It's Show Time in Tulsa!

by Deanna Fields

March 1-2 will be here before you know it! Do you want access to more financing? Do you need new sources for inventory, services or just want to network with your peers? You can compare dozens of homes, products and services all indoors, all under one roof!

If you want to get the jump on others in 2012 and grow your business, come to the Great Southwest Home Show in Tulsa, OK, where you will see more than ever before all indoors in the Quik-Trip Center.

So REGISTER TODAY FOR THE GREAT SOUTHWEST HOME SHOW, March 1-2, 2012 TRADE DAYS.

Learn more to Earn More

Check out the FREE business building workshops, finance forums and seminar line up, see below!

Thursday, March 1, 2012 at the Quik Trip Center in Tulsa OK:

10:30 AM Need More Inventory (wholesale, floorplan) Financing? The newly revised SBA Floorplan lending program will be presented by an SBA official. Learn the facts on how you and your choice of area bankers can team up to use this program, available NOW.

11:45 - 12:30 “How To Get The Most of Your Appraisal” by Sherrie Clevenger, NADA. Appraisals are a hot issue in lending today and Sherrie will give you powerful tips and insights so that you can take more deals to thebank.

12:30 - 1:15 PM “Get Savvy with the Latest Finance Programs Available on Manufactured Homes” by Matt Childers, 21^st Mortgage. 21^st Mortgage has come out with new programs geared for manufactured home communities (okay, you can whisper the name 'mobile home park') and street retailer programs designed to fill sites and sell homes! Don't miss this lunch and learn with Matt Childers..

2:00 PM - Attorney Kurt Kelly will be presenting two programs, one for Retailers another for Communities. The first will be MH Park Management/ Risk Control Presentation. Kurt has given this power packed presentation the following sub-titles:

• "Here's How Me, Daryl, and My Other Brother Daryl Ran Our Park and Why We Got Sued So Many Times"

• "Great Ways to Get Sued and Lose Your Park"

• "Smart Management:  How to Avoid Lawsuits and Losses in Your Park"

Kurt will show you how to avoid key risks in your manufactured home community that can protect your investment and keep you profitable!

3:15 PM How to Attract More Customers with Good Credit. L. A. 'Tony' Kovach will share some proven strategies that are proven to attract more customers to retailer centers and manufactured home communities that are selling or leasing homes. See why hundreds of MH Pros have found this presentation to be a winner for their business, see the link above for more details.

6:30 PM All Industry Night Party – drink, eat and network with your peers at the Quik-Trip Center at Expo Square, near the show floor! Courtesy of the sponsors of the GSWHS,

Friday, March 2, 2012

9:45 AM (This is a repeat of the Thursday event on the same subject, if you can't catch it Thursday, come Friday!) Need More Inventory (wholesale, floorplan) Financing? The newly revised SBA Floorplan lending program will be presented by an SBA official. Learn the facts on how you and your choice of area bankers can team up to use this program, available NOW.

10:45 AM Manufactured Home Finance Forum – moderated by Industry Financing pro and former MHI interim president, Dick Ernst. Learn all the Best Financing Options for your Manufactured Home Customers available from these 7 top Industry Lenders! The following lenders have agreed to present their 'best of the best' programs:

• 21st Mortgage

• CU Factory Built Lending

• Triad Financial

• US Bank

• Cascade Financial

• CIS

• First Guarantee Mortgage Corporation

Each lender will hit the highlights of their latest and new programs for about 7-9 minutes each. At the end of the panel's presentation, there will be time for questions from attendees like you, so come prepared to ask these experts what's on your mind!

1:00 PM Avoiding Dealer Risk and Liability – by Attorney Kurt Kelly.MH Retailer Management/Risk Control Presentation. Kurt has given this presentation the following sub-titles:

• "Toting Toward Armageddon:  Great Ways to Get Sued at Your Dealership and Lose it All"

• "Smart Management:  Loss Control is The Best Investment You'll Ever Make"
"Really?!  You Did That?!?  A Retailers Top 10 Dumb Management Ideas"

In this sue happy culture, you can't afford not to come and learn what Kurt has to share with Retailers and Community operators to protect your business interests! When you register above, you are already have access to these presentations too.

2:15 PM Discover Legal no down payment loans in fee simple sales (no, I'm not talking about 'land in lieu) that is non-recourse. This is a 'no-brainer' loan program that every MH Retailer needs to learn and use. William “Bill” Lawson of First Guarantee Mortgage Corporation will share the details of how you can tap into this mis-understood and under-used loan program.

You will also get some quick insights into other products you can use to grow your business:

VA loans in fee simple sales available today with no down payments (yes, this is different than the loan program noted above) that is non-recourse. With a rising number of vets, this is a another no-brainer to learn and implement.

FHA Title II Loans with 3.5% down payments, manually underwritten so no minimum FICO needed and one time close available. Land-in-lieu can be done with Title II too.

Our current manufacturer lineup (and these may still grow) includes:

American Homestar–Lancaster

Clayton

Fleetwood Homes

Legacy Housing – Fort Worth

Legacy Housing – Commerce

Oak Creek Homes

Palm Harbor Homes

River Birch Homes

Skyline Homes

Southern Energy of Texas

Sunshine Homes

Our current Service and Supplier Exhibitors are:

21^st Mortgage

Cascade Financial

CU Factory Built Housing

First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation

Harbor Carpets Mills

Heritage Distributing

LP Building Product

Loti Corporation

Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma

MHProNews.com = Manufactured Home Marketing Sales Management.com = www.MHMSM.com

MHWC

Mobile Insurance and Purvis Commercial

Mountainside Financial

NADA

Nalico General Agency

Oliver Technologies

PolyVulc USA

QuikBrick

RCS Enterprises

Royal/Durham Supply

Scentsy Wickless Candles

Southern Journeys

Stoneskirt of Missouri

Theft Stopper, Inc.

Tie Down Engineering

Triad Financial

US Bank Mfd Housing Finance

The Power of Knowledge and Information! We again will be offering a lunch seminar on Thursday! One of the biggest obstacles our industry faces on a daily basis is appraisals. Sherrie Clevenger, managing editor of the NADA, has committed to show you “How to Get the Most of Your Appraisal” on Thursday followed by several savvy finance companies sharing their new finance programs tailored just for the manufactured housing industry!

Thursday night, March 1^st, we will be hosting the “All Industry Night Party” beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Quik Trip Center Expo Square.

You don’t want to miss this two day show, which will showcase the newest “spring” lines our manufacturers are offering! Great deals and discounts will be found at the Great Southwest Home Show to allow you to have a fantastic 2012 with the latest in home designs, products and services offered exclusively to the manufactured housing professional! # #

So PreREGISTER TODAY Free for the GREAT SOUTHWEST HOME SHOW, March 1-2, 2012 TRADE DAYS.

Deanna Fields is the Executive Director of the Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma (MHAO) and the Show Coordinator for the 2011 and 2012 Great Southwest Home Show. She can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .