{"id":13336,"date":"2017-04-07T07:18:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T12:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=13336"},"modified":"2017-04-10T09:49:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T14:49:46","slug":"manufactured-housing-industry-politics-complicated-cross-currents-or-april-fools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/manufactured-housing-industry-politics-complicated-cross-currents-or-april-fools\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufactured Housing Industry Politics \u2013 Complicated Cross Currents, or April Fools?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13338\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/SoheylaKovachMHProNewsMHLivingNewsLifestyleFactoryHomesLLC.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"138\" \/>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>There are thousands of professionals wise enough to be in the manufactured home industry, <em>who have the noble intent of earning an honest living, by giving good service to the public and other professionals they serve<\/em><\/strong><\/span><em>.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; Soheyla Kovach.<\/p><div id=\"manuf-997875710\" 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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Manufactured Home Industry Politics. Those who know say<\/strong>, \u201c<strong>it\u2019s complicated<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Soheyla Kovach.<\/p>\n<p>Guys, do you love it &#8211; or hate it? &#8211; when the wife gets it right?<\/p>\n<p>Ladies, does it make you smile when the gent in your life must say, &#8220;honey, that was spot on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Among my discoveries at the successful 2017 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show was the numbers who came up to me &#8211; or my truly better half, Soheyla &#8211; and said, &#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>I really like her articles<\/strong><\/span>!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The opening quotes and the two below are from her promo\/teaser a few days ago that announced our theme for the month.<\/p>\n<p>MH Industry politics are indeed complex. I wish we could honestly say it was simple<em>, but it&#8217;s not. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes, manufactured housing shipments are rising at double-digit levels. Still, the industry&#8217;s only scratching the surface of its potential in your market, and other markets from coast-to-coast.<\/p>\n<p>The facts, \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Proof<\/strong>!<\/span>\u201d *** a real-world case study *** and several reports linked in this month&#8217;s issue below, all point to the fact that the industry could be rising much faster.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13339\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ProofOfConceptBusinessMarketingSalesDevelopmentManufacturedHousingConsultingMHProNews-.png\" alt=\"ProofOfConceptBusinessMarketingSalesDevelopmentManufacturedHousingConsultingMHProNews-\" width=\"535\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ProofOfConceptBusinessMarketingSalesDevelopmentManufacturedHousingConsultingMHProNews-.png 535w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ProofOfConceptBusinessMarketingSalesDevelopmentManufacturedHousingConsultingMHProNews--150x73.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Are there forces outside and inside of our HUD Code Manufactured Home Industry, that for whatever motives or reasons are holding the industry back from its potential? We covered <a href=\"http:\/\/mhpronews.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/the-manufactured-housing-industrys-march-madness\/\">several points on that theme last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This month, let me share the English version of a classic Italian maxim.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me<\/strong><\/span>.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>&#8211; George Horne. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Please, for your own sake, don&#8217;t wait on some magical third party to ride in and save the day.<\/p>\n<p><em>You must be a key part of your own location(s) growth solutions. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The industry has for decades failed to reach the potential it was tapping in the early 1970s. Various reports suggest that we are building the industry&#8217;s best homes ever.<\/p>\n<p>In a growing American affordable housing crisis, we can do much better than we have been.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>While all can \u2018cop a plea\u2019 to having done something foolish from time to time,<br \/>\nwe don\u2019t want to be perceived as \u2013 or actually be \u2013 <\/strong><strong>unwise<\/strong><\/span>.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Soheyla Kovach.<\/p>\n<p>At Tunica, a panel of three independent MH Industry lenders each shared example stories of how some locations are proactively doing a superior job of attracting and selling the better qualified credit buyers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13337\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HowManyLegsDoesADogHaveIfYouCallATailALegFourCallingTailLegDoesntMakeItALegAbrahamLincolnQuoteHDPostedMHProNews-.jpg\" alt=\"HowManyLegsDoesADogHaveIfYouCallATailALegFourCallingTailLegDoesntMakeItALegAbrahamLincolnQuoteHDPostedMHProNews-\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HowManyLegsDoesADogHaveIfYouCallATailALegFourCallingTailLegDoesntMakeItALegAbrahamLincolnQuoteHDPostedMHProNews-.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HowManyLegsDoesADogHaveIfYouCallATailALegFourCallingTailLegDoesntMakeItALegAbrahamLincolnQuoteHDPostedMHProNews--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HowManyLegsDoesADogHaveIfYouCallATailALegFourCallingTailLegDoesntMakeItALegAbrahamLincolnQuoteHDPostedMHProNews--144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>If your industry peers are doing that, then with the right motivation and commitments, you and your operation can too.