{"id":12988,"date":"2017-01-10T09:29:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T15:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=12988"},"modified":"2017-01-10T09:29:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T15:29:16","slug":"jiu-jitsu-january-in-manufactured-homeland-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/jiu-jitsu-january-in-manufactured-homeland-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Jiu Jitsu January in Manufactured Homeland, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stating the obvious brings clarity.<\/p><div id=\"manuf-3542590134\" 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>There are direct, indirect and a combination of methods that can be employed to deal with a given challenge\u00a0&#8212; especially when it involves people.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dictionary.com <\/em>defines Jiu Jitsu as \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>the use of an opponent&#8217;s strengths or one&#8217;s own weaknesses to accomplish one&#8217;s goals: That was a kind of intellectual jujitsu<\/strong><\/span>\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Almost everyone knows how much the media can help or harm a given business or industry.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12990\" style=\"width: 247px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12990\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BadNewsPaperHeadlinesCreditTheOddessyOnlinePostedManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-.jpg\" alt=\"BadNewsPaperHeadlinesCreditTheOddessyOnlinePostedManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-\" width=\"247\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BadNewsPaperHeadlinesCreditTheOddessyOnlinePostedManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BadNewsPaperHeadlinesCreditTheOddessyOnlinePostedManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews--150x124.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Bad News Headlines credit: The Odyssey Online.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Specifically, we know that most media coverage on manufactured housing sadly tends to be more harmful then helpful.<\/p>\n<p>Manufactured housing professionals therefore must be pro-active in teaching the truth about the industry \u2013 to professionals as well as to others.\u00a0 We have a great story, but a complex history means it must be properly told.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond positive messages, the problematic and the misunderstood also must be dealt with.<\/p>\n<p>On the <strong><em>Masthead<\/em><\/strong> we&#8217;ve long believed &#8211; and have practiced for years &#8211; that the industry must make public replies to slanted or biased news as often as possible.<\/p>\n<p>In the last half of 2016, <em>MHProNews<\/em> and <em>MHLivingNews<\/em> \u00a0increased the tempo of routinely engaging<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>states\/community associations,<\/li>\n<li>both national associations,<\/li>\n<li>company leaders,<\/li>\n<li>experts, and<\/li>\n<li>a variety of industry professionals for comments on a variety of issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some will reply off the record, some won\u2019t reply on-or-off the record, but most others are quite willing to go on-the-record as well as provide useful insights on meaty issues.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12973\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12973\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12973\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MHActionHomePagePavingRoadtoHellManufacturedHousingActionPostedMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-490x768.png\" alt=\"MHActionHomePagePavingRoadtoHellManufacturedHousingActionPostedMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews\" width=\"490\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MHActionHomePagePavingRoadtoHellManufacturedHousingActionPostedMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-490x768.png 490w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MHActionHomePagePavingRoadtoHellManufacturedHousingActionPostedMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-96x150.png 96w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MHActionHomePagePavingRoadtoHellManufacturedHousingActionPostedMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-275x430.png 275w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MHActionHomePagePavingRoadtoHellManufacturedHousingActionPostedMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews.png 542w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>MHAction is just one of several possible examples. They are recruiting members in manufactured home communities. Frank Rolfe and Dave Reynold lead RV Horizons and Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) are but two examples of operations that MHAction has targeted. See articles, linked below.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Those comments from you and your peers allow us to increasingly go beyond aggregating news \u2013 as useful and important as news aggregation can be \u2013 to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>generating news,<\/li>\n<li>reactions to news,<\/li>\n<li>commentary on news.