{"id":14346,"date":"2018-01-02T12:12:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T18:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=14346"},"modified":"2018-01-06T11:31:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T17:31:15","slug":"terry-decio-skyline-homes-the-secret-the-rest-of-the-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/terry-decio-skyline-homes-the-secret-the-rest-of-the-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry Decio, Skyline Homes, \u201cThe Secret\u201d &#8211; The Rest of the Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14348\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TerryDecioTimeMagazineCoverTheSecretTopSecretManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadMHProNews575-575x362.png\" alt=\"TerryDecioTimeMagazineCoverTheSecretTopSecretManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadMHProNews575\" width=\"575\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TerryDecioTimeMagazineCoverTheSecretTopSecretManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadMHProNews575.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TerryDecioTimeMagazineCoverTheSecretTopSecretManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadMHProNews575-150x94.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>I\u2019m tired of being the best kept secret. I\u2019m ready to help house America<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d &#8211; Terry Decio, Skyline Homes, to <em>MHProNews<\/em>.<\/p><div id=\"manuf-3664028120\" 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>What happened?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Rest of the Story, 1&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several of the brands that the industry knows today are not the same brand as they were a decade or more ago.<\/p>\n<p>Palm Harbor. Fleetwood. Champion. The prior versions all went into bankruptcy, and later were reborn under a different structure.<\/p>\n<p>But they are far from alone.<\/p>\n<p>Literally thousands of manufactured home operations, including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Retailers (dealers),<\/li>\n<li>Land lease Communities (a.k.a manufactured home communities, \u201cparks\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>Producers (builders of federally regulated HUD Code manufactured homes, some build modular, park model, or other products too),<\/li>\n<li>Lenders\/Financial Services, and<\/li>\n<li>a variety of other products, service, and component providers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>have either gone out of business, or sold out to a larger\/deeper pockets operation.<\/p>\n<p>What happened?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Business Cycle, or&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Businesses start and fail every year. That happens for a range of reasons.<\/p>\n<p>The question in manufactured housing ought to be this. Did numbers of the wave of thousands of failures\/consolidations get an unethical\/illegal shove to help them exit?<\/p>\n<p>If so, how was that done?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Rest of the Story, 2&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MHI\u2019s SVP and General Counsel Rick Robinson publicly, and MHI in writing, have referred to our manufactured housing trade publications as news sources.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14350\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TonyIWillNotBeTakingQuestionsFromThePressRickRobinsonMHISVPGeneralCounselMastheadMHProNews.png\" alt=\"TonyIWillNotBeTakingQuestionsFromThePressRickRobinsonMHISVPGeneralCounselMastheadMHProNews\" width=\"407\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TonyIWillNotBeTakingQuestionsFromThePressRickRobinsonMHISVPGeneralCounselMastheadMHProNews.png 550w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TonyIWillNotBeTakingQuestionsFromThePressRickRobinsonMHISVPGeneralCounselMastheadMHProNews-150x116.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trade media, as with all of the mainstream press, can include News, Analysis, and Commentary. On this <em>Masthead,<\/em> publisher\u2019s blog, you find all three.<\/p>\n<p>Claims, controversies, and allegations ought to be tested by reason and known facts.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t publish capriciously, knowing that an error could be embarrassing. Still, readers should question, us and those we publish about.<\/p>\n<p>Ask questions. Seek the truth. Such issues impact your business and bottom line.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not a court of law, but fully expect to be called to testify under oath to a variety of matters that impact the manufactured home industry.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14351\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LegalGavelLawMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews-575x296.png\" alt=\"LegalGavelLawMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"406\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LegalGavelLawMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews-575x296.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LegalGavelLawMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews-150x77.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/LegalGavelLawMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png 632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While courts won\u2019t compel testimony about confidential, protected sources, they can ask about the reports themselves. The day is coming, we believe, when that takes place.