{"id":18990,"date":"2021-04-14T17:23:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T22:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=18990"},"modified":"2021-04-15T00:30:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T05:30:25","slug":"when-the-perfect-is-the-enemy-of-the-good-bernie-madoff-politically-correct-thinking-in-manufactured-housing-gone-awry-exposing-corruption-deadly-covids-silver-lining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/when-the-perfect-is-the-enemy-of-the-good-bernie-madoff-politically-correct-thinking-in-manufactured-housing-gone-awry-exposing-corruption-deadly-covids-silver-lining\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Perfect is the Enemy of the Good &#8211; Bernie Madoff, Politically Correct Thinking in Manufactured Housing Gone Awry, Exposing Corruption &#8211; Deadly COVID\u2019s Silver Lining?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhenPerfectEnemyOfGoodChestertonBernieMadoffExposingCorruptionElizabethBirchTimWilliamsOMHAlogoKevinClaytonWarrenBuffettClaytonHomesLogoMHProNews.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhenPerfectEnemyOfGoodChestertonBernieMadoffExposingCorruptionElizabethBirchTimWilliamsOMHAlogoKevinClaytonWarrenBuffettClaytonHomesLogoMHProNews.png\" alt=\"WhenPerfectEnemyOfGoodChestertonBernieMadoffExposingCorruptionElizabethBirchTimWilliamsOMHAlogoKevinClaytonWarrenBuffettClaytonHomesLogoMHProNews\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhenPerfectEnemyOfGoodChestertonBernieMadoffExposingCorruptionElizabethBirchTimWilliamsOMHAlogoKevinClaytonWarrenBuffettClaytonHomesLogoMHProNews.png 600w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhenPerfectEnemyOfGoodChestertonBernieMadoffExposingCorruptionElizabethBirchTimWilliamsOMHAlogoKevinClaytonWarrenBuffettClaytonHomesLogoMHProNews-575x302.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WhenPerfectEnemyOfGoodChestertonBernieMadoffExposingCorruptionElizabethBirchTimWilliamsOMHAlogoKevinClaytonWarrenBuffettClaytonHomesLogoMHProNews-150x79.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The acclaimed thinker and best-selling author G. K. Chesterton famously quipped that \u201c<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Sometimes the perfect is the enemy of the good<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d That notion, for example, has sometimes applied by those working to reform <em>whatever<\/em>, when parties agree to a<em> compromise<\/em> that represents progress but is still less than ideal. Manufactured homes are not perfect, they do not need to be <em>perfect <\/em>to be <em>good.<\/em> Pre-HUD Code mobile homes and post-HUD Code manufactured housing are <em>a good value<\/em> and a proven affordable housing solution for some 22 million Americans. The updates enacted by Congress with the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (MHIA or 2000 Reform law) established consumer safeguards not found in far more expensive conventional housing. Federally supported lending programs exist to make affordable home ownership available to millions. Given the ever-growing affordable housing crisis, one might have thought that all those good steps to make affordable manufactured housing more available would have caused the manufactured home industry to soar.<\/p><div id=\"manuf-2945176913\" 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>However, that last thought is obviously not the case.<\/p>\n<p>Manufactured housing <em>is performing at a lower level<\/em> as measured by nationwide production in 2021 than in it did in 2002. Is it <em>politically incorrect<\/em> or <em>impolite<\/em> to question the industry&#8217;s leadership? Or should that questioning be self-evidently necessary and obvious after some 2 decades of sub-par performance?<\/p>\n<p>2002 and 2003 are the years that the well-heeled Berkshire Hathaway entry into manufactured housing began. During a well-documented affordable housing crisis, with such good supportive laws available to make manufactured homes more available, and with deep pocket players like Buffett-led Berkshire in the mix, what has gone wrong?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A <em>simple but unsatisfying answer<\/em> is that the <em>system has been rigged<\/em> by the few for their own benefit.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, those who make such claims have often include the notion that industry insiders, regulators, and politicos are part of the problem.<\/li>\n<li>Is there evidence to support such claims? Sadly, yes.<\/li>\n<li>Then why has that evidence not been properly acted upon?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once more, a rigged system is part of the <em>unsatisfying<\/em> answer. But there is case to be made that a more subtle human element in the mix should be understood.<\/p>\n<p>That is where the historic lessons of the late multibillion-dollar scammer Bernard \u201cBernie\u201d Madoff should be considered before looking back into &#8211; and better understanding &#8211; manufactured housing\u2019s woes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ChasingBernieMadoff2021-04-14_15-49ManufacturedHomeProNews.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ChasingBernieMadoff2021-04-14_15-49ManufacturedHomeProNews.png\" alt=\"ChasingBernieMadoff2021-04-14_15-49ManufacturedHomeProNews\" width=\"594\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ChasingBernieMadoff2021-04-14_15-49ManufacturedHomeProNews.png 1334w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ChasingBernieMadoff2021-04-14_15-49ManufacturedHomeProNews-365x430.png 365w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ChasingBernieMadoff2021-04-14_15-49ManufacturedHomeProNews-651x768.png 651w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ChasingBernieMadoff2021-04-14_15-49ManufacturedHomeProNews-127x150.png 127w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ChasingBernieMadoff2021-04-14_15-49ManufacturedHomeProNews-768x906.png 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ChasingBernieMadoff2021-04-14_15-49ManufacturedHomeProNews-1303x1536.png 1303w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It has long been recognized that people may trust others, some of whom did not merit such trust.<\/p>\n<p>The multibillion-dollar con-man Bernie Madoff just died in prison; that was announced today (4.14.2021). For years, Madoff was seen as an exemplar on Wall Street. He was welcomed and praised. Madoff\u2019s machine-made campaign donations. He gave away some money.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Madoff was trusted.<\/strong> Madoff was never in it alone. Others were paid or <em>willingly lent<\/em> their support to singing his praise. Madoff did the things that made people think well of him, that made him <em>appear <\/em>to be trustworthy. Perhaps some of those who worked for or freely defended Madoff did so sincerely believing what they said.<\/p>\n<p>But sincere people can be mistaken. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.<\/p>\n<p>There were voices that warned against the treachery of Madoff, who were for some time brushed off or ignored. But finally, with persistence and as a variety of items finally coming together, the mountain of evidence that was previously ignored or brushed off against Madoff finally proved to be accurate.<\/p>\n<p>As the teaser to the 2010 movie <em>Chasing Madoff<\/em> says, \u201c<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Securities analyst Harry Markopolos and his team of investigators spend 10 years trying to blow the lid off Bernie Madoff&#8217;s devastating\u2026scheme<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>MHProNews <\/em>is not anywhere close to 10 years of working to expose what has quite obviously been going wrong in manufactured housing. In about half that time, <em>MHProNews<\/em> may well have made significant progress toward a parallel goal in our profession. But hold that thought for now.