In Recognition of the Highest Achievements in Manufactured Housing
George Allen is mostly retired but continues to write and do select projects through EducateMHC. He has owned and fee-managed land-lease communities dating back to 1978. Since 1988, he has authored and edited 20 texts having to do with manufactured housing, including his autobiography. Allen was honored by the Manufactured Housing Institute as Industry Person of the Year, is a founding board member of its National Communities Council division, and remains the sole Emeritus member of MHI. He also is an RV/MH Hall of Fame enshrinee, with the Allen Community Collection of books as a feature in the museum library. He is a retired lieutenant colonel of the U.S. Marines, having served a 13-month combat tour in the Republic of Vietnam, and served during Desert Storm. Allen and his wife Carolyn have two children, six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
What do you view as the biggest achievement in your career?
Identifying and providing recognition to land-lease community owners/operators nationwide via the annual Allen Reports, communication through the monthly Allen Letters, and the bimonthly Allen Legacy column in MHInsider magazine. I also value the national camaraderie of 30 annual Networking Roundtables as well as political recognition and advocacy of the realty asset class through the National Communities Council. Finally, the contributions toward professional property management training for on-site and regional community managers via Manufactured Housing Manager certification classes and designation.
What work of life skill do you give the most credit for your achievements?
Being nurtured by an entrepreneur/businessman father, earning Eagle Scout rank in Boy Scouts of America, meeting Carolyn in college, being commissioned as a USMC officer, experiencing combat firsthand, and working up through levels of management via several companies before starting my own in 1980, and always managing using Christian principles.
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