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Construction Royalty

by Irvin Retiz

From being born into the electrical world to starting as an electrician at 10 years old to becoming a Master Electrician and Electrical Contractor at the age of 23, I don't shy away from doing the work to help my people.I sacrificed and continue to sacrifice nights out and partying from ages 24-28 to going full time into my business, health, and fitness. I also started Construction Royalty podcast that ranked in #103 business category in the USA. Construction Royalty was created to help change the way most people view the trades and to help blue collar workers win in all areas of life that matter: Health, Career, Relationships, Purpose.Website:IrvinRetiz.com

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Episodes

  1. 103. TB: Prison to $100M Developer w/ Eric Crutchfield

    Eric Crutchfield is the founder of Crutchfield Customs, which specializes in modern high-end home building, 5 years ago after he got released from a 7.5 year prison sentence. Crutchfield Customs builds homes from the dirt up and sells them for $2 Million - $3 Million each. They literally build…

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  2. 102. Building a Real Estate Empire w/ Ramon Casaus

    Welcome back to the Construction Royalty Podcast! In this episode, your host Irvin Ruiz sits down with Ramon Casaus, a successful real estate entrepreneur with a background in construction. Ramon shares his journey from growing up in an entrepreneurial household to building a thriving real estate...

  3. 101. From Shaky Beginnings to Building Dreams: Irvin's Construction Journey w/ Ewelina Gut

    In Episode 101 of the Construction Royalty Podcast, host Irvin is joined by his girlfriend Ewelina as they dive into Irvin's experiences in podcasting and real estate. They discuss the roots of his podcasting journey, his early interviews, and his transition to construction-focused content. Irvin...

  4. 100. Navigating Business & Life w/ Keenan Garcia: A Deep Dive

    In this episode of the Construction Royalty Podcast, host Irvin welcomes back Keenan Garcia for a deep dive into various entrepreneurial topics. Keenan shares updates on his transition into the consulting business, focusing on solar energy and larger commercial projects. The conversation…

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  5. 99. Business Setbacks to Building Success w/ Tomas Keenan

    In this engaging episode, host Irvin sits down with his good friend Tomas Keenan to dive deep into the world of business, personal growth, and success. Tomas shares candid insights on his journey from facing business failures to becoming a highly sought-after business coach. They cover the...

  6. 98. The Future of Construction

    With the rise in AI and all kinds of new technology, what does the future of construction look like? When AI first came into light, most people out in the world though that hard labor blue collar jobs would be the first type of jobs getting replaced by robots. That isn't the case now though! It's...

  7. 97. NXT Level Smart Home w/ Jeremiah Winfree & Jerry Orantes

    Back for round two with NXT Lever Smart Home from Houston, TX. Last time we only had one half of the partnership with Jeremiah Winfree, but this time we made sure we also had the other half, Jerry Orantes. We talked about how a business partnership works, home automation, the future of AI,...

  8. 96. Q&A: How to disconnect from work everyday??

    Throwback to another popular episode! Shoutout to Zach Harris from Hart Srone Studio & Design from Austin, Tx for bringing us this topic to discuss! There's a huge controversial discussion about disconnecting from work everyday. Most people think of work as this bad and unhealthy thing that they...

  9. 95. TB: Roadway Specialties w/ Josh Shelton

    Throwback to another popular episode! Josh Shelton is the Vice-President of Roadway Specialties located in Austin, Tx. Roadway Specialties works in a super niched industry that does all things subsidierary to the highways. Small signs, guardrails, cable barriers, etc. Josh joined the family...

  10. 94. Electrician, Influencer, Weightlifting w/ KSparky

    Throwback to our popular episode with KSparky! Kevin Martinez who also goes by the name KSparky is an electrician from San Diego, CA who is on the come up and is making massive waves in the electrical industry. Only been in the electrical industry for a couple of years now, Kevin has been a major...

  11. 93. Break Free Power w/ Colby Howell

    Colby Howell is the owner of Break Free Power, an Ercot electricity brokerage that has been going for 11 years strong. Since building relationships with clients is important, Coby has built solid and genuine relationships with clients and potential clients throughout the years. making his their...

  12. 92. Aeroseal of Texas w/ Keenan Garcia

    Keenan Garcia is a Dallas entrepreneur, Christina husband, follower of God, fitness enthusiast and overall a good man that is focused on improving his life in every area of life just one day at a time. Keenan started his journey as a solar saleman when he moved to Dallas, helping homeowners get...

  13. 91. Alley The Builder w/ Alioune F. Ndiaye

    Alioune F. Ndiaye is a Houston builder, investor, realtor and consultant that also posts some of the most eye catching content on social media regarding to construction. Alley has been in the industry since 2020 after being a project manager in a previous company. He has used the skills learned…

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  14. Small Business Surgeon w/ Samuel Smith

    Samuel Smith is the Small Business Surgeon and helps business owners build up and scale their companies. He's also a Fractional CMO and host of the Small Business Surgeon podcast. Since I've met Sam back in early 2021 in Pensacola, Florida he's always kept it real and authentic with everyone. His...

