We are over 4 years into manufactured housing’s recovery. But individually and collectively, we can do better. It’s axiomatic. None of us “don’t know what we don’t know.” Our experiences, knowledge and beliefs either advances or limits us. One reason networking at industry events plus reading or viewing the experiences of others moves one ahead …
The Appleton, WI Post-Crescent pointed out a state issue with national MH Industry implications. Pittsville Homes shut down operations this summer after 40 years of building modular homes. The steep drop in manufactured and modular home sales in WI was the theme of the Post-Crescent report. The Wisconsin Housing Alliance’s (WHA) Amy Bliss nobly put …
Post Crescent – Factory-Built Home Industry Struggles, and National Concerns Read More »
Pithy quotations from great minds have the power to cut-to-the-chase and may force us to think in new ways. Let’s look at this quote from George Bernard Shaw, and apply it to manufactured housing professionals. We need to celebrate all those who have survived and/or jumped and have advanced in Manufactured Housing since the Great …
Manufactured Housing Pros – Do You Like What Your Getting? Read More »
We wrap up some tests and this month with some off the record quotes about some of the news stories that we covered the week ending 8.30.2014. About the story of LandSea, a reportedly green Chinese industrialized housing firm coming to the U.S. with plans to invest $1 billion here in housing projects, this comment …
The following 7 bullets are all actual headlines, a small sampling of their kind from this week. Suspected arsonist charged in car, mobile home fire HEMET: Son charged in parents’ deaths at mobile home park Armed woman barricaded at Castaic mobile home park Boy struck after trio flees mobile home park Des Moines trailer fire …
MH Death and Disaster, It’s The Other Image Campaign Read More »
We all do it. Mistakes have been, are and will be made daily. Even billionaires make them, but what sets them apart from us (besides their account balances) is the fact they strive to learn from mistakes. It’s obvious from our eMail bag and calls that some of you love Marty Lavin and his witty …
The Panama Canal impacts your life on a routine basis, even when you don’t realize it. Wikipedia says that in 2008, 14,702 vessels went through the canal, carrying a total of 309.6 million tons of cargo. That cargo includes the clothes, electronics, coffee, tea and others products in grocery, department stores or sold online. No …
Here’s the paraphrase. “Tony, there are two kinds of real estate agents. Those who do a lot of deals, and those who only do a few every year. We can’t get those upper tier real estate agents to work with us. We’ve tried it, and it doesn’t work.” First of all, let’s admit there IS …
If you missed the report in the prior Masthead blog post on this week's IBHS hurricane wind test on houses, please read that now, before proceeding. http://MHProNews.com/blogs/tonykovach/manufactured-home-outperforms-conventional-site-built-house-in-hurricane-wind-test/ Thanks to feedback from MHPros, we've now posted a new and more public focused article, with additional facts at this link: http://ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com/nbc-news-today-show-manufactured-home-performs-better-than-conventional-housing-construction-in-ibhs-hurricane-wind-tests/ which has side by side photos …
Conventional On-Site Construction vs. Manufactured Home Wind Test Follow Up Read More »
Let's begin by stating that those who favor subsidized housing, or other programs for lower income households, routinely do so with “good intentions.” The questions that ought to be asked are many, but we will focus on why manufactured housing professionals ought to sit up and take notice of facts, challenges and “opportunities in disguise” …
