{"id":9265,"date":"2014-11-26T08:26:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T14:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=9265"},"modified":"2014-11-30T08:44:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T14:44:25","slug":"shaking-up-false-narratives-and-the-manufactured-housing-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/shaking-up-false-narratives-and-the-manufactured-housing-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaking up False Narratives and the Manufactured Housing Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">News and the media can be a force for good or ill. Media can &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/news-is-bad-good-shutterstock-cooltext-.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-9268\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/news-is-bad-good-shutterstock-cooltext--575x382.png\" alt=\"news-is-bad-good-shutterstock-cooltext-\" width=\"293\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/news-is-bad-good-shutterstock-cooltext--575x382.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/news-is-bad-good-shutterstock-cooltext--150x99.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/news-is-bad-good-shutterstock-cooltext-.png 906w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id=\"manuf-1270234458\" 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<ul>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">give voice to the voiceless, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">be an instrument of deception,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">be used for evil or oppression, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">be used to promote the good, including freedom and prosperity,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">have an agenda that transcends business, politics or any other topic.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Shaking things up<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Manufactured housing has for decades fallen victim to false narratives about our product and businesses. But how you break through all that noise in a practical way?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Answers &#8211; solutions &#8211; for profitably unlocking the closed doors are forthcoming.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Recognizing Reality<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For those in the trap of a false narrative, how do you open their mind? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">How do you show people the reality that is, vs. the false impression that may be commonly held, but isn&#8217;t real? This is a critical topic for MH, one that leaders must deal with. Here is a hint, it goes beyond image, as important as that subject is.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Incidents like <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/?p=9220\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">U.S Bank pulling the plug on MH direct lending<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> should sends a signal to all, but don&#8217;t misread that and don&#8217;t try reading that event in a vacuum. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But it&#8217;s a cautionary tale, and some connected with Arlington and DC are exploring how they think they can use that with the CFPB. More on that one another time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/unzipped-green-eye-black-background-collage-manufactured-housing-professionals-mhpronews-com-704x872pic-framed-.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9269\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/unzipped-green-eye-black-background-collage-manufactured-housing-professionals-mhpronews-com-704x872pic-framed--620x768.png\" alt=\"unzipped-green-eye-black-background-collage-manufactured-housing-professionals-mhpronews-com-704x872pic--framed-\" width=\"400\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/unzipped-green-eye-black-background-collage-manufactured-housing-professionals-mhpronews-com-704x872pic-framed--620x768.png 620w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/unzipped-green-eye-black-background-collage-manufactured-housing-professionals-mhpronews-com-704x872pic-framed--121x150.png 121w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/unzipped-green-eye-black-background-collage-manufactured-housing-professionals-mhpronews-com-704x872pic-framed--347x430.png 347w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/unzipped-green-eye-black-background-collage-manufactured-housing-professionals-mhpronews-com-704x872pic-framed-.png 704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Our Stories Told Our Way<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Anyone that says that media is free of bias or agenda is&#8230;well&#8230;to be polite, <\/span><i><b>mistaken<\/b><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>MSNBC<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> has an editorial slant, so too &#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Fox<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>CNN<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>ABC<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>CBS<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>NBC<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the <\/span><b>New York Times<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the <\/span><b>New York Post<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, etc.. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Part of the genius of the <\/span><b>Drudge Report<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> is that it spans the gamut of media, yet headlines its way into news nuggets that with other insights can paint a picture. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But the point is <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><b>where are Manufactured and Modular Housing&#8217;s story tellers? <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They are here, but <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>out there too. <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Most of the story telling today comes from the lame-stream, err, mainstream media. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The local and national news is influencing your staff, your co-workers, your investors and you. They can spin a story on politics, religion or housing. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The media spins a story on MH, costing us tens of billions of dollars a year. How much of that could have gone into your bank account?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Revolutionary Advantages<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Because our parent company &#8211; LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC \u2013 and through sister operations, we &#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">help recruit, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">hire and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">do training for manufactured and modular home operations.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">So we routinely hear from people in and out of MH. We hear from customers and home shoppers. We get the sense of the pulse that many may not have.