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s ignore for the next few minutes the industry&#8217;s complex political situations. Focus on you and your location.<\/p>\n<p>See for yourself &#8211; via the reports linked below &#8211; the opportunities, threats and proven solutions that stand available for any professionals and businesses with the drive to do &#8216;what it honestly takes&#8217; to make robust growth happen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Be wise. Check out the April 2017 Issue in depth<\/strong><\/span>.&#8221; &#8211; Soheyla Kovach.<\/p>\n<p>My hunch is if you take up my lady&#8217;s challenge, you&#8217;ll see the value of her words for yourself and your operation(s).<\/p>\n<p>With no further adieu, let&#8217;s stop being foolish and dive into the simplicity of reality checks, goal and solution orientation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211; <em>All the Best,<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\" target=\"_blank\">L. A. &#8216;Tony&#8217; Kovach<\/a>. ##<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13311-barry-and-be-the-change-doing-good-pays\">Barry and \u201cBe the Change!\u201d Doing Good, Pays<\/a><br \/>\nby L. A. \u2018Tony\u2019 Kovach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9648\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>We decided this month to highlight a simple yet profound reality. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13311-barry-and-be-the-change-doing-good-pays\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13297-state-law-forces-city-decision-on-manufactured-home-zoning\" target=\"_blank\">State Law Forces City Decision on Manufactured Home Zoning<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/>In Queensbury, New York, manufactured housing has scored a victory. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13297-state-law-forces-city-decision-on-manufactured-home-zoning\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13310-manufactured-home-communities-fair-housing-and-day-care\" target=\"_blank\">Manufactured Home Communities, Fair Housing, and Day Care<\/a><br \/>\nby Nadeen Green, JD<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9646\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nadeen-green-mhpronews-com.jpeg\" alt=\"nadeen-green-mhpronews-com\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>The seven federally protected classes (race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status and disability) are hugely relevant (and reflective of the issues of discrimination at the time that they were created as well as important today).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13310-manufactured-home-communities-fair-housing-and-day-care\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13280-whats-the-truth-about-the-manufactured-housing-industrys-potential\" target=\"_blank\">What\u2019s the Truth About the Manufactured Housing Industry\u2019s Potential?<\/a><br \/>\nby Soheyla Kovach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10151 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SoheylaKovach-WebsiteDevelopment-SupportServices-MHProNews-com-photo83degreesmediaJulieBranaman-posted-MHProNews-com-50x50-.jpg\" alt=\"SoheylaKovach-WebsiteDevelopment+SupportServices-MHProNews-com-photo83degreesmediaJulieBranaman-posted-MHProNews-com-50x50-\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whether or not truth is reported, or distorted, reality \u2013 the truth\u00a0<em>\u2013 is.<\/em>\u00a0Truth exists. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13280-whats-the-truth-about-the-manufactured-housing-industrys-potential\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/117-marketing\/13317--price-reduction-north-tampa-portfolio-mh-a-rv-380-sites-florida\" target=\"_blank\">Price Reduction *** North Tampa Portfolio &#8211; MH &amp; RV | 380 Sites | Florida<\/a><br \/>\nby Christopher Nortley<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10486\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ChristopherNortlyMHREincpostedMHProNews-comy50x50-.png\" alt=\"ChristopherNortlyMHREinc=postedMHProNews-comy50x50-\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Portfolio Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The North Tampa Portfolio consist of 3 communities in which 2 are located in Port Richey while the 3rd is located in Hudson, FL. All the communities have very desirable locations and convenient for an owner to have centralized management to create economies of scale. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/117-marketing\/13317--price-reduction-north-tampa-portfolio-mh-a-rv-380-sites-florida\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13274-els-rises-manufactured-housing-cv-broader-markets-dip\" target=\"_blank\">ELS Rises, Manufactured Housing CV, Broader Markets Dip<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"61\" height=\"61\" \/>Noteworthy headlines on \u2013\u00a0<strong><em>CNNMoney<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Mercedes-Benz pulls ads from The O\u2019Reilly Factor. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13274-els-rises-manufactured-housing-cv-broader-markets-dip\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/117-marketing\/13305-proof-manufactured-home-communities-retailers-a-builderdevelopers-can-attract-sell-site-built-buyers\" target=\"_blank\">Proof! Manufactured Home Communities, Retailers &amp; Builder\/Developers Can Attract, Sell Site Built Buyers<\/a><br \/>\nby L. A. \u2018Tony\u2019 Kovach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9651\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach1.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>What\u2019s the difference between a nice sounding theory, and a profitable process?\u00a0 Proof. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/117-marketing\/13305-proof-manufactured-home-communities-retailers-a-builderdevelopers-can-attract-sell-site-built-buyers\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/137-financing\/13308-security-mortgage-group-setting-hot-pace-in-first-quarter-of-2017\" target=\"_blank\">Security Mortgage Group Setting Hot Pace in First Quarter of 2017<\/a><br \/>\nby Pierce Redmond<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13217\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Pierce-Redmond-Vice-PresidentSecurityMortgageGroup-55x55.png\" alt=\"Pierce Redmond-Vice PresidentSecurityMortgageGroup-55x55\" width=\"55\" height=\"62\" \/>Security Mortgage Group, a national award-winning MH Community lending broker, is pleased to have financed $78,632,000 thus far in 2017 for several manufactured home communities nationwide. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/137-financing\/13308-security-mortgage-group-setting-hot-pace-in-first-quarter-of-2017\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/137-financing\/13307-brian-gallagher-chief-operating-and-financial-officer-santefort-real-estate-group-rfi-fhfa-duty-to-serve-comments-letter\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Gallagher, Chief Operating and Financial Officer, Santefort Real Estate Group &#8211; RFI &#8211; FHFA, Duty to Serve Comments Letter<\/a><br \/>\nby Brian Gallagher<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13341\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/BrianGallapher-ChiefOperatingandFinancialOfficeratSantefortRealEstate-Group55x55.png\" alt=\"BrianGallapher-ChiefOperatingandFinancialOfficeratSantefortRealEstate Group55x55\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>Editor\u2019s note:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Brian Gallagher thoughtfully shared the comments below with<strong><em>\u00a0MHProNews<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0for publication.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/137-financing\/13307-brian-gallagher-chief-operating-and-financial-officer-santefort-real-estate-group-rfi-fhfa-duty-to-serve-comments-letter\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13284-media-mhi-members-welcomed-industry-warned\" target=\"_blank\">Media, MHI Members Welcomed, Industry Warned<\/a><br \/>\nby Soheyla Kovach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10151 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SoheylaKovach-WebsiteDevelopment-SupportServices-MHProNews-com-photo83degreesmediaJulieBranaman-posted-MHProNews-com-50x50-.jpg\" alt=\"SoheylaKovach-WebsiteDevelopment+SupportServices-MHProNews-com-photo83degreesmediaJulieBranaman-posted-MHProNews-com-50x50-\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the 2017 Tunica Manufactured Housing Show, members of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), and the industry\u2019s top trade media were welcomed \u2013 without cost \u2013\u00a0by the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) at the annual in-person meeting of their members.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13284-media-mhi-members-welcomed-industry-warned\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13316-live-oaks-a-blue-oaks-mhp-portfolio-170-sites-topeka-kansas\" target=\"_blank\">Live Oaks &amp; Blue Oaks MHP Portfolio | 170 Sites | Topeka, Kansas<\/a><br \/>\nby Christopher Nortley<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10486\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ChristopherNortlyMHREincpostedMHProNews-comy50x50-.png\" alt=\"ChristopherNortlyMHREinc=postedMHProNews-comy50x50-\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Property Overview<\/strong> MHRE\u00a0Inc is pleased to present Live Oaks and Blue Oaks located in Topeka, Kansas. The communities are situated just 4.2 miles away from each other. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13316-live-oaks-a-blue-oaks-mhp-portfolio-170-sites-topeka-kansas\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/141-personal-reflections-motivation-and-inspiration\/13309-is-what-you-say-always-consistent-with-what-you-believe\" target=\"_blank\">Is What You Say Always Consistent with What You Believe?<\/a><br \/>\nby Tim Connor, CSP<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9652\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tim-connor-mhmsm-com.jpg\" alt=\"tim-connor-mhmsm-com\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>There is a Native American legend that says &#8211; you will only get into Heaven leaning on the shoulders of someone you helped while you were here. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/141-personal-reflections-motivation-and-inspiration\/13309-is-what-you-say-always-consistent-with-what-you-believe\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13281-manufactured-home-communitys-outsider-sparked-water-issues\" target=\"_blank\">Manufactured Home Community\u2019s Outsider Sparked Water Issues<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>In Puyallup, Washington, the stereotypes surrounding manufactured versus site built housing are playing out in a less than ideal way. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13281-manufactured-home-communitys-outsider-sparked-water-issues\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13296-state-agency-to-assist-low-income-mh-residents\" target=\"_blank\">State Agency to Assist Low Income MH Residents<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" \/>In Delaware, homeowners in need are going to get some help. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13296-state-agency-to-assist-low-income-mh-residents\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13298-want-manufactured-home-community-voluntarily-rent-control-anyone-anyone\" target=\"_blank\">Want Manufactured Home Community Voluntarily Rent Control, Anyone? Anyone?<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"51\" height=\"51\" \/>Officials in Corona, California, say that they may pursue voluntary rent control measures for manufactured home communities, in an effort to help low income and elderly residents\u00a0who face rent hikes of up to 30 percent over the next two years. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13298-want-manufactured-home-community-voluntarily-rent-control-anyone-anyone\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13302-city-turns-to-manufactured-homes-in-project\" target=\"_blank\">City Turns to Manufactured Homes in Project<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/>In Northern California, the city of Sebastopol is investing $258,000 into a project that establishes affordable housing for low-income residents at the city\u2019s eastern gateway. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/13302-city-turns-to-manufactured-homes-in-project\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13287-april-fools-mhvilles-complicated-politics-2017\" target=\"_blank\">April Fools? \u2013 MHVille\u2019s Complicated Politics, 2017<\/a><br \/>\nby Soheyla Kovach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10151 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SoheylaKovach-WebsiteDevelopment-SupportServices-MHProNews-com-photo83degreesmediaJulieBranaman-posted-MHProNews-com-50x50-.jpg\" alt=\"SoheylaKovach-WebsiteDevelopment+SupportServices-MHProNews-com-photo83degreesmediaJulieBranaman-posted-MHProNews-com-50x50-\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Three april fools looking at camera with different expressions, credits, MHProNews.com\/GraphicStock<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13287-april-fools-mhvilles-complicated-politics-2017\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13273-nfib-provides-vital-small-business-guide\" target=\"_blank\">NFIB Provides Vital Small Business Guide<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"58\" height=\"58\" \/>The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is out with its 2017 Small Business Tax Guide.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13273-nfib-provides-vital-small-business-guide\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13282-moves-in-us-home-price-index\" target=\"_blank\">Moves In U.S. Home Price Index<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"57\" height=\"57\" \/>New data from Case-Shiller shows that January home prices rose at the fastest rate since 2014. While this spells a win for sellers, it could eventually affect buyer demand. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13282-moves-in-us-home-price-index\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13285-sunday-morning-weekly-recap-manufactured-housing-industry-news-march-26th-2017-to-april-2nd-2017\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday Morning Weekly Recap Manufactured Housing Industry News March 26th 2017 to April 2nd 2017<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/>Our theme for our April 2017 issue is:\u00a0<strong>Manufactured Housing Industry Politics \u2013 Complicated Cross Currents, or April Fools?<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13285-sunday-morning-weekly-recap-manufactured-housing-industry-news-march-26th-2017-to-april-2nd-2017\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13286-cavcos-buyout\" target=\"_blank\">Cavco\u2019s Buyout<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"47\" height=\"47\" \/>Cavco Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO)\u00a0tells\u00a0<strong><em>MHProNews\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>that it has signed a Letter of Intent, and has reached an understanding, on terms to acquire Lexington Homes, Inc. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13286-cavcos-buyout\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13288-els-sam-zell-sounds-off-on-trumps-wall\" target=\"_blank\">ELS\u2019 Sam Zell Sounds Off on Trump\u2019s Wall<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"58\" height=\"58\" \/>ELS Chairman and billionaire real estate mogul Sam Zell shared his thoughts recently on President Donald Trump\u2019s plan for the border wall with Mexico, and what it means for business. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13288-els-sam-zell-sounds-off-on-trumps-wall\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13290-city-residents-make-unexpected-moves-opportunity-for-mh\" target=\"_blank\">City Residents Make Unexpected Moves \u2013 Opportunity for MH?<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/>New data shows an interesting trend \u2013 popular cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C., normally destinations for living, are actually losing people in mass. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13290-city-residents-make-unexpected-moves-opportunity-for-mh\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13291-diverse-industry-reactions-to-manufactured-home-community-closure-issue\" target=\"_blank\">Diverse Industry Reactions to Manufactured Home Community Closure Issue<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"54\" height=\"54\" \/>In Chesterfield, Missouri, residents of the town\u2019s only manufactured home community received some very shocking news this week. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13291-diverse-industry-reactions-to-manufactured-home-community-closure-issue\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13299-chicagos-mayor-favors-massive-modular-project\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago\u2019s Mayor Favors Massive Modular Project<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/>In a follow up to a story that\u00a0<em>Daily Business News<\/em>\u00a0originally covered\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/12000-modular-homes-could-be-coming-to-this-city\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is \u201c<strong>gung ho<\/strong>\u201d about developers planning to build 12,000 modular homes, along with a factory to manufacture them, on the 430-acre site of the old U.S. Steel South Works plant in the city. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13299-chicagos-mayor-favors-massive-modular-project\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/april-2017\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/13301-developers-going-mod-in-housing-crisis\" target=\"_blank\">Developers Going MOD in Housing Crisis<\/a><br \/>\nby RC Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12858\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"RCWilliams-writer75x75ManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"58\" height=\"58\" \/>In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, two developers have turned to modular housing to ease the stress of finding housing. <a 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