Some weeks ago, MHProNews teased in an article that MHI ought to attempt to meet with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Given the new leadership under pro-business, and less-activist acting director Mick Mulvaney, such a meeting could prove useful to the industry’s lenders, and all those who used […]
Inside Scoop Mulvaney-CFPB and MHI, Berkshire Hathaway Company Meeting Detail$ Read More
“I’ve always believed MHI does the bidding of the big manufacturers and now REIT communities,” said an email from a state association leader with ties to the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) to the Daily Business News. It was a comment sent in connection to a forwarded news tip from
How Many MH Independents, Retailers Have Been Lost Recently? “They Think They Own Us” Read More
The screen capture below is a case of a picture is worth 1,000 words. It is a composite from a page one Google search this morning for “mobile home” news. Note that each of these page one search results reveals a news report that negative. Every day, such
There are several developing stories with focused upon the manufactured housing industry in process. Several news tips have come in, including responses from sources such as the Urban Institute. We are giving them an opportunity today to clarify, before we publish. Which brings up these 2 questions. Who
Last week was a hoping week, as you will see from the headlines below. Yesterday’s emailed news updates witnessed high hit counts. The top reads by pros like yourself? They are the two top ones (Friday night and Saturday’s). Ears must be burning in D.C… …but don’t stop
Interviews with industry success stories – such as Barry Shein, of the Commodore Corporation, Gary P. McDaniel, CEO of Yes Communities – reveal professional perspectives that others need to consider. Those interviews and other featured reports are found from this link here. Perhaps even more insightful is or our
Barry Shein, Gary McDaniels, the Mission of Filling Manufactured Housing GAPs Read More
Relevant background information is important for understanding an issue. To understand why Dave Ramsey’s take on “mobile homes” [sic] as an “investment” for a home buyers matters to the industry and millions of manufactured home owners, Ramsey’s background matters. “The Dave Ramsey Show is a three-hour, self-syndicated radio program and
“Live in a Mobile Home to Buy a House?” – Dave Ramsey Video Read More
Comparisons and analogies are useful methods of sharing ideas. God rest Grayson Schwepfinger’s soul; while he and I did some things similarly, others were quite different. “Schwep” believed in telling “the company story” using a “pitch book,” a presentation book. In his method, that was to be done
What’s Your Manufactured Housing Narrative? Monday Morning Sales Meeting Read More
Maybe you’re working for a giant, or maybe your a one-person operation. Either way, it’s your manufactured and modular home industry too. Thousands depend on us, and we depend on caring people willing to share what they know, to help inform others, so that they can navigate and
“It’s the gift that keeps on giving,” an attorney researching the manufactured housing industry said to the Daily Business News. If so, it’s a gift courtesy of Warren Buffett, Kevin Clayton, and 21st Mortgage’s – and prior MHI Chair – Tim Williams, and the Urban Institute, among others.
Warren Buffett Wants an MH Shark Tank – Clayton, 21st, MHI, ‘Gift that Keeps Giving’ Read More