<\/p>\n<p>Every con is predicated in part on <em>misplaced trust<\/em>. Never forget the lessons of massive, multibillion dollar schemes that Bernie Madoff, WorldCom, and Enron pulled off for years. While different than what is occurring in our profession, each of those other massive con games finally collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Think about those plots pondering what has gone wrong in manufactured housing. Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because the case can be made that just as Madoff and his allies, because he had them, made their <em>smiling faced pitches. <\/em>No doubt, in fairness, many if not most of those who praised Madoff where sincere. But they were nevertheless <em>sincerely wrong<\/em>. The same holds true for WorldCom and Enron, or other lesser scams.<\/p>\n<p>What does sorry multi-billion-dollar schemer have to do with manufactured housing, COVID, or exposing claims of corruption?<\/p>\n<p>By analogy, perhaps plenty.<\/p>\n<p>Once someone new to our profession understands the facts vs. the myths about manufactured homes, there is often an <em>aha!<\/em> light that goes off.<\/p>\n<p>But then, shortly thereafter such an epiphany, the awakened may ask \u2013 because this writer has been asked this time and again \u2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>why is it that manufactured housing is so misunderstood?<\/li>\n<li>Where is the performance by the industry\u2019s post-production, umbrella, or retail-oriented trade associations? Aren\u2019t those post-production or umbrella groups supposed to be making the case for manufactured homes to the public?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Such <em>epic underperformance<\/em> does not occur in a vacuum. It begs a series of questions that should include, but not be limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Manufactured home industry professionals<\/strong> who have not yet seriously considered the specifics that explain why the industry is underperforming given favorable laws and an affordable housing crisis.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manufactured housing investors<\/strong>. They may be impressed by the surge in a stock \u2013 say for instance, Skyline Champion (SKY), in the past year. But are serious investors asking the deeper questions? During an affordable housing crisis, why is it that financially well positioned firm, or others who happen to be Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) members, not doing far better?<\/li>\n<li>Where is the robust organic growth, for instance, that Skyline-Champion and Cavco Industries (CVCO) state in writing that they are pursing? They have made that claim for years via their investor pitch decks. So, where is that <em>organic growth<\/em> vs. the <em>M&amp;A growth?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SkylineChampionIRPacketNov201920PercentMHProductionHighlyfragmentedManufacturedHomeProNews-575x270-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"270\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Growing their retail distribution network is but one of the claims that is made by Skyline Champion to investors. Where is that growth? But the first claim under M&amp;A is also noteworthy. It goes to the point that even that even the <strong>remaining<\/strong> twenty percent of the industry&#8217;s production is &#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>highly fragmented<\/strong><\/span>.&#8221; Words have meaning. This has meaning at the national and state association levels too. This is a arguably a target on the back of independents.<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CavcoIndustriesLogoCapitalAllocationMergerAcquisitionsMAvsOrganicGrowthCVCOlogoMHProNews.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"659\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) is the 800-pound gorilla in the HUD Code manufactured home industry\u2019s room.<\/strong> Berkshire-owned dominate production, retail, and lending. They also have a significant presence in real estate and conventional building. Given that Berkshire for years owned dozens of newspapers, still has extensive media connections, and certainly has the capital to fund whatever robust educational marketing campaign is necessary to make manufactured housing soar, why hasn\u2019t BRK used those tools as they could have been utilized?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each of those questions point towards vexing answers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NationalAssocRealtorNARDataScholasticaGayCororatonBerkshireHathawayEraManufacturedHousing.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ClaytonHomesOakwoodHomesBerkshireHathawayMarketShareofManufacturedHousingEndof2003MHanufacturedHousingIndust.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ClaytonHomesOakwoodHomesBerkshireHathawayMarketShareofManufacturedHousingEndof2003MHanufacturedHousingIndust.png\" alt=\"ClaytonHomesOakwoodHomesBerkshireHathawayMarketShareofManufacturedHousingEndof2003MHanufacturedHousingIndust\" width=\"593\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ClaytonHomesOakwoodHomesBerkshireHathawayMarketShareofManufacturedHousingEndof2003MHanufacturedHousingIndust.png 597w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ClaytonHomesOakwoodHomesBerkshireHathawayMarketShareofManufacturedHousingEndof2003MHanufacturedHousingIndust-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ClaytonHomesOakwoodHomesBerkshireHathawayMarketShareofManufacturedHousingEndof2003MHanufacturedHousingIndust-575x287.png 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17696\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17696\" style=\"width: 569px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ClaytonHomesSkylineChampionCavcoIndustriesMarketShareManufacturedHousingIndustryConsolidationGraphicPieChartMHProNewsMasthead.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ClaytonHomesSkylineChampionCavcoIndustriesMarketShareManufacturedHousingIndustryConsolidationGraphicPieChartMHProNewsMasthead.png\" alt=\"ClaytonHomesSkylineChampionCavcoIndustriesMarketShareManufacturedHousingIndustryConsolidationGraphicPieChartMHProNewsMasthead\" width=\"569\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ClaytonHomesSkylineChampionCavcoIndustriesMarketShareManufacturedHousingIndustryConsolidationGraphicPieChartMHProNewsMasthead.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ClaytonHomesSkylineChampionCavcoIndustriesMarketShareManufacturedHousingIndustryConsolidationGraphicPieChartMHProNewsMasthead-150x95.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> While Clayton Homes purportedly benefited from this &#8220;Moat&#8221; ploy to curtail access to lending that is not from a Berkshire Hathaway owned financing brand, so have others to various degrees. Cavco Industries and what today is Skyline-Champion both increased their market shares in the wake of choking off credit to thousands of independents. Where were the state associations or the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) during that curtailment of lending that some have said is a prima facie case of an antitrust violation?\u00a0<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17761\" style=\"width: 509px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RuleNumber1NeverGiveUpTheConGodfatherMastheadMHProNews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RuleNumber1NeverGiveUpTheConGodfatherMastheadMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"RuleNumber1NeverGiveUpTheConGodfatherMastheadMHProNews\" width=\"509\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RuleNumber1NeverGiveUpTheConGodfatherMastheadMHProNews.