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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  • Navigate the evolving landscape of real estate finance
  • Make informed investment decisions with expert guidance
  • Stay ahead with in-depth economic insights

Reinventing Yourself & Personal Growth

  • Overcome challenges and embrace change with confidence
  • Develop resilience and unlock your full potential
  • Discover strategies for long-term personal and professional success

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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

Dan's Latest Articles

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.

Our Truth-seeking Institutions are Under a Coordinated Siege of Sabotage: We are facing a Critical Infrastructure Breakdown that demands our immediate attention.

Our societal fabric, once woven with truth and the American way, is now being torn apart by systemic illusions. These illusions, crafted for the pursuit of power, preference, free stuff, and money, are creating a mass hysteria, to a point of mass mental illness, that is profoundly impacting our society, threatening the very core of our values and beliefs. Mass illusions turn to mass hysteria, which turns to mass mental illness.

Robot Armies Can be Approached from Several Angles—Technological, Ethical, Strategic, and even Speculative.

Defining Deviancy Up and Down:

Occurs from sociological and cultural discussions about shifting standards of acceptable behavior. Daniel Patrick Moynihan popularized it in his 1993 essay, “Defining Deviancy Down,” and later others expanded on the idea of “defining deviancy up.”

Court Narrows Broker Fiduciary Duties in Malibu Home Dispute- Quick Read

In Larry Wade v. Windstar Investments, LLC, the Los Angeles County Superior Court clarified the limits of a real estate broker’s fiduciary and disclosure obligations. Wade purchased a $3.4 million Malibu property that later proved uninhabitable due to unpermitted construction. He sued the seller and Sotheby’s International Realty, alleging negligence and breach of fiduciary duty for failing to disclose the defects.

Defined Deviancy Down—meaning behaviors once considered unacceptable have become normalized or tolerated: Quick Read

Corporate Board Meeting: The Structure and Execution

Don’t turn a Board Meeting into a Bored Meeting. Some board meetings meander all over the place, frustrating everyone from the leader to the participants.

Unitrol: The Healing Magic of the Mind

Alfred J. Cantor’s 1965 Blueprint for Mental Mastery and Self Healing

Private Money | Hard Money | Loan Originations | Quick Read

Real property borrowers can access alternative sources of financing to banks and other institutional lenders. The subset, private money lending, is designed for non-bankable or non-traditional loan transactions.

Private Money | Hard Money Overview | Quick Read

A Vital Subset of the Real Estate Lending Industry

Trust Deed and Mortgage Investors-Quick Read

As investors/lenders or private parties who purchase an interest in notes and deeds of trust, you hold a pivotal position in the lending process. The investor’s name appears on the Borrower’s promissory note, deed of trust, and title insurance policy, indicating the ownership interest. You are a lender, a payee, or a beneficiary.

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