“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” “This [saying] has frequently been ascribed to Sun Tzu and once in a while to Niccolò Machiavelli or Petrarch,” says Edwar Louk in Quora “yet there are no distributed sources saying which was its origin before its utilization by “Michael […]
Over a year has gone by since Clayton Homes and their marketing company launched their new image campaign. It was touted in part with the video published on YouTube, which is shown below. The screen capture above is from the Clayton video, below. As of 2:02 PM ET, on 11.12.
1. It can be interesting to observe a father and son. ‘Whenever you encounter a problem, what do you do?’ father Tony asked 11 year old son Tamas (pronounced ‘tah mash.’) “Goal and solution orientation,” young Tamas promptly said. 2. How often do you want your marketing message
On October 17, 2018, the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) each sent out a separate ‘News & Updates’ to their readers and members. NOTICE: if anyone spots any factual error in this report, please notify us immediately. Thank you. A
Weaponized News Spotlight – HUD, MHARR and Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) 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
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. On the surface, it sounds preposterous. Or even bizarre. Why would billionaire Warren Buffett, his family, and related foundations make ‘charitable’ contributions of Berkshire Hathaway stocks, cash, and/or grants to a left-wing activist-organizations that in turn paid MHAction, which disrupted HUD Secretary
ECN Capital, the new parent company for Triad Financial Services, has reported year-over-year growth of 14.4 percent in 2017, vs. 2016. That translates into some $466 million in loans. Triad formally closed their deal with ECN on December 29, 2017. The significance for manufactured housing is this. Unlike some
Triad Financial Service’s Parent Company, ECN Capital – First Data Report Read More
On the run-up to the New Year, and the start of a fresh calendar, many companies, organizations, and professionals take time to reflect. The first post linked here was a professional mid-week reflection. R2D2? Seriously? Was part 2 of that reflection, linked above. While each can stand alone, they are
More Garbage or More Good in 2017 for MHVille? Read More
Danny Ghorbani, President of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), suggests that GIGO is at play in a recently announced and controversial Department of Energy (DOE) policy effort. “Computer scientists and programmers have a saying – “garbage in, garbage out.” In other words, if a program is based
MHARR President says “Garbage In, Garbage Out” on disputed DOE policy move Read More
Investors are discovering the modern manufactured housing (MH) and ‘off site’ home building industry in a variety of ways. Some appear to be from negative media coverage (a pair of recent examples shown below), others in print, online or TV are clearly positive. Some non-profits are also interested-to-focused on manufactured
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