{"id":9989,"date":"2015-07-02T12:24:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T17:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=9989"},"modified":"2015-07-02T16:20:39","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T21:20:39","slug":"americas-and-the-manufactured-housing-industrys-crossroads-july-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/americas-and-the-manufactured-housing-industrys-crossroads-july-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s and the Manufactured Housing Industry&#8217;s Crossroads, July 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As regular readers know, the first <i><b>Masthead \u00a0<\/b><\/i>blog post<i><b> <\/b><\/i>of the month is devoted to &#8216;introducing&#8217; the Featured Articles on our <strong>MHProNews.com<\/strong> home page. Every month, we list them all, and this month will be no exception.<\/span><\/span><\/p><div id=\"manuf-2703668206\" 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=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">There are times when a theme emerges or is planned for a given month. Last month, it was the <b>State of the Manufactured Housing Industry<\/b>. The reports were well read. Our guest columns on terminology and the video interview with Scott Roberts were all highly popular. As with all of our published articles, they are still available online. All of those can still be accessed from the June kickoff <i><b>Masthead \u00a0<\/b><\/i>linked below.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mhpronews.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/painful-inspiring-realities-summer-2015-state-of-the-manufactured-housing-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Painful, Inspiring Realities &#8211; Summer 2015 State of the Manufactured Housing Industry<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9991\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TheLastHopeOfHumanLibertyInThisWorldRestsOnUs-Thomas_Jefferson-MHProNews-masthead-blog-.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9991\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TheLastHopeOfHumanLibertyInThisWorldRestsOnUs-Thomas_Jefferson-MHProNews-masthead-blog--575x219.png\" alt=\"TheLastHopeOfHumanLibertyInThisWorldRestsOnUs-Thomas_Jefferson-MHProNews-masthead-blog-\" width=\"575\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TheLastHopeOfHumanLibertyInThisWorldRestsOnUs-Thomas_Jefferson-MHProNews-masthead-blog--575x219.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TheLastHopeOfHumanLibertyInThisWorldRestsOnUs-Thomas_Jefferson-MHProNews-masthead-blog--150x57.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TheLastHopeOfHumanLibertyInThisWorldRestsOnUs-Thomas_Jefferson-MHProNews-masthead-blog-.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the Jefferson Memorial, Washington DC,. Photo credit, MHProNews.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Learning and advancing due to Past Experience, Using Insights to Advance into the Future<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Fourth of July is America&#8217;s birthday party. On the 4th, it is worth recalling that we should not project onto the past our present circumstances. As an analogy, I don&#8217;t look at my smart phone and then curse Alexander Graham Bell&#8217;s pioneering work in creating the original phone. How would we have smart phones without Bell&#8217;s original vision?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Similarly, we ought to see leaders like Washington or Jefferson &#8211; who freed their own slaves &#8211; as men bucking a pattern that dated back to the oldest records known to humanity. \u00a0Slavery has existed since the earliest records, and by all accounts, it still exists today.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9992\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9992\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/God-who-gave-us-life-gave-us-liberty-AmericanClarion-JeffersonMemorial-posted-Mashtead-blog-MHProNews-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9992 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/God-who-gave-us-life-gave-us-liberty-AmericanClarion-JeffersonMemorial-posted-Mashtead-blog-MHProNews-.jpg\" alt=\"God-who-gave-us-life-gave-us-liberty-AmericanClarion-JeffersonMemorial-posted-Mashtead-blog-MHProNews-\" width=\"215\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/God-who-gave-us-life-gave-us-liberty-AmericanClarion-JeffersonMemorial-posted-Mashtead-blog-MHProNews-.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/God-who-gave-us-life-gave-us-liberty-AmericanClarion-JeffersonMemorial-posted-Mashtead-blog-MHProNews--100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;God who gave us Life gave us Liberty. Can the Liberties of a Nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these Liberties are the gift of God? &#8230;His Justice can&#8217;t sleep forever. Commerce between Master and Slave is Despotism&#8230;.these people are to be free&#8230;&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nor is slavery a black\/white issue. Slavery transcends race. For instance, some historians say there were more white indentured servants &#8211; a different form of bondage &#8211; brought to the U.S. than African slaves. Free blacks owned blacks in the South; free whites had indentured whites in the North. \u00a0Tragic that slavery existed, but Americans have advanced a long way from what was then common. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10021\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/original-alexander-grahambell-phone-to-smart-phoneloc-cricketapple-creditspostedmhpronews-com-.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10021\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/original-alexander-grahambell-phone-to-smart-phoneloc-cricketapple-creditspostedmhpronews-com--575x192.png\" alt=\"original-alexander-graham=bell-phone-to-smart-phone=loc-cricket=apple-credits=postedmhpronews-com-\" width=\"575\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/original-alexander-grahambell-phone-to-smart-phoneloc-cricketapple-creditspostedmhpronews-com--575x192.