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is therefore a collaborative effort. Almost everyone who has provided reactions and commentary to us ought to get a glass raised in their honor. \u00a0Some of the associations, alphabetically, whose executives have provided us with on-the-record feedback on timely topics include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arkansas<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>California<br \/>\nFlorida<br \/>\nGeorgia<br \/>\nIndiana<br \/>\nLouisiana<br \/>\nMHARR<br \/>\nMassachusetts<br \/>\nMichigan<br \/>\nMinnesota<br \/>\nOhio<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>South Carolina <\/strong>and<strong><br \/>\nTexas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Others beyond those noted have previously shared their timely takes on important issues too.<\/p>\n<p>Properly crafted, new reaction\/analysis articles can often rank high on Google. So even an initial media blast looks and is bad, when we\u2019re provided the needed support, the follow up stories can give researchers now and in the future some other perspective to consider.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12991\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12991\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/OzyMediaTrailerParkNationMobileHomesManufacturedHomeProfessionalMHProNews-_001-550x430.png\" alt=\"OzyMediaTrailerParkNationMobileHomesManufacturedHomeProfessionalMHProNews-_001\" width=\"550\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/OzyMediaTrailerParkNationMobileHomesManufacturedHomeProfessionalMHProNews-_001-550x430.png 550w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/OzyMediaTrailerParkNationMobileHomesManufacturedHomeProfessionalMHProNews-_001-150x117.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/OzyMediaTrailerParkNationMobileHomesManufacturedHomeProfessionalMHProNews-_001-768x600.png 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/OzyMediaTrailerParkNationMobileHomesManufacturedHomeProfessionalMHProNews-_001.png 912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Do you recall the Ozy Media blast last year? \u00a0Thousands in the media and in public policy do. Thus, reaction articles that clear up reporting errors is valuable. Credit, Google search at date time shown, comments and arrows, MHProNews.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That in turn has led to more good-news and favorable stories than the industry has seen in several years.<\/p>\n<p>The essential point is that YOUR bottom-line is either helped-or-harmed by negative or favorable news.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12999\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12999\" style=\"width: 573px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/manufactured-home-owners-satisfaction-survey-redux\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12999\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ManufacturedHomeOwnerSatisfactionSurveyMHLivingNewsManufacturedHomeLivingNews-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-.png\" alt=\"ManufacturedHomeOwnerSatisfactionSurveyMHLivingNewsManufacturedHomeLivingNews-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-\" width=\"573\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ManufacturedHomeOwnerSatisfactionSurveyMHLivingNewsManufacturedHomeLivingNews-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-.png 940w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ManufacturedHomeOwnerSatisfactionSurveyMHLivingNewsManufacturedHomeLivingNews-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews--150x85.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ManufacturedHomeOwnerSatisfactionSurveyMHLivingNewsManufacturedHomeLivingNews-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews--575x326.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ManufacturedHomeOwnerSatisfactionSurveyMHLivingNewsManufacturedHomeLivingNews-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews--768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Fact-based reports like the one above belies the pictures that NPR or MHAction present. Are there bad or problematic actors in the industry? Sure, and MHPros routinely condemn those who harm home owners and the industry&#8217;s image, see the articles liked below.\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The other bottom-line is that using jiu-jitsu in journalism can turn lemons into lemonade.<\/p>\n<p>Combined with the kinds of commentary you\u2019ve seen on <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/industryvoices\/\">Industry Voices<\/a><\/em><\/strong> last year, the comments of experts inside and outside of MHVille (the manufactured home industry, aka manufactured homeland) and you have potent mix that often devastates what others have said and written that is a costly slam on our industry.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12992\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12992\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/pr\/3190028\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12992\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-10_0359-575x294.png\" alt=\"NPR Mobile Home Parks Manufactured Home Masthead Blog Commentary, MHProNews.\" width=\"575\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-10_0359-575x294.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-10_0359-150x77.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-10_0359-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-10_0359.png 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The number two story under a Google search under news reflects our media release picked up by hundreds of sites, including Digital Journal, as shown. That <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/pr\/3190028\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Journal response to NPR article<\/a>, is linked here.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>2017 Golden Opportunity &#8211; Captured or Missed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those who have forgotten, the <em>Seattle Times<\/em> pummeled manufactured housing\u2019s biggest brand for the better part of 2 years.