PRAISE FOR MAKE IT BIG! “In the competitive world of ultra high-end residential realestate, Frank McKinney has managed to do what I’ve done withprojects all over the world. His groundbreaking deals andbrand-making attention to detail have enabled him to make it bigwithin his chosen field. Read his book and learn how you too canbecome a great success.” — Donald J. Trump “Frank McKinney is in the vanguard of . . . multimillion-dollarspec home builders.” — Fortune “Frank McKinney has always liked to live on the edge …he likesto live dangerously.” — The Wall Street Journal “Frank is a real estate entrepreneur extraordinaire. The visionhe applies in creating his estate homes will someday be legendary.Everyone should be interested in his compelling life story.” — George F. Valassis, founder/former CEO Valassis Communications, Inc. If you wish to enter the real estate profession, you will findmuch in these pages to help you. However, anyone can benefit fromthese 49 philosophies and learn from the examples Frank describes.The stories of succeeding against enormous odds, sacrificingpersonal comfort to put everything into your business, livingaccording to your vision, putting in a full day’s work day inand day out, contributing to others, and enjoying your life everymoment, I believe can provide great inspiration no matter what yourstage or status in life. — Rich De Vos, cofounder Amway, excerpted from the Foreword
Book Details:
- Author: Frank E. McKinney
- ISBN: 9780471443995
- Year Published: 2002
- Pages: 304
- BISAC: BUS000000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/General
About the Book and Topic:
PRAISE FOR MAKE IT BIG! “In the competitive world of ultra high-end residential realestate, Frank McKinney has managed to do what I’ve done withprojects all over the world. His groundbreaking deals andbrand-making attention to detail have enabled him to make it bigwithin his chosen field. Read his book and learn how you too canbecome a great success.” — Donald J. Trump “Frank McKinney is in the vanguard of . . . multimillion-dollarspec home builders.” — Fortune “Frank McKinney has always liked to live on the edge …he likesto live dangerously.” — The Wall Street Journal “Frank is a real estate entrepreneur extraordinaire. The visionhe applies in creating his estate homes will someday be legendary.Everyone should be interested in his compelling life story.” — George F. Valassis, founder/former CEO Valassis Communications, Inc. If you wish to enter the real estate profession, you will findmuch in these pages to help you. However, anyone can benefit fromthese 49 philosophies and learn from the examples Frank describes.The stories of succeeding against enormous odds, sacrificingpersonal comfort to put everything into your business, livingaccording to your vision, putting in a full day’s work day inand day out, contributing to others, and enjoying your life everymoment, I believe can provide great inspiration no matter what yourstage or status in life. — Rich De Vos, cofounder Amway, excerpted from the Foreword
Reveals some of the secrets of the author’s career as the numberone “spec” builder of expensive residential real estate in theworld. * Provides readers with a model for making it on their own termswhile maintaining individuality and balanace. * Covers training oneself to take risks; creating a niche in anymarketplace; becoming a “go-to” person; finding properties that aremost likely to sell; financing deals with or without banks;trusting in and acting upon an initial gut feeling; and muchmore. * Explains how to think like clients and then give them more thanthey could ever expect.
About the Author
FRANK McKINNEY, often referred to as the “rock ‘n’ roll developer, ” is the number one developer and “spec” builder of ultra-luxurious residential real estate in the world. A recent spec home of Frank’s, featured in USA Today, sold for $28.5 million after being on the market for only 128 days! Because of his incredible track record, Frank has been featured twice on Oprah, CBS’s The Early Show with Bryant Gumbel, CNN, The Discovery Channel, and Paul Harvey’s radio show, to name a few. Frank makes his home in Delray Beach, Florida.