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/original-alexander-grahambell-phone-to-smart-phoneloc-cricketapple-creditspostedmhpronews-com--150x50.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/original-alexander-grahambell-phone-to-smart-phoneloc-cricketapple-creditspostedmhpronews-com-.png 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The evolution of the early stages of the telephone, and over time it lead to the leap on the right to the modern smart phone. Things tend to happen slowly, over time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thus properly understood, our nation&#8217;s Founders should be praised for their many advances, not mistakenly dismissed as evil racists. The<em> Bell to smart phone analogy,<\/em> while remote, applies.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some today want to toss Judeo-Christian values out of the public square and under the proverbial bus. \u00a0Really? What happened to the First Amendment? Or what happened to the 10<sup>th<\/sup> Amendment? With regards to the slavery issue and the positive impact of the faith-community, wasn&#8217;t it the Apostle Paul who plead to the owner of Onesimus, <i>to\u00a0free him and then\u00a0treat him as a brother and not as a slave?\u00a0<\/i> Start looking around at Philemon 1:10, see for yourself.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9993\" style=\"width: 573px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/liberty-bell-leviticus25-10-BeckyDanielsoncredit-posted-Masthead-mhpronews-com-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9993 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/liberty-bell-leviticus25-10-BeckyDanielsoncredit-posted-Masthead-mhpronews-com--573x430.jpg\" alt=\"liberty-bell-leviticus25-10-BeckyDanielson=credit-posted-Masthead-mhpronews-com-\" width=\"573\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/liberty-bell-leviticus25-10-BeckyDanielsoncredit-posted-Masthead-mhpronews-com--573x430.jpg 573w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/liberty-bell-leviticus25-10-BeckyDanielsoncredit-posted-Masthead-mhpronews-com--150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/liberty-bell-leviticus25-10-BeckyDanielsoncredit-posted-Masthead-mhpronews-com--1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/liberty-bell-leviticus25-10-BeckyDanielsoncredit-posted-Masthead-mhpronews-com--900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: BeckyDanielson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Wasn&#8217;t it the Hebrew &#8220;Book of Leviticus&#8221; (25:10) that gave us the words for the Liberty Bell? \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Proclaim Liberty throughout all the Land, unto All the Inhabitants thereof.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">People of faith built the American nation. Faith moved people to abolish slavery. Let&#8217;s not let the &#8220;politically correct&#8221; re-write our nation&#8217;s history. America wasn&#8217;t <em>godless.<\/em>\u00a0The First Amendment <em>limits government<\/em>, not the expression of faith in private or in public.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9985\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IfaNationexpectsIgnoranceAndFree-JeffersonMemorial-TamasKovach-Masthead-MHProNews-com-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9985\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IfaNationexpectsIgnoranceAndFree-JeffersonMemorial-TamasKovach-Masthead-MHProNews-com--310x430.png\" alt=\"IfaNationexpectsIgnoranceAndFree-JeffersonMemorial-TamasKovach-Masthead-MHProNews-com-\" width=\"310\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IfaNationexpectsIgnoranceAndFree-JeffersonMemorial-TamasKovach-Masthead-MHProNews-com--310x430.png 310w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IfaNationexpectsIgnoranceAndFree-JeffersonMemorial-TamasKovach-Masthead-MHProNews-com--108x150.png 108w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IfaNationexpectsIgnoranceAndFree-JeffersonMemorial-TamasKovach-Masthead-MHProNews-com-.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tamas (pronounced &#8220;TahMash&#8221;) Kovach at Jefferson Memorial, summer 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It was people of faith &#8211; seeking freedom from oppression \u2013 that established our nation. We must understand the past in its own context before we judge, much less condemn. Judeo-Christian values advanced our Western culture. Let&#8217;s not let it be tossed lightly aside. Our own freedom \u2013 yours and mine &#8211; rests upon those hard-fought values. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>From the Past to the Present, and Beyond<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">All human achievement tends to be a rather messy business. For those of you who have started or managed an enterprise &#8211; especially those done &#8216;on a shoestring,&#8217; but including far bigger endeavors too \u2013 you KNOW how messy it is. \u00a0You try to keep that <em>chaos in the kitchen<\/em> as far from the eyes of your customers as possible. Yet somehow, businesses, political, social and religious movements manage to:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">begin with fitful starts, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">endure the backsliding, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">lessons are learned and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">then the advance ahead continues anew.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9994\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9994\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cfpb-parody-logo-credit-plus1properties-cartoon-credit-MHProNews-com-c2015-all-rights-reserved-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9994\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cfpb-parody-logo-credit-plus1properties-cartoon-credit-MHProNews-com-c2015-all-rights-reserved-.jpg\" alt=\"cfpb-parody-logo-credit-plus1properties-cartoon-credit-MHProNews-com-(c)2015-all-rights-reserved-\" width=\"479\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cfpb-parody-logo-credit-plus1properties-cartoon-credit-MHProNews-com-c2015-all-rights-reserved-.jpg 479w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cfpb-parody-logo-credit-plus1properties-cartoon-credit-MHProNews-com-c2015-all-rights-reserved--150x98.