\u00a0 That firm and Warren Buffett both responded. MHLivingNews and MHProNews did reports, commentary and analysis, under the presumption that an attack on the image of the largest was an attack on all.<\/p>\n<p>Is our industry in for another round of such attacks?\u00a0 This time, focused on investor owned communities?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12996\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12996\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPRMobileHomeParkOwnersCanSpoilAffordableAmericanDreamMHLivingNewMHProNews.png\" alt=\"NPRMobileHomeParkOwnersCanSpoilAffordableAmericanDreamMHLivingNewMHProNews\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPRMobileHomeParkOwnersCanSpoilAffordableAmericanDreamMHLivingNewMHProNews.png 890w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPRMobileHomeParkOwnersCanSpoilAffordableAmericanDreamMHLivingNewMHProNews-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPRMobileHomeParkOwnersCanSpoilAffordableAmericanDreamMHLivingNewMHProNews-575x382.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NPRMobileHomeParkOwnersCanSpoilAffordableAmericanDreamMHLivingNewMHProNews-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>These graphics of actual Google searches above demonstrates the value of doing response, reaction, and commentary articles after &#8216;bad news&#8217; strikes. Scaling these efforts are worth millions in local markets and billions nationally, while protecting MH homeowners&#8217; value and image.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The NPR reports in December and yesterday, along with the MHAction and other higher profile posts suggests that industry opponents or skeptics are engaged. Which is why manufactured housing professionals must be ready too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10140\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10140\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PEP-P.E.P.-Protect-Educate-Promote-mhassociationmantra-postedmastheadblog-MHProNews-575x108.png\" alt=\"PEP-P.E.P.-Protect-Educate-Promote-mhassociationmantra-postedmastheadblog-MHProNews\" width=\"575\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PEP-P.E.P.-Protect-Educate-Promote-mhassociationmantra-postedmastheadblog-MHProNews-575x108.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PEP-P.E.P.-Protect-Educate-Promote-mhassociationmantra-postedmastheadblog-MHProNews-150x28.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PEP-P.E.P.-Protect-Educate-Promote-mhassociationmantra-postedmastheadblog-MHProNews-900x169.png 900w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PEP-P.E.P.-Protect-Educate-Promote-mhassociationmantra-postedmastheadblog-MHProNews.png 904w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A leading MH state association exec&#8217;s mantra we love to share.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Protect Educate Promote (PEP)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with sponsors and supporters, <a href=\"http:\/\/MHLivingNews.com\" target=\"_blank\">MHLivingNews.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/MHProNews.com\" target=\"_blank\">MHProNews.com<\/a> have worked with others to defend and promote the industry.\u00a0 If you are invested in this industry in terms of career or dollars, look carefully at those who are supporting our efforts and do business with their services. Their support makes our work possible.<\/p>\n<p>But much more needs to be done.\u00a0 The results on this page can and should be scaled.<\/p>\n<p>That in turn could increase the value proposition to home owners, attract better qualified customers \u2013 those with cash or good credit \u2013 and thus yield more sales and profits.<\/p>\n<p>We know this works from actual cases with clients, some of whom have gone on-the-record to share those positive results.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12994\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12994\" style=\"width: 582px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12994\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CollageManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMHLivingNewsHomePostedMastheadBlogMHProNews-771x768.jpg\" alt=\"CollageManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMHLivingNewsHomePostedMastheadBlogMHProNews\" width=\"582\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CollageManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMHLivingNewsHomePostedMastheadBlogMHProNews-771x768.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CollageManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMHLivingNewsHomePostedMastheadBlogMHProNews-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CollageManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMHLivingNewsHomePostedMastheadBlogMHProNews-432x430.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CollageManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMHLivingNewsHomePostedMastheadBlogMHProNews-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CollageManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMHLivingNewsHomePostedMastheadBlogMHProNews-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CollageManufacturedHomeLivingNewsMHLivingNewsHomePostedMastheadBlogMHProNews.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Collage from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MHLivingNews home page<\/a>. Protecting, Educating and Promoting MHLiving to the public.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The Profitable Struggle Lies Ahead in DC, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those who oppose a pro-business, pro-growth agenda in Washington, DC are preparing for the hearings and legislation that are now upon us as the Obama era winds down, and the Trump era begins.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll soon see who gains or retains the upper hand. The cold winds of the political establishment resistance will encourage\u00a0the warmth of pro-growth, job creating \u2018drain the swamp\u2019 agenda will ascend.\u00a0As one of our client firms recently told us, almost all of their retailers and community clients that talk politics were pro-Trump.<\/p>\n<p>It took decades of regulatory increases to get our economy to point of low growth and skyrocketing debt.\u00a0 So it will take some time to get that pattern reversed, even if the incoming President Trump is successful at getting his legislation swiftly passed.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, we in MHVille are not just spectators. We can be part of the process of recovery.<\/p>\n<p>The articles below will show the battles and opportunities that lie ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Keep tuning into the Industry\u2019s first and still only <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/\">Daily Business News<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for the latest on the front-lines of what is happening in housing and broad world that impacts our industry, MH homeowners, prospective buyers &#8212; and your bottom lines.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11996\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thelouisvilleshow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/LouisvilleShow2017.gif\" alt=\"LouisvilleShow2017\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/LouisvilleShow2017.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/LouisvilleShow2017-144x144.gif 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>LouisvilleShow2017<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Updates on Louisville and <a href=\"http:\/\/tunicashow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tunica<\/a> will be hitting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/corp-press-releases\">Corporate Press Releases<\/a>, stay tuned. More articles will be added by the end of this week to dozens shown below, and keep your eyes on the corporate press release and other modules.<\/p>\n<p>Against this Protect Educate Promote Jiu Jitsu backdrop, with no further adieu, we bring you Featured Articles for January 2017. ##<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Featured Articles for January 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12800-todd-lamb-on-nprs-mobile-home-park-owners-can-spoil-an-affordable-american-dream\">Todd Lamb on NPR\u2019s \u2018Mobile Home Park Owners Can Spoil An Affordable American Dream\u2019<\/a><br \/>\nby Todd Lamb<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ToddGLambLambInvestments1postedIndustryVoices_ManufacturedHomeCommunities-MHIndustry-MHProNews200x200-144x144.png\" alt=\"ToddGLambLambInvestments1postedIndustryVoices_ManufacturedHomeCommunities-MHIndustry-MHProNews200x200-144x144\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" \/>Tony, you are the third person sending me this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/nprs-mobile-home-park-owners-can-spoil-an-affordable-american-dream-follow-up-report-part-1\/\">NPR article<\/a>. I read it and have BIG problems with the way the article was written. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12800-todd-lamb-on-nprs-mobile-home-park-owners-can-spoil-an-affordable-american-dream\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12822-anti-community-mhaction-targets-frank-rolfe-rv-horizons-and-els\">Anti Community MHAction Targets Frank Rolfe, RV Horizons and ELS<\/a><br \/>\nby Soheyla Kovach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/s-k.png\" alt=\"s-k\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>Small-to-large manufactured home community (MHC) operations are no strangers to the ire of anti-investor activists. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12822-anti-community-mhaction-targets-frank-rolfe-rv-horizons-and-els\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12792-paul-bradley-rocusa-reacts-nprs-mobile-home-park-owners-can-spoil-an-affordable-american-dream\">Paul Bradley ROCUSA Reacts, NPR\u2019s \u201cMobile Home Park Owners Can Spoil An Affordable American Dream\u201d<\/a><br \/>\nBy Paul Bradley<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5365\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/paul-bradley-50.jpg\" alt=\"paul-bradley-50\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Part I of the NPR story needed a balanced industry response that came clean first and then provided many real examples how \u201cthe charges\u201d are not typical.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12792-paul-bradley-rocusa-reacts-nprs-mobile-home-park-owners-can-spoil-an-affordable-american-dream\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12823-shocking-facts-making-2017-grrr8-for-communities-retailers-starts-in-louisville\">Shocking Facts! Making 2017 Grrr8 for Communities, Retailers Starts in Louisville!