Author Ken McElroy

February 6, 2020

Most of the school teachers I have ever met are typically broke. Not that they want to be broke, but the truth is that most of them just don’t make very much money, don’t know how to manage money, and strug...

History Lessons: The Financial Impact of Inflation and Interest Rates

November 4, 2019

I’m staying at my childhood home this weekend in Seattle and it’s a home that my parents bought in 1962 for $12,500. I asked my mom (she is now 87) how much she paid for her car back then. She told me it wa...

Why Real Estate Is a Smart Investment (Unless You Have Rich Parents)

August 13, 2019

There are lots of ways to financial freedom. The fastest and easiest is to be born to rich parents. According to economists, about 60 percent of the wealth in America now comes through inheritance. But i...

Mindset Matters: 12 Key Differences between the Rich and the Poor

May 1, 2019

I’ve been doing videos recently on the difference between the rich and the poor mindset and how that leads to success. The videos are free, so check them out if you like at KenMcElroy.com. In doing my re...

A Better Life: Four Steps to Creating Permanent Change

February 5, 2019

As a young boy, I remember looking at my parents’ friends and my immediate family with a great deal of wonder. Like in most circles of people, we had the introverts and the extroverts, the financially succe...

Even the Experts Can’t Agree: Where Are We in the Real Estate Cycle?

November 15, 2018

Photo courtesy of Daniel Ravenel Sotheby's International Realty Commercial real estate experts cannot reach a consensus. Over the last couple years, most of the industry experts, economists, property manager...

Positive Power: How Relationships and Attitude Impact Success

July 31, 2018

Business

Every year in December we gather about 150 of our employees and do a two-day book study. The idea is to not talk business, but rather to focus on something that we can all benefit from: personal development...

Generational Gold: Demographic Shifts Drive Opportunity in Real Estate

April 26, 2018

Real estate has been soaring as of late, and thankfully so. The majority of the industry is hotter than hot as most real estate professionals believe we will extend the current cycle into 2018 and perhaps b...

Shaping the Market: Millennials and Real Estate Investing

January 10, 2018