{"id":14293,"date":"2017-12-16T11:27:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T17:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=14293"},"modified":"2017-12-16T18:28:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T00:28:31","slug":"thats-debatable-affordable-housing-manufactured-homes-trillion-await","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/thats-debatable-affordable-housing-manufactured-homes-trillion-await\/","title":{"rendered":"That\u2019s Debatable \u2013 Affordable Housing, Manufactured Homes, Trillion$ Await"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was 15 years ago, but back then, MHI was correct to quote Harvard\u2019s Eric Belsky.<\/p><div id=\"manuf-2936021897\" 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><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14297\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MultipleReasonsExpectManufacturedHousingDoBetterThanSiteBuiltHousingEricBelskyEecDirJointCenterHousingStudiesHarvardUnivDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-575x241.png\" alt=\"MultipleReasonsExpectManufacturedHousingDoBetterThanSiteBuiltHousingEricBelskyEecDirJointCenterHousingStudiesHarvardUnivDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews\" width=\"575\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MultipleReasonsExpectManufacturedHousingDoBetterThanSiteBuiltHousingEricBelskyEecDirJointCenterHousingStudiesHarvardUnivDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-575x241.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MultipleReasonsExpectManufacturedHousingDoBetterThanSiteBuiltHousingEricBelskyEecDirJointCenterHousingStudiesHarvardUnivDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-150x63.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MultipleReasonsExpectManufacturedHousingDoBetterThanSiteBuiltHousingEricBelskyEecDirJointCenterHousingStudiesHarvardUnivDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews.png 763w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/>What happened to <span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">Belsky&#8217;s <\/span>prediction, that kept manufactured housing from reaching its promised potential?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s debatable.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14296\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ThatsDebatableAffordableHousingManufacturedHomesTrillionsAwaitMastheadIndustryCommentaryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"ThatsDebatableAffordableHousingManufacturedHomesTrillionsAwaitMastheadIndustryCommentaryMHProNews\" width=\"584\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ThatsDebatableAffordableHousingManufacturedHomesTrillionsAwaitMastheadIndustryCommentaryMHProNews.png 584w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ThatsDebatableAffordableHousingManufacturedHomesTrillionsAwaitMastheadIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-150x127.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ThatsDebatableAffordableHousingManufacturedHomesTrillionsAwaitMastheadIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-506x430.png 506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We outlined in a cross-referenced, fact-based analysis and commentary part of what allegedly happened to the then-and-now potential for federally regulated, HUD Code manufactured homes to meet America&#8217;s affordable housing needs in the &#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Smoking Gun<\/strong><\/span>&#8221; report linked below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 Sentence Executive Summary of &#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Smoking Gun<\/span>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Warren Buffett\u2019s customary reading and research led Berkshire-Hathaway to buy up Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt, 21<sup>st<\/sup>, Oakwood, and other manufactured home connected businesses.\u00a0 Using MHI as a chosen vehicle, they took a series of steps that arguably benefited their operations, often at the expense of numerous others.<\/p>\n<p>Want evidence and reasoning to support that claim?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14294\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14294\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/21st-mortgage-doc-berkshire-hathaway-warren-buffett-manufactured-housing-industrys-smoking-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14294\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SmokingGunWarrenBuffettKevinClaytonHomesBerkshire21stMorgVanderbiltManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews816-874-575x364.png\" alt=\"SmokingGunWarrenBuffettKevinClaytonHomesBerkshire21stMorgVanderbiltManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews816-874\" width=\"575\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SmokingGunWarrenBuffettKevinClaytonHomesBerkshire21stMorgVanderbiltManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews816-874-575x364.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SmokingGunWarrenBuffettKevinClaytonHomesBerkshire21stMorgVanderbiltManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews816-874-150x95.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SmokingGunWarrenBuffettKevinClaytonHomesBerkshire21stMorgVanderbiltManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews816-874-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SmokingGunWarrenBuffettKevinClaytonHomesBerkshire21stMorgVanderbiltManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews816-874.png 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>The Smoking Gun? See for yourself the 21st document, and related details. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/21st-mortgage-doc-berkshire-hathaway-warren-buffett-manufactured-housing-industrys-smoking-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/21st-mortgage-doc-berkshire-hathaway-warren-buffett-manufactured-housing-industrys-smoking-gun\/<\/a> <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8212;&gt; See the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>21<sup>st<\/sup> Mortgage Corporation document<\/strong><\/span> -part of the &#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Smoking Gun<\/strong><\/span>&#8221; report and analysis &#8211; linked above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warren Buffett\u2019s Famous \u201cPerverse\u201d Quote, Applied to Manufactured Housing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Perverse<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d 3 Buffett Quotes are applied to manufactured housing.\u00a0 <strong>ExecSummary?<\/strong> &#8216;He doesn&#8217;t think the industry will change, so he&#8217;ll win?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14298\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews-575x256.png\" alt=\"WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews\" width=\"575\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews-575x256.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews-150x67.