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Because our sister and synergistic allies do <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">marketing, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">websites, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">videos, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">finance,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">copywriting and more, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">we get feedback and can gauge responses to messages.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Because we ask questions and <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>listen<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to customers and professionals like you, we see and hear things others might not. Such facts don&#8217;t mean we&#8217;re perfect, but listening, actively questioning narratives and the bullets shown are amazing advantages.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We communicate with, ask questions, challenge and listen to those in the media. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We talk to and engage the non-profits that some (mistakenly) think are our enemy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We talk with housing professionals NOT in MH, and those who are more savvy about the realities of MH.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As one industry executive said, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #b84700;\">you<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201d (meaning, us \u2013 MHProNews et al&#8230;) \u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #b84700;\">are the voice and face of manufactured housing<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201d to ever greater numbers in and outside of MH. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These and other factors gives us advantages beyond our apparent size. David slew Goliath, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>because he knew how to wield that rock in his slingshot. <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">So having the largest audience in manufactured housing matters. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">More on why and what that means to you and organizations or careers like yours in the near term.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/puzzle-frame-shutterstock-butterfly-we-solve-togther-mhpronews-com-.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9270\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/puzzle-frame-shutterstock-butterfly-we-solve-togther-mhpronews-com--575x384.png\" alt=\"puzzle-frame-shutterstock-butterfly-we-solve-togther-mhpronews-com-\" width=\"421\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/puzzle-frame-shutterstock-butterfly-we-solve-togther-mhpronews-com--575x384.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/puzzle-frame-shutterstock-butterfly-we-solve-togther-mhpronews-com--150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/puzzle-frame-shutterstock-butterfly-we-solve-togther-mhpronews-com-.png 911w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Test Market Marketing<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Focus groups are just one way of doing test marketing. Put a product or message out there, and see how people respond to it. Promote a perspective, and see if readership goes up, down or stays the same. Information &#8211; knowledge &#8211; is potential power.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Patience and persistence pays.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In our video interview with Jim Clayton, there is a gold mine of insights. Certainly, there are tons of insights in each of the videos we&#8217;ve done. You can google those <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><b>Inside Manufactured Housing Videos<\/b><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, or wait until we link up all those videos for you another day&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8230;and share them in a powerful, revolutionary way.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>What is a Revolution?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Words have meanings, and sadly, many are distorted or misunderstood. \u201cRadical\u201d &#8211; for example &#8211; doesn&#8217;t mean what millions think. A radical goes to the root of an issue, the heart of the matter.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Googling \u201crevolution,\u201d you&#8217;ll find the following:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><b>rev\u00b7o\u00b7lu\u00b7tion<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #b84700;\">\/rev\u0259\u02c8lo\u035eoSH(\u0259)n\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\">noun<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><strong><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. an instance of revolving.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But must a revolution be \u201cforceable?\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I say, it need not be so! The Berlin Wall tumbled with nary a shot fired. Apple created revolutions with products like iPod, iPhone and iPad. Take out the word \u201cforce\u201d &#8211; and use this definition:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Revolution:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><b>A dramatic change in the social, political, economic or religious order <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><b>in favor of a new system.<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Testing Revolutions \u2013 large or small&#8230;<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since last summer, we&#8217;ve taken a more robust approach to the <\/span><i><b>Daily Business News <\/b><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(DBN). Investors, media, professionals in-and-out of MH, international readers, public officials (elected and appointed) are responding. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We know, because we have the statistics. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The year-over-year jump is serious. If your business was growing the way ours is, well, you&#8217;d be smiling all the way to the bank and back.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>That is the point. <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We want operations like yours, not surviving or sinking, but thriving.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That&#8217;s a key part of the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Manufactured Housing Revolution.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/sunday-morning-manufactured-housing-daily-business-news-weekly-recap-11-16-22-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9271\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sunday-morning-manufactured-housing-weekly-pro-news-recap-mhpronews-com-.png\" alt=\"sunday-morning-manufactured-housing-weekly-pro-news-recap-mhpronews-com-\" width=\"404\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sunday-morning-manufactured-housing-weekly-pro-news-recap-mhpronews-com-.png 545w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sunday-morning-manufactured-housing-weekly-pro-news-recap-mhpronews-com--150x118.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/?p=35923\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Sunday Morning Weekly Recap<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Individuals professionals, businesses and associations of all kinds will be key players. So too parties seen as &#8220;outside&#8221; MH, but that have the power and capital to change MH for good&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;and they will,<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i> forever.