{"id":11400,"date":"2016-03-30T16:54:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T21:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=11400"},"modified":"2016-03-30T17:39:42","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T22:39:42","slug":"dirty-laundry-and-manufactured-housing-news-tips-and-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/dirty-laundry-and-manufactured-housing-news-tips-and-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirty Laundry and Manufactured Housing News, Tips and Views"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Among the dozens of messages in today&#8217;s email, came this thought provoking message, which will be part of a featured article in our rapidly approaching April issue of <i>MHProNews.<\/i> The message read in part: <\/span><\/span><\/p><div id=\"manuf-2709078451\" 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<p align=\"LEFT\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><b><span style=\"color: #b84700;\">We all have wonderful stories to tell about our industry. We all have glowing letters from satisfied customers&#8230;Then, out of nowhere, some newspaper guy or some TV gal slams us and drags our industry through the mud.\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><b><span style=\"color: #b84700;\">The Eagles had a song about the Evening News called <\/span><\/b><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Dirty Laundry<\/b><\/span><i><b><span style=\"color: #b84700;\">, about all the media negativity.\u00a0 Surely, the songwriter was thinking about manufactured housing when writing the lyrics for that son<\/span><span style=\"color: #dc2300;\">g<\/span>.\u201d<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SzT10MSgKtU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The nation indeed has plenty of real or imagined <i><b>Dirty Laundry<\/b><\/i>, and MH indeed seems to be one of those featured topics by publications like the <i><b>Seattle Times<\/b><\/i>, media such as <i><b>PBS NewsHour<\/b><\/i> or that local news or weather person who acts like manufactured housing is some kind of plague that the masses of people have to be rescued from.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10946\" style=\"width: 437px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/lies-advocacy-journalism-and-statistics-seattle-timesbuzzfeed-attacks-warren-buffetts-clayton-homes-defends-charges-of-racism-and-discrimination-critical-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10946\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ItsAMediaWar-WarrenBuffettSeattleTimesBuzzFeedClaytonHomes-credits-UKtelegraph-respectiveLogos-eachCompanys-collage-posted-MHLivingNews1com-810x600-575x426.png\" alt=\"ItsAMediaWar-WarrenBuffettSeattleTimesBuzzFeedClaytonHomes-credits-UKtelegraph-respectiveLogos-eachCompanys-collage-posted-MHLivingNews1com-810x600\" width=\"437\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ItsAMediaWar-WarrenBuffettSeattleTimesBuzzFeedClaytonHomes-credits-UKtelegraph-respectiveLogos-eachCompanys-collage-posted-MHLivingNews1com-810x600-575x426.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ItsAMediaWar-WarrenBuffettSeattleTimesBuzzFeedClaytonHomes-credits-UKtelegraph-respectiveLogos-eachCompanys-collage-posted-MHLivingNews1com-810x600-150x111.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ItsAMediaWar-WarrenBuffettSeattleTimesBuzzFeedClaytonHomes-credits-UKtelegraph-respectiveLogos-eachCompanys-collage-posted-MHLivingNews1com-810x600-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ItsAMediaWar-WarrenBuffettSeattleTimesBuzzFeedClaytonHomes-credits-UKtelegraph-respectiveLogos-eachCompanys-collage-posted-MHLivingNews1com-810x600.png 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo\/Image collage credits = Warren Buffett photo, UK Telegraph, Seattle Times, BuzzFeed, Clayton Homes logos, belong to each respective firm; click here or the graphic above to see the report.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10964\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/bad-and-good-two-sides-manufactured-home-living-and-news-reporting\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10964\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PBSNewshourBadBargainManufacturedHomeOwnersFeelFinancialStrain-imagecredits-NYTimesPBSNewshour-postedwithtags-MHProNews--575x322.png\" alt=\"PBSNewshourBadBargainManufacturedHomeOwnersFeelFinancialStrain-imagecredits-NYTimes=PBSNewshour-postedwithtags-MHProNews-\" width=\"486\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PBSNewshourBadBargainManufacturedHomeOwnersFeelFinancialStrain-imagecredits-NYTimesPBSNewshour-postedwithtags-MHProNews--575x322.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PBSNewshourBadBargainManufacturedHomeOwnersFeelFinancialStrain-imagecredits-NYTimesPBSNewshour-postedwithtags-MHProNews--150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PBSNewshourBadBargainManufacturedHomeOwnersFeelFinancialStrain-imagecredits-NYTimesPBSNewshour-postedwithtags-MHProNews-.png 733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credits: New York Times\/PBS NewsHour &#8211; and graphical text by MHProNews.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Implicit in the thinking of that kind of media coverage is that those who have a manufactured home must be mislead, desperate or otherwise unable to think for themselves in a healthy and acceptable fashion. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Needless to say, all of that impacts MH home owners, prospects as well as pros in our profession. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Choices, Choices&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Naturally, that means that we have a choice to make. We as industry pros either:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">take it on the chin, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">or we respond, hopefully in some intelligent and effective fashion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">To rephrase, we either:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">keep allowing others to define manufactured housing, often to our detriment&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Or we must step up to the plate and define the manufactured home value proposition ourselves.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">There are efforts at the state and corporate levels that will be unveiled soon which aim to redefine MH. That itself is a good thing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As some readers have observed, the periodic call for action on this topic and others from the Masthead are gaining traction.