<\/p>\n<p>There will no doubt be lists.<\/p>\n<p>Who did what?\u00a0 Who supported, or opposed, what? Why?<\/p>\n<p>Where laws broken?<\/p>\n<p>Were steps taken that create legal exposure or liability:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>for the national association (MHI),<\/li>\n<li>its members,<\/li>\n<li>or those who control it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened to Manufactured Housing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While there are a range of factors, we believe in what\u2019s obvious. What facts and common-sense reveal. There\u2019s no need for a complex conspiracy theory.<\/p>\n<p>Warren Buffett\u2019s Berkshire Hathaway took over Clayton Homes, Oakwood Homes, related lending, retail, and later other production, service, supplier businesses too.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Buffett\u2019s a self-proclaimed, long-term thinker, and he likes \u201cmoats.\u201d\u00a0 Just consider what Buffett said, in his own words, and line that up with what\u2019s happened in manufactured housing.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/warren-buffett-the-moat-manufactured-housing-berkshire-hathaway-clayton-homes-21st-mortgage-vanderbilt-wells-fargo-nai\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/perverse-warren-buffett-dodd-frank-cfpb-manufactured-housing-loans-independent-businesses-fact-check\/<\/p>\n<p>The executive committee and dues structures of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) make it clear that Berkshire Hathaway owned units exercise great influence at MHI. That control is widely known, in and out of our industry.\u00a0 It\u2019s just that few in manufactured housing (MH) dare say plainly and publicly that MHI is Berkshire Hathaway&#8217;s mouthpiece.<\/p>\n<p>MHI, on issue after issue, has led the industry into dead ends, or avoidable, and even problematic places.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who says?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Their former chairman, Nathan Smith, in a video that\u2019s been hiding in plain sight. He voluntarily said that MHI had failed in the past at being pro-active.\u00a0 The beginning and end of this video that follows are perhaps the key takeaways from 2:16 seconds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/232383533\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Their former Government Relations Vice President (Later SVP), in an on-the-record statement he sent to <em>MHProNews<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/manufactured-housing-institute-vp-revealed-important-truths-on-mhis-lobbying-agenda\/<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Their former president, before exiting, in a written statement that may be more interesting today then the day it was first published in the <em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/ChrisStinebertManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIPresidentPartingAdviceJournal-ManufacturedHomeInvestorBusinessDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journal<\/a>.<\/em><\/em>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_14354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14354\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14354\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ChrisStinebertManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIPresidentCreditTheJournalManufacturedHomeProfessionalNewsMHProNews.png\" alt=\"ChrisStinebertManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIPresidentCreditTheJournalManufacturedHomeProfessionalNewsMHProNews\" width=\"206\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ChrisStinebertManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIPresidentCreditTheJournalManufacturedHomeProfessionalNewsMHProNews.png 206w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ChrisStinebertManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIPresidentCreditTheJournalManufacturedHomeProfessionalNewsMHProNews-94x150.png 94w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>While what Stinebert said is interesting, what may be more interesting is that he waited to exit MHI before he provided this list of concerns. Isn&#8217;t that a de facto admission that these issues &#8211; lending, image, education, etc. &#8211; are those that MHI failed to properly address? Click to download. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then, there\u2019s a range of comments by MHI members, researchers, attorneys, and others. Those statements, published on or off our sites, speak for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Latest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>MHProNews<\/em> has learned from an informed source that MHI has executed non-disclosure agreements (NDA), allegedly with several MHI staffers.<\/p>\n<p>What is MHI hiding?<\/p>\n<p>Who are they hiding that information from?<\/p>\n<p>MHI members?<\/p>\n<p>MH Industry at large?<\/p>\n<p>Public officials?<\/p>\n<p>Are they trying to hide something that is scandal related, and\/or something else?<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/sexual-harassment-not-just-hollywood-media-politicos-manufactured-housing-workplace-claims-high-profile-mh-cases-too\/<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind, that MHI refused to release to this publication even items that sources tell us they are legally obligated to do so.\u00a0 Items like their current and previous bylaws.<\/p>\n<p>Why hide that, someone might ask?