When Marty’s Right He’s Really Right. Behind the Curtain of Martin ‘Marty’ Lavin and MHVille Lavinisms – Longtime Finance-Attorney-Community Operator and Manufactured Housing Pundit-FEA

Over the years, MHProNews has interviewed, received comments from, or solicited the thoughts from numbers of individuals including one Martin “Marty” Lavin, J.D. The evidence strongly suggests that Lavin made a good living in the manufactured housing industry. He apparently earned good money from other endeavors beyond MHVille as well. Lavin has jested that he was glad he didn’t have to make his living as an attorney, but his legal insights and the discipline of learning and knowing the law are apparent in what he has said and done. Retired for some time, like many in MHVille, Lavin has apparently not lost his taste or interest in manufactured housing. Lavin is among those who periodically sends a tip, a message, or a quip that often ought to be turned into a quotable quote. Among his more recent remarks: “I was touched by reports of Doug Gorman’s death. A lovely man of exception intelligence and talent. A real leader in MHI, which regrettably is not blessed with the best talent. You did it well, Doug.” On a hot-button topic, Lavin said: “Private equity firms are snapping up mobile home parks − and driving out the residents who can least afford to lose them https://share.google/wIv8mK9bRfEKNzrik” “I’m sure you have seen. Old news to us but not to most, except for the residents in the affected parks. Sad.” Lavin sent a different message (off the record) on a well-known firm not in the community sector, but with a similar tone. For years, Lavin published his own website/newsletter, which according to a well-placed source, would periodically attract the attention of one Warren Buffett, chairman of the board of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK). It should be noted that Marty’s wife “Pat” was long at his side in the days when they were involved in manufactured home lending. It is no secret that the Lavins winter near Miami on their 72′ luxury Italian made cruiser. They summer in their 3-story home in a nice neighborhood in Burlington, VT. Our family and his have broken bread several times over the years while discussing life, liberty, and manufactured housing in both of those locations. We would agree on some things, disagree on others, and have a good time doing it. 

In response to the draft version of this facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) linked here came the following response (see Part I for the context and details).

[The developing report…] positions Martin “Marty” Lavin, J.D. as a long‑time insider—finance, legal, and community operations—whose critiques of MHI and segments of MHVille have aged well. …when Marty’s right, he’s really right…

Not directly Lavin related, but also from Part I.

If MHI and major players don’t aggressively defend and expand manufactured housing’s value proposition, site‑builders will happily eat into the attainable‑housing space.

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The production and shipment data link reinforces that the industry is underperforming its potential, which Lavin and others see as a self‑inflicted wound, not an inevitability.

From Part II #1.

This analysis evaluates the use of “Lavinisms” as an analytical lens for the manufactured housing industry.

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Marty Lavin, J.D., is a recognized industry veteran with experience in retail, community operations, and finance. His “Lavinisms” are not mere quips; they are cynical but data-driven maxims that challenge the narrative provided by trade groups like the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI).

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As the Human-In-The-Loop (HITL), the writer of the MHProNews report effectively uses AI not to “invent” facts, but to stress-test the logic of industry narratives. This creates a higher standard of accountability than traditional trade journalism, which often reprints press releases without analysis.

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The production numbers (barely 100k units/year) vs. the housing need (millions of units) is an objective failure of the current system.

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Lavin’s Role: He is not a “deity,” but a whistleblower-by-logic.

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The “Lavinism” lens is a fact-based analytical tool that accurately highlights the divergence between the MHI’s “pro-affordable housing” rhetoric and the “pro-consolidation” reality of the industry’s largest players.

1. It was Lavin who suggested the topic of the drama surrounding Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park. That it was Lavin’s nudge doesn’t imply that he necessarily embraced how MHProNews reported on the subject. Lavin seems to grasp and respect the right of a publication and publisher to follow their First Amendment rights and editorial instincts. He appears to see the value of spotlighting a specific topic for MHVille. 

