24 Facts About Kevin Paffrath

Kevin Paffrath has been a licensed investment advisor since September 2022 but states that he does not give personalized financial advice through his videos.

Kevin Paffrath's parents immigrated from Wuppertal to the United States when he was 18 months old, and his parents divorced when he was six years old.

Lauren's parents worked in real estate, and Kevin Paffrath became interested in the field.

Kevin Paffrath attended Ventura College, and then the University of California, Los Angeles.

Kevin and Lauren Paffrath have two sons, two twin daughters, and triplets.

Kevin Paffrath earned his real estate license in 2010 and the same year purchased a condemned house with his future wife and fixed it up.

In 2017 they began to offer construction services through their organization but ended the venture 18 months later after losing $1million, which Kevin Paffrath attributed to narrow cost margins not allowing room for error.

Kevin Paffrath's videos have discussed topics including real estate, the stock market, COVID-19 stimulus checks, cryptocurrency, and airline points.

CNBC found that Kevin Paffrath earns most of his income from YouTube advertising revenue and affiliate programs, not real estate or stock market investing.

Kevin Paffrath was among a group of finance YouTubers profiled by Adlan Jackson in a March 2021 New York Times Magazine article, which discussed their shift during the COVID-19 pandemic from offering advice on becoming multimillionaires towards creating videos to provide "any little update" on stimulus payments.

In November 2022, after the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, Kevin Paffrath posted an apology video in which he claimed he was paid $2,500 every time he mentioned FTX in one of his videos.

Kevin Paffrath believed he had one of the smaller deals and claimed other influencers had six-figure deals with the exchange.

Kevin Paffrath claimed the income from the FTX deal only accounted for three percent of his total income for the year.

Kevin Paffrath had posted videos critical of Ramsey and his business practices.

Kevin Paffrath stated that he had ended his relationship with Ramsey Solutions before making the videos and believed he did not violate a contract.

Kevin Paffrath claimed the lawsuit was an attempt at censorship which violated his right to free speech.

Kevin Paffrath's videos mentioned in the lawsuit are no longer on YouTube.

Kevin Paffrath made numerous YouTube videos criticizing the business model of real estate personality Grant Cardone.

Kevin Paffrath was charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct, but the charges were later dismissed.

Kevin Paffrath was amongst a number of finance YouTube stars who were sued in a class action lawsuit filed March 15,2023 in the Southern District of Florida in relation to their alleged promotion of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

Kevin Paffrath subsequently agreed the terms of a settlement for his part in the case, the details of which have not yet been disclosed.

On May 17,2021, Kevin Paffrath announced his candidacy as a Democrat in the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election, which was held on September 14,2021, and ultimately resulted in sitting governor Gavin Newsom not being recalled.

Kevin Paffrath was one of nine Democratic candidates to replace Newsom who qualified to appear on the ballot, out of 46 total candidates; the thin pool of Democrats was attributed to the California Democratic Party's strategy, which focused on defeating the recall and discouraged established Democratic candidates from entering the race.

Kevin Paffrath told Fox News he suspected the post was taken down intentionally and that the removal was related to its parent company Facebook's donations to Newsom's causes.