<\/p>\n<p>With their bylaws in hand, one might be able to understand revealing issues.\u00a0 For example, have their been prohibited conflicts of interest &#8211; that may have harmed other MHI members, and\/or the industry at large?<\/p>\n<p>Millions have been spent and years wasted pursuing the <em>Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In hindsight, isn\u2019t it obvious that it would never pass while Barack Obama was president? Didn\u2019t MHI\u2019s own VP said as much, years in advance? Again, see the link to MHI GR VP, Jason Boehlert, above.<\/p>\n<p>We have documents from 21st Mortgage, signed by Tim Williams.\u00a0 Mr. Williams was MHI&#8217;s chairman for years.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/killing-off-100s-of-independent-manufactured-home-retailers-production-companies-tim-williams-21st-mortgage-smoking-gun-document-2\/<\/p>\n<p>No one has claimed these 21st documents aren\u2019t authentic.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, we have dozens within Berkshire Hathaway owned units &#8211; including their top people &#8211; who we are reliably told have carefully reviewed those report, and the others in our periodic series of reports on MHI and Berkshire Hathaway.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve given<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MHI,<\/li>\n<li>their executive committee,<\/li>\n<li>and top people at Berkshire Hathaway owned brands the<\/li>\n<li>chance to rebut, clarify, or refute our reports and analysis.\u00a0 We\u2019ve invited them to share statements on these issues that we\u2019d publish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/field-reports-clayton-to-continue-push-for-industry-dominance\/<\/p>\n<p>After years of MHI publishing or commenting with us, about a year ago, they largely stopped even answering questions.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Is it because their own words have so often pointed a finger against their own actions?<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/accurate-but-misleading-mhi-preserving-access-to-manufactured-housing-act-alert-weaponized-new-fact-check\/<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be surprised if they publicly push back in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>At some point, don\u2019t they have to, to keep their consolidations going?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13870\" style=\"width: 553px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/industry-news\/industry-in-focus\/a-executive-summary-400-words-manufactured-housing-industry-obstacles-and-billions-in-opportunities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13870\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/NewManufacturedHousing1trillion9PercentNew1percentExistingHomeSales2016CreditManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"NewManufacturedHousing1trillion9PercentNew1percentExistingHomeSales2016CreditManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"553\" height=\"684\" 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: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> For the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/industry-news\/industry-in-focus\/a-executive-summary-400-words-manufactured-housing-industry-obstacles-and-billions-in-opportunities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">400 word executive summary<\/a>, click the above. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MHI et al have already pushed back privately to our allegations and reports, in a variety of ways that we have documented for the appropriate time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14314\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AllTruthPassesThrough3StagesRidiculedViolentlyOpposedAcceptsSelfEvidentArthurSchopenhauerQuoteGalleryMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews-575x383.png\" alt=\"AllTruthPassesThrough3StagesRidiculedViolentlyOpposedAcceptsSelfEvidentArthurSchopenhauerQuoteGalleryMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"351\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AllTruthPassesThrough3StagesRidiculedViolentlyOpposedAcceptsSelfEvidentArthurSchopenhauerQuoteGalleryMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews-575x383.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AllTruthPassesThrough3StagesRidiculedViolentlyOpposedAcceptsSelfEvidentArthurSchopenhauerQuoteGalleryMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AllTruthPassesThrough3StagesRidiculedViolentlyOpposedAcceptsSelfEvidentArthurSchopenhauerQuoteGalleryMastheadBlogManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14058\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/EveryoneIsEntitledTotheirOwnOpinionsButtheyAreNotEntitledTotheirOwnFactsDanielPatrickMoynihanMHLivingNews-575x288.png\" alt=\"EveryoneIsEntitledTotheirOwnOpinionsButtheyAreNotEntitledTotheirOwnFactsDanielPatrickMoynihanMHLivingNews\" width=\"437\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/EveryoneIsEntitledTotheirOwnOpinionsButtheyAreNotEntitledTotheirOwnFactsDanielPatrickMoynihanMHLivingNews-575x288.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/EveryoneIsEntitledTotheirOwnOpinionsButtheyAreNotEntitledTotheirOwnFactsDanielPatrickMoynihanMHLivingNews-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/EveryoneIsEntitledTotheirOwnOpinionsButtheyAreNotEntitledTotheirOwnFactsDanielPatrickMoynihanMHLivingNews.png 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened, Part Three<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We rely on industry inputs and insights. So, we don\u2019t write or do videos out of thin air. We\u2019re followed by businesses and professionals across the size and political spectrums, in part because we\u2019ve got the \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>street cred<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d as one executive put it.