The front lines of the struggles for affordable housing are a routine backdrop to the news, tips and commentary found on MHProNews. Our industry’s professionals know the solution is hiding in plain sight. What’s next? How does that message advance more broadly into the public sphere? No one can fix or accept what is overlooked, ignored or …
Obstacles and Opportunities in Affordable Housing – October 2016 Read More »
We as an industry have the superior solution, and while we’re collectively growing nicely, manufactured housing is still just a fraction of its former production levels. ICYMI (in case you missed it), that relatively low level of production is both a threat and an opportunity in disguise. Reality Checks Divisions have always been a part …
Superior September 2016, How Manufactured Housing Can Do It Better Read More »
In a perfect world, many federal programs that now exist would end, and the manufactured housing industry would see a tremendous growth as a result. That said, the maze of federal programs and bureaucracies that now exist – and tragically waste hundreds of billions of dollars a year – more realistically could be slowly wound …
“Leaked Documents” – Influencing the Manufactured Housing Industry Conversation 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 »
Other than being dead, hospitalized or tending to those in those scenarios, almost any excuse will do. – Need to walk the dog. – Hate the cold, snow. – Need to fund that deal. – That’s two days you could be selling, etc, etc.. The successful and success-seekers in MH – from the Midwest and …
The apparent Muslim terrorists who struck Paris are the visible consequence of a variety of festering factors. Pre-attack anti-immigration sentiment has been rising in Europe and here in the U.S.. Don’t be surprised if that sentiment spikes in France and elsewhere after this terror event. Any who thinks the mass killings in the French capitol …
“Facts are always better than dreams. Facts provide accurate perspective of your current reality. A leader absolutely cannot make a series of good decisions without first confronting the brutal facts!” Mark Cundiff – Learning to Lead – provides a synthesis of what Jim Collins and his team of university-level researchers published in the acclaimed business-book, …
We’ve had so many other newsy items lately, we thought it best to hold this pending MHC deal until now. Apparently, some 50 (+/-) MHCs are in play. Word on the street is that Frank Rolfe and company have a CA with Asset Development Group (ADG/Home Source One), a portfolio that has been hanging there …
Another Big MH Deal? + Warren Buffett, Grabbing Nettles Read More »
We’re in a nation and world living in critical times. Ensconced in the cocoon of our big screens, tablets, smart watches, phones and social distractions, images of millions of refugees from the Middle East may seem as surreal as a Dali painting. The moorings of our nation’s constitution were slipped years ago. We awakened to …
Make no mistake. There is a terrific need for manufactured housing to see Dodd-Frank amended along the lines of the MHI sponsored bill. The need exists for home owners, as well as for industry pros, as the link above demonstrates. My professional view is that protecting MH home owners resale values is crucial for the …
MHARR, MHI Push GSE Reforms – While others Pushing MH Image & Education Read More »
