{"id":10451,"date":"2015-09-26T14:44:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T19:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=10451"},"modified":"2015-09-26T17:02:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T22:02:25","slug":"crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re 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.<\/p><div id=\"manuf-1971987370\" class=\"manuf-content manuf-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3870480136270376\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3870480136270376\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10453\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/salvador-dalipainting-viuzza-credit-gallery-asiaforest-posted-Masthead-Blog-MHProNews-.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10453\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/salvador-dalipainting-viuzza-credit-gallery-asiaforest-posted-Masthead-Blog-MHProNews--558x430.jpg\" alt=\"salvador-dalipainting-viuzza-credit-gallery-asiaforest-posted-Masthead-Blog-MHProNews-\" width=\"558\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/salvador-dalipainting-viuzza-credit-gallery-asiaforest-posted-Masthead-Blog-MHProNews--558x430.jpg 558w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/salvador-dalipainting-viuzza-credit-gallery-asiaforest-posted-Masthead-Blog-MHProNews--150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/salvador-dalipainting-viuzza-credit-gallery-asiaforest-posted-Masthead-Blog-MHProNews-.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Salvador Dali used many styles of art over the years, among them a surrealistic expression that was designed to make people think. Image Credit = Asia Forest Gallery.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The moorings of our nation&#8217;s constitution were slipped years ago. We awakened to a president who proclaims he&#8217;ll act with a pen and phone. The Supreme Court claims authority to redefine marriage against the will of the majority, thousands of years of history and the normal tenants of judicial interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>The House Speaker has stepped down the day after a historical address of Congress by Pope Francis. Having blown past 18 trillion dollars, the House and Senate faces a new debt ceiling. The budget &#8211; or more likely, a CR &#8211; must still be passed. The southern border remains a porous political football. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/3d-printed-home-and-car-can-share-energy\/\">Clayton Homes builds a 3D printed solar concept house in conjunction with ORNL.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For good and ill, there is simply too much for millions of people to track and follow, much less digest and truly understand.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/renters-nation-the-dark-side-of-dodd-frank-and-its-impact-on-affordable-housing\/\">Renter\u2019s Nation<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is not the American Dream of yore. No wonder people are getting stoned on pot 20x stronger than when Jeb Bush smoked it 40 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Heroin is killing hundreds in cities and small towns across the nation. Reports reveal that Mexican cartel coyotes are leading illegals across the border, using the young and adults as mules to carry drugs to America&#8217;s streets.\u00a0 That leads to more crime. Ann Coulter shrilled her message as she shills her book <em>&#8212; <\/em><strong><em>\u00a1<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>Adios<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>, <\/em><\/strong><em><strong>America<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Donald Trumpets the immigration issue too.\u00a0 Dr. Ben Carson takes the NBC bait and opines on not voting for a hypothetical Muslim for president.\u00a0 Bernie Sanders and as yet unannounced VP Joe Biden virtually equal the once &#8216;invincible&#8217; Hillary Clinton in polling. A billionaire Democratic donor joins the growing chorus on the political left calling for more DNC debates, as H-&gt; is apparently caught in the latest misstatement about those private-and-public emails on a personal, unsecured server.<\/p>\n<p>Of course <strong><em>Black Lives Matter<\/em><\/strong>, but why did Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O&#8217;Malley feel the need to apologize that <strong><em>all lives matter<\/em><\/strong>, regardless of race, color or creed?\u00a0 Cops are executed on city streets, as crime and murders are rising in major metros.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/whats-wrong-is-that-we-dont-ask-whats-right-g-k-chesterton-posted-inspiration-blog-mhpronews-com-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9610\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/whats-wrong-is-that-we-dont-ask-whats-right-g-k-chesterton-posted-inspiration-blog-mhpronews-com--573x430.jpg\" alt=\"whats-wrong-is-that-we-dont-ask-whats-right-g-k-chesterton-posted-inspiration-blog-mhpronews-com-\" width=\"573\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/whats-wrong-is-that-we-dont-ask-whats-right-g-k-chesterton-posted-inspiration-blog-mhpronews-com--573x430.jpg 573w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/whats-wrong-is-that-we-dont-ask-whats-right-g-k-chesterton-posted-inspiration-blog-mhpronews-com--150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/whats-wrong-is-that-we-dont-ask-whats-right-g-k-chesterton-posted-inspiration-blog-mhpronews-com-.