The Trailer Diva

There is nothing I enjoy as much as getting together with a talented group of people and sharing ideas on homebuilding. The Southern Arizona Homebuilders Association in Tucson, Arizona asked me to be an instructor for their Institute of Residential Marketing course last month, and I jumped at the chance.

When we all work together we will all succeed, and this group was very giving with their successes and challenges. Individuals from Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona attended so there were viewpoints from all over the West Coast.

As a Lifestylist(r), I like to stress how important it is to make a model home feel like a home that someone wants to live in - not just a designer showhouse. It should be filled with vignettes of hobbies, dreams and Lifestyles that the potential new homeowner might experience in their new home. It truly is about Living the Dream.

It was really fun to open up the classes eyes as to what Patriot Homes and Manufactured Housing is now bringing to the market. There are still companies that build “shade and shelter single wides” but more offerings are out there for great looking workforce housing that is achievably priced. As the labor force gets smaller and smaller, it will make even more sense to build homes in a central, protected environment.