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RuleNumber1NeverGiveUpTheConGodfatherMastheadMHProNews-520x430.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RuleNumber1NeverGiveUpTheConGodfatherMastheadMHProNews-150x124.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i><strong>&#8216;There is no market rigging in manufactured housing. Any claim you have heard to that effect are just lies.<\/strong>&#8216; The nature of a con game is that once it is underway &#8211; it can never be admitted to &#8211; and only a tiny few in an organization would need to be told that a market is being manipulated. That limits the exposure to a handful of loyalists. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TimWilliamsOMHAStandBehindLesliGoochMarkBowersoxTomHodgesBerkshireHathawayManufacturedHousingInstituteMHproNews.png\" width=\"603\" height=\"605\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>COVID and Manufactured Housing <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is where deadly COVID\u2019s silver lining may come into play.<\/p>\n<p>A voice with long ties to MHI from MHEC told <em>MHProNews <\/em>some weeks ago that COVID could prove to be a weakness for MHI and their loyal state affiliates. That person said that not having those face-to-face meetings during the COVID19 outbreak may weaken <em>the social glue<\/em> between independents, associations, and their corporate overlords.<\/p>\n<p>There is<em> potentially <\/em>an inflection point where innocent members who have been led like lambs to the slaughter of consolidators exists.<\/p>\n<p>But objectively, it is not easy for people to accept that they have been conned. When someone is trusted, it is not always easy to question that trust.<\/p>\n<p>An example will serve to illustrate.<\/p>\n<p>The argument could be made that Tim Williams, Executive Director of the Ohio Manufactured Home Association (OMHA) may have been<em> lulled<\/em> into trusting the Berkshire brands, other \u2018big boy\u2019 MHI members, and MHI\u2019s leadership. Innocent mistakes can happen.<\/p>\n<p>By way of analogy in Williams\u2019 defense, this writer has admitted several times to our readers that for a time <u>the MHI <em>spiel<\/em><\/u> seemed to make sense. There were still questions this writer asked at meetings and via email or phone to MHI leaders. Some of those were not being properly answered. That occurred while I too was a multi-year MHI member. So, in fairness to Williams or others, the notion of a con by smiling and seemingly affable faces never dawned on me.<\/p>\n<p>Until it began to hit me one day. That<em> hit<\/em> was from a<em> tip.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That tipster was from another current and prominent MHI member. Running that tip down some years ago began the slow and deliberate process that has led us to where we are today. Along the way there have been documents from other tipsters, our own discoveries, and the reporting by third-parties.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, yet another MHI member made an off-handed remark at a meeting that went off in my head like a rocket. That well known corporate leader <em>questioned the value<\/em> of going to those MHI meetings.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What was actually being accomplished by MHI, he wondered out loud in front of colleagues?<\/li>\n<li>Where was the progress on key issues for the industry?<\/li>\n<li>They were not actual <em>criticisms<\/em> as much as the sincere musing in front of those listening. That leader\u2019s comments were made in front of myself, but other colleagues too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/tim-williams-21st-mortgage-tim-williams-omha-each-accused-of-conflicts-of-interest-legal-issues-one-accused-of-betrayal-of-president-trumps-interests-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TimWilliamsPhoto21stMorgCorpLogoManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoMHINationalLenderYrConflictOfInterestLegalAllegationsBetrayalPresidentTrumpSupportersAnalysisMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/tim-williams-21st-mortgage-tim-williams-omha-each-accused-of-conflicts-of-interest-legal-issues-one-accused-of-betrayal-of-president-trumps-interests-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i> https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/tim-williams-21st-mortgage-tim-williams-omha-each-accused-of-conflicts-of-interest-legal-issues-one-accused-of-betrayal-of-president-trumps-interests-analysis\/ <\/i><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Back to Williams, and more recently, OMHA\u2019s General Counsel, Elizabeth Birch, J.D.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/omhas-general-counsel-elizabeth-birch-raises-viabilityperception-of-manufactured-housing-birch-and-tim-williams-respond-to-allegations-plus-manufactured\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/TimWilliams21stTimWilliamsOMHAOHmanufacturedHomeAssoclogoMHProNewsLogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i><strong> Board members routinely have a legal responsibility to others to act in the best interests of the group.<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/omhas-general-counsel-elizabeth-birch-raises-viabilityperception-of-manufactured-housing-birch-and-tim-williams-respond-to-allegations-plus-manufactured\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/omhas-general-counsel-elizabeth-birch-raises-viabilityperception-of-manufactured-housing-birch-and-tim-williams-respond-to-allegations-plus-manufactured\/<\/a><\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OMHAEagleTimApelAAAHomesOhioManufacturedHomeAssocIndustryWatchdogThreatsToIndustryPhotoQuoteLogoMHProNewsWasThisOnceTrueButNowIsInDoubt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OMHAEagleTimApelAAAHomesOhioManufacturedHomeAssocIndustryWatchdogThreatsToIndustryPhotoQuoteLogoMHProNewsWasThisOnceTrueButNowIsInDoubt.png\" alt=\"OMHAEagleTimApelAAAHomesOhioManufacturedHomeAssocIndustryWatchdogThreatsToIndustryPhotoQuoteLogoMHProNewsWasThisOnceTrueButNowIsInDoubt\" width=\"601\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OMHAEagleTimApelAAAHomesOhioManufacturedHomeAssocIndustryWatchdogThreatsToIndustryPhotoQuoteLogoMHProNewsWasThisOnceTrueButNowIsInDoubt.png 1322w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OMHAEagleTimApelAAAHomesOhioManufacturedHomeAssocIndustryWatchdogThreatsToIndustryPhotoQuoteLogoMHProNewsWasThisOnceTrueButNowIsInDoubt-575x289.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OMHAEagleTimApelAAAHomesOhioManufacturedHomeAssocIndustryWatchdogThreatsToIndustryPhotoQuoteLogoMHProNewsWasThisOnceTrueButNowIsInDoubt-1024x515.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OMHAEagleTimApelAAAHomesOhioManufacturedHomeAssocIndustryWatchdogThreatsToIndustryPhotoQuoteLogoMHProNewsWasThisOnceTrueButNowIsInDoubt-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OMHAEagleTimApelAAAHomesOhioManufacturedHomeAssocIndustryWatchdogThreatsToIndustryPhotoQuoteLogoMHProNewsWasThisOnceTrueButNowIsInDoubt-768x386.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In fairness to Williams and Birch \u2013 or others like them? &#8211; once more, it is one thing to perhaps get <em>lulled<\/em> into a slick trick. Madoff, WorldCom, and Enron are all examples of that occurring. Literally millions of often savvy people have been conned.