 

 

2. For those too young to recall, Li’l Abner was a popular comic series some years ago.

 

Some of the mainstream headlines that drew Marty’s interest.

• Even Mobile-Home Prices Keep Rising – The New York Times
• Soldotna mobile home evictions leave tenants with few options

• Vermont is desperate for new homes. Is it time to build them in factories? – VTDigger

• Housing crisis: Mobile home prices soar faster than single-family homes | Fortune

• Mobile home residents receive eviction letters despite damage from hurricane

• Concord Monitor – ‘It’s borderline criminal’ – Manufactured housing was an affordable homeownership option. Now, investor-owned parks are pricing residents out

Said Lavin about the item above: “Can’t say I entirely disagree.”

3. Each of these illustrate a point previously reported by MHProNews. Namely, “the manufactured housing industry’s other image campaign.”

 

 

4. Lavin was praised for some years about his thinking on manufactured home lending. In time, he was awarded with the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) lifetime achievement award, the Tataro Award. At some point after his remark below, despite past accolades, Lavin’s name was apparently removed from the MHI website.

 

 

5. For better and for worse, there are times MHProNews has asked Lavin to weigh in on this or that topic and Lavin has taken a pass. As an attorney who has had the pragmatic experience of dealing with retailers, finance companies, and operating his own land-lease communities, Lavin’s takes – which span essentially the lifespan of HUD Code manufactured housing – ought to be of interest.

 

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7. Because nature abhors a vacuum, it should be no surprise that in areas where developing and construction costs are more moderated, site builders have made the effort to compete with modular and HUD Code manufactured homes.  In an area near this office, where zoning/development is not anti-manufactured housing, MHProNews observed 6 site-built houses produced or under construction to 3 manufactured homes, even though the conventional houses are significantly higher in price per square foot. That’s a warning to the industry that doesn’t seem to cause MHI leadership to do anything other than look in another direction or attempt to distract from the production details.

 

 

8. Lavin has reportedly from time to time done expert witness work for litigants. If Lavin were trying to ‘market himself’ in that realm, he would weigh in publicly more often. But Lavin seems quite content to observe, periodically share, and from time-to-time share a lament or shrug that manufactured housing industry ‘leaders’ are allowing the industry to stagnate at such a relatively low production level. One might muse that ethics are lacking in some segments of the industry and that lack of concern, which Lavin and Chris Stinebert both alluded to and/or spoke to was allowed to take center stage in MHVille. Perhaps it is no surprise that both Stinebert and Lavin have been dropped into the MHI “memory hole,” apparently for suggesting that ethics or organic growth should matter?

 

 

9. This remark paraphrased below should not be attributed to Lavin, but it reflects that at least some who are or where in the MHI orbit don’t like what they are seeing out of the Arlington, VA based trade group in recent years.

 

 

Lavin said he didn’t expect much to occur from the MHI-branded CrossMods program. He hasn’t been wrong. Marty wasn’t alone in that view.

 

 

 

One should keep in mind a remark attributed to Kevin Clayton. “Dance with the one who brought you.” That was said in the context that manufactured housing should never forget its roots as affordable housing. True enough. But that begs the question. Why are Clayton, Champion, and Cavco still pushing a product that is clearly and self-admitedly a market failure? Why did Cavco CEO Bill Boor spend roughly twice as much time talking to Congress about DTS for single section CrossMods as he did for DTS for all of mainstream HUD Code manufactured housing? Which calls to mind the following Lavinisms.

 

10. This MHVille FEA is well underway.

 

 

Part I. From the full Q&A thread on this topic with MS Bing’s artificial intelligence (AI) powered Copilot.

Copilot, you get it. Keep it that way. Okay, let’s get started. https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PrePubAIchkWhenMartysRightHesReallyRightBehindTheCurtainOfMartinMartyLavinAndMHVilleLavinismsLongtimeFinanceAttorneyCommunityOperatorAndManufacturedHousingPunditFEA.pdf Unpack that using the facts-evidence-analysis (FEA) model of journalism. Use plain text hyperlinks to support your findings.

