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Depending on who you talk to, perhaps McKinney’s ultimate achievement has been his work
with the Caring House Foundation. A few times
a year McKinney travels to Haiti, the poorest
country in the world, to oversee the creation
of new, entirely self-sufficient villages. These
villages contain 40 - 50 houses, a community
center, church, school, clinic, renewable food,
clean drinking water and some form of free
enterprise.

Gingerly traversing the suspension bridge as I eagerly anticipate
my meeting with Frank McKinney in his world famous oceanfront
treehouse office, I quickly realize I'm in for a life changing conversation.
Frank McKinney is a modern-day renaissance man, and has been
for the past 25 years. He's an oceanfront "artist" who single
handedly changed the face of high-end oceanfront real estate, a
five-time bestselling author in four genres, an ultra-marathoner
who has run 135 non-stop miles across the Death Valley desert 6
times, oversees the Caring House Project – a charity building in
Haiti and elsewhere, and he even played Jesus in a recent awardwinning short film.
Now he has set out to revolutionize the self-help and real estate
education industry by personally hosting day-long education
events across the country where each guest not only comes away
transformed, but each attendee also provides at least one permanent single family home to a desperately poor and homeless child
in Haiti.

He builds some of the world most beautiful
homes for the ultra-wealthy so he can provide
shelter to the poorest of the poor. It's simply
amazing. To date, McKinney (and his wife, Nilsa
McKinney) have built 21 villages over the last 11
years housing over 10,000 people.
In an innovative effort to raise awareness and
resources for the Caring House Project, and to
transform the lives of those who attend, McKinney has set out to host a series of what he
calls the Make it BIG Event - The Anti-Seminar
around the nation. The kickoff of the Make it BIG Event - The
Anti-Seminar will be right here in Delray Beach on May 31 at the
Delray Beach Marriott. McKinney began his successful 25-year real
estate career in Delray Beach, has lived here for the same number
of years and wanted to begin the tour right here at home.
"I truly despise the snake-oil salesman mentality of some in the
real estate guru industry. Many have only been in the business
for 25 day or so....NOT 25 years!" McKinney says. "I hope to
revolutionize the real estate seminar industry just as I did the
oceanfront real estate market."
McKinney truly has taken on real estate in a show-stopping
fashion....Oprah, Donald Trump, 20/20, Fortune Magazine and
Wall Street Journal are just a few that have been impressed with
his work. He has been showcased in over 2,000 TV and print
features. He built and sold on speculation the world's largest Leed
Certified Spec Home (selling for $26 million dollars) right down
the street (A1A) in Manalapan. He started 25 years ago with a
$50,000 fixer-upper in a bad part of town.
About his new Make It BIG Event – The Anti-Seminar
series Frank puts it this way;
“The Make it BIG event is more of an experience.
Motivation washes off in the shower, inspiration fades
like the effects of a sunburn, but aspiration can alter
your DNA and forever change your life and the lives of
those you love. The Make it BIG event will help you learn
what legacy you aspire to leave, and be able to do so by
building a nice net worth through investing in real estate
and overcoming those fears that might be getting in
your way. The immediately actionable curriculum I have
developed and will personally deliver at the Make it BIG
event is unlike any other.”
About Frank McKinney

If you think you have lived a full life accomplishing all your
goals....McKinney will cause you to aspire to higher ones.

Meet Frank McKinney. He has built a multi-million dollar
real estate empire (starting out with $50 in his pocket)
and for the last 11 years has built self-sufficient villages
for the poorest families in Haiti. McKinney is a fivetime international bestselling author (in four genres),
philanthro-capitalist, and extreme risk-taker who's best
known for his unprecedented success as a real estate
'artist' and visionary. McKinney has been interviewed
on Oprah, 20/20, FOX, Travel Channel and on the cover
of USA Today, as well as NY Times, Wall Street Journal,
Fortune and Barron's … just to name a few.

www.MakeItBigEvent.com
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