{"id":6276,"date":"2013-07-01T15:59:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T20:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=6276"},"modified":"2013-07-01T15:59:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T20:59:21","slug":"the-fraternity-will-the-ties-bind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/the-fraternity-will-the-ties-bind\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fraternity &#8211; Will the Ties Bind?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div font-family:=\"\" style=\"\u201dfont-size:\">\n<p>The word <i>fraternity<\/i> is derived from the word <i>fraternal<\/i>. Wikipedia says: A fraternity (from the Latin frater: &quot;brother&quot;) is a brotherhood, or a fraternal organization. In ancient times, fraternal &#8211; brother &#8211; meant &#39;kin&#39; and in many societies it was understood in a gender neutral (male and\/or female) fashion, that went well beyond immediate siblings.<\/p><div id=\"manuf-1422232779\" 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>All our features writers this month &#8211; yes, female and male &#8211; are members of a <b>fraternity<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read what CEO of power house 21st Mortgage Corporation, wrote on this topic in our exclusive<i><b> A Cup of Coffee with&#8230;<\/b><\/i><b>Tim Williams. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Then dive into DJ Pendleton&#39;s, TMHA&#39;s Executive Director, take on this in <i><b>The Ties that Bind. <\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Each look at the idea of fraternity &#8211; unity amidst the self evident diversity &#8211; in manufactured housing. The link to each article is found below.<\/p>\n<p>Also, don&#39;t miss our exclusive<i><b> A Cup of Coffee with&#8230;<\/b><\/i><b>Congressman Stephen Fincher<\/b>, a co-sponsor of the <b>Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act <\/b>&ndash; a.k.a. &#8211; HR 1779. Read carefully the Congressman&#39;s thoughts on a theme very related to the above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"all_for_one_and_one_for_all_credit-wikicommons-posted-mhpronews-.jpg\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/all_for_one_and_one_for_all_credit-wikicommons-posted-mhpronews-.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><i>All for One, One for All<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Competitors, yes, but members of the <\/b><i><b>Fraternity First<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>For many years now, I thought it was pretty short sighted when someone put down a competitor in an intentional, public (and obvious) way. There is more that <i>ought to bind us together<\/i> than <i>divides<\/i> us.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#39;s get HR 1779 done, let&#39;s grow our industry! There is time to &#39;compete&#39; in the noble ways that speaks of fraternal ties that bind.<\/p>\n<p>That is how we get the rising tide to raise all boats!<\/p>\n<p><b>Raising All Boats<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the Image campaign that will raise &#39;all boats&#39; involved, you can get an <span style=\"background-color:#fff;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/component\/content\/article\/117-marketing\/5798-manufactured-industry-pros-respond-to-the-new-mh-image-campaign-movement\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">update on the strategy and who&#39;s cheering here<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>, and some new articles that will showcase that strategy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/model-homes-for-factory-home-builders\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com\/model-homes-for-factory-home-builders\/<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com\/u-s-destinations-the-nicholas-conservatory-a-rockford-illinois-park-district-gem\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com\/u-s-destinations-the-nicholas-conservatory-a-rockford-illinois-park-district-gem\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"http:\/\/ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com\/maricopa-county-summer-home-and-garden-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com\/maricopa-county-summer-home-and-garden-show\/<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;plus our new Featured Home for the week on the top right photo slider!<\/p>\n<p><b>Happy 4th of July!<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"330\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/happy-birthday-america-4th-july-fireworks-credit-wikicommons-posted-mhpronews-com-manufactured-home-professional-news-(1).jpeg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last year, at the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association&#39;s annual meeting, we all sang a round of &ldquo;God Bless America&rdquo; to honor the vets in the room. If we were together, we&#39;d sing that for our nation and for all across this grand land.<\/p>\n<p><b>All of our fine Featured Writers<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We have our normal &#39;all star line up&#39; of experts who penned 17 new articles here in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><b>communities, <\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><b>finance, <\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>a column by New York Housing&#39;s Nancy Geer and her members<b> grass roots policy efforts, <\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><b>marketing, <\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><b>sales, <\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><b>management,<\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><b>a new &#39;grass roots&#39; featured industry member<\/b> submitted by Arizona Housing Association&#39;s Ken Anderson,<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><b>general industry topics,<\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><b>inspirational,<\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>our exclusive, red hot <i><b>A Cup of Coffee with<\/b><\/i><b>&#8230;interviews <\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><b>and much more!