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Original CFPB logo parody credit &#8211; Plus1Properties. Cartoon credit &#8211; MHProNews.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Manufactured Housing Appraisal Rules will Hit home on July 18, 2015<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This month we bring lots of material on the Appraisal issue. You&#8217;ll see no less than three articles directly on that topic below. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But as we ponder:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">implementation of appraisals, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">pursuit of HR 650\/S 682 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and more that is coming our way out of Washington, DC&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;we need to consider on this Fourth of July the intent of the Founders for our nation. For example, did the Founders have in mind a fourth branch of government \u2013 the bureaucracy \u2013 that could ignore or suspend the very laws that breathed them into existence? Clearly, no. They declared their independence \u2013 among many things &#8211; from just that sort of tyranny of minor officials.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Brief Segue&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I&#8217;ve frankly seen many sides of the question of having two national manufactured housing associations. As an MHI board member, let me say that there is value to having MHARR in the mix. There are some things each one needs the other&#8217;s perspective on. Could it be done differently? On paper, sure. Could the two work be better than they have? No doubt. But that competition between the two may be healthier than some may at-a-glance think.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Why do I bring this up today? <em>Because there needs to be more resistance to the long march toward centralization of political power in Washington, D.C.. <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jefferson &#8211; whose monument near the Washington Mall was among the places my family and I visited last month \u2013 would be horrified at what is happening today. We can&#8217;t give into every regulatory over-reach. \u00a0We ought not begin with the idea of compromise, even when compromise may at some point be expedient. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For example. The MLO rule is a clear violation of free speech. \u00a0As a non-attorney, it seems to me that the restriction of the use of someone&#8217;s own, private capital &#8211; as the regulators are doing today &#8211; is de-facto an unwarranted seizure of property without due compensation. \u00a0There are levels to the CFPB &#8211; and other DC issues &#8211; that we have not explored seriously enough.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We must as professionals do what we have to short term on appraisals, etc., without overlooking the over-reach of regulators like the CFPB. \u00a0We need parallel paths of action.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10013\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/honortheir-sacrifices-by-protecting-liberty-at-home-arlington-mhpronews-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10013\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/honortheir-sacrifices-by-protecting-liberty-at-home-arlington-mhpronews-.png\" alt=\"honor=their-sacrifices-by-protecting-liberty-at-home-arlington-mhpronews-\" width=\"500\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/honortheir-sacrifices-by-protecting-liberty-at-home-arlington-mhpronews-.png 500w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/honortheir-sacrifices-by-protecting-liberty-at-home-arlington-mhpronews--150x128.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arlington National Cemetary, graphic credit MHProNews.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Businesses need Certainty<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When words at law have lost their plain meaning, as Justice Scalia said last week, we have entered into highly problematic waters. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When an agency goes beyond their natural authority, then we must be concerned and plan mid-to-long term with care, while working with them at the same time in short term ways to right-the-wrongs. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So I&#8217;m not advocating bomb-throwing! \u00a0But we must begin with the thought,<strong> what are our NATURAL rights?<\/strong> Are we allowing those hard-earned American rights to slip away to unelected regulators? How is that harming our economy? How does that harm millions trapped in poverty? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>So we need parallel paths.<\/strong> We can&#8217;t focus on one thing, and ignore all the rest that is going on all around us. \u00a0MHI has its strengths, MHARR others. \u00a0Let&#8217;s hope the two work ever better together. \u00a0Let&#8217;s see state and community associations broaden their appeal to get more good businesses engaged in making America the engine of free enterprise that lifted millions out of poverty before. \u00a0With the proper effort, Americans of wisdom and good will can do so again.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9995\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9995\" style=\"width: 573px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TamasKovach-JeffersonMemorial-masthead-mhpronews-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9995\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TamasKovach-JeffersonMemorial-masthead-mhpronews--573x430.png\" alt=\"TamasKovach-JeffersonMemorial-masthead-mhpronews-\" width=\"573\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TamasKovach-JeffersonMemorial-masthead-mhpronews--573x430.png 573w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TamasKovach-JeffersonMemorial-masthead-mhpronews--150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TamasKovach-JeffersonMemorial-masthead-mhpronews-.