Frank McKinney: Maverick Daredevil Real Estate "artist"; super hero meets Robin Hood, 5-time international best-selling author (with 3 new books just released!); philanthropist, risk taker and visionary who sees opportunities and creates markets where none existed before.

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

Then, at 18, with $50 in his pocket and without the benefit of higher education, Mr. McKinney left his native Indiana for Florida in search of what he would later refer to as his professional highest calling.

In his first Florida job he earned $180 a week, waking at 4:00am, to dig sand traps by hand on a Deerfield Beach golf course.

On May 19, 1986, at 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, 23 years later, McKinney creates 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.

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.

Speaking of records, Mr. McKinney just completed   "Acqua Liana", the world's largest and most opulent triple certified (USGBC, FGBC & Energy Star for Homes)  "green" mansion at $29,000,000, and will soon commence another masterpiece, "Crystalina," a $30 million green home reflecting South Pacific influences. 

Each of the estate homes he creates is a one-of-a-kind work of art, infused with vivid imagination and designed on a canvas of sun-drenched Atlantic ocean (just look at the photos on the preceeding Acqua Liana link!).

Accordingly, 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 magnificent mansions ever built. 

Prior to the completion of his new multi-million dollar "Acqua Liana" mansion, he sold, with an asking price of $50 Million, the largest and most expensive spec home ever created, containing 72 rooms, 32,000 square feet, 12 bedrooms, 18 baths, and a 14 car garage.

Since his first $2.2 million spec home on the ocean in 1992, Mr. McKinney has created and sold 36 oceanfront properties with an average selling price over $12 million.

In addition to his real estate artistry, Mr. McKinney has now become a five-time international best selling author.

In addition to his first two books, Mr. McKinney just released three new books simultaneously, each representing a distinctly different genre (real estate, spiritual/inspirational & young reader/fantasy fiction). 

All three books are published by Health Communications, Inc., best known for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

Mr. McKinney's new titles are; i) Burst This! Frank McKinney's Bubble-Proof Real Estate Strategies, ii) The Tap, and iii) Dead Fred, Flying Lunchboxes, and the Good Luck Circle.

Visit www.The-Tap.com, www.Burst-This.com or www.Dead-Fred.com to read more about these exciting new releases!

During their recent launch week each made it to #1 (The Tap), #2 (Burst This!) and #5 (Dead Fred) on Amazon's bestseller list for their respective genre, a literary feat never before accomplished!

Mr. McKinney attributes his phenomenal success to a set of life and business Philosophies, which he began formulating during his years as a young entrepreneur. These principles, found in his first best-selling book Make it BIG!, have guided him through some very tough times, and by following them he has created a life filled with personal and spiritual fulfillment.

Due to the overwhelming success of Mr. McKinney's first book, his first publisher, John Wiley & Sons, NY,  contracted with him to author a second bestseller in 2006: "Frank McKinney's Maverick Approach To Real Estate Success-How You Can Go from a $50,000 Fixer-Upper to a $100 Million Mansion!" 

Recent news/press on Mr. McKinney's artistry or books can be found by clicking here: http://www.frank-mckinney.com/press_archive.asp or, http://www.frank-mckinney.com/news_archive.asp

Mr. McKinney is also a sought after speaker, is an ultra-marathon runner (footraces of 100+ miles) and an accomplished demolition derby driver.

He has co-produced and will star in one of two new reality TV shows titled either "King of the Castle" or "The Midas Flip"- The making of a Real Estate Mogul: Where High Risk & High Reward Takes on a Whole New Meaning! Click the preceeding link to view a trailer for the program.

Where does he find the all the creative inspiration?

A little known fact is that Mr. McKinney actually creates  the designs for his oceanfront artistry from his lavish oceanfront treehouse office overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. He also wrote his five bestsellers from this serene location!

The Frank McKinney brand has captivated the media and public for over two decades.

His vision and risk-taking has been the subject of numerous international television, radio and print features. Mr. McKinney was recently featured on ABC's 20/20 with Martin Bashir, the cover of USA Today, the Oprah Winfrey Show, CBS' The Early Show, CNN, Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, HDNet, CBN TV, National Public Radio (NPR), in The Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Bloomberg, Fortune, Barrons, Town and Country, Robb Report, The Nightly Business Report (PBS) and in over 1500 additional TV and print stories.  

Visit http://www.frank-mckinney.com/news_archive.asp or http://www.frank-mckinney.com/press_archive.asp for clips or copies of video and print news, or just click on "Frank's Greatest Hits" to view a compilation video.

This website alone, www.frank-mckinney.com, receives more than one million visitors a year! So pass it along!

Armed with a rock star look, a disarming personality, and a willingness to attempt what others don't even dream of, Mr. McKinney has truly earned his nickname of the "daredevil developer," and the "real estate rock czar", defying both conventional wisdom and the predictions of others to achieve success on his terms.

Mr. McKinney's daredevil side is irrepressible-he races and jumps motorcycles (he jumped a motorcycle over a replica of his 1st $50,000 home at the launch party for a recent bestseller).

He recently performed his first illusionary feat at the Grand Unveiling of Acqua Liana where he disappeared from the rooftop only to reappear seconds later from a coffin that had been burried under ground. Witness the anazing show by clicking: http://www.timecapsulefilms.net/FrankMcKinney/Montage_Master_Final_Md.wmv

He has a dirt bike race track in his back yard, participates in demolition derbys around the country and drives to his projects in either a 2002 Honda Insight hybrid or one of two 1988 Yugos.

He is without a doubt one of the most visionary, courageous, parodoxical and "contrary" real estate entrepreneurs and authors of our time.