The manufactured housing industry is undergoing significant changes in both the United States and in Canada. As we reported some weeks ago via our interview with award winning retailer, Alan Amy, billionaires and billion-dollar operations are literally buying into the manufactured home industry. Why? As Mr. Amy told MHLivingNews, ‘because it’s the housing of the future.’ Time Travelers, …
Read More »Mike Harrison, on New Single Family, Developments/Communities Using Quality, Affordable, Attractive Modern Manufactured Homes
The truth is hiding in plain sight in tens of thousands of locations from border-to-border, and from coast-to-coast. The Inside MH Road Show sat down with Mike Harrison, whose award-winning Lifeway Homes business is located in the nation’s heartland, in growing Tulsa, OK. Harrison and his team serve several states, but do most of their single-family home projects for customers …
Read More »Giving Credit Where It’s Due, State Associations, and Manufactured Home Living
Mark Dillard is an award winner for communications. It’s an honor given to him by his peers among manufactured home state associations in the manufactured housing industry. The Executive Director Dillard-led Manufactured Housing Institute of South Carolina (MHISC) created the infographic being shown further below on the topic of windstorms. For those who care about the American dream of home …
Read More »Uncommon Sense, Stating the Obvious, Affordable Housing Crisis, and Manufactured Homes
As we approach Christmas and the start of a new year, let’s do something that’s both old and new. Let’s dust off some common sense. Or as some may quip – tongue-in-cheek – as uncommon sense. Manufactured homes aren’t weaker than standard conventional housing, they are as strong or stronger. Who says? Two videos with award wining professionals prove that …
Read More »Time Travelers, and the Future of American Homes
Every single one of us is a time traveler. We go through space and time, one moment at a time. Then minutes, days, weeks, months, and years at a time. We can learn from others, past and present, about their experiences in time. How do we make the most of our lives? It’s simple, actually. The less time and money …
Read More »Elvis & Priscilla Presley Honeymooned in this Mobile Home
He’s known as the King of Rock and Roll. His property in Memphis, TN – called Graceland – has attracted millions of visitors. He loved gospel music, and was a pioneer in rock too. His movies are still considered entertainment classics. But millions don’t know the story about the home shown at the top, that Elvis & Priscilla Presley honeymooned …
Read More »Researchers Shake Up American Dream? Rent vs. Buy, Ken Johnson, Florida Atlantic University, Exclusive to ManufacturedHomeLivingNews
For those who want the bottom line first, new university research reveals that manufactured homes could be a superior housing value when it comes to wealth creation. With that executive summary, let’s dig into the details of the new research, and what the co-author of the university study specifically told MHLivingNews in an exclusive on-the-record statement. On our sister site …
Read More »Successful Professional Couple Spotlights Modern Manufactured Home Living Realities
Chris and Vicky Tracy are a professional couple, with different careers. Each are educated, successful, clearly proficient, and informed about housing. That’s because they’ve experienced all kinds of living, and they did their homework before buying their new home too. They live on an sizable, private acreage near Sperry, in Osage County, OK. They’ll explain in this video why that’s …
Read More »Surprised by the Truth, While Shopping for a New Home
Roughly one out of eight Americans annually are shopping for a new place to call home. That means that right now, you and hundreds of thousands of others are researching on line. Some are just curious. Tens of thousands from coast-to-coast are looking today for answers to their housing questions. While no two people are identical, there are some common …
Read More »Why Are Billionaires Attracted to Manufactured Homes?
The truth is never misguided. There may be better times or better ways to share the truth. But those are prudential judgments, that are very much compatible with the truth. In circumstances where persuasion: among people, in education, marketing political, or other scenarios matters, there are times when an upward compromise can advance the truth. Why? Because truth is always …
Read More »Hurricane Irma Florida Survivor Relates First-Hand Manufactured Home Safety, Durability Experience
Americans watched, listened, and millions anxiously awaited news last month about just how deadly and destructive Hurricane Irma would be. But John Jenkins, featured in the first video below, live through it. Jenkins weathered the storm in his home, and can now tell his dramatic story. In Florida, where about one-in-ten live in a pre-HUD Code mobile home – or …
Read More »Elected Official Explains Surprising Modern Manufactured Homes, Video Interview
James Hanning is the Wagoner County Commissioner, and the county’s board chairman. Before speaking on camera with MHLivingNews, Hanning consulted with the county’s legal adviser. Hanning wasn’t going to make any endorsements. There were no canned or rehearsed lines. What Hanning was willing and allowed to do is speak about his professional experiences over the course of several years with …
Read More »Deadwood, the Manufactured Housing Revolution, and You
The sun rose slowly over Deadwood, SD that day. The hills and trees offered cover for a variety of animals, including big horn sheep, and mountain goats. Outside the Inn at Deadwood, the manicured landscaping yielded naturally to the glass doors that welcomed tourists, gamers, and business professionals. It was in that convention center that a recent ‘peaceful battle’ …
Read More »Time Elapsed Video Shows How 77 Homes Were Installed in 10 Days
A six-story modular/prefabricated apartment building was installed in just 10 days, by using an off-site building system. The Australian company, Hickory Building Systems, was used by developers Goldmaster Enterprises and general contractors Goodland Building Company. The goal? To achieve new standards of affordability, “greener,” sustainable building that was faster to complete the 77-unit apartment high-rise. The video gives a time-elapsed …
Read More »$2 Million Houses – How do they stack up to buying a new Manufactured Home?
Buying a house is usually one of the biggest purchases that a person makes in their life. So buyers naturally want to make sure they’re getting the most for their money. Some people spend millions on their houses. They may buy a premiere location, or an extravagant house, looking for a status symbol, or whatever. Meanwhile, most are spending a …
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