The Messy Manufactured Housing Industry Re-birthing Process
Financing. Affordable housing demand. Regulations. Tiny Houses. Consolidation (wanted and otherwise). RV Industry seeking definition clarifications on “Manufactured Housing.” Opportunities mixed with...
View ArticleAbout Manufactured Housing Industry Leadership – It Needed to be said and...
We won’t run all of the comments on the weekend Masthead about MH industry and MHI leadership. This was one from ‘Steve‘ was one of the funnier ones, so let’s share it: My 2 cents. It needed to be said...
View ArticleOut with the Old, In with the New
Sometimes what is in the past should stay there. But the flip side of that is that the past is a great resource to learn from. 2014 marks year 5 of the manufactured housing recovery. John Evan at CMHI...
View ArticleMH March-ing, Money, Motivation, Movement, Morality and Matthew
Winter will soon release her icy grip on much of the nation. The spring “selling season” is rushing upon us. We are picking up 3 minutes a day of light. The Tunica MH Show will be here in a matter of...
View ArticleMH’s A.M. in Magnificent May
Social media has changed mainstream journalism. We hear reporters and news anchors routinely talking about someone’s Tweet, or about a post on Facebook. A video on YouTube may be cited in a commentary....
View ArticleThe New Breed? The Next Gen of Manufactured Home Pros?
I finished what was supposed to be an hour call after 100 minutes. The gent on the other end of the call wanted to continue on the conversation. We agreed to talk again next week. He’s a successful...
View ArticleThe High Cost of Apathy & Weakness & Tunica Show Talk
We’ll keep it short and sweet this evening. If high volume manufactured home retailer Alan Amy is right, then current CFPB regulations are costing manufactured housing about 30% more in MH sales. That...
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Media Wars, MH Industry and Pros Like You – In Case You Missed It (ICYMI)
When speaking at live industry events, one of my favorite questions for attendees is this. By a show of hands, how many of you think that media stories about manufactured housing and wind storms harms...
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Manufactured, Modular and PreFab Housing Industry News Never Sleeps
It’s lunchtime somewhere on planet Earth. As reports we’ve done for years – and added more to this past week – there are international stories about factory-built housing. Those business-focused...
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‘Over Target’ Reactions, WHA Exec (ret) Ross Kinzler, Won’t Defend MHI...
“I have no comment on MHI’s legislative agenda.” – Ross Kinzler. “The [MHI] Urban Design Project didn’t have any lasting market effects.” – Ross Kinzler Priceless, direct quotes. Why Priceless?...
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