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/whats-wrong-is-that-we-dont-ask-whats-right-g-k-chesterton-posted-inspiration-blog-mhpronews-com--900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As unrest spreads in the cities, will more start moving to the Exurbs?\u00a0 Matthew Silver\u2019s report on a study <strong><em><a href=\".%20http:\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/9660-rural-living-returning-to-exurban-america\">Rural Living &#8211; Returning to Exurban America<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>we published already says as much.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National and Global Turmoil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russia has jet fighters now in Syria, armed with air-to-air missiles. Vladimir Putin says they will\u00a0 prop-up the Assad regime, which President Barak Obama once vowed must end. The Russians have buzzed our borders with long-range bombers for months. ChiComs recently sent warships near Alaska, they too have buzzed our warplanes, as they build a military base in islands in the South China Seas shipping lanes, sending fear across the Western Pacific rim.\u00a0 While their regime is promising to reduce the dirtiest global emissions on the planet, via surrogates they hack our computers. The Chinese are stealing our technology and jobs, while manipulating their currency to prop up their sliding stock markets.<\/p>\n<p>Few even mention that Putin&#8217;s Russia stole Crimea from the Ukraine, while the civil war they\u2019ve fostered aims to reclaim that entire land. ISIS made even Turkey so nervous, they&#8217;re now toe-in-the-water on the conflicts that are deluging Europe with the most refugees since WWII. Russia and Iran are ever more openly cooperating with each other. The NATO alliance is being tested as never before.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/I-am-only-one-but-I-am-one-I-cannot-do-everything-but-I-can-do-something-do-interfere-with-what-I-can-do-EdwardEverettHale-image-wikicommons-posterc2015-mhpronews.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10100\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/I-am-only-one-but-I-am-one-I-cannot-do-everything-but-I-can-do-something-do-interfere-with-what-I-can-do-EdwardEverettHale-image-wikicommons-posterc2015-mhpronews-573x430.png\" alt=\"I-am-only-one-but-I-am-one-I-cannot-do-everything-but-I-can-do-something-do-interfere-with-what-I-can-do-EdwardEverettHale-image-wikicommons-posterc2015-mhpronews\" width=\"573\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/I-am-only-one-but-I-am-one-I-cannot-do-everything-but-I-can-do-something-do-interfere-with-what-I-can-do-EdwardEverettHale-image-wikicommons-posterc2015-mhpronews-573x430.png 573w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/I-am-only-one-but-I-am-one-I-cannot-do-everything-but-I-can-do-something-do-interfere-with-what-I-can-do-EdwardEverettHale-image-wikicommons-posterc2015-mhpronews-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/I-am-only-one-but-I-am-one-I-cannot-do-everything-but-I-can-do-something-do-interfere-with-what-I-can-do-EdwardEverettHale-image-wikicommons-posterc2015-mhpronews-900x675.png 900w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/I-am-only-one-but-I-am-one-I-cannot-do-everything-but-I-can-do-something-do-interfere-with-what-I-can-do-EdwardEverettHale-image-wikicommons-posterc2015-mhpronews.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet, the pen and phone wielding POTUS will reward Tehran with nearly $150 billion in a deal that makes no sense to some 2\/3rds of all Americans, an agreement many Gulf States and Israel strongly or quietly oppose. We spent trillions in war in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia rewards us by depressing oil prices to harm U.S. oil producers. \u00a0<strong><em>No wonder most Americans are frustrated with DC politics and American policies, foreign and domestic. \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>No wonder underdogs and outsiders in both major parties are getting such a good look\u00a0<b>vis-\u00e0-vis the insiders and establishment candidates.<\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We need a combination of Solomon and Braveheart for our next president. We need solution oriented citizen-officials in Congress, and SCOTUS justices that want to enforce the law, not create or protect laws that violate the separation of powers and the original federal\/state balance of authority.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10438\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/?p=42664\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10438\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/fines-manufacturedhomes-OriginalgraphicCredit-SFgate-modifiedbyMHProNews-DailyBusinessNews-.png\" alt=\"fines-manufacturedhomes-OriginalgraphicCredit-SFgate-modifiedbyMHProNews-DailyBusinessNews-\" width=\"275\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/fines-manufacturedhomes-OriginalgraphicCredit-SFgate-modifiedbyMHProNews-DailyBusinessNews-.png 275w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/fines-manufacturedhomes-OriginalgraphicCredit-SFgate-modifiedbyMHProNews-DailyBusinessNews--150x100.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>See the latest in this ongoing story about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/?p=42664\" target=\"_blank\">DOJ and MH, linked here<\/a>. While this case is troubling, there are rumors that some are stoking Justice to take other actions against MH that if true look much more like a CFPB style over-reach. \u00a0 When will we pull together to say, <strong>enough is enough?