<\/p>\n<p>That noted, it is an entirely different matter to continue to give cover to a group that is being credibly accused of problematic practices by numerous voices inside and outside of manufactured housing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/bombshell-buffett-berkshire-clayton-homes-21st-vanderbilt-specific-mhi-members-ripped-felony-monopolization-of-the-american-manufactured-home-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/SamuelStrommenKnudsonLawMonopolizationManufacturedHousingQuotePerniciousForcesConsolidatingPowerPreyingVulnerabiltyGrossIncestuousSybiosis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/bombshell-buffett-berkshire-clayton-homes-21st-vanderbilt-specific-mhi-members-ripped-felony-monopolization-of-the-american-manufactured-home-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i> https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/bombshell-buffett-berkshire-clayton-homes-21st-vanderbilt-specific-mhi-members-ripped-felony-monopolization-of-the-american-manufactured-home-industry\/ <\/i><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18955\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ScientificMethodManufacturedHousingExecLOGOIndependentThreatClaytonHomesAttritionSmokingGuns3ManufacturedHousingStateAssocExecMHECLogoBowSternCasesExaminedMHProNews-Copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ScientificMethodManufacturedHousingExecLOGOIndependentThreatClaytonHomesAttritionSmokingGuns3ManufacturedHousingStateAssocExecMHECLogoBowSternCasesExaminedMHProNews-Copy.png\" alt=\"ScientificMethodManufacturedHousingExecLOGOIndependentThreatClaytonHomesAttritionSmokingGuns3ManufacturedHousingStateAssocExecMHECLogoBowSternCasesExaminedMHProNews - Copy\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ScientificMethodManufacturedHousingExecLOGOIndependentThreatClaytonHomesAttritionSmokingGuns3ManufacturedHousingStateAssocExecMHECLogoBowSternCasesExaminedMHProNews-Copy.png 600w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ScientificMethodManufacturedHousingExecLOGOIndependentThreatClaytonHomesAttritionSmokingGuns3ManufacturedHousingStateAssocExecMHECLogoBowSternCasesExaminedMHProNews-Copy-575x302.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ScientificMethodManufacturedHousingExecLOGOIndependentThreatClaytonHomesAttritionSmokingGuns3ManufacturedHousingStateAssocExecMHECLogoBowSternCasesExaminedMHProNews-Copy-150x79.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/scientific-method-state-exec-how-manufactured-housing-independents-interests-threatened-by-clayton-homes-attrition-smoking-guns-and-bread-crumbs-3-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/scientific-method-state-exec-how-manufactured-housing-independents-interests-threatened-by-clayton-homes-attrition-smoking-guns-and-bread-crumbs-3-s\/<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, it could logically be a dereliction in duty, if not a conflict of interest, to give cover to Berkshire brands and other MHI \u2018insiders\u2019 <em>if<\/em> they are credibly accused of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>That is why state trade associations \u2013 OMHA and others &#8211; and MHI members ought to be asking for internal audits, conducted by objective, third-party examinations <u>that offer complete transparency of all that they uncover<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that two manufactured home state associations broke away from MHI, precisely because <em>there was a failure to perform<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MHCommunitiesOfAZNealTHaneyPresidentWhyTheyQuitManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews600-575x167-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MHCommunitiesOfAZNealTHaneyPresidentWhyTheyQuitManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews600-575x167-1.jpg\" alt=\"MHCommunitiesOfAZNealTHaneyPresidentWhyTheyQuitManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews600-575x167\" width=\"575\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MHCommunitiesOfAZNealTHaneyPresidentWhyTheyQuitManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews600-575x167-1.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MHCommunitiesOfAZNealTHaneyPresidentWhyTheyQuitManufacturedHousingInstituteMHIDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews600-575x167-1-150x44.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the production-focused Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform &#8211; as opposed to post-production or umbrella style trade groups \u2013 long called for a new post-production trade group to be formed. Those voices internal to the industry must be considered. Indeed, it was after the MHARR study published at the link below that Haney and his colleagues broke from MHI.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 596px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhousingassociationregulatoryreform.org\/mharr-releases-study-recommending-independent-collective-representation-for-post-production-sector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MHARRreleasesStudyRecommendingIndependentCollectiveRepresentationPostProductionSectorManufacturedHousingAssocRegulatoryReformMHProNews.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"537\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Tim Williams oddly said in that quoted cited further above that he is supportive of MHARR and supportive of MHI.<strong> But MHARR has long contended that MHI is not doing their job<\/strong>. Once upon a time, MHI and MHARR worked collaboratively to get the MHIA passed, something MHARR long wanted. That was during the Stinebert era. But in the Berkshire era, the MHARR-MHI relationship shifted. So, how can Tim Williams have it both ways? How can he say he is pro-MHI and pro-MHARR? <strong>Facts and history both matter.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhousingassociationregulatoryreform.org\/mharr-releases-study-recommending-independent-collective-representation-for-post-production-sector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/manufacturedhousingassociationregulatoryreform.org\/mharr-releases-study-recommending-independent-collective-representation-for-post-production-sector\/<\/a> <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, there were serious voices that raised concerns about MHI\u2019s objectivity when it came to matters relating to Berkshire Hathaway owned brands in lending, production, and retail.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/epic-kevin-clayton-moat-rant-analysis-lesli-gooch-debate-defense-doug-ryan-charge-end-clayton-monopoly-over-manufactured-housing-breaching-buffett-berkshire-clayton-monopolistic-moat-method\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DougRyanAmericanBankerManufacturedHousingMonopoly-postedDailyBusinessNewsManufacturedHousingIndustryProNews-575x237.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i><strong>See his context and the full &#8216;debate&#8217; context in the report, linked here.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/epic-kevin-clayton-moat-rant-analysis-lesli-gooch-debate-defense-doug-ryan-charge-end-clayton-monopoly-over-manufactured-housing-breaching-buffett-berkshire-clayton-monopolistic-moat-method\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/epic-kevin-clayton-moat-rant-analysis-lesli-gooch-debate-defense-doug-ryan-charge-end-clayton-monopoly-over-manufactured-housing-breaching-buffett-berkshire-clayton-monopolistic-moat-method\/<\/a> <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A long-praised and actively engaged MHI insider as well as an MHI award-winner, Marty Lavin politely but publicly has made periodic comments to <em>MHProNews<\/em> which questioned MHI and their leaders. In this context, those quotes come to life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 573px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FollowThe-MoneyPayMoreAttentionToWhatPeopleDothanwhatTheySaySpySea72MartyLavinYachtManufacturedHousingINdustryProMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"404\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Lavin receiving that Totaro Award. That is his personal yacht. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/witchs-brew-of-predatory-practices-longtime-mhi-member-attorney-marty-lavin-rips-manufactured-housing-institute-exposes-duty-to-serve-financing-stonewall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WitchsBrewLesliGoochPhotoPredatoryPracticesLongtimeMHILogomemberAttorneyMartyLavinRipsManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoExposesDutyToServeFinancingStonewallMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> It is not only MHProNews, but past and present MHI members that have accused the trade group of treacherous behavior that favors the few instead of the interests of consumers and the many. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/witchs-brew-of-predatory-practices-longtime-mhi-member-attorney-marty-lavin-rips-manufactured-housing-institute-exposes-duty-to-serve-financing-stonewall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/witchs-brew-of-predatory-practices-longtime-mhi-member-attorney-marty-lavin-rips-manufactured-housing-institute-exposes-duty-to-serve-financing-stonewall\/<\/a> <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/MartyLavinManufacturedHousingInstituteQuoteBigBoysManufacturedHomeProNews.png\" width=\"589\" height=\"298\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MHI members, and MHI\u2019s own leaders, have made public comments that<em> undermined their own credibility.<\/em> Given that reality, how could OMHA&#8217;s Williams and Birch defend their so-called performance?<\/p>\n<p>All of which begs others questions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Given that Williams and Birch, previously as well as recently, are readers of <em>MHProNews, <\/em>how could they <em>not know<\/em> what is being alleged? Not knowing or musing as that MHI member did, would reflect a dereliction of duty to their own independently owned state-members.<\/li>\n<li>Then, as icing on the cake of proverbial corrupt practices, there are third-party research studies that <em>MHProNews<\/em> and our <em>MHLivingNews<\/em> sister-site has published and repeatedly referenced. These reports have been occurring periodically for a series of years. Are they ignorant of them? Or are they just turning a blind eye to practices that have purported harmed numbers of their own smaller, independent members?<\/li>\n<li>While corporate board members might be willing to do a wink and a nod, others should realize that there are routinely legal requirements for not taking action when conflicts of interest or worse are discovered. In the case of an attorney who ignores such items and has a role at a trade group, have they considered that their turning a blind eye might lead to liability or perhaps even to disbarment?<\/li>\n<li>Here is a partial list of reports that cast doubts on MHI&#8217;s effectiveness and\/or possible corruption. These ought to be calls at every state association for internal investigations relative to MHI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SouthDakotaUCoyotesKnudsonSchoolLawLogosSamStrommenAimOfResearchExposeBlatantSubtleMonopolizationMachineHumanSufferingMHLivingNews.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OhioManufacturedHomeAssocEagleLogoWelcomeHomeOhioWebsiteHeaderLogoTimApelPhotoQuoteOMHAClaimsMHProNews1981.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"414\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> To see this in a larger size, click the image above. Then click it again once opened. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SabotagingMonopoliesJamesASchmitzJrAriltonTeixeiraMarkLJWrightPhotosMinneapolisFedAuthorsHUDBuildersManufacturedHousingSabotageMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/sabotaging-monopolies-minneapolis-fed-researchers-charge-hud-collusion-w-builders-to-sabotage-manufactured-housing-independents-created-u-s-housing-crisis\/ <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/bombshell-buffett-berkshire-clayton-homes-21st-vanderbilt-specific-mhi-members-ripped-felony-monopolization-of-the-american-manufactured-home-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SouthDakotaUCoyotesKnudsonSchoolLawLogosSamStrommenMonopolizationManufacturedHousingREITsRubeGoldbertMachineHumanSufferingMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/bombshell-buffett-berkshire-clayton-homes-21st-vanderbilt-specific-mhi-members-ripped-felony-monopolization-of-the-american-manufactured-home-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i> https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/bombshell-buffett-berkshire-clayton-homes-21st-vanderbilt-specific-mhi-members-ripped-felony-monopolization-of-the-american-manufactured-home-industry\/ <\/i><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JulietEilperinWashPostQuotePamDannerLesliGoochLoisStarkeyMHARRManufacturedHousingInstituteRegulatoryReliefMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><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\"><i> https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/major-shakeup-hud-manufactured-housing-program-danner-starkey-manufactured-housing-industry-regulators-associations-mhi-mharr-special-report\/ <\/i><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/lesli-gooch-ph-d-schooled-on-manufactured-housing-advocacy-manufactured-housing-institute-ceos-meandering-missive-on-manufactured-home-financing-lunacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/LesliGoochPhDpicSchooledManufacturedHousingAdvocacyManufacturedHousingInstituteLOGOceoMeanderingMissiveManufacturedHomeFinancLunacyBetrayalClintonJonesPICFHFALOGOIronTriangleUnpacked.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/lesli-gooch-ph-d-schooled-on-manufactured-housing-advocacy-manufactured-housing-institute-ceos-meandering-missive-on-manufactured-home-financing-lunacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/lesli-gooch-ph-d-schooled-on-manufactured-housing-advocacy-manufactured-housing-institute-ceos-meandering-missive-on-manufactured-home-financing-lunacy\/<\/a> <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/check-your-facts-follow-the-money-journalist-sharyl-attkisson-fake-news-mhville-takeaways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CheckFactsFollowMoneyJournalistSharylAttkissonFakeNewsMHVilleTakeAwaysDailyBusinessNEwsMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/check-your-facts-follow-the-money-journalist-sharyl-attkisson-fake-news-mhville-takeaways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i> https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/check-your-facts-follow-the-money-journalist-sharyl-attkisson-fake-news-mhville-takeaways\/ <\/i><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If those were not enough, then years of mainstream media reports have made perhaps less granular, but nevertheless specific claims that point their finger directly at Warren Buffett, Berkshire brands, and other MHI connected insiders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/korihale\/2019\/04\/18\/warren-buffets-exploitative-mobile-home-investment\/#440c99091507\">Kori Hale from CultureBanx writing in\u00a0<em><strong>Forbes<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0called out Buffett, Clayton Homes, and their lenders in April 2019 for racial bias and other problematic business practices.