“Capitalism is not perfect,” said Jordan Rodriguez in response to the video below, “but its the best system we got so far. The attackers of capitalism always fall into the “Nirvana Fallacy”. Just because something doesn’t work 100% of the time, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t work at all. …
There are some things you can’t make up. There are not many that would accuse Brad Pitt and the Make it Right Foundation he helped establish of purposefully providing modular homes that have been drawing negative media attention for the last few years. It seems like a fit for …
Ask anyone who is involved in manufactured housing marketing if Google influences their business, and they will tell you, “yes.” So, does the influence and power of Google help or harm our industry? Can it confuse or mislead people about the reality of manufactured homes? The distinctions between mobile homes …
Does Google Harm Manufactured Housing? Other Forms of Free Speech? Read More
A well-placed source said from inside the hexagon began by saying something in a series of messages to MHProNews that thousands of manufactured housing (MH) industry professionals know. “MH is a logical solution to the affordable housing crisis in our cities. Does not matter [,]1 they are typically run …
“It was then best of times, it was the worst of times…” – Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens was writing about the French Revolution, but considering the famous opening to his novel, “A Tale or Two Cities,” one might believe that Nostradamus was writing about the USA …
“If MHProNews is writing about it, I want to know about it.” – MH Industry Executive. Manufactured housing doesn’t operate in a bubble. This will tee up a quick, broad 2 part survey of a jam-packed week for our regrettably divided nation. We’ll begin with a snapshot of …
Divisions in America, and Manufactured Housing – Reality Check 1 – 11.9.2018 Read More
Among the emails waiting this morning? Some pull quotes. “Tony, MHProNews keeps breaking the mold, and continues to redefine manufactured housing [industry trade] publishing. Everything else is boring by comparison.” “There’s opinions, and then there’s MHProNews. Love the documentation you provide with your articles. Keep it coming.” The next …
The Coming Breakup of Berkshire? MHI? Plus Sunday Headline Recap 10-14-2018 to 10-21-2018 Read More
If you clicked on that headline, you aren’t alone. A growing number of manufactured housing industry professionals – including those who don’t consider themselves to be very ‘political’ – are waking up to the realization that politics very much impacts their business, jobs, and money. Others, of course, have long …
Let’s begin with an analogy. Toyota today issued a recall on 168,000 vehicles, said Newsday. Just a week ago, Consumer Reports said that Toyota has recalled over 900,000 vehicles for stall. Do manufactured home industry professionals think those numbers prevent people from buying a Toyota? Is it unfair for …
Some 72 percent of Americans believe that misinformation from media is common today, said a recent Axios poll. Distortions of reality impacts manufactured housing in a variety of ways. The light of truth is a useful disinfectant to the darkness of false information or harmful fiction. As was …
“Results vs. Resistance,” Cutting Fog with Facts for MHVille Read More
The headline isn’t an all-encompassing list of those bulleted items, individuals, or groups that act as opposition or de facto “enemies” which artificially stifle the advancement of manufactured homes, homeowners, and professionals. But they do capture the flavor of important realities confronting the most proven affordable permeant homes built …
They work in our industry’s factories, and on farms that use manufactured homes as the living quarters for their ‘hands.’ They buy or lease pre-HUD Code mobile homes and post-code manufactured homes from retailers or in land lease communities. They do service work, maintain, and do grounds-keeping in …
Ending Rigged, Corrupted Systems, & Manufactured Housing Advancement There’s a swamp in Washington, D.C. But let’s be clear, there are swampy, rigged, and corrupted stuff occurring in states and local jurisdictions too. Each of these impact manufactured home owners and professionals, day be day. It may seem odd at …
Few issues are more important than free speech. Your freedom personally or professionally is dependent in large part on your ability to communicate a marketing, educational, or whatever message to others. Furthermore, your ability to learn about a topic depends upon the quality and accuracy of information you are exposed …
There are precisely three ways to influence any organization of whatever size. Influence can only occur: From within an organization, from outside of a given group or from a combination of both. That’s the clarity of applied logic or common-sense reasoning. Day by day, MHProNews and MHLivingNews presents facts, figures, …
Pain, Pleasure, Persuasion, Honesty, and Sustainable MHVille Profits Read More
It is no secret that the Daily Business News on MHProNews editorially opposed the policies of prior President Barack H. Obama, just as it is no secret that this industry-leading trade media favored the candidacy – and still robustly supports – the Presidency of Donald J. Trump. But tonight’s spotlight …
“Together, we will make America wealthy again. We will make America strong again. It’s already happening. We will make America safe again. And above all, we will make America great again.” – President Trump, in 9.6.2018 Billings, Montana Rally. It’s an epic battle by a populist president and …
There are thousands of undocumented or illegal immigrants living in manufactured home communities, and/or working in various manufactured housing businesses. Articles on illegal immigration published by the Daily Business News – some under the related reports, at the bottom of this post – are thus a magnet for …
You can be a citizen reporter! You can make a difference in breaking the purple wall of MHI silence! You can get George Allen, Spencer Roane, federal and GSE officials, or others to answer questions that in many cases they’ve avoided for months. Here are our suggestions and …
“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” – Abraham Lincoln “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” – George Horne, according to …