<\/a><br \/>\nby Stan Posey<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5369\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/StanPoseySunshineHomesFeaturedArticleManufacturedHousingProNewsLouisvilleManufacturedHousingShow2017-50x50.png\" alt=\"stanposeysunshinehomesfeaturedarticlemanufacturedhousingpronewslouisvillemanufacturedhousingshow2017-50x50\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u201c<strong>Earlier\u2026we wrote at length about the decline in US housing inventory being, in effect, the next crisis for the housing market<\/strong>,\u201d said Myles Udland for\u00a0<strong><em>Business Insider<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12823-shocking-facts-making-2017-grrr8-for-communities-retailers-starts-in-louisville\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12828-hud-announces-record-19-billion-in-grants-to-end-homelessness\">HUD Announces Record $1.9 Billion in Grants to \u201cEnd Homelessness\u201d<\/a><br \/>\nBy RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5366\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RC-Williams-MHProNews-DailyBusinessNews.png\" alt=\"rc-williams-mhpronews-dailybusinessnews\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>On December 20<sup>th<\/sup>, the Department of Housing an Urban Development (HUD) announced that it has awarded a record $1.95 billion to numerous homeless assistance programs across the U.S., including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12828-hud-announces-record-19-billion-in-grants-to-end-homelessness\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12791-kelley-reacts-nprs-mobile-home-park-owners-can-spoil-an-affordable-american-dream\">Kelley Reacts, NPR\u2019s \u201cMobile Home Park Owners Can Spoil An Affordable American Dream\u201d<\/a><br \/>\nby Kurt Kelley<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/KurtKellyJDPresidentMobileInsurance-postedIndustryVoicesManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews--140x150.jpg\" alt=\"KurtKellyJDPresidentMobileInsurance-postedIndustryVoicesManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-\" width=\"59\" height=\"63\" \/>There are bad operators in every industry that disgrace themselves and their fellow industry members.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12791-kelley-reacts-nprs-mobile-home-park-owners-can-spoil-an-affordable-american-dream\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/137-financing\/12820-security-mortgage-group-finances-40853000-for-communities-in-a-week\">Security Mortgage Group Finances $40,853,000 for Communities in a Week<\/a><br \/>\nBy Soheyla Kovach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/s-k.png\" alt=\"s-k\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>Security Mortgage Group \u2013 a national award-winning MH Community lending broker \u2013 provided $40,853,000 in \u00a0for several manufactured home communities nationwide,\u00a0<em>the Daily Business News<\/em>\u00a0has learned. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/137-financing\/12820-security-mortgage-group-finances-40853000-for-communities-in-a-week\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12801-congressman-dennis-a-ross-statement-on-dr-ben-carson-for-hud-secretary\">Congressman Dennis A. Ross\u2019 statement on Dr. Ben Carson for HUD Secretary<\/a><br \/>\nBy Dennis A. Ross<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5504\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/USCongressmanDennisRoss-RFL15-OfficialPhoto-1-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"USCongressmanDennisRoss-RFL15-OfficialPhoto-\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/>I fully support President-elect Trump\u2019s appointment of Dr. Ben Carson as the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12801-congressman-dennis-a-ross-statement-on-dr-ben-carson-for-hud-secretary\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12811-what-is-the-business-of-america\">What is the business of America?<\/a><br \/>\nBy L. A. \u2018Tony\u2019 Kovach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tony-kovach.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Both America and our industry\u2019s members face a similar set of challenges and opportunities.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12811-what-is-the-business-of-america\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12802-fhfa-gses-and-the-duty-to-serve-manufactured-housing-mark-weiss-jd-viewpoint\">FHFA, GSEs and the Duty To Serve Manufactured Housing \u2013 Mark Weiss, JD \u2013 Viewpoint<\/a><br \/>\nBy Mark Weiss, JD<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4929\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/M-MarkWeiss-MHARRPresident-ManufacturedHousingAssociationRegulatoryReform-posted-MHProNews-com-50x50-.png\" alt=\"M-MarkWeiss-MHARRPresident-ManufacturedHousingAssociationRegulatoryReform-posted-MHProNews-com-50x50-\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Chattel lending is crucial to the availability of affordable manufactured housing for American families, representing as much as 80% of consumer loans for the purchase of new manufactured homes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12802-fhfa-gses-and-the-duty-to-serve-manufactured-housing-mark-weiss-jd-viewpoint\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12785-media-based-attack-on-investor-owned-communitiesthe-private-equity-takeover-of-americas-neighborhoods\">Media-Based Attack on Investor-Owned Communities=\u2019The Private Equity Takeover of America\u2019s Neighborhoods\u2019<\/a><br \/>\nby Soheyla Kovach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/s-k.png\" alt=\"s-k\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>In the waning days of December, 2016 \u2013 and just five days before National Public Radio (NPR) pulled their slanted\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/williams-weiss-lamb-rip-nprs-mobile-home-park-owners-can-spoil-an-affordable-american-dream\/\">Mobile Home Park Owners Can Spoil An Affordable American Dream<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Washington DC\u2019s The Hill published a column by Kevin Borden and Jonathan Westin.