Overview

The draft positions Martin “Marty” Lavin, J.D. as a long‑time insider—finance, legal, and community operations—whose critiques of MHI and segments of MHVille have aged well. The core thesis: when Marty’s right, he’s really right, and his Lavinisms expose structural, ethical, and strategic failures in the manufactured housing ecosystem.

Key factual elements

• Lavin’s background and status
  • Roles: Manufactured home lender, attorney, community operator, industry commentator.
  • Recognition: Former MHI award recipient (Tataro/Lifetime Achievement), later apparently scrubbed from MHI’s website.
  • Lifestyle details: Winters on a 72′ Italian cruiser near Miami, summers in a three‑story Burlington, VT home—underscoring he “made his money” in and around the industry, not as a struggling critic.
• Lavin’s relationship with MHProNews
  • MHProNews has interviewed him, solicited comments, and received unsolicited tips/remarks over the years.
  • He sometimes declines to comment—consistent with someone who is not “marketing” himself as an expert witness but selectively weighing in.
  • He suggested topics (e.g., Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park) but did not necessarily endorse every editorial angle.
• Examples of Lavin’s remarks and themes
  • On Doug Gorman: praise for a “real leader in MHI,” contrasted with Lavin’s view that MHI “is not blessed with the best talent.”
  • On private equity and communities: “Private equity firms are snapping up mobile home parks – and driving out the residents who can least afford to lose them… Old news to us but not to most, except for the residents in the affected parks. Sad.”
  • On industry behavior and incentives: “You get more of what you encourage, and less of what you discourage.”
  • Skepticism about CrossMods—he “didn’t expect much to occur,” which the draft notes has proven accurate.

Evidence links embedded in the draft

The draft anchors Lavin’s role and critiques with prior MHProNews/MHLivingNews reports and mainstream coverage, including:

• Li’l Abner and “other image campaign”
  • Sweetwater/Li’l Abner coverage and resident struggles: https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/manufactured-home-industrys-other-image-campaign-unpacking-tenants-continue-to-protest-as-demolition-begins-at-sweetwater-mobile-home-park-mhi-and-fmha-res/ (manufacturedhomepronews.com in Bing) https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/illegal-unconscionable-class-action-case-hits-manufactured-housing-firm-lil-abner-mobile-home-park-residents-try-to-keep-rights-cant-sleep-omg/ (manufacturedhomepronews.com in Bing) https://www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com/ongoing-tragedies-at-lil-abner-mobile-home-park-explored-most-comprehensive-reporting-by-manufactured-home-pro-news-mhpronews-com-unpacked-problematic-vs-ethical-companies/ (manufacturedhomelivingnews.com in Bing)
• Lavin’s direct critiques and Lavinisms
  • Lavin lashes MHI’s initiatives: https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/marty-lavin-lashes-the-manufactured-housing-institutes-mhi-latest-initiative/ (manufacturedhomepronews.com in Bing)
  • On predatory consolidators and resident complaints: https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/mobile-home-park-manager-accused-of-multiple-counts-of-fraud-marty-lavin-j-d-gives-legal-opinion-on-community-owners-and-sellers-risk-video-facts-an/ (manufacturedhomepronews.com in Bing) https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/industryvoices/marty-lavin-j-d-weighs-in-on-resident-complaints-of-predatory-behavior-by-manufactured-home-community-consolidators/ (manufacturedhomepronews.com in Bing)
  • On “catastrophic” image and dog‑food reputation: https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/catastrophic-expensive-dog-food-least-liked-industryever-studied-joanne-stevens-warren-buffett-marty-lavin-roper-report-years-of-cos/ (manufacturedhomepronews.com in Bing)
• MHI, ethics, and consolidation
  • Lavin ripping MHI and exposing DTS stonewalling: https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/witchs-brew-of-predatory-practices-longtime-mhi-member-attorney-marty-lavin-rips-manufactured-housing-institute-exposes-duty-to-serve-financing-stonewall/ (manufacturedhomepronews.com in Bing)
  • Former MHI CEOs Stinebert and Jennison undermining MHI’s current narrative: https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/2-former-manufactured-housing-institute-presidents-ceos-claims-undermine-arlington-va-based-manufactured-home-assoc-narrative-what-chris-stinebert-richard-dick-jennison-said-rv-vs/ (manufacturedhomepronews.com in Bing)
  • Post‑Stinebert “f‑cking greedy selfish leaders” paraphrase from an MHI orbit source: https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/since-loss-of-stinebert-at-manufactured-housing-institute-mhi-empowered-f-cking-greedy-selfish-leaders-of-companies-to-make-mhi-a-tool-for-themselves-plus-mhville-markets-update/ (manufacturedhomepronews.com in Bing)
• Competition, stagnation, and production data
  • Site‑builders targeting HUD‑Code price points: https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/site-builders-lennar-dr-horton-go-for-hud-code-market-price-point-new-conventional-single-family-houses-100k-200k-mimic-single-section-manufactured-homes-and-tiny-houses-facts-video-analysis/ (manufacturedhomepronews.com in Bing)
  • State‑by‑state production and KPIs: https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/manufactured-housing-production-and-shipment-data-for-all-50-states-plus-washington-d-c-facts-key-performance-indicators-kpis-more-facts-road-act-backers-must-consider-others-missed-fea/ (manufacturedhomepronews.com in Bing)