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Goliath thought himself invincible. Jim Collins wrote an amazing series of books on business, including <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><b>How the Mighty Fall. <\/b><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arrogance, complacency, believing in the status quo are among the factors Collins \u2013 and his team of university researchers \u2013 said caused those in one time positions of economic power to tumble.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Where will the Revolution Occur?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Online is where the Revolution for freedom from false narratives begins, but it continues in offices, plants, fields and in homes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Operations and pros like yours can be \u2013 or are &#8211; a part of that liberating movement.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/breaking-chains-masthead-blog-shutterstock-mhpronews-unlocking-minds-key-to-advance-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9272\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/breaking-chains-masthead-blog-shutterstock-mhpronews-unlocking-minds-key-to-advance-.png\" alt=\"breaking-chains-masthead-blog-shutterstock-mhpronews-unlocking-minds-key-to-advance-\" width=\"386\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/breaking-chains-masthead-blog-shutterstock-mhpronews-unlocking-minds-key-to-advance-.png 386w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/breaking-chains-masthead-blog-shutterstock-mhpronews-unlocking-minds-key-to-advance--150x105.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Combine the factors noted above with our one-of-a-kind public-focused sister site &#8211; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/MHLivingNews.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">MHLivingNews.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> &#8211; and you have platforms and insights unlike anyone else in MH has. And, Oh! That is NOT meant to disrespect anyone else! It-is-what-it-is, nothing more, but nothing less. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Reality Is<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reality is. Insanity isn&#8217;t just doing the same things the same way, and hoping for a different result. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><b>Insanity is a break with reality.<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Opening the door to reality for ourselves and others is how the MH Industry advances.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">When Apple first rolled out their iPods and iPhones, they began revolutions. Good ones. They blazed a trail.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We &#8211; you, us and other forward thinkers &#8211; can too. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Thanksgiving and then December<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The many new Featured Articles for our December 2014 issue are almost upon us. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We will roll out another <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i><b>A Cup of Coffee with&#8230; <\/b><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">an industry leader you will be keen to hear from, because they have success and insights they freely share. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We will have updates on Louisville &#8211; and what will happen at the rapidly approaching <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/louisvillemanufacturedhousingshow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">2015 L&#8217;ville MH Show<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> could rock Manufactured Housing ahead&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8230;for those who are there and will &#8220;get it.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For those trapped in false narratives, we will reveal how those doors are opened.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We will showcase how a business, organization or career like yours can grow and prosper.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Thursday is Thanksgiving Day. We are all more like those starving pilgrims than some realize. The pilgrims needed those native Americans to show them how to survive and then thrive. They needed each other. We do too.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Working together with like minded and forward thinking pros, we can thrive too.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In December and early January \u2013 here and in <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/louisvillemanufacturedhousingshow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Louisville<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8211; you will see what the future can hold for operations and careers like yours.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the mean time, please check out our other blogs on <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>MHProNews<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> \u2013 including the quite revolution on the <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><b>Daily Business News<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">. Because others are by the thousands. That may be a clue that you should check in for 15 minutes a day there too. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Please see the <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/INspiration\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Inspirations Blog<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">and scroll through a series of Thanksgiving and other thought provoking or inspirational items. Happy Thanksgiving to all, see you back here for Sunday coffee and more? ##<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/latonykovach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9273\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/latonykovach-us-supreme-court-building-washington-dc-masthead-mhpronews-com-_light-1-304x430.png\" alt=\"latonykovach-us-supreme-court-building-washington-dc-masthead-mhpronews-com-_light- (1)\" width=\"228\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/latonykovach-us-supreme-court-building-washington-dc-masthead-mhpronews-com-_light-1-304x430.png 304w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/latonykovach-us-supreme-court-building-washington-dc-masthead-mhpronews-com-_light-1-106x150.png 106w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/latonykovach-us-supreme-court-building-washington-dc-masthead-mhpronews-com-_light-1.png 306w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>(Image credits: Shutterstock and MHProNews)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">See updated links, bottom right of <\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/LATonyKovach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">LATonyKovach.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>and happy thanksgiving to you and your loves ones.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/la-tony-kovach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8779\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/la-tony-kovach.jpg\" alt=\"la-tony-kovach\" width=\"126\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a>by <a href=\"http:\/\/latonykovach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">L. 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