Monday - 9/8/25

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7:30 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast

9:00 am - 9:45 am

Welcome, SECO25 Planning Group, Veterans Assistance Program, Whova Event App, Introduce MC for the day

SECO25 Planning Team
Yardi

9:45 am - 10:45 am

Economics Affecting Manufactured Housing

Dr. Philip T. Powell, Executive Director 

Indiana Business Research Center Indiana University 

Dr. Phil Powell
10:45 am - 11:30 am

Liability and Insurance Are Killing Me: What's going on and what can I do about it?

Kurt Kelley
11:30 am - 12:15 pm

Meet SECO25 MH Mfgs., Sponsors, & Exhibitors

Get to know the products and services these firms offer to make your life easier, increase revenue, cut costs, increase efficiency, and improve your bottom line.

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

LUNCH

Yardi

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm

Visit Display MHs, Exhibitors, Meet & Greet, Networking

2:15 pm - 3:00 pm

MHC/LLC Lenders Panel

Community loans- rates, size, LTV, POHs, terms
 

Troy Cavallaro, Aron Procuniar, Greg Ramsey, Chris San Jose, Kevin Thrash, Mark Wilson
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm

Submitting Loan Application Package

Kevin Thrash
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm

CapEx Projects

Scott Jolly
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm

Tree Maintenance & Liability Mgt.

Michael Knab, Nick Lefke
5:15 pm - 7:15 pm

Reception at LIVE! at The Battery

SECO Planning Team
Yardi

7:15 pm - 9:15 pm

Atlanta Braves vs. Chicago Cubs Baseball Game

First Pitch is at 7:15pm

Tuesday - 9/9/25

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7:30 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast

Clayton Development

8:45 am - 9:00 am

MC for the day, I'm HOME attendees coming, Review daily agenda, Whova reminder

Clayton

 

Chris Nicely
9:00 am - 10:00 am

Premise Liability

Josh Wood
10:00 am - 10:45 am

Title Insurance Issues

Hunter Ritgers
10:45 am - 11:30 am

MH Manufacturers Panel

Features, options, sales into communities 

Blake Gibbs, Cody Phillips, Jared Ray
11:30 am - 12:15 pm

Mini-Ted Talks & Money Makers

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

LUNCH

Aeroseal

1:15 pm - 2:15 pm

Visit Display Manufactured Homes, Exhibitors, Meet & Greet, Networking

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm

In-Community Chattel Financing Panel

Panelist - Michael Gaulin, Business Development Manager, Triad Financial Services, Inc.

Michael Gaulin
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

MHC Development

Jennifer Blankenship
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm

Community Owners Panel

Ed Barber, Ben Braband, John Gelzer, Tom Lackey, Kim Shultz-Rainford
5:15 pm - 6:00 pm

MH Setup & Features Demo

MH Manufacturers Representatives 

Stephen Ware
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

I'm HOME at SECO Backyard BBQ in the MH Courtyard

I'm HOME Network
Clayton
Live Oak

Wednesday 9/10/25

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7:30 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast


Workshop - Lease-Option “Sales” of MHs for Community Infill & Upgrade

8-hour workshop on seller-“financing” of NEW manufactured homes in communities via Lease-Option contracts to fill vacant sites, upgrade the community, increase cash flow, and increase the value of the community --  condensed down to 3 hours!  Lots of number crunching.  Bring laptop and Excel!  Includes partially finished online book and follow up Zoom call for attendees needing more help.

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Lease-Option: Why L-O, SAFE Act, Transaction Structure, L-O Assistant spreadsheet, Example Transaction, Cash Flow, IRR, Defaults, L-O contract, Demographic Data, Chattel Lenders

Spencer Roane
10:00 am - 11:00 am

Legal Basis for L-O Rentals & Sales of MHs

Lex Watson, Attorney
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Acquisition Lenders, Ordering new MHs (features, options, specs), MH & onsite costs, qualifying buyers, application processing, promotion/marketing, community owner's experience, converting POH to L-O, MH plants serving you

Maryuri Barberan, Tom Lackey, Kara Mathis
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Wrap-Up Session