The Masthead
- Asking Questions?
- First Down!
- Leap Year 2012
- Fan Mail and the Ego
- The Great Depression and Manufactured Housing
- Value Destroying Villains = Narcissistic Leaders
- Advancing Manufactured Housing through Education
- Post Show Post
- Live from Louisville: the 2012 Manufactured Housing Show.
- Lovin' La Vida Grande! Plus Iowa upset?
Industry Voices
- What is the latest on SAFE ACT, DODD-FRANK, CFPB (Consumer Finance Protection Bureau) and as an MHC owner, should I care?
- Hall of Fame Announces 2012 Inductees
- Electrifying Event!
- This makes my blood boil...
- MHI and it's varied divisions as compared to MHARR
- Congressman Joe Donnelly Statement for the Record Field Hearing: “The State of Manufactured Housing”
- Response On a Bold Proposal for Moving MHI, MHARR and Manufactured Housing Ahead
- An MH Industry Turn Around Plan, Part II
- Dick Moore's Industry and Finance Perspective
- Open letter to Association Executives on: State Association Dialogue Regarding "STEPS"
The Cutting Edge
- Who Cares?
- Super Marketing
- Now That’s REMARKABLE!
- Louisville Show Marketing and Sales Lessons
- Trade Show Marketing and You, Louisville and Beyond
- Does the latest news about Sears have a message for Manufactured Housing retailing?
- Lazy vs. Professional Sales People
- What comes before marketing and selling?
- The Art of Persuasion
- SIB-KIS and Your Manufactured Housing Sales Operation
Inspirations
- How Failure Turns to Success
- Coach Potato Quarterbacks
- Joy and Excellence in Work
- The Wrong Time and the Right Time
- "Oh, Say can you Say!"
- Leadership quote of the day
- "Americans Love a Winner and Will Not Tolerate a Loser"
- Obsession and No Limits
- Creating, Loving, Forgiving and Communicating
- Hold Yourself to a Higher Standard
Words of Wisdom
- What Keeps the World Alive
- Thinking leads to Doing
- Learn to see the world in its true light
- How a person's life can change from one minute to the next
- What will 2012 be like for you?
- Mountain Top Inspirations
- Making Good Things Happen
- What reason demands
- It has nothing to do with you
- Controlling pain life's outcomes
Newsletter Archive
- Asking Questions? UMH Refi. Congressional MH Hearing. MHShipments rising! Champion booms, ditto Deer Valley and Nobility. Cordray Challenged. MH Grants. State MH Financing? Gunner with Mitt. Who Cares? February feature articles, more! - 02/09/2012
- First Down! Selling your MHC. Who Cares? Cavco Skyrockets. Polymer MODs. Hall of Fame. Fannie finances $535M in MHCs. Congressional MH Action! Show Time. Sales Super Stars. MLS. Fixing Email Errors, More! - 02/06/2012
- Governor appoints KMHI's Whitaker, New Hall of Fame Inductees, Canadian entry level MOD program, CA MHC wins on Rent Control, Super Marketing, Leap Year 2012, Fair Housing 2012, more! - 02/02/2012
- Super marketing, Mancamp MODs, NY ending MH program? Fan Mail, Solar MODs, zoning endangers MHC, MLS for MH, more! - 01/30/2012
- Great Depression, FEMA funding, New MHC opens, Top 2 REITs dividends, MODs for flood relief, CFPB's Cordray's effort, Failure to Success, Green's tips on Fair Housing, more! - 01/26/2012
- Narcissists, Value Destroying Villains, Electrifying Event! That's REMARKABLE! UMH Dividend, UFPI upgraded, Mt Vernon limits MHs, MHC CA Rent Control, Kelly on MHC Utilities, Economic outlook, more! - 01/23/2012
- Advancing MH via Education, ELS tagged, MHI Sluggers, Mortgage Aps Up, Wells Fargo Leads, Homesteading Lives, Clayton Cleans Air, Modular Habitats for Humanity, QR Codes, More! - 01/19/2012
- Louisville Wrap Up & Lessons, Blood Boils so Ken Spanks, ARA closes 16 MHCs, Sun raising 142M, Buy Buffet's Brain, Facts About MHLiving, CFPB to target non-depository lenders, more! - 01/16/2012
- Live from Louisville! U.S. Home Prices Declined, NAHB Teams up With NFLPA, NAHB: Housing Markets Improve, Modular Hotel Erected, Louisville Pre-Show Video Report! Builder Moves to Modular, more! - 01/12/2012
- Lovin' La Vida Grande! CEO optimism up, Residents buy MHC, Trade Show Marketing and You, Shock resistant homes, home sales rising, new January feature articles, more! - 1/09/2012
Latest Comments
In This Report: September 8, 2010
- Agencies Resist Consumer Financing Mandates
- New Actions to Downgrade Consensus Committee
- Actions to Expand In-Plant Regulation
- HUD Program in Dire Need of New Contractor
- Costly Roof Truss Rule – On-Site Rule Needs Changes
- HUD Plans For September COSAA Meeting
- Costly Energy Rules Should Be Deferred
- "Frost-Free" Design Questions
- FHA Raises Eligibility Standards For Most Mortgages
Daily Business News Briefs
U.S. Stocks Edge Up; Patrick Ind. and Louisiana Pacific Post Gains
CNNMoney tells MHProNews.com good news from Greece concerning their austerity plan gave breathing room to U.S. investors who watched the U.S. markets zig-zag all day, but it finally edged up on the plus side. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained +0.05 percent to close at 12,890.46, while the Nasdaq gained +0.39 points to end the [...]...