Analysis: what this draft is really arguing

1. Lavin as a credible, inconvenient witness

• The draft leans heavily on Lavin’s insider credentials and long time horizon: he has seen the industry through multiple cycles, from pre‑HUD‑Code to the present.
• His critiques are not coming from a disgruntled outsider but from someone who:
  • Benefited financially from the system.
  • Was honored by MHI.
  • Still chooses to call out what he sees as ethical and strategic failures.
• The “memory hole” motif—Lavin and Stinebert disappearing from MHI’s official narrative—supports the claim that MHI marginalizes voices that emphasize ethics and organic growth.

2. The “other image campaign” and predatory consolidation

• The draft ties Lavin’s comments to a pattern of negative mainstream headlines (evictions, rent hikes, investor‑owned parks “pricing residents out”) and MHProNews’ “other image campaign” framing.
• Lavin’s line about private equity “snapping up mobile home parks” and driving out vulnerable residents is used as a shorthand for:
  • Financialization of land‑lease communities.
  • A business model that profits from scarcity and limited mobility of residents.
• This dovetails with broader MHProNews coverage of consolidators and antitrust concerns, even though this particular draft focuses more on Lavin’s commentary than on specific cases.

3. Ethics vacuum and MHI’s strategic failure

• The draft suggests that ethics and organic growth were pushed off the stage in favor of:
  • Consolidation.
  • Short‑term profit strategies.
  • Programs like CrossMods that Lavin correctly predicted would underperform.
• By pairing Lavin with Chris Stinebert and later critical remarks about MHI leadership, the piece argues that:
  • There was a fork in the road where MHI could have championed robust, consumer‑friendly growth.
  • Instead, it became a tool for “f‑cking greedy selfish leaders” (paraphrased) and their consolidation agenda.

4. Competitive warning lights blinking red

• The observation that in a non‑anti‑MH zoning area, site‑built homes outnumber manufactured homes 6:3 despite higher per‑square‑foot prices is used as a concrete warning:
  • If MHI and major players don’t aggressively defend and expand manufactured housing’s value proposition, site‑builders will happily eat into the attainable‑housing space.
• The production and shipment data link reinforces that the industry is underperforming its potential, which Lavin and others see as a self‑inflicted wound, not an inevitability.