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing<\/em>, S 682, On Hold&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With all the battles in the Congress looming, our MH bill, S 682 is on hold; part of a larger bill possibly poised for fall Senate passage.\u00a0 The Marty Lavin video interview on that topic is doing well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/industry-news\/industry-in-focus\/10269-manufactured-home-personal-property-loans-are-they-predatory-are-cfpb-regulations-helping-or-harming-consumers-and-home-owners\">Manufactured Home Personal Property Loans \u2013 Are They Predatory? <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/industry-news\/industry-in-focus\/10269-manufactured-home-personal-property-loans-are-they-predatory-are-cfpb-regulations-helping-or-harming-consumers-and-home-owners\">Are CFPB Regulations Helping or Harming Consumers and Home Owners?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, our MH lenders and the MH industry are harmed by CFPB regulations.<\/p>\n<p>But a lender told me privately &#8211; that while negatively impacted &#8211; arguably far more harmed than MH lenders are the 4 estimated million living in<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10444\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/industry-news\/industry-in-focus\/9907-solution-for-compliance-with-the-new-hpml-appraisal-rule-nadaguides-new-manufactured-home-price-tool\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10444\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/MartyLavinCFPBManufacturedHomeLendingRegulationsVideoInsideMH-ManufacturedHousingProNews-com-.png\" alt=\"MartyLavinCFPBManufacturedHomeLendingRegulationsVideoInsideMH-ManufacturedHousingProNews-com-\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/MartyLavinCFPBManufacturedHomeLendingRegulationsVideoInsideMH-ManufacturedHousingProNews-com-.png 400w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/MartyLavinCFPBManufacturedHomeLendingRegulationsVideoInsideMH-ManufacturedHousingProNews-com--150x75.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/industry-news\/industry-in-focus\/9907-solution-for-compliance-with-the-new-hpml-appraisal-rule-nadaguides-new-manufactured-home-price-tool\" target=\"_blank\">important, in- depth video to see and share<\/a> with policy advocates, public officials, local media and of course MH Pros.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>1.7 million pre-HUD code mobile homes and post-HUD Code Manufactured Homes valued under $20,000. Independent MH businesses, the lender suggested, are more harmed by the CFPB regulations too. What happened to limited federal government? \u00a0What&#8217;s happened to leaving most matters to the states?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, HR 650 is thankfully passed by a healthy margin. But publicly today, who beyond our twin publications and a relative few in MH are crying out for those millions?<\/p>\n<p><strong>MH Industry Threats at Home and Abroad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Never forget that China claims to be shipping MODs for housing to dozens of nations. Don&#8217;t think for a second that they, Japan, or a firm like IKEA couldn&#8217;t turn our domestic factory-built home industry upside down within a year if they made that commitment.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the world&#8217;s a mess. We can&#8217;t ignore it, nor should we ignore our business and consumers.\u00a0 This is why we&#8217;ve pushed, pleaded and prodded that MH must rise to its potential, or remain vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MH Enemies, Friends and Mainstream TV Ads<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is an odd dance of sorts taking place between industry players, from bases such as Arlington and Indy. An industry insider told me the following, off the record:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Isn\u2019t it amazing how many thousands of peoples\u2019 lives in this industry have been upended <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">by the\u00a0<u>unwillingness<\/u>\u00a0of so few people to get along?<\/span>\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now, a retired vet who was unofficially (allegedly) declared persona-non-grata about 2 years ago, this year finds 3 representatives of that same group at his event of a few weeks ago. What message does that send to others who want to be part of the solution for the industry? What message does that send to those who want to stir the pot, but so far, have not?<\/p>\n<p>Another retired (really?) leader is said to hope to knit together a coalition of a loose business alliance to challenge the association status quo, seen as being lead by MHI.\u00a0 In conjunction with that new national association plan, there is talk of their creating a national campaign for MH.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2424\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/320px-StrawberryMansionBridge-HABS2-credit-Wikimedia-Commons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2424 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/320px-StrawberryMansionBridge-HABS2-credit-Wikimedia-Commons.jpg\" alt=\"StrawberryMansionBridge-HABS2 credit Wikimedia Commons posted on MHProNews.com\" width=\"320\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/320px-StrawberryMansionBridge-HABS2-credit-Wikimedia-Commons.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/320px-StrawberryMansionBridge-HABS2-credit-Wikimedia-Commons-150x106.