<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 \u00a0<em><strong>GuruFocus\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>said \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gurufocus.com\/news\/682660\/warren-buffett-cant-escape-unethical-strategic-moats\">Warren Buffett Can\u2019t Escape Unethical Strategic Moats,\u201d their specific points are linked here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 \u00a0<strong><em>The Atlantic<\/em><\/strong><em>, <\/em>without specifying how the monopolization was being accomplished, noted that the independent retailers in manufactured housing were being rapidly eliminated\/consolidated, that report is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2011\/04\/americas-fastest-dying-business-its-mobile-homes\/73336\/\">linked here<\/a>. <strong>That clearly impacts state associations, as well as MHI. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Why did they not act in a robust manner to defend their independents<\/span>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 \u00a0<em><strong>The Nation\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>called it \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/special-investigation-the-dirty-secret-behind-warren-buffetts-billions\/\">The Dirty Secret Behind Warren Buffett\u2019s Billions<\/a>\u2026\u201d and specifies Clayton Homes among those using the strategic moat in \u2018dirty\u2019 ways.<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 \u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/opinion\/20190420\/letter-affordable-mobile-homes-are-desperately-needed\">The Jacksonville Florida Times Union<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0summarized the connection between the John Oliver viral hit video dubbed \u201cMobile Homes,\u201d MHI, Clayton Homes, and their related lenders. That op-ed was first fact-checked by an editor, before it was published not only in the one newspaper it was submitted, but at least in 5 Florida newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/category\/mobile-homes\/\">Seattle Times | The Mobile Home Trap<\/a> \u2013 This includes items referenced by Ellison, Feir, and others.<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 Robin Harding, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/fd27245a-9790-11e7-a652-cde3f882dd7b\">How Warren Buffett Broke American Capitalism<\/a>.\u201d Financial Times<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/WarrenBuffettWikiPhotoClaytonHomesQuoteIMakeNoApologiesWhatsoeverAboutClaytonHomesLendingManufacturedHomeProNewsSeattleTimesCenterPublicIntegrity.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/AndyGedoPhotoManageAmericaLogoGedoQuoteClaytonHomesTheMoatBarriersOfEntryManufacturedHousingLendingManufacturedHomeProNewsKevinClaytonWarrenBuffettTheMoat.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/epic-kevin-clayton-moat-rant-analysis-lesli-gooch-debate-defense-doug-ryan-charge-end-clayton-monopoly-over-manufactured-housing-breaching-buffett-berkshire-clayton-monopolistic-moat-method\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DougRyanPicProsperityNowLOGOQuoteCapitalAccessClaytonHomesLWhyManufacturedHousingInstituteUnwillingCritizeExclusionChattelLoansBoostSalesAttractNewManufacturedHomeLendersMHProNewsLogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>See his context and the full &#8216;debate&#8217; context in the report, linked here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/epic-kevin-clayton-moat-rant-analysis-lesli-gooch-debate-defense-doug-ryan-charge-end-clayton-monopoly-over-manufactured-housing-breaching-buffett-berkshire-clayton-monopolistic-moat-method\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/epic-kevin-clayton-moat-rant-analysis-lesli-gooch-debate-defense-doug-ryan-charge-end-clayton-monopoly-over-manufactured-housing-breaching-buffett-berkshire-clayton-monopolistic-moat-method\/<\/a><\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note that the partial list of mainstream news reports above spans the left-right media divide.<\/strong> It cannot be said that they just wild-eyed radicals on either end of the political spectrum. Rather, they too often cited their sources and evidence. Additionally, they routinely support the evidence-based allegations raised by others quoted or linked above. How can objective thinkers believe that this is somehow OK for post-production trade groups to ignore?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RobinHardingPhotoFinancialTimesLogoWarrenBuffettDefintionGoodManagementIsClearIfYouHaveEffectiveCompetitorsYouAreDoingItWrongCastleMoatImageQuoteManufacturedHomeProNews.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"709\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 596px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WarrenBuffettPhotoQuoteBusinessUnderstandableDurableCompetitiveAdvantageCastleMoatCrocodilesSharksGatorsQuoteExplainedManufacturedHomeProNews1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"1571\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> How can Birch &#8211; an attorney and OMHA general counsel &#8211; and Williams &#8211; ignore such blatant evidence that include statements from Buffett and Kevin Clayton &#8211; that should have been investigated years ago by MHI and state trade groups? By contrast, MHARR has been steadily sounding the alarm. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/MarkWeissDTSQuoteManufacturedHousingAssocRegulatoryReformMHARRDailyBusinessNewsMHproNews-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"297\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>This is from 2019. MHARR has been working diligently to get DTS implemented. Meanwhile, Doug Ryan at CFED\/Prosperity Now has accused MHI of ignoring how Berkshire brands have thwarted DTS and turned a blind eye to purportedly monopolistic practices. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/MarkWeissPICMHARRlogoQuoteFHFAListeningSession3.25.2021-13YearsAfterDTSpassedPersonalPropertyChattelLoansonManufacturedHomesCompletelyUnderservedMHProNewsQuoteableQuote.png\" width=\"599\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, are the politicos that have raised serious concerns.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WatersCleaverEllisonCapuanoHouseDemocratsClaytonHomesMonopolyRacialBiasQuoteEmailMNAG-Ellison.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/mn-attorney-general-keith-ellison-and-manufactured-housing-accountability-project-plus-manufactured-housing-stock-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/OfficialPhotoOfficeOfAGKeithEllisonMNAttorneyGeneralKeithEllisonPICManufacturedHousingAccountabilityProjectPlusManufacturedHousingStockUpdatesMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/mn-attorney-general-keith-ellison-and-manufactured-housing-accountability-project-plus-manufactured-housing-stock-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i> https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/mn-attorney-general-keith-ellison-and-manufactured-housing-accountability-project-plus-manufactured-housing-stock-updates\/ <\/i><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ButThisOnlyUnderscoresMyPointNationalCollectiveIndependentPost-ProductionAssocMarkWeissMHARRmanufacturedHomeproNEwsQuotePhotoLogo.jpg\" width=\"602\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens have died during the COVID19 outbreak. Untold hundreds of thousands of businesses have failed. Millions of jobs have been lost. It may seem grim to say that in the light of those tragedies, there may be a silver lining for COVID. But God works in mysterious ways\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ChainsofHabitAreTooLighttoBeFeltUntiltheyaretooHeavytoBeBrokenChainsYouPUtAroundYouselfNowHaveConsquencesWarrenBuffettAZQUotesDailyBusinessNewsMHproNews.