<\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plus all our exclusive blogs, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/mhi-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">MHI<\/a><\/u> and <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/latest-news-from-mharr\/\" target=\"_blank\">MHARR<\/a><\/u> news modules and the industry&#39;s first and still only <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i><b>Daily Business News<\/b><\/i><\/a><\/u> you look to routinely to keep you connected.<\/p>\n<p><b>#1. Who says? You and Your Peers do 190,000 Plus Times Monthly!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Who says we have the best line up? <i><b>You and your peers do!<\/b><\/i> We are truly appreciative of all the readers, <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/advertise\/sponsors\" target=\"_blank\">sponsors<\/a><\/u>, writers and team members who make this possible for us to bring to you.<\/p>\n<p>You vote with your web browser as part of the ever growing, ever record setting numbers of routine visits and <b>1,538,232 pages read.<\/b> This is far and away <b>more readers and pages<\/b> than <i><b>all other national platforms in our industry combined. <\/b><\/i>Thank you and all who make this possible!<\/p>\n<p>That makes YOU part of &#39;this fraternity&#39; made up of industry pros hungry to learn, earn, know and grow.<\/p>\n<p>195,219 visits in the 30 days of June, from professionals, investors, politicos and leaders like YOU. That&#39;s about 16x the number who &#39;subscribe&#39; to the next closest national MH platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"276\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/august-2012-june-2013-mhpronews_com-stats-.png\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our strong line up is THE reason why we keep setting records, and if you are new to us, then <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/industry-news\/industry-in-focus\/5371-free-manufactured-housing-industry-resources-and-links\" target=\"_blank\">go to this link so you can access all of our FREE features at a glance<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>So our &#39;fraternity&#39; is already binding tens of thousands of you together here daily.<\/p>\n<p>Now, let&#39;s pull together on those critical issues and &#39;get it done&#39; through the grass roots efforts and business building activities you will see showcased here in July.<\/p>\n<p>With no further adieu, please dive right into the manufactured housing industry&#39;s premier line up of writers, experts and exclusive interviews.<\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><b>Featured Articles<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong>Featured Articles and Reports for Vol. 4, No. 10, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Alphabetically by Category<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong>COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT &amp; FAIR HOUSING (LEGAL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&bull;&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Promoting Your Community &ldquo;Together Everyone Accomplishes More . . .&rdquo;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by Chrissy Jackson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/chrissy-jackson(5).jpeg\" style=\"float:left;margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"chrissy-jackson-50\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/images\/stories\/author-photos\/chrissy-jackson-50.jpg\" style=\"margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px; float: left;\" width=\"50\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div 10pt=\"\" arial=\"\" font-family:=\"\" helvetica=\"\" sans-serif=\"\" tahoma=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Retailers . . .(WoW!) In some areas of the country, there is little or no local retailer base, or the retailer(s) are not &#39;into&#39; selling homes into a manufactured home community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2013\/153-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/5786-promoting-your-community-together-everyone-accomplishes-more---\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div 10pt=\"\" arial=\"\" font-family:=\"\" helvetica=\"\" sans-serif=\"\" tahoma=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>FINANCING<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&bull;&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&ldquo;Buy-For&rdquo; Loans for Manufactured Homes: Still in Big Demand<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by Dave Shanklin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dave-shanklin-posted-on-mhpronews-com.jpeg\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/dave-shanklin-posted-on-mhpronews-com.jpeg\" style=\"float: left; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\" width=\"50\" \/>&ldquo;I need to buy a manufactured home for my mother. I want to go on the loan, even though I won&rsquo;t be living in the house. Can you help me?