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The time to bridge the gaps is long overdue in MH. Frankly, even those deemed &#8216;trouble makers&#8217; bring ideas to the table that are worthy of exploration. There needs to be a healthy discussion, followed by action. Otherwise, we&#8217;ll be stuck at low levels of production, when the marketplace realities suggest that we should be roaring ahead with much higher new home shipment levels. Peace through strength. Photo credit &#8211; WikiCommons.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s ironic how on multiple fronts, one group is walking right into another\u2019s apparent snare<em>, while dancing with the very one who is part of the alleged plot against their interests.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been suggested by a well-placed source that one side is thinking, <strong><em>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\">keep your friends close, and your enemies closer<\/span>.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> How ironic! The other side is thinking the same thing. \u00a0Both want to manipulate and use the other.<\/p>\n<p>Far better to settle the issues, if possible. If that&#8217;s not possible, then do what ever is fair and just for the many. \u00a0We as an industry will advance when the common good and the various talents and skills the many have are brought to the table, thus bridging\u00a0the various gaps and yielding profitable\u00a0solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, across town, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/latest-news-from-mharr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Weiss at MHARR<\/a> is giving a wide berth to all of that infighting and plotting, as he focuses on issues he believes will benefit independent producers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That &#8220;New National Association&#8221; and Their &#8220;Marketing Plan&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The plotter\u2019s for a new association plan for a national campaign \u2013 <em>which is certainly worthy of being done. \u00a0<\/em>But do they know what professionally producing a 30 second spot for mainstream TV costs, per the Wall Street Journal?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\">An average :30 commercial generally costs between $300-500k, depending on how many locations, how many days you&#8217;re shooting, how much on-camera talent, and myriad other factors. Costs start to skyrocket when you add celebrities, license music instead of scoring it, heavy special effects, and so on<\/span>.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please note. That&#8217;s not the cost of running the ads! That&#8217;s just the cost of <em>producing<\/em> one prime-time quality commerical.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s one of many reasons why for years <strong><em>MHProNews<\/em><\/strong> has pushed for an alternative strategy that is<strong><em> local market based<\/em><\/strong>, but <strong><em>yields national coverage<\/em><\/strong>. A plan that reflects industry realities. But that&#8217;s another <strong><em>Masthead<\/em><\/strong> post for another time. Suffice it to say for now that $2 million for 2 years could yield another $4 billion annually per year in new MH sales at retail.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1462\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/2011-02-28_1941_puzzle2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1462\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/2011-02-28_1941_puzzle2.png\" alt=\"Lumaxart Graphic by Scott Maxwell\" width=\"274\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/2011-02-28_1941_puzzle2.png 274w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/2011-02-28_1941_puzzle2-148x150.png 148w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Industry pros are better together, to borrow the ROC tag line. Luxmark graphic by Scott Maxwell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, we&#8217;re making progress. \u00a0Yes, its slow. \u00a0Again, egos and agendas are part of what is holding the many back. Supporting common sense might mean that some would be embarrassed.<\/p>\n<p>So the struggle goes on here to thread the needle of exposing threats and opportunities alike.<\/p>\n<p>People say things they don&#8217;t truly understand, based upon ego, envy, and other errors.\u00a0 The off-the-record quotable quote above bears repeating:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Isn\u2019t it amazing how many thousands of peoples\u2019 lives in this industry<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">have been upended by the\u00a0<u>unwillingness<\/u>\u00a0of so few people to get along?<\/span>\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The National and MH Crossroads <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s step outside ourselves and <strong>use a very recent, non-MH analogy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>America is the<strong><em> land of the free, and the home of the brave<\/em><\/strong>. So Pope Francis quoted the great American hymn as part of his fascinating address to Congress. The left embraces him on issues like <em>climate change<\/em> and<em> immigration<\/em>, and the right on issues such as being <em>pro-Lif<\/em>e and <em>Religious liberty<\/em>. I wonder if either political camp realizes they aren&#8217;t fully or truly listening?<\/p>\n<p>The papal words are quite capable of being understood &#8211; for example &#8211;<em> not as a call to open borders<\/em>; nor does he lay out a program on climate. Pope Francis <strong>praised business and the creation of jobs<\/strong> in English; does that sound like a socialist?