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews-768x342.png 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews.png 951w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/perverse-warren-buffett-dodd-frank-cfpb-manufactured-housing-loans-independent-businesses-fact-check\/<\/p>\n<p>We looked recently at what Buffett and his successor fear.\u00a0 ExecSummary? A breakup.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/who-will-replace-warren-buffett-at-berkshire-hathaway-expert-insights-video-manufactured-home-industry-outlook\/<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve also spotlighted the growing signals from the Trump Administration that the 45<sup>th<\/sup> president is eyeing anti-trust \u2013 read anti-monopoly &#8211; actions.<\/p>\n<p>Based on prior reports on what Buffett fears \u2013 a Berkshire Hathaway breakup \u2013 is there any reason to think that Buffet\u2019s empire &#8211; including Clayton &#8211; isn\u2019t in the president\u2019s cross-hairs?<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/president-raises-the-m-word-monopoly-plus-manufactured-housing-industry-market-update\/<\/p>\n<p>The time to discover and debate replacing the Manufactured Housing Institute, should be engaged in now.<\/p>\n<p>A third-party report on that subject is teed up from the <em>Daily Business News<\/em> item, linked below.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/study-recommending-new-manufactured-housing-association-for-independent-retailers-communities-lenders-others-released\/<\/p>\n<p>You can find the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform&#8217;s (MHARR) detailed report on the need for a post-production association, linked below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhpronews.com\/industry-news\/mharr-news\/mharr-releases-study-recommending-independent-collective-representation-for-post-production-sector\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/mhpronews.com\/industry-news\/mharr-news\/mharr-releases-study-recommending-independent-collective-representation-for-post-production-sector<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MH Debates, Discussions and&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At Tunica in 2017, we invited the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) to join the discussion \u2013 debate, if you will \u2013 the issue of media engagement, and their (in)effectiveness in that realm.\u00a0 MHI\u2019s PR person ducked out.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Rolfe said yes.<\/p>\n<p>That led to the following.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/frank-rolfe-pressured-into-silence-manufactured-housing-industry-and-journalism\/<\/p>\n<p>At Deadwood in 2017, Rick Robinson had the perfect opportunity to prove in front of dozens of industry professionals why what they\u2019ve done is so brilliant, and why MHARR, this writer, <em>MHProNews<\/em> and other critics of theirs are all so wrong.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13993\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MHISrVPRickRobinsonManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoGenCounselMHProNews657-427x430.png\" alt=\"MHISrVPRickRobinsonManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoGenCounselMHProNews657\" width=\"427\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MHISrVPRickRobinsonManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoGenCounselMHProNews657-427x430.png 427w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MHISrVPRickRobinsonManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoGenCounselMHProNews657-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MHISrVPRickRobinsonManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoGenCounselMHProNews657-144x144.png 144w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MHISrVPRickRobinsonManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoGenCounselMHProNews657.png 637w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Robinson ducked in front of dozens.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m inviting &#8211; challenging MHI &#8211; to a public debate\/discussion at Louisville, to be video recorded.\u00a0 Video would allow the entire industry \u2013 and all other interested parties &#8211; to see and learn from the discussion\/debate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14299\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WithoutDebateWithoutCritismNoAdminNoCoutnryCansucceedNoRepublicCanSurviveJohnFKennedyManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentaryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"WithoutDebateWithoutCritismNoAdminNoCoutnryCansucceedNoRepublicCanSurviveJohnFKennedyManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentaryMHProNews\" width=\"561\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WithoutDebateWithoutCritismNoAdminNoCoutnryCansucceedNoRepublicCanSurviveJohnFKennedyManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentaryMHProNews.png 600w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WithoutDebateWithoutCritismNoAdminNoCoutnryCansucceedNoRepublicCanSurviveJohnFKennedyManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentaryMHProNews-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WithoutDebateWithoutCritismNoAdminNoCoutnryCansucceedNoRepublicCanSurviveJohnFKennedyManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentaryMHProNews-430x430.png 430w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WithoutDebateWithoutCritismNoAdminNoCoutnryCansucceedNoRepublicCanSurviveJohnFKennedyManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentaryMHProNews-144x144.png 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MHI\u2019s own actions convinced me of several things.<\/p>\n<p>Line those actions up \u2013 using Marty Lavin\u2019s logic \u2013 with the money.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t it lead you to the same places that Dems and Republicans alike have discovered about Berkshire Hathaway\/Clayton Homes\/VMF\/21<sup>st<\/sup> hold over MHI, and the industry?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13832\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FollowTheMoneyPayMoreAttentionToWhatPeopleDoThanWhatTheySayMartyLavin6MillionYachtManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNew.png\" alt=\"FollowTheMoneyPayMoreAttentionToWhatPeopleDoThanWhatTheySayMartyLavin6MillionYachtManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNew\" width=\"505\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FollowTheMoneyPayMoreAttentionToWhatPeopleDoThanWhatTheySayMartyLavin6MillionYachtManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNew.png 600w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FollowTheMoneyPayMoreAttentionToWhatPeopleDoThanWhatTheySayMartyLavin6MillionYachtManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNew-150x90.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FollowTheMoneyPayMoreAttentionToWhatPeopleDoThanWhatTheySayMartyLavin6MillionYachtManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNew-575x345.png 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/marty-lavin-lashes-the-manufactured-housing-institutes-mhi-latest-initiative\/<\/p>\n<p>Debate is useful.<\/p>\n<p>Scholars, and thinkers debate.<\/p>\n<p>Business and investment professionals in their board rooms debate.