“Shh! Be Quiet, and it all might go away.” MHI’s ‘Sprinkler Proposal’ to the MHCC, & the NSAC – III Caucus cum MHInitiative, ‘How to Save Our Industry?!’, likely 27 February 2012. Versus “Step up & do ‘your part’ as an MHActivist!” It is not too late to 1) tell HUD know what you think […]
Input HUD’s Agenda; MHRetailers & LLCommunity Home Sales; and, NSAC Caucus movement to become MHInitiative® in 2012? I. Your Opportunity to Input HUD’s Research Agenda! Thanks to Bob Brophs (pronounced Bross), retired Missouri MHRetailer and landlease community owner/operator, for bringing the following timely opportunity to our attention. PUBLIC COMMENT ON HUD RESEARCH AGENDA “Over the […]
Potpourri of U.S. Congress, MHI, NSAC III and $ Primer Matters – & More…. I. Congressional Research Service Prepares Report on MHIndustry! During mid September 2011, an Analyst in Housing Policy, for the Congressional Research Service, contacted this manufactured housing industry and landlease community asset class observer and author, for assistance in editing and fine […]
I. Dreamin… It’s been a day and a half of meeting after meeting after meeting. The Manufactured Housing Executives Council (‘MHEC’) was certainly interesting. Despite a couple state execs monopolizing conversation, we learned of the renewed business model (circa 1970s) utilizing ‘rental units on – site’ in landlease communities in Florida. And Massachusetts is considering […]
Manufactured Housing History & Future by Degrees Remember the old canard regarding college degree abbreviations with dual meanings, such as BS, or bulls _ _ _? Followed by an MS degree, or ‘more of the same’; and finally, the coveted PhD degree, where it’s ‘Piled higher and deeper!’ Well, apparently the time has arrived, to […]
I. Young Turks Emerging? In the annual ALLEN REPORTS, we routinely identify the Young Lions of property acquisition, and report the status of a Daring Dozen realty investors who commenced building landlease community portfolios a decade ago. But Young Turks? Last week’s… 20th Networking Roundtable maybe demarcates the end & beginning of two eras…. On […]
Stage I of III, pursuant to ‘How to Save Our Industry!?’ effected at 20th Networking Roundtable in San Antonio, TX. Stage II of III occurs soon, at the Manufactured Housing Institute’s annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ., 2 – 4 October. Stage III of III? Unnecessary, if elected & salaried leaders host a national & open […]
I. The Recent & Distinct ‘Stirring’ Sensed by, & among, some HUD Code Housing Manufacturers, independent ‘street’ MHRetailers, even Landlease Community Owners/operators. Is it our industry’s… Life Being Renewed or a Death Rattle? “Landlease communities are HOT!” opined the Business Development Manager (‘BDM’) working for one of the 21st Century Triple ‘C’ Firms, shipping specially […]
What’s in Your Career Remembrance File? I. “You just don’t take a mobile home and stick it in your pocket like you would a diamond bracelet,” says Peggy Vaughn, manager of Hickory Lake Mobile Village, in a news story titled: ‘Huge trailer’s not at home after being taken from (sales) lot.’ “In the wee hours […]
Independent Street MHRetailers & In – Landlease Community Home Sales “Do YOU view them as ‘oil & water siblings, separated at birth – never the twain to meet’? Or as ‘one in the same, cut from the same cloth’, but NOW maybe ripe for sharing knowledge that sells homes, while eschewing nefarious ‘tricks of the […]
Apartment Industry ‘Reinvents the Wheel’ of Good Fortune! As ‘micro (apartment) units’ grab multifamily trade press news headlines, ‘park model RVs’, a.k.a. Accessory Dwelling Units (‘ADUs’) & ‘Granny Flats’ sit on the sideline waiting to be discovered by homebuyers & renters! I. Multifamily Executive magazine, in its’ August 2011 issue, ran an article titled, ‘How […]
‘Why I Belong!’, but Chafe All the Way to & from Association Meetings & ‘Then There Were Twelve’ in October Meeting Hell! & ‘Another New Book in Town, for Authors & Aspiring Writers! I. “When a large landlease community (portfolio) owner recently acquired one of our state’s trophy properties, the (on – site) manager was […]