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026because Warren Buffett is right about the problem of the chain of habit being hard to break.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ItIsEasierToFoolPeopleThanToConvinceThemThatTheyHaveBeenFooledMarkTwainSamuelClemensQuoteMastheadMHProNews.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DoNotBeDeceivedWarningsAgainstLyingDeceptionJesusBibleQuranSunTzuCrisJamiQuoteQuotationsMHProNews.png\" width=\"597\" height=\"247\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The reasons to question vexing 20-year status quo of <em>otherwise inexplicable<\/em> manufactured housing underperformance has never been satisfactorily been answered by Williams, Birch, Gooch, Kevin Clayton, Tom Hodges, or anyone else in MHI or Berkshire leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The case has been made in those various linked reports that <em>sabotage monopoly<\/em> tactics, to borrow the phrase used by Schmitz and his colleagues, explains the dramatic underperformance of manufactured housing.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Berkshire moat method of foiling competition is often mentioned too. Indeed, it is Buffett and Kevin Clayton, among others, who have said as much themselves. See the various quotes and linked reports.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/fhfa-director-mark-calabria-must-initiate-an-internal-investigation-danny-ghorbani-rips-reveals-duty-to-serve-problems-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/FHFADirectorMarkCalabriaPhotoLogoMustInitiateAnInternalInvestigationDannyGhorbaniPhotoMHARRlogoRipsRevealsDutyToServeProblemsSolutionsMHProNews.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/fhfa-director-mark-calabria-must-initiate-an-internal-investigation-danny-ghorbani-rips-reveals-duty-to-serve-problems-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/fhfa-director-mark-calabria-must-initiate-an-internal-investigation-danny-ghorbani-rips-reveals-duty-to-serve-problems-solutions\/<\/i><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call For Total Transparency, Investigations, and Accountability to Independents, Consumers, Taxpayers, Investors, Others<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If association leaders won\u2019t do their own investigations and transparency, then public officials and victims\u2019 attorneys should step into the breach and act to unravel the mess. It isn\u2019t as if there has been no smoke. Ponder that Cavco is still under the cloud of an SEC subpoena. Oddly, Cavco\u2019s Joe Stegmayer stepped down from his company\u2019s leadership, without stepping down from MHI\u2019s leadership. What? Stunning, but true.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/cavco-industries-quietly-removes-cvco-executive-over-sec-issue-but-gives-large-parting-bonus-personal-and-confidential-document-more-joe-stegmayer-other-insights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CavcoIndustriesLOGOQuietlyRemovesCVCOExecutiveSECIssueGivesLargePartingBonusPersonalConfidentialDocMoreJoeStegmayerOtherInsightsMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/cavco-industries-quietly-removes-cvco-executive-over-sec-issue-but-gives-large-parting-bonus-personal-and-confidential-document-more-joe-stegmayer-other-insights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/cavco-industries-quietly-removes-cvco-executive-over-sec-issue-but-gives-large-parting-bonus-personal-and-confidential-document-more-joe-stegmayer-other-insights\/<\/a> <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just as Harry Markopolos ultimately proved to be correct, as this 30-year manufactured housing industry veteran who has studied these issues perhaps more than almost anyone in our profession, there is no other thesis that I\u2019ve seen that makes sense other than corruption and related problematic behaviors that may well include felony irregularities. Who says? Samuel Strommen at Knudson Law. Given an opportunity to respond or rebut the claims, none of those Berkshire or MHI connected attorneys or others cited in the report linked below made the attempt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/machine-of-human-suffering-berkshire-hathaways-clayton-homes-manufactured-housing-institute-attorneys-response-to-allegations-felony-abuses-knudson-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/MachineHumanSufferingBerkshireClaytonLOGOManufacturedHousingInstRonOlsonLawrenceCunninghamJohnGreinerResponseMTOGWUGraydonLawLogosAllegationsFelonyAbusesKnudsonLawReportStrommen-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/machine-of-human-suffering-berkshire-hathaways-clayton-homes-manufactured-housing-institute-attorneys-response-to-allegations-felony-abuses-knudson-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u00a0https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/machine-of-human-suffering-berkshire-hathaways-clayton-homes-manufactured-housing-institute-attorneys-response-to-allegations-felony-abuses-knudson-law\/ <\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What about ordinary incompetence, ignorance, or misplaced trust by trade leaders? If those were the case, they would have long ago been remedied. \u00a0Just as teams that don\u2019t perform replace their coaches, so too associations that do not perform replace their staff leaders. The fact that there have not been numbers of new faces in several states and MHI is itself a red flag.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the fact that MHI insiders and corporate leaders <strong><em>praise those<\/em><\/strong> who <strong><em>praise them back<\/em><\/strong> speaks volumes.<\/p>\n<p>It is time to call for transparency and accountability. If they are <em>innocent<\/em>, then there is nothing to hide. Board members and others have an obligation, per several legal sources, to investigate and properly deal with such problems.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NonProfitFiduciaryResponsibilityGoogleLegalSearchManufacturedHousingInstituteOhioManufacturedHomeAssociationMHI-OMHA-MHProNewsFactCheckAnalysis.png\" width=\"603\" height=\"756\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That responsibility must begin with transparency that includes a multiple year review of internal correspondence, spending, bylaws, changes in bylaws, trendlines, etc. Those documents should be made public as they are being developed. Why? Because it may well be other industry members who spot the irregularities that are otherwise more difficult for even motivated outside investigators to grasp. MHI&#8217;s own leaders have said what the industry&#8217;s potential is. When it is not being met, when will there be sufficient outrage that will spark serious, transparent investigations?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/RichardDickJennisonQuoteManufacturedHousingInsituteLOGOMHILogoCEORichardDickJennisonPICWhyNot500000HalfMillionNewManufacturedHomesAnnuallyWeCanGetThereQuoteMHProNews1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"367\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Still and quote are from the video posted on this page. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/we-need-to-remove-the-shackles-on-our-industry-mhi-ceos-historic-call-for-cfpb-feds-to-unleash-manufactured-home-industry-growth-via-more-lending-marty-lavin-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/we-need-to-remove-the-shackles-on-our-industry-mhi-ceos-historic-call-for-cfpb-feds-to-unleash-manufactured-home-industry-growth-via-more-lending-marty-lavin-in\/<\/a> <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ManufacturedHousingInstituteLOGOmhiLOGOMHICorporateProductionFactoriesCount1990-2012plus2019MHProNewsLogoFactCheck-scaled.jpg\" width=\"619\" height=\"1166\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total transparency. Thorough investigations. Full accountability<\/strong>. Do not be surprised if there will be those who say, <em>\u2018oh no! We can\u2019t do that!