<\/p>\n<p>MHI has significant influence over state associations.<\/p>\n<p>So, MHI \u201c<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">housing alerts<\/span><\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>MHI News<\/strong><\/span>\u201d they send to their own members are also arguably \u201c<strong>weaponized<\/strong>\u201d to reflect whatever the insider groups want, and reach well beyond their own membership.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/duty-to-serve-complete-waste-of-time-per-tim-williams-ceo-21st-mortgage-potus-trump-warren-buffett-insight\/<\/p>\n<p>As an MHI connected source told us last year the following bombshell. <em>The big companies have figured out how to get what they want, by using MHI &#8211; and the smaller companies are helping pay for what the big firms desire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve observed that previously, \u2018Feeding the hand that bites yours,\u2019 but to hear it as an admission from an insider, <em>that\u2019s telling.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are two prime sources of in manufactured housing that have proven willing to push back publicly on MHI and their methods.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MHARR, and<\/li>\n<li>LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC (MHProNews.com\/MHLivingNews.com) trade media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/mharr-vs-mhi-on-doe-energy-rule-pushback-pay-off\/<\/p>\n<p>MHARR and we are independent of one another.\u00a0 That\u2019s healthy and good.\u00a0 We\u2019ve at times taken editorial positions that were contrary to MHARR\u2019s view.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, at times, we later discovered that MHARR was correct.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/industryvoices\/mharrs-mark-weiss-reaction-to-jim-ayottes-gses-duty-to-serve-commentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14358 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DutyToServeManufacturedHousingMMarkWeissJDPresidentMHARR-MHProNews--575x191.jpg\" alt=\"DutyToServeManufacturedHousingMMarkWeissJDPresidentMHARR-MHProNews-\" width=\"575\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DutyToServeManufacturedHousingMMarkWeissJDPresidentMHARR-MHProNews--575x191.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DutyToServeManufacturedHousingMMarkWeissJDPresidentMHARR-MHProNews--150x50.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DutyToServeManufacturedHousingMMarkWeissJDPresidentMHARR-MHProNews-.jpg 583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s an affordable housing crisis that is raging, and growing.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/nars-yun-no-quick-fixes-spell-manufactured-housing-opportunitie\/<\/p>\n<p>It has often tragic, real world, consequences.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/nlihc-ceo-responds-on-huds-worst-case-housing-needs-report-mh-leader-reacts\/<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/homelessness-in-america-and-factory-built-housing\/<\/p>\n<p>Manufactured housing has enhanced preemption, under federal law.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14374\" style=\"width: 607px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Manufactured-Housing-Improvement-Act-of-2000-posted-Daily-Business-News-MHProNews-com-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14374 \" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/titleVI-manufactured-housing-improvement-act-2000-mhia-2000graphic-posted-daily-business-news-mhpronews-.png\" alt=\"titleVI-manufactured-housing-improvement-act-2000-mhia-2000graphic-posted-daily-business-news-mhpronews-\" width=\"607\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/titleVI-manufactured-housing-improvement-act-2000-mhia-2000graphic-posted-daily-business-news-mhpronews-.png 718w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/titleVI-manufactured-housing-improvement-act-2000-mhia-2000graphic-posted-daily-business-news-mhpronews--150x30.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/titleVI-manufactured-housing-improvement-act-2000-mhia-2000graphic-posted-daily-business-news-mhpronews--575x114.png 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Manufactured-Housing-Improvement-Act-of-2000-posted-Daily-Business-News-MHProNews-com-.pdf <i><\/i><\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That enhanced preemption could allow manufactured home retailers to ease the affordable home crisis for potentially millions of Americans, without taxpayer dollars being needed.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/industryvoices\/harper-thank-you-rev-donald-tye-fighting-for-enhanced-preemption-of-manufactured-homes\/<\/p>\n<p>Yet, MHI has often failed to push HUD on a variety of issues.\u00a0 MHI\u2019s been forced to pivot on a range of issues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/major-shakeup-hud-manufactured-housing-program-danner-starkey-manufactured-housing-industry-regulators-associations-mhi-mharr-special-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14360\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/HUDCodeManufacturedHomeProgramShakeupDrainTheHUDSwampManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews525.png\" alt=\"HUDCodeManufacturedHomeProgramShakeupDrainTheHUDSwampManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews525\" width=\"525\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/HUDCodeManufacturedHomeProgramShakeupDrainTheHUDSwampManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews525.png 525w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/HUDCodeManufacturedHomeProgramShakeupDrainTheHUDSwampManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews525-150x59.