Quiet, deliberate counsel for operators carrying real weight.
- Private 1:1 advisory for founders, CEOs, and senior leaders
- Mission clarity, capital decisions, leadership under fire
- By application only, retained engagements
Miami, FL · Serving Nationally
Marine Veteran.
Bestselling Author.
Builder of Operators.
Helping real estate agents, leaders, and entrepreneurs build disciplined-growth businesses that don't burn them out.
Choose Your Path
Why Are You Here?
Two ways to work with David. Pick the one that fits where you are.
Book a Marine-grade keynote that actually moves the room.
- Keynotes, half-day workshops, and full-day intensives
- Custom-tailored frameworks attendees apply Monday morning
- Sales kickoffs, founder summits, leadership offsites, faith-based events
Still Selling. Still Building.
Real Estate Is Where It Started — And It's Still What I Do.
20+ years. $1B+ in team volume. The Kurz Team at LPT Realty — Miami-based, serving clients and recruiting agents nationally. Whether you're buying, selling, or building a real estate career, this is where the work gets done.
Work With The Kurz Team at LPT Realty.
Miami's hardest-working luxury and investment team. Buyers, sellers, relocators, and investors — handled with Marine-grade discipline and 20+ years of market intelligence. National referral network for clients moving in or out.
- Luxury residential + investment properties
- Sellers, buyers, relocations, 1031 exchanges
- National agent referral network
Build Your Career on a Tier-1 Platform With Real Mentorship.
If you're a serious agent ready to scale — not collect splits — join LPT Realty under David's sponsorship. Direct access to a $1B+ producer, weekly accountability, and a vertical advantage built through Nu World Title and BOLD Mortgage — the same edge David built for his own team, now available to you.
- LPT splits + revenue share + stock
- K Real Estate Academy systems included
- Direct mentorship — no fluff, no fees
Miami brokerage: The Kurz Team at LPT Realty · Title: Nu World Title · Mortgage: BOLD Mortgage
About David
The Long Way Around to Freedom.
Nine years in the United States Marine Corps taught David Adam Kurz that real freedom is built on discipline — the kind that doesn't quit when nobody's watching. He carried that operating system into a 20+ year real estate career that produced over $1 billion in team volume and the lessons that didn't make the highlight reel.
He turned the playbook into the K Real Estate Academy and the Freedom Achiever Method — frameworks that have helped agents, leaders, and entrepreneurs replace hustle-mode with systems that actually scale. His Amazon bestseller The Truth About Failure made the case in print.
Today, he hosts the Forged Into Man podcast, runs Real Talk Con (NU You Real Estate Conference) out of Miami, leads The Kurz Team at LPT Realty, and serves as Partner at Nu World Title and National Business Development at BOLD Mortgage — coaching the next wave of operators who refuse to quit.
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The Difference
What Makes David Different
Lived It, Not Just Taught It
Marine-veteran discipline. $1B+ in real-world execution. Speaks from carry, not theory.
Frameworks, Not Fluff
Every program ships with one-page frameworks teams can apply Monday morning.
Operator Energy
Direct, rhythm-driven, no-fluff delivery built for high-performing rooms.
Faith-Integrated Optional
Available with explicit faith framing for faith-based events, or kept fully secular for corporate.
Receipts
Proof, Not Promises
$1B+
Team Volume
20+
Years In The Trenches
9
Years US Marine Corps
#1
Amazon Bestseller
Trusted By Operators At
David doesn't sell hype. He hands you a playbook, holds you accountable to it, and walks beside you until the numbers move. Six months in, our team broke every record we'd set in the prior three years.
Jordan Mitchell
Team Lead · Miami
The Book
The Truth About Failure
Amazon Bestseller
What if failure isn't the obstacle to your success — but the operating system for it? Nine years in the Marines and 20+ in real estate taught David that the people who win aren't the ones who avoid failure. They're the ones who learn to read it, metabolize it, and use it as raw material. This book is the field manual.
Podcast
The Forged Into Man Podcast
Faith. Failure. Breakthrough. New episodes weekly.
EP 007
From Baseball Dream to City Hall: How Julio Guzman Built a Life Worth Fighting For
EP 006
His Parents Left Cuba With Nothing. He built One of Miami's Largest Brokerages From That Story
EP 005
Betrayed, Broken, and Back: Yves Cham on Losing $1M, Hitting Rock Bottom, and Rebuilding Everything
Real Talk Con · Nu You Real Estate Conference
Real Talk Con
The annual conference for real estate operators who refuse to quit.
Free Downloads
Free Resources
Two downloads. Pick the one that fits where you are.
The 90-Day Six-Figure Agent Blueprint
For real estate agents ready to replace hustle-mode with a repeatable production system.
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For leaders and entrepreneurs who want a 12-question audit of where their business is actually leaking time.
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