Our guest this week is Frank McKinney of Delray Beach, FL a father, real estate artist, eight time best-selling author, philanthro-capitalist & 12 time badwater135 ultramarathon competitor.

Frank and his wife Nilsa have been married for 33 years and are the proud parents of Laura (24). Professionally, Frank has built and renovated 44 ocean-front mansions with an average selling price of $44M. He is known as a real artist with a flair for creating these one of a kind master pieces and for the way he markets them.

Frank is also the best-selling author of eight books in 5 different genres. In reverse chronologicle order they are:

• Adversitology: Overcoming Adversity When You’re Hanging On By A Thread (March 2023)
• Aspire: How To Create Your Own Reality And Alter Your DNA (November 2021)
• The Other Thief: A Collision Of Love, Flesh & Faith (September 2018)
• The Tap (February 2009)
• Dead Fred, Flying Lunchboxes And The Good Luck Circle (January 2009)
• Burst This!: Frank McKinney’s Bubble Proof Real Estate Strategies (February 2009)
• Frank McKinney’s Maverick Approach To Real Estate Success: How You Can Go From A $50,000 Fixer-Upper To A $100M Mansion (April 2006)
• Make It Big: 49 Secrets For Building A Life Of Extreme Success (January 2002)

Frank is also a self described philanthro-capitalist and co-founder of the Caring House Project, a 501c3 non-profit organization, which has built 30 self-sustaining villages serving 13K children and their families in Haiti over the past 20 years. Each of the villages has 50 homes, a daycare center, community center, school, clinic and church.

On a personal level Frank is a runner and has competed in a number of races including 12 Badwater135 ultramarathons, finishing seven times. The Badwater135, which takes place annually in July in the scorching summer heat in Death Valley, CA is described by National Geographic as ‘the world’s toughest footrace.’

Also, in 2020 Frank was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), which was a near death experience. One of the techniques Frank used to overcome this life threating disease was to disidentify it.

While Frank is not a parent of a child with special needs, he has a lot to offer parents and specifically dads on how to overcome adversity.

It’s a fascinating story and it’s here on this week’s episode of the SFN Dad To Dad Podcast.

Show Links –
Email – frank@frank-mckinney.com
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-mckinney-b4a14332/
Website – https://www.frank-mckinney.com/

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