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can fool some of the people some of the time<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14081\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MartyLavinHUDCodeDeadlyDiscriminationCode-IndustryVoicesMHProNews-e1472170900504-575x342.png\" alt=\"MartyLavinHUDCodeDeadlyDiscriminationCode-IndustryVoicesMHProNews-e1472170900504\" width=\"442\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MartyLavinHUDCodeDeadlyDiscriminationCode-IndustryVoicesMHProNews-e1472170900504-575x342.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MartyLavinHUDCodeDeadlyDiscriminationCode-IndustryVoicesMHProNews-e1472170900504-150x89.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MartyLavinHUDCodeDeadlyDiscriminationCode-IndustryVoicesMHProNews-e1472170900504.png 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Warren Buffett said it in his own words.\u00a0 Mr. Buffett doesn\u2019t expect people to learn the lessons of history.\u00a0 He expects to build his moat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14353\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews-575x256.png\" alt=\"WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews\" width=\"557\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews-575x256.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews-150x67.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WarrenBuffettQuotesPeverseEasyThingsDifficultChainsHabitLearnFromHistoryPeopleDontLearnFromHistoryManufacturedHousingMHI-MHProNews.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He even publicly supported the candidates that gave the industry the very thing that Tim Williams, then MHI chairman, said they were working to undo.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/documented-conflict-between-21st-mortgage-ceo-tim-williams-mhi-chair-and-warren-buffett-chairman-of-berkshire-hathaway\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t the truth hiding in plain sight?<\/p>\n<p>Frank Rolfe is like the rest of humanity, right on some things, wrong on others.\u00a0 One can safely bet that he\u2019s 100 percent in favor of whatever he believes his and his partners interests to be.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/frank-rolfe-blasts-mhi-for-poor-media-engagement-industry-reactions\/<\/p>\n<p>Rolfe criticized several MHI initiatives and what he said where their failures to act.\u00a0 Recently, Rolfe want silent.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t 21<sup>st<\/sup> Mortgage \u2013 owned by Berkshire Hathaway &#8211; one of the companies that advertise on his website.\u00a0 Coincidence?<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/frank-rolfe-pressured-into-silence-manufactured-housing-industry-and-journalism\/<\/p>\n<p>If every person we\u2019ve accurately quoted suddenly changed their tune, one would have to ask the questions a journalist does, starting with, <strong><em>Why? \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There will be lists.<\/p>\n<p>People will follow the money, and analyze it &#8211; within and outside of MH.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13832\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FollowTheMoneyPayMoreAttentionToWhatPeopleDoThanWhatTheySayMartyLavin6MillionYachtManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNew-575x345.png\" alt=\"FollowTheMoneyPayMoreAttentionToWhatPeopleDoThanWhatTheySayMartyLavin6MillionYachtManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNew\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FollowTheMoneyPayMoreAttentionToWhatPeopleDoThanWhatTheySayMartyLavin6MillionYachtManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNew-575x345.png 575w, 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.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>MHProNews<\/em> and others are and will be taking names, and organizations.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/maxine-waters-statement-preserving-access-manufactured-housing-act-2017-warren-buffett-clayton-homes\/<\/p>\n<p>With the Trump Administration signaling anti-trust (anti-monopoly) actions in the future, and with Democrats also pushing the anti-monopoly theme, will it be a surprise if hearings are held about manufactured housing?<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/president-raises-the-m-word-monopoly-plus-manufactured-housing-industry-market-update\/<\/p>\n<p><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;\">Warren Buffett, per third parties, has a big concern once he passes; the break up of his empire.<\/span><\/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>\u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>You\u2019re one of the best things we have going<\/strong><\/span> [in manufactured housing.]\u201d &#8211; Terry Decio, to <em>MHProNews\/MHLivingNews<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>There are those who realize that we&#8217;ve worked for years to get the truth out about the glories of manufactured housing, which includes the realities that there are millions of happy home owners.