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We must prepare our children, as well as the current generation, see the third photo and Jefferson quote above.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We must have a long term view of improving our impact on Washington, at the state and local levels. We must roll-back this centralized, top-down command system that has emerged in America. Each of us can play a part, and even if only 5-10% get properly engaged, the impact of regulators on MH and on our society at large can be mitigated or even rolled back.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10015\" style=\"width: 573px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/excellence-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-wikicommons-poster-credit-mhpronews-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10015\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/excellence-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-wikicommons-poster-credit-mhpronews--573x430.jpg\" alt=\"excellence-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-wikicommons-poster-credit-mhpronews-\" width=\"573\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/excellence-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-wikicommons-poster-credit-mhpronews--573x430.jpg 573w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/excellence-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-wikicommons-poster-credit-mhpronews--150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/excellence-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-wikicommons-poster-credit-mhpronews--900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/excellence-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-wikicommons-poster-credit-mhpronews-.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit &#8211; WikiCommons. Poster credit, MHProNews.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Profitable!<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Making that happen is a matter of education, organization and image. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>It is PROFITABLE.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 There are good reasons to do what is suggested. We will add, likely next week, at least one more Featured Article that will relate to this and other topics noted above. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our industry, our nation, are at a crossroads. \u00a0We can&#8217;t just sit on our modest 5+ year MH uptick and think the work is done. \u00a0We&#8217;ve only just begun. \u00a0We can&#8217;t just think that what the Founders fought for, what the generations since have worked and bled for is all there is to do. \u00a0Each of us &#8211; every era &#8211; must do our own part.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With no further adieu, please check out this month&#8217;s Featured Articles. Also, take a look at a special report &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/industry-news\/industry-in-focus\/9837-do-de-minimis-exemptions-provide-relief-to-the-manufactured-housing-industry\" target=\"_blank\">Do De Minimus Exemptions Provide Relief to the Manufactured Housing Industry?<\/a> More reports and food for thoughts from experts across the specturm to come!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/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. 6, No. 10, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Alphabetically by Category<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"CENTER\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong>COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT &amp; FAIR HOUSING (LEGAL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Tips for Hiring the Right Contractor for Your Community<\/span><\/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 loading=\"lazy\" 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>Do the steps in your community resemble this photo?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2015\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/9807-tips-for-hiring-the-right-contractor-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;\">Terminology 101 &#8211; Transgender &#8211; Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Fair Housing Law\u00a0<\/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 size-full wp-image-9646\" 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;\"><\/div>\n<p>Today there is heightened awareness in our country of issues related to gender identity and gender expression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2015\/136-community-management-a-fair-housing-legal\/9812-terminology-101-transgender-gender-identity-gender-expression-and-fair-housing-law\" 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;\">New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Appraisal Rule, Effective July 18, 2015\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>21st Mortgage Corporation Update Report<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/21stMortgageCorporation50x50-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9999\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/21stMortgageCorporation50x50-.png\" alt=\"21stMortgageCorporation50x50-\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully all of our retailers have been able to attend one or more of the many trade association seminars and everyone is familiar with the appraisal requirements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2015\/137-financing\/9809-new-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-appraisal-rule-effective-july-18-2015\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">About Appraisals on FHA and VA Land Home Manufactured Housing