The Journal

THE J OURNAL September 2013 The Magazine For Manufactured & Modular Housing Professionals Focus FINANCIAL 2013 • 21st Mortgage Corp. • Beech Street Capital • CIS Home Loans • CU Factory Built Lending • Monroe & Giordano LLC • Security Mortgage Group LLC • Tremont Realty Capital • U.S. Bank MH Finance • Wells Fargo

• COVER
• southeastern community owners The second annual Southeast Community Owners Symposium meets Oct. 8-10.
• mharr viewpoint Danny Ghorbani discusses DOE Energy Standards Process.
• 2013 financial focus Financial companies and the programs they offer for Manufactured & Modular Housing.
• service & set-up George Porter discusses the importance of using contracts.
• community consultant Frank Rolfe discusses the effectiveness of mystery shopping.
• development marketing Ed Hicks answers questions on land/lease communities.
• marketing consultant Scott Stroud discusses acting now on what homebuyers want.
• community law Rachelle Menaker discusses quirks of financing and refinancing communities.
• get it quick Find out information on advertisers in this issue.