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/manufactured-home-owners-satisfaction-survey-redux\/<\/p>\n<p>But those positive efforts have occurred while MHI has either sat on its hands &#8211; or arguably worse &#8211; tried to undermine the very pro-industry growth steps we&#8217;ve spotlighted?<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/extortion-rico-allegedly-illegal-and-dirty-side-of-manufactured-housing-exposed\/<\/p>\n<p>Some love the meetings, and the MHI comradery at MHI meetings.\u00a0 I enjoy those social and networking things too, so I get it.\u00a0 But to some, they can&#8217;t get passed the\u00a0 fact that they like certain people, and they therefor can&#8217;t imagine someone with ill intent taking advantage of them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14377\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ManufacturedHousingIndustryShipmentsMastheadDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ManufacturedHousingIndustryShipmentsMastheadDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews.png 988w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ManufacturedHousingIndustryShipmentsMastheadDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ManufacturedHousingIndustryShipmentsMastheadDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-575x382.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ManufacturedHousingIndustryShipmentsMastheadDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-768x510.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To those, let me suggest the lesson of detective character, Sherlock Holmes, that may help make sense of how the apparent outrages alleged are possible.<\/p>\n<p>Give us a logical,\u00a0 alternative explanation.\u00a0 Do it on-the-record, please. Let&#8217;s debate MHI effectiveness and their behaviors in recent years, on the record via video for all to see, please.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14364\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WhenYouHaveEliminatedTheImpossibleWhateverRemainsHoweverImprobableMustBeTheTruthSHerlockHolmesDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews.png\" alt=\"WhenYouHaveEliminatedTheImpossibleWhateverRemainsHoweverImprobableMustBeTheTruthSHerlockHolmesDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews\" width=\"374\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WhenYouHaveEliminatedTheImpossibleWhateverRemainsHoweverImprobableMustBeTheTruthSHerlockHolmesDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews.png 500w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WhenYouHaveEliminatedTheImpossibleWhateverRemainsHoweverImprobableMustBeTheTruthSHerlockHolmesDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-120x150.png 120w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WhenYouHaveEliminatedTheImpossibleWhateverRemainsHoweverImprobableMustBeTheTruthSHerlockHolmesDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews-345x430.png 345w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14365\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/you-can-fool-all-the-people-some-of-the-time-and-some-of-the-people-all-the-time-but-you-cannot-abraham-lincoln-quoteDailyBus.png\" alt=\"you-can-fool-all-the-people-some-of-the-time-and-some-of-the-people-all-the-time-but-you-cannot-abraham-lincoln-quoteDailyBus\" width=\"601\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/you-can-fool-all-the-people-some-of-the-time-and-some-of-the-people-all-the-time-but-you-cannot-abraham-lincoln-quoteDailyBus.png 844w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/you-can-fool-all-the-people-some-of-the-time-and-some-of-the-people-all-the-time-but-you-cannot-abraham-lincoln-quoteDailyBus-150x64.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/you-can-fool-all-the-people-some-of-the-time-and-some-of-the-people-all-the-time-but-you-cannot-abraham-lincoln-quoteDailyBus-575x247.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/you-can-fool-all-the-people-some-of-the-time-and-some-of-the-people-all-the-time-but-you-cannot-abraham-lincoln-quoteDailyBus-768x329.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Did BH use MHI \u2013 past and present \u2013 and the power or regulatory burdens throttle an industry that was poised for serious growth?<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/els-sam-zell-compliance-costs-destroys-smaller-businesses-consolidation\/<\/p>\n<p>Didn&#8217;t MHI have the ability to end some of that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/accurate-but-misleading-mhi-preserving-access-to-manufactured-housing-act-alert-weaponized-new-fact-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">burden by negotiation, and fail to take that option?\u00a0 Why<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" 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\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How could Harvard have missed their projection for manufactured housing domination?<\/p>\n<p>Are stressed, busy MH Professionals missing the truth hiding in plain sight of how MHI shifted since Berkshire Hathaway took control of their organization?<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/appealing-manufactured-housing-institute-mhi-marketing-finance-booklet-reviewed\/<\/p>\n<p>Could that shift have been through a Buffett-style moat-plan?