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12785-media-based-attack-on-investor-owned-communitiesthe-private-equity-takeover-of-americas-neighborhoods\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12793-tim-williams-omha-responds-to-issues-raised-by-npr-report-on-manufactured-home-communities\">Tim Williams, OMHA, Responds to Issues Raised by NPR Report on Manufactured Home Communities<\/a><br \/>\nBy Tim Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5501\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/tim-williams-ohio-manufactured-home-associatio-mhpronews.jpg\" alt=\"tim-williams-ohio-manufactured-home-associatio-mhpronews\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/>National Public Radio (NPR) did a two-part report released this week on manufactured home communities, part one of their controversial story \u2013\u00a0\u201c<strong><em>Mobile Home Park Owners Can Spoil An Affordable American Dream<\/em><\/strong>\u201d \u2013 including initial manufactured home industry related responses, are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/nprs-mobile-home-park-owners-can-spoil-an-affordable-american-dream-follow-up-report-part-1\/\">linked here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12793-tim-williams-omha-responds-to-issues-raised-by-npr-report-on-manufactured-home-communities\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12830-inside-look-tricon-capitals-recent-manufactured-home-community-moves\">Inside Look \u2013 Tricon Capital\u2019s Recent Manufactured Home Community Moves<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5366\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RC-Williams-MHProNews-DailyBusinessNews.png\" alt=\"rc-williams-mhpronews-dailybusinessnews\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>Toronto, Canada based Tricon Capital Group Inc. (TCN.TO), recently announced that its Tricon Lifestyle Communities (\u201cTLC\u201d) investment vertical has acquired a portfolio of three manufactured housing communities in California comprising a total of 421 residential pads for $30.4 million. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12830-inside-look-tricon-capitals-recent-manufactured-home-community-moves\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/137-financing\/12803-fhfa-issues-final-rule-on-duty-to-serve-gses-will-receive-credit-for-chattel-loans\">FHFA Issues Final Rule on Duty to Serve GSEs Will Receive Credit for Chattel Loans<\/a><br \/>\nby James R. Ayotte, CAE<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5502\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/JimAyotteFloridaManufacturedHousingAssociationFMHA-IndustryVoices-ManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentary-MHProNews-144x144.jpg\" alt=\"JimAyotteFloridaManufacturedHousingAssociationFMHA-IndustryVoices-ManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentary-MHProNews--144x144\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>On December 13, 2016, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued a final rule to implement the \u201cDuty to Serve\u201d (DTS) requirements.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/137-financing\/12803-fhfa-issues-final-rule-on-duty-to-serve-gses-will-receive-credit-for-chattel-loans\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12826-more-investor-moves-insider-action-at-sun-communities\">More Investor Moves, Insider Action at Sun Communities<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5366\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RC-Williams-MHProNews-DailyBusinessNews.png\" alt=\"rc-williams-mhpronews-dailybusinessnews\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>More action for Sun Communities Inc. (NYSE:SUI), as investors and insiders are making moves. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12826-more-investor-moves-insider-action-at-sun-communities\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12815-skeptic-on-dts-rule-having-much-short-term-impact-on-manufactured-home-lending\">Skeptic on DTS Rule Having Much Short-Term Impact on Manufactured Home Lending<br \/>\n<\/a>by L. A. \u2018Tony\u2019 Kovach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tony-kovach.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Those who\u2019ve read this column for years know that your\u00a0<em>Masthead<\/em>\u00a0writer is:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12815-skeptic-on-dts-rule-having-much-short-term-impact-on-manufactured-home-lending\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/137-financing\/12804-paul-bradley-on-the-pending-fhfa-final-duty-to-serve-rule\">Paul Bradley on the Pending FHFA Final Duty to Serve Rule<\/a><br \/>\nby Paul Bradley<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/industryvoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ManufacturedHousingAdvocatesAnxiouslyAwaitFinalDutyToServeRule-NationalMortgageNewsPostedIndustryVoicesMHProNews-.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PaulBradleyROCUSA-postedMHProNews-com-75x91-.jpg\" alt=\"PaulBradleyROCUSA-postedMHProNews-com-75x91-\" width=\"52\" height=\"62\" \/>This and Leslie Gooch\u2019s article\u00a0<\/a>both push for a chattel pilot in Land Lease Communities; ROC USA is right with them!\u00a0\u00a0Like Gooch, I see the fundamental issue coming down to what we can work out with the GSEs relative to, as she wrote, \u201creasonable standards for land leases in conjunction with such homes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/137-financing\/12804-paul-bradley-on-the-pending-fhfa-final-duty-to-serve-rule\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12805-r2d2-seriously\">R2D2? Seriously?