\u2019<\/em> Isn\u2019t that what Birch did for Williams?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WarrenBuffettCharlieMungerPartnersInCrimeQuoteNewsArticlesMHproNewsFactCheck.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"736\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When that happens, it is time to take names as to who are arguing against such transparency, investigations, and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>If I were Williams and Birch, and I\u2019m not, I would offer and request total transparency. Let email and tech experts make sure that messages are not deleted.<\/p>\n<p>This is not about friendships or perhaps misplaced trust. Billions of dollars are involved. Thousands of previously successful professionals that had successful businesses for 10, 20 years or longer failed since Berkshire entered manufactured housing. Coincidence?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ThereAreNoCoincidencesinWashingtonDCQuoteFollowTheMoneySenWilliamProxmirePhotoQuotesJohnSolomonManufacturedHomeProNews.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The lesson of Madoff, WorldCom, and Enron speak loudly. Never forget them.<\/p>\n<p>Nor forget that Warren Buffett and his vice chair Berkshire Charlie Munger at have publicly referred to each other, perhaps cunningly, as \u201c<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">partners in crime<\/span><\/strong>.\u201d Their purported crimes may be different than the other great cons, but that does not mean that they are not every bit as real and harmful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/manufactured-housing-institute-mhi-reviewing-biden-housing-plan-mhi-coalition-partner-national-housing-conference-exposes-mhi-claimed-manufactured-housing-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ManufacturedHousingInstituteLogoMHILogoReviewingBidenHousingPlanMHIpartnerNationalHousingConferenceLogoExposesMHIClaimedManufacturedHousingLeaderFail1ChartManufacturedHomeStockUpdates.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/manufactured-housing-institute-mhi-reviewing-biden-housing-plan-mhi-coalition-partner-national-housing-conference-exposes-mhi-claimed-manufactured-housing-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i> https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/manufactured-housing-institute-mhi-reviewing-biden-housing-plan-mhi-coalition-partner-national-housing-conference-exposes-mhi-claimed-manufactured-housing-leader\/ <\/i><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our <em>MHProNews<\/em> approach to revealing these concerns inside manufactured housing frankly may never have been close to perfect. But &#8220;<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Sometimes the perfect is the enemy of the good<\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[cp_popup display=&#8221;inline&#8221; style_id=&#8221;139941&#8243; step_id = &#8220;1&#8221;][\/cp_popup]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18965\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18965\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/pimple-on-an-elephants-ass-shell-game-l-a-tony-kovach-manufactured-housing-institute-manufactured-housing-assoc-for-regulatory-refo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PimpleOnElephantsAssShellGameLATonyKovachManufacturedHousingInstituteManufacturedHousingAssocRegulatoryReformSpeakEnterpriseHousingGoalsFHFAListeningSessionMHProNewsMAST.png\" 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It is all here, at the runaway largest and most-read source for authentic manufactured home \u201c<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>News through the lens of manufactured homes and factory-built housing<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u201d \u00a9 where \u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>We Provide, You Decide<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">.\u201d \u00a9 ## (Affordable housing, manufactured homes, reports, fact-checks, analysis, and commentary. <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/lanham-act-monopolistic-housing-institute-err-manufactured-housing-institute-legal-bullies-and-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Third-party images or content are provided under fair use guidelines for media<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">.) <\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Tahoma'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Tahoma'; font-size: 10pt;\">(<\/span><strong>See <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Related Reports<\/span>, further below<\/strong>. Text\/image boxes often are hot-linked to other reports that can be access by clicking on them.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150114\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/brutal-truths-former-democrat-la-mayor-villaraigosa-hud-secretary-carson-affordable-housing-crisis-d-c-insider-reveals-vexing-manufactured-home-reality\/congrepalgreendesktamaskovachlatonykovachphoto12-3-2019manufacturedhomepronews\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-150114\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-150114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/CongRepAlGreenDeskTamasKovachLATonyKovachPhoto12.3.2019ManufacturedHomeProNews-575x430.jpg\" alt=\"CongRepAlGreenDeskTamasKovachLATonyKovachPhoto12.3.2019ManufacturedHomeProNews\" width=\"368\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> All on Capitol Hill were welcoming and interested with the discussion of manufactured housing related issues on our 12.3.2019 meetings. But Texas Congressman Al Green&#8217;s office was tremendous in their hospitality. Our son&#8217;s hand is on a package that included the Constitution of the United States and other goodies. MHProNews has worked with people and politicos across the left-right divide.<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/latonykovach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">L.A. &#8220;Tony&#8221; Kovach<\/a> &#8211; for <em>MHProNews<\/em>.com.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tony earned a journalism scholarship and earned numerous awards in history and in manufactured housing. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For example, he <\/em><em>earned the prestigious <\/em><em>Lottinville Award in history from the University of Oklahoma, where he studied history and business management. <\/em>He&#8217;s a managing member and co-founder of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC, the parent company to <em>MHProNews,<\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/MHLivingNews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>MHLivingNews.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article reflects the LLC&#8217;s and\/or the writer&#8217;s position, and may or may not reflect the views of sponsors or supporters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a 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K. Chesterton famously quipped that \u201cSometimes the perfect is the enemy of the good.\u201d That notion, for example, has sometimes applied by those working to reform whatever, when parties agree to a compromise that represents progress but is still less than ideal. 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