COMING! A New Era & A New Voice for Manufactured Housing Little did we realize 2011 will usher out an old era and old way of apprising! I. Yes, it snuck up on me too; the realization HUD Code manufactured housing has permanently changed during the past decade, to the extent of being market – […]
Best Salmagundi* of MHIndustry ‘Insider Information’ You’ll Ever Read! • Salmagundi is ‘a little of this, a little of that; a mixture of something, information’ S.A.F.E. Act ‘fear factor’; portfolio ‘player’ vs. small owner/operator; one liner responses – and more, to last week’s blog about MHAssociations; ‘Where’re Greg O’Berry, Bob Blatz & Greg Harmon? And, […]
‘Why I Belong’, but am frustrated with most MHAssociations! & Own/operate LLCommunities? Time to Decide What You Need! 2011 promises to be a year of survival for some & end of the road for others. Know this; your fate is in, good but not complete measure, your hands – so make the very most of […]
This Weekly Blog Draws Much Traffic; YOUR RESPONSES to… High Site Rent, an Intellectually Honest Debate, the S.A.F.E. Act & My Sayonara! (Note. Don’t miss reading the final paragraph of this blog; it contains a Special Deal for purchase of the 50+ page, 22nd annual ALLEN REPORT! Maybe only time offered..) If anyone told me […]
You Won’t Read Any of What Follows, Anywhere Else in the MHIndustry! I. No NSAC – III next month in Florida! Despite an announcement in the 22nd annual ALLEN REPORT – first distributed at the rejuvenated Louisville MHShow in Kentucky last week, the ‘National State of the Asset Class caucus III, (will not meet) to […]
What YOU Missed at the Louisville Manufactured Housing Show & HUD Code Home Manufacturers Still ‘Don’t Get It!’ I. 1,000+/- attendees visited more than two dozen new homes (Mostly indoors, but with three FEMA units outdoors) & 82 supplier exhibits, during the 2 ½ day rejuvenated Louisville Manufactured Housing Show! KUDOS to Show Ways’ Dennis […]
A Call for (more than one) Honest Intellectual Debate, & ‘Yes, we’ll surely rue the day we ignored The CAMPAIGN!’ I. In the least likely of places, I found a quote that, in my mind, describes the current state of affairs at both the top level of manufactured housing advocacy, lobbying, and leadership in Washington, […]
Affordable Housing Hell; Randy Rowe’s Five Part Plan; & ‘ Do YOU have the 22nd annual ALLEN REPORT? When I started blogging for the now defunct Manufactured Home Merchandiser mag, (Like billboards picturing former President George W. Bush asking, ‘Do You Miss Me Yet?’, I wonder if you feel similarly about that magazine? I sure […]
New Lions, Old Story, Affordability Conundrum, Social Engineering, More I. “It’s not the deal. It’s what a man does next that makes him great – or not!” Anonymous. No slight intended toward distaff property owners in the landlease community business, but frankly, there’re precious few of them. Back to the quotation. When I heard it […]
A Much Different Christmas Story Than You’ve Ever Read Before ‘Twas the night before Christmas; he lived all alone, in a one bedroom house made of plaster and stone. I had come down the chimney with presents to give, and to see just who in this home did live. I looked all about, a strange […]
And, ‘He-r-e’s Grayson & Friends!’ & Many of You Feel My Pain… & Four Good Reasons to be in Louisville, KY., 11-14 January, 2011. *** For ‘rest of the story’, read Allen Letter professional journal each month! *1 I. Two weeks ago, in the blog posting titled, ‘Whose Responsibility is Housing Affordability?’, reference was made […]
Meet SOLSTICE Communities! & What YOU Said About ‘Housing Affordability’ Responsibility! & Lack of Liquidity Kills Again & Again! I. It’s about time! Not really; it’s about lifestyle, rebranding, and challenging an entire investment realty asset class – to ‘take to the high road’, from this day forward, toward stellar corporate image; impeccable reputation building; […]