09 Feb 2012
Read moreHUD Housing Scorecard is Mixed Bag
In their release of the nation’s housing scorecard for 2011, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury noted mixed signals as foreclosure starts fell but foreclosure completions climbed and as new home sales fell existing home sales climbed. Existing home inventories fell from 3.2...
09 Feb 2012
Read moreGreen Home Building Growing Green Billions
According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), MHProNews.com has learned a survey taken by McGraw-Hill Construction Company reveals green home building accounted for 17 percent of the residential market in 2011, but that figure is expected to increase to between 29 and 38 percent in four years. In dollar terms that’s moving...
09 Feb 2012
Read moreOil Boom Adds Jobs in Idaho
NorthCentralPA reports the Wall Street Journal says the Fleetwood Homes factory in Nampa, Idaho has increased production 25 percent since last fall to keep up with demand in the North Dakota oilfields for manufactured homes. Upon adding 40 employees, factory manager Jeff Chrisman says without this new demand he would be giving employees furloughs...
09 Feb 2012
Read moreThe Demise in Oceanside of Rent Control?
MHProNews.com has learned from Robert S. Coldren of Hart, King & Coldren in Santa Ana, California, a Vista (CA) Superior Court judge’s ruling may help MHC owners sell their land if they cannot earn enough from renting home sites. According to utsandiego rent control has been in effect in Oceanside MHCs since 1984. Since 2008, [...]...
09 Feb 2012
Read moreCanadian Officials Debate Modulars for Attawapiskat
From Canada and NetNewsLedger.com, MHProNews.com learns more about the ongoing dilemma over modular homes destined for the Attawapiskat First Nation in Canada. In the exchange, member of Parliament for Timmins James Bay Charlies Angus and Minister John Duncan, the Aboriginal Affairs Minister, debated progress of shipping modular homes to...
09 Feb 2012
Read moreHome Builders Applaud Legislation Aimed at Credit Flow
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently commended Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) for introducing the Home Building Lending Improvement Act of 2012, legislation to help restore the flow of credit for new housing production in order to create jobs, meet rising housing demand and bolster the economic expansion. Builders say with new...
09 Feb 2012
Read moreStocks Little Changed Mid-Week
There was little movement on Wall Street today as investors sat on the sidelines on uncertainty in Europe. The Yahoo Finance Manufactured Housing Composite was also little changed. Losing ground Wednesday were Allied Management Group lost .17 cents (.16 percent) to $107.35. Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH...
08 Feb 2012
Read moreChampion Says Commercial Structures Division Slated for Rapid Growth
Champion Commercial Structures, a division of Champion Home Builders announced this week the company has been contracted to apply its unique modular building method to three major projects, including one hotel and two employee housing projects for the oil and natural gas industry. With the addition of these contracts, the division is poised for...
08 Feb 2012
Read moreGrants Help Land Owners Remove Old Homes
From North Carolina and BlueRidgeNow.com, MHProNews.com learns that Henderson County residents with abandoned manufactured homes on their property can apply for a grant to help finance the removal of the home. According to the article, the typical cost for a home removal is $1,500, $1,000 of which can be provided by the grant. However, individuals...
08 Feb 2012
Read moreMHARR Says Intensive Campaign Aided Rebound
The Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR) reports that according to official statistics compiled on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). the manufactured housing industry rebound evident in recent months continued and strengthened during December 2011. posting its fifth production increase...