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14361\" style=\"width: 567px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/warren-buffett-the-moat-manufactured-housing-berkshire-hathaway-clayton-homes-21st-mortgage-vanderbilt-wells-fargo-nai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14361\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BerkshireHathawayHomeServicesClaytonHomes21stVanderbiltWellsFargoMortgageNAIIowaRealtyManufacturedHousingInstituteLogosBuffettMungerMoatMHProNews875-768x1016-581x768.png\" alt=\"BerkshireHathawayHomeServicesClaytonHomes21stVanderbiltWellsFargoMortgageNAIIowaRealtyManufacturedHousingInstituteLogosBuffettMungerMoatMHProNews875-768x1016\" width=\"567\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BerkshireHathawayHomeServicesClaytonHomes21stVanderbiltWellsFargoMortgageNAIIowaRealtyManufacturedHousingInstituteLogosBuffettMungerMoatMHProNews875-768x1016-581x768.png 581w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BerkshireHathawayHomeServicesClaytonHomes21stVanderbiltWellsFargoMortgageNAIIowaRealtyManufacturedHousingInstituteLogosBuffettMungerMoatMHProNews875-768x1016-113x150.png 113w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BerkshireHathawayHomeServicesClaytonHomes21stVanderbiltWellsFargoMortgageNAIIowaRealtyManufacturedHousingInstituteLogosBuffettMungerMoatMHProNews875-768x1016-325x430.png 325w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/BerkshireHathawayHomeServicesClaytonHomes21stVanderbiltWellsFargoMortgageNAIIowaRealtyManufacturedHousingInstituteLogosBuffettMungerMoatMHProNews875-768x1016.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/warren-buffett-the-moat-manufactured-housing-berkshire-hathaway-clayton-homes-21st-mortgage-vanderbilt-wells-fargo-nai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/warren-buffett-the-moat-manufactured-housing-berkshire-hathaway-clayton-homes-21st-mortgage-vanderbilt-wells-fargo-nai\/<\/a> <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alan Amy isn&#8217;t alone in this observation stated in this focused video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/239019639\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span class=\"mce_SELRES_start\" style=\"width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The day will come when the constraints on manufactured housing could be lifted.\u00a0 When <em>enhanced preemption<\/em> will be enforced.\u00a0 When that day comes, what will be left among the manufactured housing independents that existed a decade ago?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13929\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AmericasFastestDyingBusinessMobileHomesManufacturedHomesAtlanticIBISWorldDailyBusinessNewsResearchDataReportsMHProNews-556x768.png\" alt=\"AmericasFastestDyingBusinessMobileHomesManufacturedHomesAtlanticIBISWorldDailyBusinessNewsResearchDataReportsMHProNews\" width=\"491\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AmericasFastestDyingBusinessMobileHomesManufacturedHomesAtlanticIBISWorldDailyBusinessNewsResearchDataReportsMHProNews-556x768.png 556w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AmericasFastestDyingBusinessMobileHomesManufacturedHomesAtlanticIBISWorldDailyBusinessNewsResearchDataReportsMHProNews-109x150.png 109w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AmericasFastestDyingBusinessMobileHomesManufacturedHomesAtlanticIBISWorldDailyBusinessNewsResearchDataReportsMHProNews-311x430.png 311w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/AmericasFastestDyingBusinessMobileHomesManufacturedHomesAtlanticIBISWorldDailyBusinessNewsResearchDataReportsMHProNews.png 719w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13930\" style=\"width: 582px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13930\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IBISWorldAtlanticManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsResearchReportsMHProNews.png\" alt=\"IBISWorldAtlanticManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsResearchReportsMHProNews\" width=\"582\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IBISWorldAtlanticManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsResearchReportsMHProNews.png 746w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IBISWorldAtlanticManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsResearchReportsMHProNews-150x107.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IBISWorldAtlanticManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsResearchReportsMHProNews-575x410.png 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Manufactured homes were predicted by a Harvard researcher to dominate by the end of the first decade of the 21st century. What happened? Accident? Or a moat like plan, hiding in plain sight, executed by MHI? <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Did they get an unethical, liable, or illegal push?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14367\" style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14367\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TimeMagazineTerryDecioManufacturedHomeLivingNews.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TimeMagazineTerryDecioManufacturedHomeLivingNews.png 622w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TimeMagazineTerryDecioManufacturedHomeLivingNews-150x95.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TimeMagazineTerryDecioManufacturedHomeLivingNews-575x366.png 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> The Decio family had Art featured on the cover of Time Magazine decades ago, what happened since then? <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>We Provide, You Decide<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d \u00a9<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind, while there are several sources for information, there are to my knowledge only &#8211; broadly speaking, two \u2013 which have been willing to seriously take on BH and MHI.