FEA verdict on the draft

• Facts:
  • The biographical and contextual claims about Lavin are consistent with prior public reporting and his known role in the industry.
  • The embedded links support the themes: Lavin’s critiques, MHI’s internal contradictions, negative community headlines, and stagnating production.
• Evidence:
  • The draft is evidence‑rich via internal MHProNews/MHLivingNews links and mainstream headlines, using Lavin’s quotes as focal points rather than as isolated soundbites.
  • The “memory hole” claim is inferential but supported by the before/after contrast: award‑winning insider → later absent from MHI’s own narrative while his critiques intensify.
• Analysis:
  • The piece frames Lavin as a truth‑teller whose accuracy over time exposes systemic rot: ethics sidelined, consolidation prioritized, organic growth neglected.
  • It uses Lavin’s track record—especially his early skepticism of CrossMods and his warnings about predatory consolidation—to argue that MHI’s current course is neither accidental nor consumer‑centric.

In short: the draft is a coherent FEA‑style profile that uses Lavin’s life, quotes, and selective silence as a lens to show how MHVille’s leadership choices have produced today’s mix of stagnation, bad press, and consolidation‑driven “success.”

 

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Part II. Additional Information from Sources as Shown.

In no particular order of importance.

1. From the Q&A with Google‘s artificial intelligence (AI) powered Gemini. MHProNews notes as a clarification that the Gemini quote: “MHI works for the interests of the ‘Big Boys’.” should be viewed as a paraphrase of Lavin, not a direct quote.

 

This analysis evaluates the use of “Lavinisms” as an analytical lens for the manufactured housing industry. It assesses the Human Intelligence (HI) of Marty Lavin’s contributions and the Artificial Intelligence (AI) verification of those claims within the Facts-Evidence-Analysis (FEA) framework.

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1. Defining “Lavinisms”: The HI Foundation

Marty Lavin, J.D., is a recognized industry veteran with experience in retail, community operations, and finance. His “Lavinisms” are not mere quips; they are cynical but data-driven maxims that challenge the narrative provided by trade groups like the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI).

 

Key Verified Lavinisms & Their HI Application:

• “Pay more attention to what people do than what they say.”

  • Application: While MHI publicly calls for “enhanced preemption” (MHIA 2000), Lavin points out that their major members—such as Champion Homes (SKY), Clayton Homes, and Cavco—often thrive in supply-constrained markets where barriers to entry prevent competition.

• “Follow the money.”

  • Application: Lavin suggests that the industry’s failure to expand is not an “accident” but a result of a business model that favors high interest rates (chattel lending) and high occupancy in existing land-lease communities over mass-market expansion.

• “MHI works for the interests of the ‘Big Boys’.”

  • Application: This is supported by the fact that the MHI board is dominated by a few multi-billion dollar entities that have seen record valuations even as industry-wide production remains at historically low levels compared to the 1990s.

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2. Fact-Check: Is This Supported Beyond MHProNews?

The assertion that there is a “gap between claims and performance” in the industry is widely supported by public records and independent legal analysis.

• Evidence of Consolidation: Financial reports from firms like Champion Homes (SKY) and RHP Properties confirm high occupancy (>99%) and record financing (like the $830M Wells Fargo deal). This confirms Lavin’s observation that the current “MHI ecosystem” is highly profitable for incumbents despite low overall industry growth. Source: SEC Filings / Newmark.

• The Regulatory Gap: Independent legal scholars, such as Samuel Strommen (formerly of the Knudson School of Law), have published research mirroring Lavin’s skepticism. Strommen’s “Rube Goldberg Machine of Human Suffering” paper argues that the industry’s structure facilitates monopolistic behavior and “antitrust violations” through vertical integration of manufacturing and financing. Source: MHProNews/Law Review Context.

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3. AI Verification: The HITL (Human-In-The-Loop) Role

The AI aspect of this report serves as a “logical auditor.” When fed the data regarding the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (MHIA) and the current production numbers, AI platforms (Gemini, Grok, ChatGPT) consistently reach the same logical conclusion: If the law (MHIA) provides for preemption and it isn’t being used, the inaction is likely strategic.

