Dan J. Harkey

Master Educator | Business & Finance Consultant | Mentor

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Master Educator | Business & Finance Consultant | Mentor

With over 50 years of experience, Dan J. Harkey has helped thousands navigate the complexities of real estate finance, and personal development. Whether you’re an investor, entrepreneur, or seeking financial wisdom, Dan provides actionable insights to help you succeed.

Giving back to the real estate community and helping others is a proven method of developing lasting and sustaining relationships and friendships.

Dan brings a wealth of knowledge spanning back to 1972. In addition to a life teaching credential, and has owned and operated a successful real estate sales company, mortgage company, escrow company, general insurance brokerage, and property management company.

Dan J. Harkey is a distinguished real estate consultant and educator who has given 350 seminars and written hundreds of insightful articles, all designed to improve the lives of his student partners.

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Dan is a modern-day polymath. The depth and scope of his articles are remarkable….K. Cohen

— K. Cohen

Why Learn from Dan?

  • 50+ Years of Experience in real estate finance & lending
  • 350+ Seminars & Hundreds of Published Articles
  • Successful Entrepreneur – Mortgage, escrow, insurance, & property management
  • Proven Track Record – Helping investors & professionals build wealth

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Articles written by Dan Harkey contained in the website are for educational purposes only and are not intended to be comprehensive. Some articles contain opinions expressed by Dan Harkey that may be inconsistent with the views of others.

Dan Harkey’s articles are Not to be construed or relied upon as legal or accounting advice. Each subject written about is complex and may require the advice of qualified professionals in the subject areas discussed.

Qualified professionals typically include, attorneys, accountants, appraisers, architects; and environmental, soils, structural, and civil engineers. Consultation with title insurance and escrow officers; with construction, development, and other business experts may also be appropriate.

Upgrading Technology Is Not Enough- Technology Is Only 20% of the Equation- Part III of III

Why the 80/20 Rule Determines Whether Performance Actually Skyrockets

I’m Upgrading My Technology—and Expect My Performance to Skyrocket- Part II of III

Performance skyrockets only when the entire system evolves—not when one component does.

I’m Upgrading My Technology—and Expect My Performance to Skyrocket- Part I of III

I am continually working on using my time more effectively, with exponentially increased output. That is the new Requirement for lightspeed growth.

Performance Elasticity vs Role Elasticity in Job Performance

Performance elasticity and role elasticity are related but distinct concepts used in organizational design, labor economics, and management.

Continuous Government Data Revisions Undermine Public Trust

Public trust in economic institutions does not collapse because numbers change. It collapses because the pattern, timing, and consequences of those changes consistently favor institutional authority over public understanding and public benefit. Revisions, in rare cases, are technically defensible. Their effects, however, are corrosive.

Silent Technology Bottlenecks:

When Organizational Growth Outruns Infrastructure Systems, Failure Will Result.

“Light Speed Change”: Even Non-Profits Can Improve Faster and Faster.

Two instructive examples are the Free Sacred Trinity Church and its healing ministry, the Optimum Health Institute of San Diego (OHI-SD).

When Media Headlines Become Manipulated Truths: Part I of II

How Media Narratives Break Under a Revision-Driven Data Regime

Government Statistical Revisionism: III of III

Inflation targeting is especially sensitive to data revisions, because the entire framework depends on measuring deviations from a numerical target in real time. When inflation data subsequently change, they can retroactively reveal policy errors that were invisible—or unavoidable—at the time decisions were made.

Government Statistical Revisionism: Part II of III

Monetary policy is adjusted because central banks make real-time decisions based on data that later prove to be incorrect. That creates a gap between policy intent and economic reality—and that gap can persist for months or years.

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