From Baseball Dream to City Hall: How Julio Guzman Built a Life Worth Fighting For | Forged Into Man

What happens when a man loses everything he built — and decides to rebuild anyway? In this raw conversation, Julio Guzman shares the full story behind his journey from professional baseball player to entrepreneur, city leader, and coach. From being drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 1997 to losing family savings in failed Quiznos franchises, Julio opens up about failure, identity, leadership, faith, and starting over when life falls apart. Born in Jersey City to Dominican parents and raised in Homestead, Florida, Julio earned dual football and baseball scholarships before chasing his dream through years in the minor leagues. After baseball ended — and after losing his father during that journey — he returned home determined to build something meaningful. What followed was a series of highs and devastating lows: real estate success, financial collapse, rebuilding his brokerage from scratch, becoming Homestead's first Vice Mayor, and running for Mayor in 2023 after raising $96,000 for his campaign. This episode is about resilience, masculinity, pressure, fatherhood, faith, and what it really takes to keep moving forward after public failure. In this episode: • Getting drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks • Life in the minor leagues and losing the dream • Losing his father during his baseball career • The collapse of his Quiznos franchises • Rebuilding through real estate and leadership • Becoming Homestead's first Vice Mayor • Running for Mayor in 2023 and losing • Coaching Realtors and building peak performance • Faith, family, and lessons that still drive him today 🎙️ ABOUT JULIO GUZMAN Real Estate Broker | Branch Leader at Avanti Way Realty — Homestead Former Vice Mayor of Homestead, Florida Mortgage Loan Originator | Productivity Coach | Host of the Talk Visual Podcast Instagram: @julioguzman_homestead 🎙️ ABOUT FORGED INTO MAN Forged Into Man with David Adam Kurz is a raw podcast about men, faith, trauma, failure, resilience, and becoming. Hosted by David Adam Kurz — Marine veteran, entrepreneur, and author of The Truth About Failure. 📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/@ForgedIntoMan 🌐 Website: forgedintoman.com 📲 Instagram: @forgedintoman 📚 Book: The Truth About Failure — available on Amazon     #ForgedIntoMan #JulioGuzman #HomesteadFlorida #MensPodcast #DavidAdamKurz #RealEstatePodcast #DominicanAmerican #BaseballStory #ArizonaDiamondbacks #MinorLeagueBaseball #Entrepreneur #CityCouncil #ViceMayor #RealEstateBroker #FaithAndFailure #MenOfFaith #Resilience #PodcastForMen #MensMotivation #SuccessAfterFailure #ProductivityCoach #MortgageLoanOriginator #SouthFloridaRealEstate #MasculineFaith #ForgedNotFaked