{"id":9884,"date":"2015-06-02T10:42:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T15:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=9884"},"modified":"2015-06-02T12:37:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T17:37:00","slug":"justification-june-2015-the-state-of-the-manufactured-housing-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/justification-june-2015-the-state-of-the-manufactured-housing-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Justification June 2015 &#8211; The State of the Manufactured Housing Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The five year recovery is real from the bottom hit by manufactured home producers, yet tepid compared to the MH potential. \u00a0We can cheer every baby step forward, while challenging all to see that we are surrounded by opportunities to grow many times faster than the MH Industry has been. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id=\"manuf-3195391131\" 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><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The facts, figures, videos and commentaries in this special State of the Manufactured Housing Industry issue all point to the fact that individually and collectively, we can do much better.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/latonykovach.com\/recommendations-and-testimonials.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9886 \" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/the-state-of-the-manufactured-housing-industry-reports-investors-professionals-masthead-blog-mhpronews-com--575x166.png\" alt=\"the-state-of-the-manufactured-housing-industry-reports-investors-professionals-masthead-blog-mhpronews-com-\" width=\"526\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/the-state-of-the-manufactured-housing-industry-reports-investors-professionals-masthead-blog-mhpronews-com--575x166.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/the-state-of-the-manufactured-housing-industry-reports-investors-professionals-masthead-blog-mhpronews-com--150x43.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/the-state-of-the-manufactured-housing-industry-reports-investors-professionals-masthead-blog-mhpronews-com-.png 847w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We could have produced an issue twice this size, and still have topics, examples and added commentary untouched. \u00a0This is more than enough to encourage an industry discussion of where we are, where we should be and how to get there. So your thoughts &#8211; private and for publication &#8211; on these articles and videos are encouraged.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Lived Experiences\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A decade ago, your <i><b>Masthead<\/b><\/i> scribe was put in charge of supervising 7 manufactured home communities that had been losing occupancy for years. \u00a0Part of the recovery plan I put on the table &#8211; which upper management largely okayed and\u00a0adopted\u00a0&#8211; was to reallocate budgeted dollars from one task to another&#8230;.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8230;thus, in the next 18 months, our region lead that company, doubling the sales results of two larger regions combined. \u00a0We&#8217;ve had other like outcomes since, whenever the vision and plan are properly put to work.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We are doing such growth programs today. These are done, working with willing strategic partners, via our consulting operation. \u00a0The successes that flow are always a team result. \u00a0So principles that worked a decade ago, works now too. \u00a0In fact, we have more tools today than back then. \u00a0Team work, works.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">So what&#8217;s observed in those articles this month that focus on the State of the Industry and its potential \u2013 these are not mere theories &#8211; these are tested principles that should make MH owners, managers and investors cheer&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8230;once they are understood, embraced and energetically adopted.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Please ponder as you read the various reports. See the picture that emerges. \u00a0MH is barely scratching the surface of what can be done.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Once you review the reports, decide to set time aside to discuss how your firm or organization &#8211; by re-allocating resources most already have &#8211; can go from where you are to where you should be. \u00a0Forward thinkers and doers are and will be the leaders in this team effort &#8211; allies &#8211; \u00a0strategic Partners in MH Progress.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We are working with firms small to large and in between. What could happen through wise action?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&gt; Our nation&#8217;s MHCs ought to be full, have waiting lists and often see appreciation of the resident-owned homes in them. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&gt; Our retail centers can grow rapidly and profitably.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&gt; Factory home producers can increase production and profitably expand with confidence.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&gt; Developments should renew anew the boom days of the past, but do it even better than before.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&gt; Suppliers can sell more, financial services can do more too while reducing risk when the right steps are taken.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&gt; Associations could benefit by making PEP a true reality.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/latonykovach.com\/the-mh-alliance-partners-in-progress.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9887\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/unzipped-green-eye-black-background-collage-manufactured-housing-professionals-mhpronews-com-704x872pic-framed-347x430-347x430.png\" alt=\"unzipped-green-eye-black-background-collage-manufactured-housing-professionals-mhpronews-com-704x872pic-framed--347x430\" width=\"347\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/unzipped-green-eye-black-background-collage-manufactured-housing-professionals-mhpronews-com-704x872pic-framed-347x430.png 347w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/unzipped-green-eye-black-background-collage-manufactured-housing-professionals-mhpronews-com-704x872pic-framed-347x430-121x150.png 121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Warren Buffett, Sam Zell and Jim Clayton are only some of the billionaires who \u201cget it\u201d about the MH potential and reality, and thus they want to do more. \u00a0They are not alone! Outside investors read our pages routinely. We are getting more contacts and inquiries from firms of all sizes. \u00a0Expect entries by operations of all sizes into the MH field.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">MH could change in the twinkling of an eye, as it did a dozen years ago when Berkshire Hathaway first bought in. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Will you be part of it? Will you get left behind or be an also ran?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The multi-billion dollar players are on the sidelines; nibbling, bitting or waiting to make a big summer-time cannonball style splash.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Are there challenges? You bet. Easy doesn&#8217;t pay well, <i>until you make what was once hard,<\/i> easy&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Please dive into our big June issue. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks as always for your readership and my sincere appreciation for all those who support our MH Industry advancement efforts. \u00a0You are reading this because others in the know who want to grow make it possible.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>June 2015 Featured Articles\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Featured Articles and Reports for Vol. 6, No. 8, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Alphabetically by Category<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"CENTER\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT &amp; FAIR HOUSING (LEGAL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Tornado Safety \u2013 Photos that tell you to &#8216;have a plan&#8217; for your Community<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Kathleen M. Bianculli, CIC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kathleen-bianculli-manufactured-housing-american-insurance-alliance-aia-posted-mhpronews-com-50x50-revised.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9645\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/kathleen-bianculli-manufactured-housing-american-insurance-alliance-aia-posted-mhpronews-com-50x50-revised.png\" alt=\"kathleen-bianculli-manufactured-housing-american-insurance-alliance-aia-posted--mhpronews-com-50x50-revised\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s tornado season and a great time to look at your community\u2019s plan for both tenants and employees.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><a style=\"font-size: 10pt;\" href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/9661-tornado-safety-photos-that-tell-you-to-have-a-plan-for-your-community-\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Post That Should Not Need to be Written<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by Nadeen Green, JD<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nadeen-green-mhpronews-com.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9646 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/nadeen-green-mhpronews-com.jpeg\" alt=\"nadeen-green-mhpronews-com\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Recently I had the opportunity to speak at the Fair Housing Matters conference in Nashville, Tennessee, hosted by the Tennessee Fair Housing Council, a private, non-profit organization with the mission to eliminate housing discrimination (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennfairhousing.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.tennfairhousing.org<\/a>).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/9658-the-post-that-should-not-need-to-be-written\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>FINANCING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Senator Joe Donnelly on Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by Senator Joe Donnelly and others<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/senator-joe-donnelly-d-in-preserving-access-manufactured-housing-posted-mhpronews-com-55x55.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9875\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/senator-joe-donnelly-d-in-preserving-access-manufactured-housing-posted-mhpronews-com-55x55.jpg\" alt=\"senator-joe-donnelly-d-in-preserving-access-manufactured-housing-posted-mhpronews-com-55x55\" width=\"55\" height=\"56\" \/><\/a>Editor&#8217;s Note:\u00a0<\/b><\/i>Senator Joe Donnelly and his team provided the following for-the-record response to\u00a0<i>MHProNews&#8217;\u00a0<\/i>recent inquiry about manufactured housing related finance issues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/137-financing\/9655-senator-joe-donnelly-on-preserving-access-to-manufactured-housing-s-682-a-hr-650\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Letter to Tony Kovach from Midwest Manufactured Housing Federation and the Louisville Show Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by Ron Thomas, Sr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ron-thomas-sr-rona-homes-founder-mmhflouisville-show-chairman-postedmhpronews-com-50x50-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9876\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ron-thomas-sr-rona-homes-founder-mmhflouisville-show-chairman-postedmhpronews-com-50x50-.png\" alt=\"ron-thomas-sr-rona-homes-founder-mmhf=louisville-show-chairman-posted=mhpronews-com-50x50-\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>Dear Tony,\u00a0I want to thank you for your exceptional work in promoting and providing educational seminars these last 5 years for the Louisville Show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/137-financing\/9659-letter-to-tony-kovach-from-midwest-manufactured-housing-federation-and-the-louisville-show-committee\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Mobile Homes and Trailer Houses Are Dead \u2026and have been for nearly 40 years<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by Victor Frost<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/victor-frost-60x50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9877\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/victor-frost-60x50.jpg\" alt=\"victor-frost-60x50\" width=\"60\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>Every day our phone rings, or a customer walks into the Home Center, and they utter the words that are cringe worthy; \u201cWe want some information on your trailer houses\u201d or \u201cWe\u2019d like to look at some of your mobile homes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9654-mobile-homes-and-trailer-houses-are-dead-and-have-been-for-nearly-40-years\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022 <strong>Manufactured Homes \u2013 myths, reality and potential<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\">by Tim Connor, CSP<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tim-connor-mhmsm-com.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9652\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tim-connor-mhmsm-com.jpg\" alt=\"tim-connor-mhmsm-com\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>For years the manufactured housing industry has fought to maintain and in many cases even establish itself as a viable alternative to site built homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9676-manufactured-homes--myths-reality-and-potential\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">A Nation of Renters&#8230;or Home Buyers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9648\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>The quarter full glass in front of you is begging to be filled. The growing demand for rental housing \u2013 and spiking rental rates \u2013 are crying out for manufactured housing to tap into those potential markets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9652-a-nation-of-rentersor-home-buyers\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Manufactured Home Lenders at the Tunica Manufactured Housing Show Sound Off<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9648\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">The recent Tunica Show brought about an amazingly rapid move from the prior location at the now closed Harrah&#8217;s site, to what the planned location at another Caesar\u2019s property was supposed to be before the hiccup occurred, and finally to the location that came to pass.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9653-manufactured-home-lenders-at-the-tunica-manufactured-housing-show-sound-off\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Don Glisson, Jr \u2013 CEO Triad Financial Services on Dodd-Frank, HR 650 S 682 and Manufactured Housing Financing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9648\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The comments that follow are the &#8216;full length&#8217; comments shared by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/cup-of-coffee-interviews\/5129-a-cup-of-coffee-withdon-glisson-jr\" target=\"_blank\">Triad Financial&#8217;s Chairman and CEO, Don Glisson, Jr.