a FOCUS Group opportunity; BLOG Lessons Learned; &, Two Timely, Pithy Postscripts ‘How the Best LLCommunity Owners/operators Learn Together’; ‘Beware fakers & spammers!’; ‘How to Get Your 21st annual ALLEN REPORT; & Recommend ‘How to Save Our Industry from Oblivion by Year 2020!’ FOCUS Group meeting planning typically begins with a telephone conversation or email […]
ALONE then; now WELL, & NO LONGER EXCEPTED ‘Remembering Christmas Eves 1968 and 2005’ The week between Christmas and beginning of a new year is oft used to pause, remember, and reflect on pivotal and watershed moments in life; how such events and circumstances continue to affect one’s contemporary personal or corporate […]
NO MORE SOFTBALLS! Chapter # 3 ‘The Manufactured Housing & Landlease Community Gantlet*1 Blogger’s Preliminary Notes. Haven’t read chapters # 1 & 2 of this unfolding, punishing tale? It’s highly recommended you access archived blogs at community-investor.com & read ‘Let’s Make History Together!’. It contains ‘The Near Perfect Storm Manifesto’ […]
21st annual ALLEN REPORT full of timely ‘stats’ & surprises! This ‘Who’s Who Among LLCommunity Portfolio Owners/operators in North America!’ will be distributed free, as a lagniappe, in January 2010 issue of newly reformatted Allen Letter Professional Journal; or available for purchase, for $250.00 via community-investor.com, & by phoning the MHIndustry HOTLINE: (877)MFD-HSNG or 633-4764 […]
Major WARNING to LLCommunity Owners Nationwide! Your State’s Eventual Implementation of the Federal S.A.F.E. Act *1 May Bite Your On – site, Housing Self – finance Program in the Butt! First, the Good News! Landlease (nee manufactured home) communities have long been considered one of the very best ‘off the investment realty radar screen’ opportunities […]
For the time being, Forbearance apparently trumps Foreclosure! Do you have a commercial real estate mortgage coming due and see no way, at present, to pay it off or refinance? Or perhaps you’ve been through this stressful drill during the past year, and the old bromide, ‘Take one day at a time’ has new and […]
A DRAFT manuscript, titled ‘The Near Perfect Storm Manifesto’ was recently distributed to 26 business stakeholder leaders active in the manufactured housing industry & landlease (nee manufactured home) community real estate asset class. Written responses have been numerous and 100% supportive of the document’s thesis: ‘Imagine No New HUD Code Homes Manufactured in Year 2020!’ […]
George Allen’s Official Info Blog, for the MHIndustry & LLCommunity Asset Class! Available only at the MHIndustry & LLCommunity website: community-investor.com or contact the author/blogger via (317) 346-7156 &r Box # 47024, Indpls, IN. 46247 What Will the Landlease Community Asset Class Look Like by Year 2020 ? ‘A Retrospective View of the Past Decade […]
What follows is an edited version of email correspondence recently received from a veteran portfolio owner/operator of landlease (nee manufactured home) communities. ***** “Know what George? If I had the opportunity to sit down and ’talk shop’ with Kevin Clayton, president & CEO of Clayton Homes, Inc., here’s what I’d say and suggest to him, […]
Ever plan a party and not have everyone show up? Worse; ever schedule or facilitate a business education and networking event, only to find those ‘who need it most’ absent? Well, if you answered the second query with a ‘Yes’, you’ll understand and appreciate the frustration embodied in the following paragraphs… This particular annual multi-state […]
George Allen’s Official Info Blog for the MHIndustry & LLCommunity Asset Class! PRINT & SAVE THIS BLOG – for your use today, tomorrow & beyond! Title: ‘Influencing What Does & Doesn’t Happen to the MHIndustry & LLCommunity Asset Class’ Whether a veteran purist, dedicated Luddite, or forward–looking visionary in the HUD Code manufactured housing industry […]
Official State of the MHIndustry & LLCommunity Asset Class! The unabridged title of this frequently requested public presentation goes like this: ‘Present State of the HUD Code Manufactured Housing Industry & the Landlease (nee manufactured home) Community Real Estate Asset Class!’ At least for the time being, HUD Code manufactured housing is returning to its’ […]