Loans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Cody Pierce<\/p>\n<p><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CodyPierce-CascadeFinancialPresident-postedMHProNews-com-50x50-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10000\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CodyPierce-CascadeFinancialPresident-postedMHProNews-com-50x50-.png\" alt=\"CodyPierce-CascadeFinancialPresident-postedMHProNews-com-50x50-\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>Editor&#8217;s note<\/b><\/i>: the following below is the verbatim response from the President of Cascade Financial Services to a question from MHProNews to his firm about reports that 1 out of 4 manufactured homes fail to appraise on FHA land\/home deals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2015\/137-financing\/9815-about-appraisals-on-fha-and-va-land-home-manufactured-housing-loans\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Triad Financial Services position regarding 7-18-15 implementation of new &#8216;appraisal&#8217; rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Don Sharp<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DonSharpTriadFinancialServices-MHProNews-com50x50-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10001\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DonSharpTriadFinancialServices-MHProNews-com50x50-.png\" alt=\"DonSharpTriadFinancialServices-MHProNews-com50x50-\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>With the above referenced subject being a very hot topic within each Conference\/Convention\/Annual Meeting this summer, I feel compelled to enlighten all as to my company&#8217;s position on this upcoming Dodd-Frank implementation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2015\/137-financing\/9813-triad-financial-services-position-regarding-7-18-15-implementation-of-new-appraisal-rules\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;\">Can Your Manufactured Home Business Be Trusted?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Wayne Coakley<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/WayneCoakleyGrenadeMarketingGroupReputationMarketing-ManufacturedHousing-55x62-headshot_MHProNews-com-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10002\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/WayneCoakleyGrenadeMarketingGroupReputationMarketing-ManufacturedHousing-55x62-headshot_MHProNews-com-.jpg\" alt=\"WayneCoakleyGrenadeMarketingGroupReputationMarketing-ManufacturedHousing-55x62 headshot_MHProNews-com-\" width=\"55\" height=\"62\" \/><\/a>When people do a search for your manufactured home business, what are they seeing about you?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9821-can-your-manufactured-home-business-be-trusted\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Manufactured Housing Industry Needs to Embrace the Tiny House Movement\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ross-kinzler-wisconsin-housing-alliance-executive-director-posted-industry-voices-manufactured-housing-professional-news-mhpronews-com-50x50.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10003\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ross-kinzler-wisconsin-housing-alliance-executive-director-posted-industry-voices-manufactured-housing-professional-news-mhpronews-com-50x50.png\" alt=\"ross-kinzler-wisconsin-housing-alliance-executive-director-posted-industry-voices-manufactured-housing-professional-news-mhpronews-com-50x50\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>by Ross Kinzler<\/p>\n<p>If hindsight is always 20\/20, that doesn\u2019t mean it takes 20\/20 eyesight to see what\u2019s right in front of us. Across America, the tiny house movement is picking up steam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9827-the-manufactured-housing-industry-needs-to-embrace-the-tiny-house-movement\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Lobbying Your Congressman and Senator<\/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-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>Let&#8217;s set aside party distinctions for the next few minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9808-lobbying-your-congressman-and-senator\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<strong style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Video &#8211; Sam Landy on the value of Trade Shows for UMH Properties Team Members<\/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\">Sometimes, less is more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9822-video-sam-landy-on-the-value-of-trade-shows-for-umh-properties-team-members\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Ron Thomas, Sr. \u2013 to President Barack Obama, on Selling over 500,000 new MHs, Financing and the Greatest Event on the Manufactured Housing Calendar<\/span><\/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>Over the years we have done written and video interviews.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9823-ron-thomas-sr-to-president-barack-obama-on-selling-over-500000-new-mhs-financing-and-the-greatest-event-on-the-manufactured-housing-calendar-\" 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;\">Wally Comer &#8211; President of Adventure Homes &#8211; On the Manufactured Housing Industry&#8217;s Evolution, The Louisville Show and how its different than 20 Years Ago<\/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>\u201cIt&#8217;s an innovative, creative growth oriented\u201d industry now. Who says? High-flying Adventure Homes President Wally Comer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/july-2015\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/9824-wally-comer-president-of-adventure-homes-on-the-manufactured-housing-industrys-evolution-the-louisville-show-and-how-its-different-than-20-years-ago\" 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><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Manufactured Home TV-Video Channel \u2013 Pathway to Progress and Profits\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by L. 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