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Zuma Beach, Malibu, California – U.S Destinations
Our recent story here on ManufacturedHomeLivingNews about Saw movie series star Betsy Russel’s 2 million dollar manufactured home overlooking Zuma Beach was all the reminder we needed to make this one of our hot U.S. Destinations. See 16 more photos of Betsy Russell’s manufactured home palace, overlooking Zuma Beach, at the link above. When movie stars or the rich and …
Read More »A Breakfast with…Jen Allen, First State Manufactured Housing Association
1) Who, What and Where: (Your name, town and your formal title at First State Manufactured Housing Association, FSMHA). Jen Allen, PHC, Dover, Deleware (DE). Association Executive, FSMHA. 2) Background: (Educational/Professional snapshot before entering the factory-built housing arena, at or before the First State Manufactured Housing Association – FSMHA). Before joining FSMHA, I worked two part time jobs for 7 …
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a manufactured home (MH) video tour can be worth millions of words. We love sharing the stories of those who live in modern manufactured homes. The stories about those professionals who work in the MH industry day-by-day are equally important for the home-shopping public to see and hear. Video interviews are …
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a manufactured home (MH) video tour can be worth millions of words. We love sharing the stories of those who live in modern manufactured homes. The stories about those professionals who work in the MH industry day-by-day are equally important for the home-shopping public to see and hear. Video interviews are …
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Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO, US Destination
Every state has some great destinations, and certainly many of us neglect travel and discovery in our own back yards. Colorado is no exception in having numerous appealing destinations. Be you near or far, one of the places MHLivingNews recommends you visit is Garden of the Gods. The scenery is stunning, and the contrasts in color and terrain in the …
Read More »Factory Home Building in Canada
According to the Manufactured Housing Institute of Canada (MHICA), there are two broad categories of factory built homes in Canada. The MHICA describes these in the two paragraphs that follow. Manufactured Homes Manufactured (Mobile) homes are factory-built home and can be up to 95% completed when leaving the factory. The homes are typically built with an integrated sub-frame that allows …
Read More »Princeton’s Manufactured Housing ‘definition,’ You’ve Got to Be Kidding!
MHLivingNews.com decided to see how others define a manufactured home. The first result that came up in Google was surprising and shockingly incorrect. Princeton, for the record, a manufactured home is legally NOT a mobile home. There have been no ‘mobile homes’ built in the United States since June 15, 1976, when the current legal definition and construction requirements for …
Read More »Manufactured Home Community Living Video
The idea of land lease is almost as old as the idea of land ownership. Farmers, businesses, office buildings, shopping centers and conventional construction may be built on land that is leased. The same is true for manufactured homes, which can be built on “fee simple” or land that is owned, as well as on land that is leased from …
Read More »Saw’s Betsy Russell’s 2 Million Dollar Manufactured Home a bargain, but TMZ/media don’t get it!
When Saw movie series star Betsy Russell listed her stunning, custom manufactured home overlooking Malibu beach recently, it drew national attention. Yet TMZ and much of the mainstream media are both dazzled and dazed. They fawn, but also “really don’t get it” about the amazing value and lifestyle this home provides Russell and other savvy owners like her. ManufacturedHomeLivingNews will showcase photos of actress Russell’s place as …
Read More »Saw’s Betsy Russell’s 2 Million Dollar Manufactured Home
When Saw movie series star Betsy Russell listed her stunning, custom manufactured home overlooking Malibu beach recently, it drew national attention. Yet TMZ and much of the mainstream media are both dazzled and dazed. They fawn, but also “really don’t get it” about the amazing value and lifestyle this home provides Russell and other savvy owners like her. ManufacturedHomeLivingNews will showcase photos of actress Russell’s place as …
Read More »Jumping the Mississippi River!
Try this for fun. When you tell someone who hasn’t been to Itasca State Park in north central Minnesota that “I’ve jumped the mighty Mississippi River,” they often look funny and think you are fibbing, delusional or worse! Then, when you tell them you aren’t kidding and you jumped the rocks over the river when you were still a kid, …
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Mount Rushmore, Keystone, South Dakota: U.S. Destinations
Every year, 3 million people come to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The memorial is located near Keystone, South Dakota, about 30 minutes south-west of Rapid City, SD in the western part of the state. So it is not far from the borders of Nebraska, Wyoming, North Dakota or Montana. Wikipedia reminds us that the memorial was sculpted by Gutzon …
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