pat Lavin have been suggesting we visit them on their boat at Miami Beach. My family and I have longed to go, but busy schedules kept that at bay, until now. We've set aside this next …
There are so many things that make this a fascinating industry and a routine joy to be involved in. There are also tales of heart ache and heart break. Let's preview and surf some current manufactured housing topics. First, the post Louisville Show feedback continues to come in and we have some guest columns for …
Distressed Signal, Heart Break and Bouncing on Floors Read More »
2014 was reportedly the worst… …winter in 20 years; …road conditions, with major highways closed; …flight conditions, with cancellations and delays lighting up the boards at airports. All of those facts dampened the turnout at the 2014 Louisville Show. In spite of those facts, it was also the best… …attended Louisville Show in years; …2014 …
What a November! Our 18 Featured Article line up are headlined by: Equity Lifestyle's Chairman Sam Zell, Skyline Corporation's Terry Decio and San Antonio Credit Union/CU Factory Built Lending's Barry Noffsinger these alone are a treasure trove of exclusives that should make any manufactured housing trade media publisher's readers savor with delight! You'll find those …
Two quick notes before dive into our main topic, The Media, Manufactured Homes Communities and the Rent Control Issue. Note 1: We've received numerous replies on the Captive Finance topic, beyond those we have published. There are comments that said this was an 'excellent' and 'important' topic and that gave us their atta boy. We …
The Media, Rent Control and Manufactured Home Communities. Read More »
What does it take to get manufactured housing to advance? What follows are 4 quick looks at very different aspects of how manufactured housing is already 'Roaring Ahead' and how we can continue to fuel the two year rise of new home shipments. 400% growth Imagine if the traffic at your manufactured home sales center …
There are four new records in manufactured housing we will review in rapid succession. Record # 1, YES! Communities has just hit their new record for number of communities and sites. This was accomplished via the major acquisitions they announced, linked above. Congratulations to all at YES! for their accomplishment. As we have been saying …