<\/p>\n<p>One forgets &#8211; or many didn\u2019t know &#8211; that Argentina has lived an extreme form of <em>crony capitalism<\/em>, not something akin to America\u2019s free enterprise system. Tyrannical power and greed are among what the Pope decries, aren\u2019t those part of what Jesus also taught?<\/p>\n<p>The current pope is a Jesuit &#8211; meaning, highly educated.\u00a0 He is seeking to thread needles. He wants peace, not this unnamed Third World War being waged in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia where Russia and China team up with jihadis, Iran&#8217;s and North Korea&#8217;s killer regimes to foment anti-Western terror and destabilization. He says we should care for the environment, but did you hear him say we need <em>cap and trade?<\/em> \u00a0So he states a goal or principle, <em>not how we should put a principle into action<\/em>.\u00a0 He said we should be just and welcoming to foreigners, <em>not that we must ignore our own laws<\/em> (which were enacted with <strong>justice<\/strong> to legal immigrants and U.S. nationals in mind).<\/p>\n<p>Seen in\u00a0the light of Judeo-Christian and much of the American tradition, does the <a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PopeFrancisAddressToCongress-creditWUSA9-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-com-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">pontiff\u2019s full address (linked here<\/a>) read anything like what either the left or right wing media portrays it to be?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7840\" style=\"width: 221px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/cup-of-coffee-interviews\/5998-a-cup-of-coffee-withtim-williams\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7840 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tim-williams-CEO-President-21st-mortgage-corporation-masthead-blog-manufactured-housing-pro-news-.jpg\" alt=\"tim-williams-CEO-President-21st-mortgage-corporation-masthead-blog-manufactured-housing-pro-news-\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tim-williams-CEO-President-21st-mortgage-corporation-masthead-blog-manufactured-housing-pro-news-.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tim-williams-CEO-President-21st-mortgage-corporation-masthead-blog-manufactured-housing-pro-news--150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/cup-of-coffee-interviews\/5998-a-cup-of-coffee-withtim-williams\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Willams spoke of our industry as a fraternity<\/a>, meaning, as a brotherhood. Are we routinely acting in a fraternal manner?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9357\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/LISTEN-ky-olsen-flickrcreativecommons-posted-masthead-blog-mhpronews-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9357\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/LISTEN-ky-olsen-flickrcreativecommons-posted-masthead-blog-mhpronews-.jpg\" alt=\"LISTEN-ky-olsen-flickrcreativecommons-posted-masthead-blog-mhpronews-\" width=\"240\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/LISTEN-ky-olsen-flickrcreativecommons-posted-masthead-blog-mhpronews-.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/LISTEN-ky-olsen-flickrcreativecommons-posted-masthead-blog-mhpronews--150x126.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Image credit &#8211; KY Olsen, Flickr Creative Commons.\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I share this as an example to say,<em> we must learn to listen and\u00a0<\/em><em>truly respect each other.\u00a0<\/em>We should\u00a0try to get to the heart of issues, instead of talking past each other and hearing only what we want to see, read or hear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Confronting people with the Truth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The truth can be <em>uncomfortable<\/em>. Our Industry&#8217;s leaders need to seek the common good. We need to work for the success of our home owners, and that in turn will benefit virtually all of us.<\/p>\n<p>Those who want to carve a fiefdom or an empire at the expense of the many may find themselves challenged and suffering the same fate that Kodak or Montgomery Wards did. \u00a0We are entitled to our own opinions. But we should care enough about our collective interests to subordinate ourselves to a reasonable degree of enlightened mutual self-interest.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9356\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9356\" style=\"width: 105px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/cup-of-coffee-interviews\/5129-a-cup-of-coffee-withdon-glisson-jr\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9356\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/don-glisson-jr-triad-financial-service-manufactured-housing-loans-posted-masthead-blog-mhpronews-.jpg\" alt=\"don-glisson-jr-triad-financial-service-manufactured-housing-loans-posted-masthead-blog-mhpronews-\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Triad Financial Services Chairman, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/cup-of-coffee-interviews\/5129-a-cup-of-coffee-withdon-glisson-jr\" target=\"_blank\">Don Glisson, Jr. called for solutions, not gripe<\/a>s, and working between groups like MHARR and MHI, for the common good.