&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2013\/155-financing\/5782-buy-for-loans-for-manufactured-homes-still-in-big-demand\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><b style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&bull;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Grass Roots Featured Leadership &ndash; Shane Wilson, NW Chapter President, AHA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Ken Anderson<\/p>\n<div 10pt=\"\" arial=\"\" font-family:=\"\" helvetica=\"\" sans-serif=\"\" tahoma=\"\">\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ken-anderson-president-arizona-housing-association-posted-manufactured-housing-professional-news-mhpronews-50x50-\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/images\/stories\/author-photos\/ken-anderson-president-arizona-housing-association-posted-manufactured-housing-professional-news-mhpronews-50x50-.png\" style=\"margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px; float: left;\" width=\"50\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Shane Willson is the owner of Copperstate Services and manager of Prestige Homes, Inc. in Kingman, AZ. He is currently serving as President of the AHA Northwest Chapter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2013\/156-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/5788-grass-roots-featured-leadership-shane-wilson-nw-chapter-president-aha\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&bull;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">A Cup of Coffee with&#8230;Congressman Stephen Fincher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 10px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a cup\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/a-cup-mhmsm-com(8).jpeg\" style=\"float: left; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\" width=\"50\" \/>1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Who, What and Where:&nbsp;(Your name, District and Party Affiliation in Congress).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 10px;\">&nbsp; Stephen Fincher, TN-08, Republican.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2013\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/5783-a-cup-of-coffee-withcongressman-stephen-fincher\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&bull;&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Manufactured Housing&#39;s 2013 &#39;Home on the Hill&#39;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by Nancy Geer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"nancy-geer-new-york-housing-posted-manufactured-home-professional-news-mhpronews-com-50x50-\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/images\/stories\/author-photos\/nancy-geer-new-york-housing-posted-manufactured-home-professional-news-mhpronews-com-50x50-.png\" style=\"margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px; float: left;\" width=\"50\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Manufactured homes can be traced back to 1764 when a two story panelized home was shipped from London, England to Cape Ann, Massachusetts. In the 1870&rsquo;s, homes were built by hand and driven by horses to the outer banks of North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2013\/156-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/5779-manufactured-housings-2013-home-on-the-hill\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt;\">&bull;&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Visitability Issue and Manufactured Housing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>by Nadeen Green, JD<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/nadeen-green-photo-mhpronews.jpeg\" style=\"float:left;margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"libby-and-the-cape-of-visitability-by-eleanor-smith-nadeen-green-art-rodrigo-tobar-de-la-fuente-50x50\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/images\/stories\/author-photos\/libby-and-the-cape-of-visitability-by-eleanor-smith-nadeen-green-art-rodrigo-tobar-de-la-fuente-50x50.png\" style=\"margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px; float: left;\" width=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those who choose to read my articles or posts (or who stumble upon them) will soon realize that I have a focus on all issues related to Fair Housing.&nbsp; In fact, that has&nbsp;led to the sobriquet of &quot;Fair Housing Lady.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2013\/156-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/5784-visitability-issue-and-manufactured-housing\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;\">&bull;&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Sleeping with the Enemy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by L. A. &#39;Tony&#39; Kovach<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\" lang=\"en-US\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"tony-kovach-2-50\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/images\/stories\/author-photos\/tony-kovach-2-50.jpg\" style=\"margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px; float: left;\" width=\"50\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">The subject today is having a Better Working Relationship with Non-Profits. For some commentators and other thinkers in our industry, this topic will be seen as akin to &ldquo;sleeping with the enemy.&rdquo; But few things could be farther from the truth, as I plan to demonstrate below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2013\/156-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/5795-sleeping-with-the-enemy\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&bull;&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Caitlin goes Home Show&#39;n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Caitlin Nauert<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\" lang=\"en-US\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"caitlin-nauert-director-communications-texas-manufactured-housing-association-posted-mhpronews-com-50x50-.png\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/caitlin-nauert-director-communications-texas-manufactured-housing-association-posted-mhpronews-com-50x50-.png\" style=\"float: left; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\" width=\"50\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">February and March were busy months in the manufactured housing industry event world. TMHA had a presence at both the Louisville Manufactured House Show and the Tunica Manufactured House Show. Each show had great attendance and an excellent set up of homes and vendors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2013\/156-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/5790-caitlin-goes-home-shown\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&bull;&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Ties