Frank McKinney

Frank McKinney, the Maverick Daredevil Real Estate Artist, and who the Wall Street Journal called "the Real Estate Rock Czar".

Frank will be joining us for the evening and then the next day for the Whitewater rafting.

At age 18, with $50 in his pocket and without the benefit of higher education, Mr. McKinney left his native Indiana for Florida in search of his professional highest calling. Upon attending his 4th high school in 4 years (he was asked to leave the first 3), McKinney was fortunate to earn his high school diploma with a less-than-stellar 1.8 GPA.

In his first Florida job he earned $180 a week, waking at 4:00am, and digging sand traps by hand on a Deerfield Beach golf course. On May 19, 1986, at age 22, Mr. McKinney founded his first real estate investment company and bought his first $50,000 fixer-upper, selling it a few months later for a $7,000 profit.

Now, 22 years later, McKinney continues to create real estate markets where others dare to tread. He has built spec homes (homes built without a buyer) valued in the tens of millions of dollars, including the creation of the world's first $100+ million spec home.

Frank McKinney is known around the globe as a real estate "artist," and the creative force behind some of the world's finest and most opulent mansions ever built. A true maverick with a charming flair, he is without peer in the risky world of speculative high-end real estate, shattering price records with each new project, including his latest creations: The world's most magnificent oceanfront spec home with a 9-figure price tag, that's right, Mr. McKinney's new creation will carry a price of over $135 million.

Simultaneous to this, Mr. McKinney is nearing completion on "Acqua Liana", the world's most opulent "green" mansion at $29 million, and has commenced another masterpiece, "Crystalina," a $30 million Polynesian green home. You can see both by visiting: http://www.frank-mckinney.com/estates_for_sale.aspx. In addition to his real estate artistry, Mr. McKinney is a two-time international best-selling author, speaker, adventure racer, demolition derby driver!