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9657-don-glisson-jr-ceo-triad-financial-services-on-dodd-frank-hr-650-s-682-and-manufactured-housing-financing\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Manufactured Housing By State and By the Numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9651\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach1.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">In this &#8216;State of the Manufactured Housing Industry&#8217; June 2015 issue, we are looking at a wide range of facts and figures, all of which should point to the current realities of our industry as well as to the potential for growth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9667-manufactured-housing-by-state-and-by-the-numbers\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Scott Roberts \u2013 Roberts Resorts and Communities \u2013 Video Insights for Manufactured Housing Industry and Investment Professionals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9648\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>On June 4th, this insightful video interview will be finished and launched on this page. Please check back on that date to see it, thank you!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Realtors \u00ae and Manufactured Housing Growth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9651\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach1.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>There are those who have told me that &#8216;going after&#8217; getting Realtors \u00ae involved with a retail center or MH|Community as a path to growing manufactured housing sales is a waste of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9670-2015-06-01-23-10-08\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The State of the Manufactured Housing Industry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9651\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach1.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>Manufactured housing (MH) nationally is alive and growing. Our manufacturers are producing the best homes ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9671-the-state-of-the-manufactured-housing-industry\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Rural Living \u2013 Returning to Exurban America?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/matthew-silver-daily-business-news-mhpronews-com.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9594\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/matthew-silver-daily-business-news-mhpronews-com.jpg\" alt=\"matthew-silver-daily-business-news-mhpronews-com\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>by Matthew Silver<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Before the meltdown of the housing market in 2008, metro areas lost 1.6 million people as the call of more wide open spaces, sprawling subdivisions and available mortgage credit drew people beyond the suburbs into exurbia, the outer ring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 10pt;\" href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9660-rural-living-returning-to-exurban-america\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Does it Matter what we call them? Mobile Home, Manufactured Home&#8230;?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by Lea Anne Somerville<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/leaAnneSummerville.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9878\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/leaAnneSummerville.png\" alt=\"leaAnneSummerville\" width=\"58\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a>Home, Sweet, Home. Home is where the heart is. A house is just a house until we move inside, ahhhh, then it becomes a home. What is a home? Or more specifically, for the purposes of my article, what is the definition of a \u201cmobile home?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9662-does-it-matter-what-we-call-them-mobile-home-manufactured-home\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Small is Better \u2026 If it\u2019s Beautiful<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by Bob Vahsholtz<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bob-vahsholtz-author-dueling-curves-battle-for-housing-posted-industry-voices-guest-blog-mhpronews-com-manufatured-housing-professional-news-50x50-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9650\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bob-vahsholtz-author-dueling-curves-battle-for-housing-posted-industry-voices-guest-blog-mhpronews-com-manufatured-housing-professional-news-50x50-.png\" alt=\"bob-vahsholtz-author-dueling-curves-battle-for-housing-posted-industry-voices-guest-blog-mhpronews-com-manufatured-housing-professional-news-50x50-\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-CA\">There\u2019s a bit of flak flying around about RV makers encroaching on our turf.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9656-small-is-better-if-its-beautiful-\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MANAGEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Matthew Kelly \u2013 Energy Management &#8211; Keynote Video Clip<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by L. A. \u201cTony\u201d Kovach<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9651\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tony-kovach1.jpg\" alt=\"tony- kovach\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matthew Kelly raises an interesting topic in this video clip. Beyond time management, what comes next? Kelly argues that the answer is &#8216;energy management.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/139-management\/9668-matthew-kelly-energy-management-keynote-video-clip\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PERSONAL REFLECTIONS, MOTIVATION and INSPIRATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">ZigOn Personality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">by Zig Ziglar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/zig-ziglar.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9653\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/zig-ziglar.jpeg\" alt=\"zig-ziglar\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">My dictionary tells me that personality is the &#8220;personal or individual quality that makes one person be different and act differently from another.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2015\/141-personal-reflections-motivation-and-inspiration\/9663-zigon-personality\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/latonykovach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9870\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/l.a.tonykovach-us-supreme-court-washington-dc-mhpronews-com-.png\" alt=\"l.a.'tony'kovach-us-supreme-court-washington-dc-mhpronews-com-\" width=\"243\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/l.a.tonykovach-us-supreme-court-washington-dc-mhpronews-com-.png 243w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/l.a.tonykovach-us-supreme-court-washington-dc-mhpronews-com--150x134.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a>By <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span lang=\"zxx\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/latonykovach.com\/recommendations-and-testimonials.php\" target=\"_blank\">L. 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