the Bind<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by D. J. Pendleton<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\" lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dj-pendleton-mhpronews-com-executive-director-texas-manufactured-housing-association-50x50-.png\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/dj-pendleton-mhpronews-com-executive-director-texas-manufactured-housing-association-50x50-.png\" style=\"float: left; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\" width=\"50\" \/>Unity. A seemingly simple concept and yet limitlessly complex in reality. Can everyone ever agree on anything? It seems an impossibility to ever answer that question with a yes. And yet it remains undeniable, unity is significantly stronger than the alternative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2013\/156-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/5789-the-ties-the-bind\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&bull;&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">A Cup of Coffee with&hellip;Tim Williams<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a cup\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/a-cup-mhmsm-com(7).jpeg\" style=\"float: left; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\" width=\"50\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">1)&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Who, What and Where<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">: (Your name and your formal title at 21st Mortgage).<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">Tim Williams, CEO and President, 21st Mortgage Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2013\/156-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/5781-a-cup-of-coffee-withtim-williams\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&bull;&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Developing Strategies Using Porter&rsquo;s Five Forces Model<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 10px;\">by Lisa Tyler<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lisa Tyler posted on MHProNews\" height=\"49\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/lisa-tyler-walden-university-posted-manufactured-home-professional-news-mhpronews-com-50x50-.png\" style=\"float: left; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\" width=\"50\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Porter&rsquo;s Five Forces model identifies competitive forces and underlying causes that reveal the roots of an industry&rsquo;s current profitability while providing a framework for anticipating and influencing competition over time (Porter, 2008).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2013\/156-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/5785-developing-strategies-using-porters-five-forces-model\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MANAGEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt;\">&bull;<\/span><b style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/b><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The benefits of a slow economy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by Tim Connor<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"tim-connor-50\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/images\/stories\/author-photos\/tim-connor-50.jpg\" style=\"margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px; float: left;\" width=\"50\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">There are two attitudes you can take as a manager, executive or business owner when the economy slows or goes in the tank &#8211; you can:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2013\/157-management\/5778-the-benefits-of-a-slow-economy-\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&bull;&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Look Back but Think Forward!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by Scott Stroud<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\" lang=\"en-US\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"scott-stroud-50\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/images\/stories\/author-photos\/scott-stroud-50.jpg\" style=\"margin-top: 8px; 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Not just a quick glance to make sure it&rsquo;s still there, but really looked at it. Take some time to read through each page and look for anything out of date or not functioning properly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2013\/158-marketing\/5780-time-to-clean-up-your-website\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\">&bull;&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Manufactured Industry Pros Respond to the new MH Image Campaign Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: left;\">by L. 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But the need for such a campaign is widely believed to be important<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2013\/158-marketing\/5798-manufactured-industry-pros-respond-to-the-new-mh-image-campaign-movement\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">PERSONAL REFLECTIONS, MOTIVATION and INSPIRATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&bull;&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">ZigOn Pursuing Dreams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p align=\"CENTER\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">by Zig Ziglar<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"zig-ziglar-posted on MHProNews-com\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/images\/stories\/author-photos\/zig-ziglar-50.jpg\" style=\"margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px; float: left;\" width=\"50\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Think about the following story while you consider what success means to you. 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