Friends of George Allen & This Belongs in Every Landlease Community in the U.S.! & ‘Whattaya Expect?’ I. Friends of George Allen. What do the Wellfield Botanical Gardens, RV/MH Museum & Library, Chubby Trout bar and grill, and Golden Egg restaurant have in common, besides being located in Elkhart, IN? They are places where ‘friends […]
‘What I’ve Waited 33 Years to Say!’ (George Allen’s RV/MH Hall of Fame Induction Remarks, 1 August 2011, at RV/MH Heritage Foundation’s Museum & Library, in Elkhart, Indiana) I. Like the haircut? Two weeks ago, as Carolyn and I prepared to join our daughter Susan and her husband Drew, at their son Travis’ graduation from […]
Too Late or Not Too Late? Part II, maybe III. “These rent, income, and demographic trends are staring the (manufactured housing) industry in the face, and are tremendous cause for optimism – it is great to see you calling that out.” & “Your challenge in paragraph four (of blog # 148, on 10 July 2011) […]
Too Late or Not Too Late? Meeting Hell (October 2011) Heats Up Even More! Paper & Print versus Computers & Floppy Discs… I. Too Late or Not Too Late? It’s too late for you to sign – up to attend this week’s (7/20) Manufactured Housing Manager® or MHM® class in Horsehead, New York. It’s not […]
Reading Between the Lines! ‘There is an answer in here somewhere, for manufactured housing & landlease (nee manufactured housing) communities!’ & Don’t miss reading paragraph four (IV) of this blog posting! I. Several recent feature articles from four different business magazines, never once mention manufactured housing or landlease communities, but convey subtle messages applicable to […]
ACTIVISTS, HACKTIVISTS, MHACTIVISTS The Manufactured Housing Industry Needs More MHActivists & Cellphone, Cable, Airline, and Manufactured Housing In Common I. “Traditionally, hacktivists will overwhelm a targeted website with nuisance requests, temporary cutting off access to the site. Sometimes they will deface the site’s home page.” Quoted from USA TODAY. So that’s a hacktivist. “Hmm.” Kinda […]
Alphabet Soup for the MHIndustry & LLCommunity Good ‘MHI MHARRvelous Dream’ Revisited; October 2011 to be Meeting Hell! Why RVs ‘eat our lunch’ marketing wise; In Support of the MHI’s NCC! BDMs & CSHs = Success or Failure? New Issue for LLCommunity folk I. MHI MHARRvelous Dream! Turns out MHMSM; you know – the nearly […]
Keeping Score, & ‘MHI MHARRvelous’ Dream! * Just How Many Landlease Communities & Rental Homesites? & ‘MHI (‘My’) MHARRvelous’ Dream, is to See Chattel $s Return, Advocacy Bodies Work Together, & We Sell Affordable Housing! I. The feature article, ‘How Many Landlease Communities Are There in the U.S.?’ attracted much reader attention when it appeared […]
George’s Lamentyen Dimension! I. “Thank You Jenny Hodge!” When I sat down to bare my business soul with you today, I knew the core message would be about change; change for me, and change for everyone involved in landlease (nee manufactured home) community ownership and management. For me, the following paragraphs are at first, a […]
Alphabet Soup Firms Acquire 74% of Landlease Communities In Hometown America’s Portfolio! & Letter ‘C’ HUD Code Home Manufacturers Encouraged to Rejuvenate Their Languid Industry! & Thanks for Making June 1st a Special Day for Me! I. “I am writing to announce Hometown America has reached an agreement with Equity LifeStyle Properties (‘ELS’) to sell […]
New Landlease Community (History) Book to Debut August 2011; More Conspiracy Talk; youtube; MHArt & FEMA Housing Input! (More than 350 MHIndustry & LLCommunity Executives Read This Blog Each Week!) I. We’re far enough along to announce publication of my fifth book about manufactured housing & landlease (nee manufactured home) communities. This one has the […]
‘Of What Are WE Afraid & Unafraid?’ Mystery Shopping, Dodd – Frank Fallout, Future of HUD Code Housing, & More I. Mystery Shopping. Landlease (nee manufactured home) community owners/operators, portfolio ‘players’ and sole proprietors alike, rarely have their valuable income – producing properties professionally ‘shopped’. Why? It’s been said of Mickey Mantle, and now a […]
