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Lies, Double-Talk and Cover Ups
We all have the right to our own opinions, but we don't have the right to make up our own facts. People sometimes say or do things that can be embarrassing or difficult to walk-back. Rather than 'fess...
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Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) 2014 Summer Meeting Pensées
Blaise Pascal, who penned the original Pensées (French for 'thoughts'), would likely be disappointed in part of what follows; for that this scribe takes full responsibility. As we approach the 2014...
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The 9 Millionth HUD Code Home
A private comment came in, one of dozens in the last 16 hours since Ross Kinzler's thought provoking Industry Voices guest column was posted Tuesday afternoon. The guts of the comment: which is more...
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Dodd-Frank and the CFPB: a Government That’s Big Enough?
Two news items relating to the CFPB hit back-to-back recently. As we are approaching the 4th of July, the irony of this struck me and should strike you or anyone else who cares about having a safe and...
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Manufactured Housing’s Declaration of Independence
Our focus for this column will be facts, opportunities and challenges, so if you want some 4th of July weekend inspiration, you'll find that with: Taking Chance and John Adams on the 4th of July....
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America’s Secrets Revealed and MH
Secrets. Media reports tell us Chinese Communist hackers get them from business and government. Edward Snowden revealed secrets. Some secrets are meant to be kept, others ought to be outed. The secret...
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Manufactured Home outperforms conventional site-built house in hurricane wind...
NBC's Today Show aired a report this morning of an IBHS Research Center wind test done in a South Carolina facility on manufactured homes; one showing a properly installed carport and the other view...
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Conventional On-Site Construction vs. Manufactured Home Wind Test Follow Up
If you missed the report in the prior Masthead blog post on this week's IBHS hurricane wind test on houses, please read that now, before proceeding....
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Real Estate Agents and MH, “…it doesn’t work.”
Here’s the paraphrase. “Tony, there are two kinds of real estate agents. Those who do a lot of deals, and those who only do a few every year. We can’t get those upper tier real estate agents to work...
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The Big Picture, MH Puzzle Pieces and More New Manufactured Housing Home Shows?
There are times when industry veterans understandably ask us one or more elements of the following, given the: U.S./Mexico border crisis, the “recession,” the FEDs pumping dollars into the system to...
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Agonizing, Insightful August Ending
We wrap up some tests and this month with some off the record quotes about some of the news stories that we covered the week ending 8.30.2014. About the story of LandSea, a reportedly green Chinese...
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Manufactured Housing Pros – Do You Like What Your Getting?
Pithy quotations from great minds have the power to cut-to-the-chase and may force us to think in new ways. Let’s look at this quote from George Bernard Shaw, and apply it to manufactured housing...
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Outstanding October, Trending Turbulence and Re-energizing Manufactured Housing!
Years ago, a speaker said that without positive and negative polarity, you have no (…electric…) power. The truth is what it is. Some is good, some not good, or even ‘negative.’ When a commercial...
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What is MHI’s and the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Leadership’s Strategy?
There are leaders of companies of all sizes involved in the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Some are huge in MH, others as small as one person and all sizes in between. We routinely get...
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Bank Vault Door Closes on Manufactured Housing Lender
We’ve heard for some time the whispers about the now announced closure of U.S. Bank’s indirect manufactured housing lending program. To protect sources, we’ve been unable to do more than hint before...
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Where there is Smoke…is there Manufactured Housing Institute Fire?
Some of the hardest working, savviest professionals in manufactured housing bear the title ‘state association executive director’ – or in some cases – ‘state association president,’ etc.. State...
View ArticleManufactured Home outperforms conventional site-built house in hurricane wind...
NBC's Today Show aired a report this morning of an IBHS Research Center wind test done in a South Carolina facility on manufactured homes; one showing a properly installed carport and the other view...
View ArticleConventional On-Site Construction vs. Manufactured Home Wind Test Follow Up
If you missed the report in the prior Masthead blog post on this week's IBHS hurricane wind test on houses, please read that now, before proceeding....
View ArticleReal Estate Agents and MH, “…it doesn’t work.”
Here’s the paraphrase. “Tony, there are two kinds of real estate agents. Those who do a lot of deals, and those who only do a few every year. We can’t get those upper tier real estate agents to work...
View ArticleThe Big Picture, MH Puzzle Pieces and More New Manufactured Housing Home Shows?
There are times when industry veterans understandably ask us one or more elements of the following, given the: U.S./Mexico border crisis, the “recession,” the FEDs pumping dollars into the system to...
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