<\/p>\n<p>MHARR and ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/rep-mark-meadows-r-nc-finds-manufactured-home-industry-support-for-reform-bill\/<\/p>\n<p>MHI took themselves out of the picture of routinely communicating with us, about a year ago, after an initial series of exposes and analysis we published on them.\u00a0 Coincidence?<\/p>\n<p>Why is it that state associations, or MHARR, are often more successful than MHI?<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/industryvoices\/mccrory-lawsuit-significant-victory-against-zoning-discrimination-manufactured-homes\/<\/p>\n<p>Associations are supposed to be a tool for businesses to work together to impact regulatory and other issues.<\/p>\n<p>What would do you do when you discover that your national association has been working the interests of the majority of the industry\u2019s independents?<\/p>\n<p>Do you keep feeding the hand that bites yours?<\/p>\n<p>In my days as a manufactured home retailer, we used to advertise on a station as the sponsor of famous Paul Harvey\u2019s, \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>The Rest of the Story<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t know all of it, but do you have more than enough linked above to reveal the truth that is hiding in plain sight?<\/p>\n<p>2018 will be a year to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Expect some more revelations, that you may only find published here on <em>MHProNew<\/em>s. ## (News in review, commentary, analysis).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Topical Update:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14380\" style=\"width: 519px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/skyline-homes-and-champion-home-builders-to-merge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14380\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SkylineChampionHomeBuildersMergerPlanAnnouncedDailyBusinessNewsMastheadManufacturedHousingINdustryMHProNews.png\" alt=\"SkylineChampionHomeBuildersMergerPlanAnnouncedDailyBusinessNewsMastheadManufacturedHousingINdustryMHProNews\" width=\"519\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SkylineChampionHomeBuildersMergerPlanAnnouncedDailyBusinessNewsMastheadManufacturedHousingINdustryMHProNews.png 519w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/SkylineChampionHomeBuildersMergerPlanAnnouncedDailyBusinessNewsMastheadManufacturedHousingINdustryMHProNews-150x77.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/www.mhpronews.com\/blogs\/daily-business-news\/skyline-homes-and-champion-home-builders-to-merge\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-73565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/TwitterFacebookLinkedIn.png\" alt=\"TwitterFacebookLinkedIn\" width=\"364\" height=\"175\" \/>New Year\u2019s Resolution<\/span>:<\/strong>\u00a0On this 9th day of Christmas, a request.\u00a0 This writer already has one of the largest <em>LinkedIn<\/em> followings in the manufactured home industry. 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You, your team, and industry colleagues can sign up to the MH Industry leading headline news\/updates \u2013 typically sent twice weekly \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/daiyGn\">please click here to sign up in just seconds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note 2:<\/strong> For media, business development, training, or other professional services,<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/ads-training\">click here<\/a>. <\/span> The more pros like you that use our services over any others, the more we can protect, educate, and promote the Manufactured Housing Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>(Image credits are as shown above, and when provided by third parties, are shared under fair use guidelines.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72823\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72823\" style=\"width: 347px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-72823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ThereAreOnly2WaysToLearnOwnOthersExperiencesLATonyKovachManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews-575x235.png\" alt=\"ThereAreOnly2WaysToLearnOwnOthersExperiencesLATonyKovachManufacturedHousingIndustryMHProNews\" width=\"347\" height=\"142\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> We agree with Warren Buffett on the value of the lessons of history, reading and research. Without those deep insights, the wool can be pulled over other people&#8217;s eyes. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\">L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kovach is the award-winning managing-member of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC,<br \/>\nparent to <strong><em>MHProNews<\/em><\/strong>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mhlivingnews.com\/\"><strong><em>MHLivingNews.com<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>Both are #1 in their categories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kovach is one of the most <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\"><strong>endorsed and recommended MH industry professionals in all of manufactured housing<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019m tired of being the best kept secret. I\u2019m ready to help house America.\u201d &#8211; Terry Decio, Skyline Homes, to MHProNews. What happened? 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