08 Feb 2012
Read moreLatest Daily Business News
- U.S. Stocks Edge Up; Patrick Ind. and Louisiana Pacific Post Gains
- HUD Housing Scorecard is Mixed Bag
- Green Home Building Growing Green Billions
- Oil Boom Adds Jobs in Idaho
- The Demise in Oceanside of Rent Control?
- Canadian Officials Debate Modulars for Attawapiskat
- Home Builders Applaud Legislation Aimed at Credit Flow
- Stocks Little Changed Mid-Week
- Champion Says Commercial Structures Division Slated for Rapid Growth
- Grants Help Land Owners Remove Old Homes
- MHARR Says Intensive Campaign Aided Rebound
- MA Court Says MH Community Can Expand
- House Determined to Rein in CFPB
- MHI Responds to Unexpected Testimony at Congressional Hearing
- Rep. Bachus: Stop the Hemorrhaging Federal Programs
- Manufactured Housing Composite Moves Closer to 1000
- Passages: Gunner Cannon
Featured Articles and Reports - February 2012 Vol. 3 No. 5
Fair Housing 2012 – The Two Most Important Words!
by Nadeen Green I thought about holding a contest to see who might be able to come up with what I believe may be the two most important words for fair... Read more
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT & FAIR HOUSING (LEGAL)
Where to Build
by Eddie Hicks To build or not to build. That's the question. To "take up arms against a sea of trouble." Perchance to "dream"? Is that the rub? Sorry, Bill. I... Read more
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT & FAIR HOUSING (LEGAL)
Content Area of Guidelines for Living: Security and Protection through Stor…
by Chrissy Jackson In our last column, we covered Manufactured Home Community “Guidelines for Living” topics ranging from Refuse Removal through Rights of Management. This month, we will explore Security and... Read more
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT & FAIR HOUSING (LEGAL)
Community Management: The $20,000 Dog
by Kurt D. Kelley, JD It’s exciting. You just purchased a manufactured home community. It has fifty (50) sites, forty eight (48) of which are occupied by home owning tenants paying... Read more
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT & FAIR HOUSING (LEGAL)
Multiple Listing Service… It is all about the Listings
by Boe Davis This is our second installment about how a Multiple Listing Service (MLS) functions and how it could help manufactured home sales throughout the country. In this article we... Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
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... Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
When Emails Aren't Where They Should Be, Whitelist
by Joe Geller Many of us have gone through the frustration of not receiving an email, even after we verify the sender has sent the email, and he or she has... Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
How Long Will an Anchor Last? Anchor Rust
by George Porter Have you ever heard of anyone replacing anchors because they were worn out or not good anymore? I know I haven't and it worries me. Have you ever... Read more
GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING INDUSTRY TOPICS
It Is - What it Is
by Tim Connor, CSP One of my daughter’s favorite lines is, it is what it is. Every time I hear that from her it makes me stop and think – why... Read more
MANAGEMENT
ZigOn Healthy Fear
by Zig Ziglar In recent years, in manufactured housing and in other industries too, we've seen fear take a toll. There really is "healthy fear." For example, it's very healthy to... Read more
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS, MOTIVATION and INSPIRATION
Sales Super Stars – Got any?
by Tim Connor, CSP Creating a team of super-stars is manufactured housing – business to business or business to consumers – is not as difficult as many managers or trainers would... Read more
SALES
What are you prepared to do?
by 'L. A.' Tony Kovach As we have noted before, at the heart of any successful career or business, there are certain basics or fundamentals. Being on the Cutting Edge of... Read more
SALES
Manufactured Housing Financing Alert
by 'L. A.' Tony Kovach With approaching half a year of increasing shipment levels, we are seeing what could be the start of an industry turn around. This is not the... Read more
FINANCING
Six Ways to Make your Manufactured Home Loan a Smooth Transaction
by Dave Shanklin Over the years, I have noted several helpful procedures that make our loan processing smoother. In the past I have written on this topic. Here are some new... Read more
FINANCING
The Tribe is Here
by Jeff Templeton I try to listen and learn about marketing and business from as many experts as possible. I believe that their insights will make myself and those that I... Read more
MARKETING
Model Homes…..or NOT Part 2
by Katie Weldon Whether the term is model home or staged home, the definition is the same. It is the detailed and creative preparation of a house to be sold. If... Read more
MARKETING