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">That said, Consider this&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Why not influence media, as media?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Why not win over the media? Win over the politicos? \u00a0Why not use jijitsu?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Why not use the same levers and methods that the media uses:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">to promote MH, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">rather than allow other to unfairly define and undermine our great and much needed industry?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We will explore this and more in our rapidly approaching April 2016 issue.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11402\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/realtors-and-builders-warm-up-to-the-wonders-of-manufactured-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11402 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BuildersRealtorsTakingFreshLook-WarmingUptoWondersManufacturedHousing-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-_001-575x157.png\" alt=\"BuildersRealtorsTakingFreshLook-WarmingUptoWondersManufacturedHousing-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-_001\" width=\"575\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BuildersRealtorsTakingFreshLook-WarmingUptoWondersManufacturedHousing-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-_001-575x157.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BuildersRealtorsTakingFreshLook-WarmingUptoWondersManufacturedHousing-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-_001-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BuildersRealtorsTakingFreshLook-WarmingUptoWondersManufacturedHousing-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-_001.png 608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Check out the latest <strong>Good News about Manufactured Housing<\/strong>&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/realtors-and-builders-warm-up-to-the-wonders-of-manufactured-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Linked here<\/a> or click the graphic above.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Programming notes<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>The new issue is scheduled to go live Saturday evening, April 2<\/b><\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>nd<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For those who haven&#8217;t already done so, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">take a good look at the home page, or the <a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/marching-on-for-manufactured-housing-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">current new articles for March linked here<\/a>, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">as well as the latest new article on MHLivingNews.com &#8211; <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/realtors-and-builders-warm-up-to-the-wonders-of-manufactured-housing\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><b>Realtors and Builders Warm Up to the Wonders of Manufactured Housing<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We need to take the proverbial lemons and turn them into lemonade. When enough forward thinkers get on board with that simple concept, manufactured housing will climb to new heights, because the affordable housing crisis is here and growing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Are you on board? Are you ready to wash that laundry and present it to the public as it truly is, <strong>as good news<\/strong> &#8211; not bad&#8230;? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">If so&#8230;Onward! Upward! <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><b>Tallyho!<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><i><b> <\/b><\/i><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">##<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11305\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/surprising-solution-roadblocks-to-u-s-affordable-housing-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11305\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CFPBmanufacturedHousing-polititcalCartoon-c-2016LifestyleFactoryHomesLLC-LATonyKovach-575x355.png\" alt=\"CFPB=manufacturedHousing-polititcalCartoon-c-2016LifestyleFactoryHomesLLC-LATonyKovach\" width=\"450\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CFPBmanufacturedHousing-polititcalCartoon-c-2016LifestyleFactoryHomesLLC-LATonyKovach-575x355.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CFPBmanufacturedHousing-polititcalCartoon-c-2016LifestyleFactoryHomesLLC-LATonyKovach-150x93.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CFPBmanufacturedHousing-polititcalCartoon-c-2016LifestyleFactoryHomesLLC-LATonyKovach.png 641w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are many paths to correct the very real\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/surprising-solution-roadblocks-to-u-s-affordable-housing-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\">problems caused by the CFPB&#8217;s implementation of the LO Comp rule or the HOEPA thresholds<\/a>. Cartoon credit &#8211; L. A. &#8220;Tony&#8221; Kovach, (C) 2016, Lifestyle Factory Homes, LLC &#8211; parent company to MHProNews.com &amp; MHLivingNews.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">by L. A. &#8216;Tony&#8217; Kovach, 863-213-4090 or latonyk@gmail.com.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the dozens of messages in today&#8217;s email, came this thought provoking message, which will be part of a featured article in our rapidly approaching April issue of MHProNews. The message read in part: \u201cWe all have wonderful stories to tell about our industry. We all have glowing letters from satisfied customers&#8230;Then, out of nowhere, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/dirty-laundry-and-manufactured-housing-news-tips-and-views\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dirty Laundry and Manufactured Housing News, Tips and Views<\/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":[4382,4383,4385,4384,4381],"class_list":["post-11400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-analysis","tag-dirty-laundry","tag-evening-news","tag-properly-defining-manufactured-homes","tag-taking-bad-news-stories-about-manufactured-housing-and-turning-it-into-good-news","tag-the-eagles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dirty Laundry and Manufactured Housing News, Tips and Views - Masthead L. 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