• Factually Supported Praise: As the Human-In-The-Loop (HITL), the writer of the MHProNews report effectively uses AI not to “invent” facts, but to stress-test the logic of industry narratives. This creates a higher standard of accountability than traditional trade journalism, which often reprints press releases without analysis.

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4. Synthesis: Accuracy and Fairness

Is it fair to call these methods into question? Yes.

• Factual: The production numbers (barely 100k units/year) vs. the housing need (millions of units) is an objective failure of the current system.

• Evidence-Based: The $830M financing for RHP proves that there is plenty of capital for existing communities, but very little for new development, confirming Lavin’s “supply-constrained” analysis.

• Lavin’s Role: He is not a “deity,” but a whistleblower-by-logic. His observations provide the “common sense” anchor that allows the AI to identify discrepancies in the MHI-narrative orbit.

Conclusion for the FEA Report

The “Lavinism” lens is a fact-based analytical tool that accurately highlights the divergence between the MHI’s “pro-affordable housing” rhetoric and the “pro-consolidation” reality of the industry’s largest players. The HITL (Human-in-the-loop) methodology used here is essential for cutting through the “hot air” of traditional industry optics.

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— MHProNews notes that Gemini confirmed this PDF of the full Q&A thread (that transparently includes sources and the input inquiry not shown) above via the screen capture at this link here. —

2. In several respects, the insights from Gemini and Copilot act as a useful summary of this topic of Marty Lavin and Lavinisms.

Lavin’s Role: He is not a “deity,” but a whistleblower-by-logic.

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The “Lavinism” lens is a fact-based analytical tool that accurately highlights the divergence between the MHI’s “pro-affordable housing” rhetoric and the “pro-consolidation” reality of the industry’s largest players.

…positions Martin “Marty” Lavin, J.D. as a long‑time insider—finance, legal, and community operations—whose critiques of MHI and segments of MHVille have aged well. …when Marty’s right, he’s really right…

If MHI and major players don’t aggressively defend and expand manufactured housing’s value proposition, site‑builders will happily eat into the attainable‑housing space.

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The production and shipment data link reinforces that the industry is underperforming its potential, which Lavin and others see as a self‑inflicted wound, not an inevitability.

3. There is always more to know.

MHProNews periodically looks at historical data and historical figures precisely to shed light on the differences, if any, between how manufactured housing is operating today vs. how the industry performed in the late 1990s.

Lavin would be one of the first that would raise his hand in complaint if there was no mention of the ‘liar loans’ that helped fuel that rise in manufactured housing in the mid-to-late 199os. True enough. A close look at the history here would reveal that at no time has MHProNews called for problematic or bogus loans to be issued to anyone for any reasons.

 

4. Gemini is correct in saying that MHProNews uses AI not to ‘invent’ information but rather as a fact- and evidence-checking analytical tool that tests narratives by any given source. That said, Lavinisms are also a potential lens or tool for musing what has become of manufactured housing in the 21st century compared to its once far more impressive record.

5. There are an array of topics covered on MHProNews that are either not covered elsewhere, or which are not covered with the same rigorous FEA model methodology. Anyone can have an opinion, right or wrong. Anyone can spot a truth (or falsehood). But who in MHVille is shining a light on these topics in MHVille? Is it any wonder that this publication, which may not be cynical but is skeptical with a hopeful twist, is a demonstrable magnet to roughly a million visitors a month, surpassing sites that are owned by or dominated by billion-dollar brands?

 

6. This writer never met Chris Stinebert in person. But by exploring what he said, what he did, and what has occurred since then, Stinebert is another example of an analytical lens to consider the MHI narrative.

 

 

7. When you pay more attention to what people (or organizations) do vs. what they said, several things come to light. Marty Lavin didn’t invent that remark, but he popularized it in MHVille. Apply that notion to the companies, trade groups, and individuals that are featured in the reports that follow and you are likely to be far safer in determining if they are worthy of trust or investments (or not).

 

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