Dan J. Harkey

Master Educator | Business & Finance Consultant | Mentor

California Economy

"Onerous Laws & Regulations” and “Unintended Consequences” are the State’s Most Reliable Output.

A reality-based look at housing, lending, regulations, and the consequences nobody expected, nor budgeted for.

California isn’t just an economy—it’s a live experiment in what happens when ambition meets regulation, and regulation meets… more regulation. I break down what’s really driving outcomes in housing, insurance, construction, and credit—tracking the intended and unintended consequences all the way to NOI, DSCR, and deal viability. Humor included, because if you don’t laugh at policy irrational logic, you’ll end up crying into your escrow impound account.

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H.L. Mencken Warned with Typical Precision:

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.”

Satirists Tell the Unspoken Truth with Humor:

In the Utopian State of Pacifica (otherwise known as Kalifornia),

The State That Regulated the Joke

A Satirical Field Guide to Life Inside the World’s Most Well-Intentioned Bureaucracy

Wild Goose Chase:

Why We Keep Pursuing What We’ll Never Catch

Wild Goose Chase of Risks Capital:

How Smart Money Gets Lost Chasing the Uncatchable

Running on Empty: Jackson Browne’s Anthem of the Open Road

“Running on Empty” is about the toll of constant motion—working, touring, striving, and living at full speed without time to recharge. It captures the quiet exhaustion behind ambition, where momentum keeps you moving forward even as your emotional and physical reserves run low.

Be Careful What You Wish For: Al is Left Biased

AI, and the Illusion of Neutrality

Butting in to Finish Your Words:

Does your spouse or someone close that will butt in and try to finish your words, or squirm, suggesting your approach was incorrect or just plain stupid? Making you wrong makes them right if their viewpoint or approach is different from yours.

SB-4: Lender Facing an Affordable Housing Development Project

Faith-Based Affordable Housing Developments

SB-4: Churches and Nonprofits Vision of Affordable Housing

Free Sacred Trinity Church and Optimum Health Institute of San Diego: Affordable Housing

Official Vision, Mission, and Core Values Statement: Free Sacred Trinity Church

Other churches and Non-profits are invited to create a similar pathway to success.

Vision, Mission, and Core Values: How All Three Guide Free Sacred Trinity Church and the Optimum Health Institute of San Diego:

Faith-based organizations and healing ministries do not fail for lack of compassion or conviction.

“What’s Going On” – Marvin Gaye (1971): Empathy as Social Resistance

“Somebody to Love” – Jefferson Airplane & Grace Slick

“White Rabbit”: Jefferson Airplane

What inspired Grace Slick to write this timeless classic

“Fortunate Son”

– Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969): A Vietnam War Critique

What Is the Cumulative Inflation Rate Since 1913—and Why the Middle Class Can’t Get Ahead

Inflation is not an accident. It is a design feature.

Internal Rate of Return Is the Only Honest Measure of After-Inflation Investment Performance

Inflation distorts every nominal measure of investment success.

Taxing Paper Wealth:

The Intended—and Unintended—Consequences of an Unrealized Gains Tax

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