One of the books on my library shelf bears the intriguing title, “If it ain’t broke, Break it!”. We could talk about sacred cows, or similar metaphors. What we know is that advancing the manufactured housing/factory built home industry from it’s current doldrums will take changes. At the current rate if some 46,000 shipments (and …
Those who follow this blog know that we have been advocating that Thayer and Danny get their heads together as the respective Presidents of MHI and MHARR with the goal of advancing our Industry’s common issues. MHARR and MHI have done so before, on topics such as the GSEs and the Duty to Serve or …
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A very successful retail center, one of the top 100 in the country, has the following practice that I though was brilliant. Every day, people in their office read stories from sources like ours. Then they discuss them! I’m told the ideas that come from that discussion are part of what makes and keeps these …
MHMSM.com is becoming MHProNews.com. Your Industry Place to Do Business. Based on reported statistics, readers like you have created more page views here than MHI, NMBC, NCC, The Journal and George Allen’s blog have combined. Now, thanks to you, our sponsors, writers and associates, the Manufactured Housing Industry PR/Marketing campaign is starting to take shape. …
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Babylon. This is the place were Hebraic tradition tells us that the languages of the world became confused. Ever since, we have had the issue of hundreds of languages, with thousands of dialects. To rephrase, sometimes we have a failure to communicate. Babble-on. We don’t have to have the benefit of ancient wisdom to realize …
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In recent weeks, we’ve had Marty Lavin, Al Cole and Pat Curran among others sounding off on Industry related issues via our popular Industry Voices Guest Blog. For those who have not followed that blog, shame on you! if you aren’t a regular reader, you are missing out on some often bright minds sharing keen …
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Marty Lavin has weighed in on a topic that George Allen, Doug Gorman and others have graced our pages with here at MHMSM.com. Conspiracy theories and our baker’s dozen year turn down in sales since 1998 seem to go hand in glove. You will want to set the time aside to really read, not to …
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You don’t have to be a Democrat to know the wisdom of this Tip O’Neill noteworthy quote, “All politics are local.” We think about things happening (or not) in Washington, D.C. Certainly huge issues are at play in the Capitol – Dodd-Frank’s impact on manufactured housing finance or the publishing of the SAFE Act’s Final …
What do: • Government officials, contractors and lobbyists • MH Business Owners • Associations • MH ‘rank and file,’ managers and executives • Experts interested in manufactured housing all have in common? The answer may surprise you! Each of these groups represents numerous individuals from across the nation that are sources for our MHMSM.com news …
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Last year for Memorial Day weekend, we served you a helping of Beyond Burgers, Brats and Buns. This year we bring you this timely Memorial Day column by Michael Barnabas: We the People – Memorial Day 2011 – Not on My Watch. We also have a fine pictorial reminder sent in by a friend for …
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