{"id":1750,"date":"2011-05-18T10:28:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T15:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/?p=1750"},"modified":"2011-05-18T10:28:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T15:28:42","slug":"a-look-at-marty-lavin%e2%80%99s-manufactured-housing%e2%80%99s-train-to-oblivion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/a-look-at-marty-lavin%e2%80%99s-manufactured-housing%e2%80%99s-train-to-oblivion\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look at Marty Lavin\u2019s Manufactured Housing\u2019s Train to Oblivion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two topics today.\u00a0 The second one is an industry pro\u2019s painful experience with local\/state officials.\u00a0 But we will start with\u2026<\/p><div id=\"manuf-1643096611\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Topic 1:\u00a0 Marty Lavin\u2019s <em>The Train to Oblivion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Attorney, manufactured home community owner and industry expert Marty Lavin has shared a wake-up call in his Industry Voices guest column post, <strong><em><a title=\"The Train To Oblivion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/industryvoices\/the-train-to-oblivion\/\">The Train To Oblivion<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Numerous comments \u2013 public and private \u2013 have been made about this.\u00a0 Few dispute Marty\u2019s points.\u00a0 Many believe it will get better, and point to various factors or examples of success that can make things better.\u00a0 But the reality is that after two years of supposedly bumping bottom, we find that we are sliding southward in shipments once again.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of success are good.\u00a0 But success stories need to become more widespread in order for the Industry as a whole to turn around.\u00a0 Everyone needs to take a serious look at what Marty has written. He deserves credit for having the chutzpah to share it.<\/p>\n<p>We need to take a good, long look at the underlying issues that cause our industry\u2019s woes, and address them.\u00a0 Everything else could just end up wishful thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Please see the article and comments at the link above.\u00a0 Feel free to join in the conversation.\u00a0 If you want to know how to use post a comment with the Disqus system, watch the video you\u2019ll get when you click on the green button near the top right.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Topic 2.\u00a0 A Manufactured Home Retailer\u2019s Painful Experience with Local\/State Officials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1752\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1752\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/a-look-at-marty-lavin%e2%80%99s-manufactured-housing%e2%80%99s-train-to-oblivion\/2011-05-18_0745_photos_supplied_by_gary_eckert\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1752\" title=\"2011-05-18_0745_Photos_supplied_by_Gary_Eckert\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2011-05-18_0745_Photos_supplied_by_Gary_Eckert-575x239.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2011-05-18_0745_Photos_supplied_by_Gary_Eckert-575x239.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2011-05-18_0745_Photos_supplied_by_Gary_Eckert-150x62.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2011-05-18_0745_Photos_supplied_by_Gary_Eckert.png 830w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary Ekert\u2019s photo of a home that he had a permit for, but had to later raise 7\u2019 up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I took a call earlier this week from a gent in AZ. \u00a0He is an MH retailer. \u00a0I will invite him to post his story below in his own words (see Disqus comments). \u00a0Keep in mind that Gary told me he has a PhD (so clearly, intelligent), is retired from law enforcement (understands the meaning and importance of the law) and has been in our Industry for many years (not a rookie).\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1751\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1751\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/a-look-at-marty-lavin%e2%80%99s-manufactured-housing%e2%80%99s-train-to-oblivion\/2011-05-18_0811_photos_supplied_by_gary_eckert\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1751\" title=\"2011-05-18_0811_photos_supplied_by_Gary_Eckert\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2011-05-18_0811_photos_supplied_by_Gary_Eckert-575x334.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2011-05-18_0811_photos_supplied_by_Gary_Eckert-575x334.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2011-05-18_0811_photos_supplied_by_Gary_Eckert-150x87.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2011-05-18_0811_photos_supplied_by_Gary_Eckert.png 824w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Officials reportedly required that this home be blocked approx. 7\u2019 up, after the initial set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As you read his story, please feel free to comment.<\/p>\n<p>You may also want to share your own stories on how you tried to do it right, and still had something go way south on you.<\/p>\n<p>Solutions. \u00a0Our Industry needs them!\u00a0 Maybe we need an \u2018open line Thursday\u2019 and invite comments from readers on Solutions for our Manufactured Home Industry? # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two topics today.\u00a0 The second one is an industry pro\u2019s painful experience with local\/state officials.\u00a0 But we will start with\u2026 Topic 1:\u00a0 Marty Lavin\u2019s The Train to Oblivion Attorney, manufactured home community owner and industry expert Marty Lavin has shared a wake-up call in his Industry Voices guest column post, The Train To Oblivion Numerous &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/a-look-at-marty-lavin%e2%80%99s-manufactured-housing%e2%80%99s-train-to-oblivion\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Look at Marty Lavin\u2019s Manufactured Housing\u2019s Train to Oblivion<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5073],"tags":[963,964,965,966,967,968,247,969,970,971,972,3,973,974,975],"class_list":["post-1750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-analysis","tag-disqus-system","tag-gary-ekert","tag-industry-expert","tag-industry-pro","tag-industry-voices-guest-column","tag-industry-woes","tag-l-a-tony-kovach","tag-localstate-officials","tag-manufactured-home-community-owner","tag-manufactured-home-industry","tag-manufactured-home-retailer","tag-manufactured-housing","tag-marty-lavin","tag-mh-retailer","tag-train-to-oblivion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Look at Marty Lavin\u2019s Manufactured Housing\u2019s Train to Oblivion - Masthead L. 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