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We need that <strong>fraternity<\/strong> that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/cup-of-coffee-interviews\/5998-a-cup-of-coffee-withtim-williams\">Tim Williams of 21<sup>st<\/sup> Mortgage spoke about, linked here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We need to re-read the call to action that Triad Financial\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/cup-of-coffee-interviews\/5129-a-cup-of-coffee-withdon-glisson-jr\">Don Glisson Jr issued to MHI, MHARR and all &#8211; to be goal and solution oriented, not just gripe oriented\u2026see his wisdom again, linked here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9041\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9041\" style=\"width: 120px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/15-minutes-daily-mhpronews2-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9041 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/15-minutes-daily-mhpronews2-1.gif\" alt=\"15-minutes-daily-mhpronews(2) (1)\" width=\"120\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>15 minutes daily here and on MHProNews and on MHLivingNews saves time, becaue you get a syntheysis of news tips and views that pros can use. Investing the time &#8211; and giving support when possible &#8211; yields a proven path for MH professional and MH industry advancement. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of my favorite quotes which we strive to apply to MH daily is this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">You can get everything out of life that you want, when you help enough other people get out of life what they want<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong> <strong>\u2013 Zig Ziglar\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The world is in crisis.<\/strong> President Kennedy reminds us from his grave in Arlington that the 2 characters that spell crisis in Chinese also means opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/written-chinese-crisis-composed-two-characters-one-represents-danger-the-other-represents-opportunity-john-f-kennedy-copyright-2013-lifestyle-factory-homes-llc-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9732 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/written-chinese-crisis-composed-two-characters-one-represents-danger-the-other-represents-opportunity-john-f-kennedy-copyright-2013-lifestyle-factory-homes-llc--573x430.png\" alt=\"written-chinese-crisis-composed-two-characters-one-represents-danger-the-other-represents-opportunity-john-f-kennedy-copyright-2013-lifestyle-factory-homes-llc-\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/written-chinese-crisis-composed-two-characters-one-represents-danger-the-other-represents-opportunity-john-f-kennedy-copyright-2013-lifestyle-factory-homes-llc--573x430.png 573w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/written-chinese-crisis-composed-two-characters-one-represents-danger-the-other-represents-opportunity-john-f-kennedy-copyright-2013-lifestyle-factory-homes-llc--150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/written-chinese-crisis-composed-two-characters-one-represents-danger-the-other-represents-opportunity-john-f-kennedy-copyright-2013-lifestyle-factory-homes-llc-.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/written-chinese-crisis-composed-two-characters-one-represents-danger-the-other-represents-opportunity-john-f-kennedy-copyright-2013-lifestyle-factory-homes-llc--900x675.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a closing segue\/promo, please take a look at our latest video on a model home named <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/the-kennedy-model-home-video-tour-new-durham-estates-westville-in\/\">The Kennedy, <em>linked here<\/em><\/a><\/strong><em>.<\/em> And if you&#8217;ve not yet seen the Marty Lavin video interview, grab a favorite beverage and click here. ##<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9752\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/september-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/10158-65th-annual-convention-trade-show-and-expo-new-york-housing-association-oct-8-12th-2015\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9752\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LATonyKovach-Louisville-2015-mhpronews-com-275x156-1.jpg\" alt=\"LATonyKovach-Louisville-2015-mhpronews-com-275x156 (1)\" width=\"275\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LATonyKovach-Louisville-2015-mhpronews-com-275x156-1.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LATonyKovach-Louisville-2015-mhpronews-com-275x156-1-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony&#8217;s next public presentation will be at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/september-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/10158-65th-annual-convention-trade-show-and-expo-new-york-housing-association-oct-8-12th-2015\" target=\"_blank\">New York Housing Association&#8217;s big 65th annual regional meeting, for a downloadable brochure and more details, click here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"LATonyKovach.com\">L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re 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&#8217;s constitution were slipped years ago. We awakened to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/crisis\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crisis<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5073],"tags":[4159,4158,2962,275,2050,973,7,4157,3087,2838],"class_list":["post-10451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-analysis","tag-21st-mortgage-corp","tag-address-to-congress-text","tag-don-glisson-jr","tag-manufactured-housing-institute","tag-mark-weiss","tag-marty-lavin","tag-mharr","tag-pope-francis","tag-tim-williams","tag-triad-financial-services"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Crisis - Masthead L. 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