Barry McCabe, President of Hometown America is the Keynote Speaker at the Manufactured Housing Industry Summit, Wednesday January 18th in Portland.  Barry is president and chief operating officer of Chicago based Hometown America which he co-founded in 1997. With 136 manufactured housing communities, 55,000 home sites and 165,000 residents in 19 states, privately owned Hometown America has grown to become one of the nation’s largest community operators. After serving the industry as an attorney since 1977, Barry in 1981 became corporate counsel and then president of DeAnza Assets, a California based firm that operated manufactured housing and apartment communities for its own account as well as for Merrill Lynch, Hubbard and Metric Partners. Upon DeAnza’s merger into Chicago based Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. (MHC), currently Equity Lifestyle Properties in 1994 he became MHC’s president and chief operating officer before founding Hometown America three years later. Barry is a vice chairman of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), vice chairman of the MHI Federal Government Relations Committee and a Governing Board member of the National Communities Council. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida Manufactured Housing Association (FMHA), the Legislative Committee of the Michigan Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA), and is former president of California’s Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association (WMA). He serves on the Manufactured Housing Advisory Councils of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Barry holds Bachelor and Masters degrees from Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He is a California real estate broker and a member of the California State Bar.
 
Don Glisson Jr, CEO of Triad Financial Services, Inc. of Jacksonville, Florida will be our featured speaker.  Triad is one of the nation’s largest manufactured home lenders.  I recently heard Don speak at the Manufactured Housing Communities International Networking Roundtable in Florida and he is a great speaker with a compelling message and valuable information to share relating to manufactured home financing.  The timing couldn’t be better, as Triad is in the midst of an aggressive expansion that includes the Pacific Northwest.  Simply put -- If you make your living in manufactured housing you don’t want to miss our Keynote Speaker Barry McCabe of Hometown America and our Featured Speaker Don Glisson Jr. of Triad Financial Services.

Excerpt from Triad’s website.
 
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Greg Harmon - President
Commonwealth Real Estate Services
E-mail: greg@cwres.com
Telephone 503.244.2300 Ext. 101