<\/p>\n<p>Politicians (sort of) debate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14301\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14301 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ForGoodIdeasTrueInnovationYouNeedHumanInteractionConflictArgumentDebateMargaretHeffermanMastheadMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ForGoodIdeasTrueInnovationYouNeedHumanInteractionConflictArgumentDebateMargaretHeffermanMastheadMHProNews.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ForGoodIdeasTrueInnovationYouNeedHumanInteractionConflictArgumentDebateMargaretHeffermanMastheadMHProNews-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ForGoodIdeasTrueInnovationYouNeedHumanInteractionConflictArgumentDebateMargaretHeffermanMastheadMHProNews-575x302.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Let&#8217;s be blunt. <strong>MHI to date has lacked the confidence to debate their true performance<\/strong>. They&#8217;ve had other opportunities. Do they really want the industry to starkly see what has been taking place in recent years? Would it embarrass them, and their string pullers? &#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>We Provide, You Decide<\/strong><\/span>.&#8221; \u00a9 <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Why not a great debate on the trillions in opportunities that could flow to factory-home builders, much of it to HUD Code builders?<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/nars-yun-no-quick-fixes-spell-manufactured-housing-opportunitie\/<\/p>\n<p>The Yun Report demonstrates what we&#8217;ve said for years. There are trillions in opportunities in MH, but only for those willing to step out of the chains of the past into the bright opportunities of tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/manufactured-housing-monday-morning-sales-meeting-finance-industry-facts-figures-sales-tip-improving-best-practice\/<\/p>\n<p>That will be a focus on the next, popular &#8211; <em>Monday Morning Sales Meeting<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13870 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/NewManufacturedHousing1trillion9PercentNew1percentExistingHomeSales2016CreditManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"NewManufacturedHousing1trillion9PercentNew1percentExistingHomeSales2016CreditManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"602\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/NewManufacturedHousing1trillion9PercentNew1percentExistingHomeSales2016CreditManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png 602w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/NewManufacturedHousing1trillion9PercentNew1percentExistingHomeSales2016CreditManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews-121x150.png 121w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/NewManufacturedHousing1trillion9PercentNew1percentExistingHomeSales2016CreditManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews-347x430.png 347w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In some 600 words, you now have a link-laced snapshot of what third-parties and this writer believes is the truth is about the manufactured housing industry potential.\u00a0 What successful pros are doing to grow at significantly faster rate than Clayton and Cavco.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14298\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews-575x256.png\" alt=\"WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews\" width=\"575\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews-575x256.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews-150x67.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews-768x342.png 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews.png 951w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You also now know what Mr. Buffett is counting on &#8211; inaction &#8211; that keeps most of the industry from enjoying the fruits of those opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/trends-in-mh-communities-impacting-producers-looming-crash\/<\/p>\n<p>Failure to act, will have consequences for still more independent producers, retailers and communities, as the link above demonstrates.<\/p>\n<p>MHI?\u00a0 Louisville Debate date\/time, please?<\/p>\n<p>How about the afternoon before the event begins? &#8220;<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>We Provide, You Decide<\/strong><\/span>.&#8221; ##\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">(Editorial commentary, analysis, opinion, news, fact-checks, manufactured housing.)<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14153\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"background: #f7f7f7; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; padding: 5px 0px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 249px; text-align: left; color: #555555; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Verdana,'BitStream vera Sans',Tahoma,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; max-width: 328px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; float: left; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14153\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/LATonyKovachPresentingStateConvDeadwoodSDKenCorbinCommentManufacturedHousingIndustryEventDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-440x430.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/LATonyKovachPresentingStateConvDeadwoodSDKenCorbinCommentManufacturedHousingIndustryEventDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-440x430.png 440w, http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/LATonyKovachPresentingStateConvDeadwoodSDKenCorbinCommentManufacturedHousingIndustryEventDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-150x146.png 150w, http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/LATonyKovachPresentingStateConvDeadwoodSDKenCorbinCommentManufacturedHousingIndustryEventDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews.png 640w\" alt=\"LATonyKovachPresentingStateConvDeadwoodSDKenCorbinCommentManufacturedHousingIndustryEventDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews\" width=\"249\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach<\/a>\u00a0presenting to a packed house.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Verdana, 'BitStream vera Sans', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nMHLivingNews.com<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>|\u00a0<\/strong><strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/mhpronews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MHProNews.com<\/a><\/u><\/strong><strong>\u00a0|<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<strong>Office\u00a0863-213-4090 |<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Verdana, 'BitStream vera Sans', Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><b><br \/>\n<\/b><strong><i>\u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Whether you think you can or whether you think you can\u2019t, you\u2019re right<\/span><\/i><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u201c<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2013 Henry Ford<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was 15 years ago, but back then, MHI was correct to quote Harvard\u2019s Eric Belsky. 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