<\/a><br \/>\nby\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\">L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tony-kovach.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Imagine that your garbage collection worker vanished. No one takes that person\u2019s place. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12805-r2d2-seriously\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12813-open-letter-to-dr-ben-carson-how-you-could-lead-hud-to-historic-achievements-by-ending-a-form-of-discrimination\">Open Letter to Dr. Ben Carson \u2013 How You Could Lead HUD to Historic Achievements by Ending a Form of Discrimination<\/a><br \/>\nby L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tony-kovach.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>To:\u00a0<strong>Dr. Ben Carson<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 named by President-elect Donald J. Trump as his desired Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12813-open-letter-to-dr-ben-carson-how-you-could-lead-hud-to-historic-achievements-by-ending-a-form-of-discrimination\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12827-judge-reverses-controversial-decision-to-close-manufactured-home-community\">Judge Reverses Controversial Decision to Close Manufactured Home Community<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5366\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RC-Williams-MHProNews-DailyBusinessNews.png\" alt=\"rc-williams-mhpronews-dailybusinessnews\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>In a hotly contested property rights versus residents rights case,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/property-rights-vs-resident-rights-foxnews-video-manufactured-home-industry-voices-sound-off\/\">originally covered by the\u00a0<em>Daily Business News<\/em>\u00a0in September<\/a>, a Santa Clara County, California Superior Court judge has reversed an order to close Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, Palo Alto\u2019s last manufactured home community, based on a court filing from its residents. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12827-judge-reverses-controversial-decision-to-close-manufactured-home-community\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12816-manufactured-modular-and-prefab-housing-industry-news-never-sleeps\">Manufactured, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry News Never Sleeps<\/a><br \/>\nBy L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tony-kovach.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>It\u2019s lunchtime somewhere on planet Earth. As reports we\u2019ve done for years \u2013 and added more to this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/sunday-morning-weekly-recap-manufactured-housing-industry-news-december-3rd-2016-december-11th-2016\/\">past week<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 there are international stories about factory-built housing. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12816-manufactured-modular-and-prefab-housing-industry-news-never-sleeps\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/141-personal-reflections-motivation-and-inspiration\/12810-loved-hated-misunderstood-distrusted-feared-enslavedand-possible-breakthrough-to-freedom\">Loved. Hated. Misunderstood. Distrusted. Feared. Enslaved\u2026and possible Breakthrough to Freedom?<\/a><br \/>\nby\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\">L. 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\u2013 Nobility Homes Announces Quarterly Sales, Income, Profit Results<\/a><br \/>\nby Soheyla Kovach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/tony-kovach.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u201c<strong>The demand for affordable manufactured housing in Florida and the U.S. is improving<\/strong>,\u201d said Nobility Homes President Terry Trexler.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12788-trexler-cites-regulatory-economic-conditions-in-2016-nobility-homes-announces-quarterly-sales-income-profit-results\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a 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bought homes in November at the fastest pace in nearly a decade. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/12829-us-existing-homes-sales-reach-highest-level-in-nine-years\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[su_divider top=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12790-new-federal-lending-option-opens-for-manufactured-homes-in-quiet-pre-new-year-report\">New Federal Lending Option \u201cOpens\u201d for Manufactured Homes in Quiet, pre-New Year Report<\/a><br \/>\nby Soheyla Kovach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/s-k.png\" alt=\"s-k\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>The United States Department of Agriculture 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What About Manufactured Housing?<\/a><br \/>\nby Soheyla Kovach<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/s-k.png\" alt=\"s-k\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>AOL Small Business<\/em>, and the\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0are two of several mainstream media sites reporting an anticipated surge of millennials into the housing market.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/january-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/12818-2017-millennial-housing-revolution-what-about-manufactured-housing\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>##<\/p>\n<p>Post above by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\" target=\"_blank\">L. A. &#8216;Tony&#8217; Kovach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stating the obvious brings clarity. 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