  15. Empire AV Services w/ Johan Fonseca & Mario Stewart

    Johan Fonseca & Mario Stewart are Co-Owners of Empire AV Services based out of Houston, Tx with other branches in Austin and Dallas. Empire specializes in home automation, home theater, commercial/ residential audio and video. Johan & Mario have worked together in the past before Empire AV…

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  16. NXT Level Smart Home w/ Jeremiah Winfree

    Jeremiah Winfree is the Co-owner of NXT Level Smart Home out of Houston, Tx. NXT Level Smart Home specializes in home automation, home theater, security & surveillance and smart home technology. Jermiah started NXT Level Smart Home along his business partner Jerry in 2018 with hopes of…

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  17. From T-mobile to $10 Million+ Real Estate Agent & Entrepreneur w/ Vernard Lewis

    Vernard Lewis is a Houston Realtor, Director of New Development at Branden Real Estate Group, & Co-Owner at Snaphouss Houston. He also loves the kind of impact he can make on his clients lives and takes his passion seriously. Vernard made a HUGE jump after he left his career at T-mobile and…

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  18. E.G. Electric w/ Enrique Guevara

    Enrique Guevara is the owner and operator of E.G. Electric based out of Houston, Tx. They specialize in residential & commercial electrical projects of all sizes. E.G. Electric was founded out of an Instagram post after Enrique left his previous company a day before! Enrique made a big jump by...

  19. Construction Royalty LIVE Event

    This full length audio is from the Construction Royalty LIVE event we had on November 3rd, 2023 in Austin, Tx. Connect with Irvin! Instagram Connect with Us! Instagram

  20. From Prison to Multi-Million Dollar Home Builder w/ Eric Crutchfield

    Eric Crutchfield is the founder of Crutchfield Customs, which specializes in modern high-end home building, 5 years ago after he got released from a 7.5 year prison sentence. Crutchfield Customs builds homes from the dirt up and sells them for $2 Million - $3 Million each. They literally build…

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  21. Blue Collar to Million$ Online w/ Marshal Gillen

    Marshal Gillen is the created of Top Paid Speaker, world's #1 speaker training program that has generated $125M+ in client results. His expertise is in helping people share their message with others and showing them how to make money by speaking about the things they know. After being raised blue...

  22. TB: How To Build Connections In The Industry

    I had to reshare this episode from mid 2023 because it's very important to make solid connections in the construction industry since most of our projects come from word of mouth. I believe there's a correct and incorrect way to build connections in the industry. There's also small and big events...

  23. Job Site Cleaner to Company Owner w/ Jason Scholl

    Jason Scholl's story is an inspiration to say the least! Jason started at LK Miller over 20 years ago as a part-time job site cleaner. His reason for starting was to make money and to start getting his life together as a 20 year old. Jason has always had the mindset of doing every task to the…

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  24. Building Great Sales Teams w/ Doug Mitchell

    Doug Mitchell is a business consultant, podcast host, speaker, and sales program builder. He recently departed from his previous company and started a new venture that leans into his gifts, which is building strong team members and programs to make companies more effective and efficient. After...

  25. People's Opinions About Your New Venture, Do They Matter or Not?

    I get it, you value the opinion of your people when you do things. You want to make them proud and you want to make sure you're doing the right things for them. Sometimes the right thing for them is a long term play that only you can see visualy so you'll get hate and criticism for it. You must...

  26. TB: Personal Development in the Trades

    A little throwback to one of my favorite episodes of Construction Royalty. It's one of my favorite because personal development is something that overlooked and that rarely anyone takes serious. It's also the most important part of the trades. Enjoy! Personal Development in the trades is one of…

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  27. Forry Built

    Chase Forry is a Superintendent for Messer Design + Construction, an industry leader in luxury design and construction for residential homes in Austin, Tx. He went to Penn college for Construction for 2 years before he dove into business as a Superintendent for Messer Design + Construction. Chase...

  28. Hart Stone Studio & Design

    Zach Harris is the owner of Hart Stone Studio & Design, a turn-key fabrication studio for countertops, stone, tile, granite, etc, here in Austin, Tx. Zach has been in the stone industry for 13 years, with 11 of those being in Austin. Being raised around craftsmen, Zach had an eye for design and...

  29. BLD Construction

    Bryce Brindle is the Co-Owner of BLD Construction alongside his wife and life partner. Bryce has worked on all kinds of projects as a Superintendent working at some University of Texas renovations to commercial retail spaces to residential projects. He recently started BLD Construction and is now...

  30. The Struggle With Renovations

    Renovations is one of the most confusing projects to work on, but it's also one of the most rewarding when the finished product is complete. When you first start a renovation, everything seems pretty straight forward until you tear down the walls and look inside and see all the shit other...

  31. How To Build Connections In The Industry

    I believe there's a correct and incorrect way to build connections in the industry. There's also small and big events all around town and it's difficult to figure out which of these events would be most beneficial. I've been to events of all sizes with people from various different industries and...

  32. The Future of Construction

    With the rise in AI and all kinds of new technology, what does the future of construction look like? When AI first came into light, most people out in the world though that hard labor blue collar jobs would be the first type of jobs getting replaced by robots. That isn't the case now though! It's...

  33. Knowledge isn't power...

    I'm sure you've heard the saying "Knowledge is power!" but that couldn't be further from the truth. The fact is that knowledge is only potential power. Knowledge is useless if all you do is gain the information and don't do anything with it. Knowledge becomes power when you actually put that into...

  34. How to disconnect from work everyday??

    Shoutout to Zach Harris from Hart Srone Studio & Design from Austin, Tx for bringing us this topic to discuss! There's a huge controversial discussion about disconnecting from work everyday. Most people think of work as this bad and unhealthy thing that they must leave at the front door of their...

  35. Personal Development in the Trades

    Personal Development in the trades is one of the most underrated things in the industry. 95% of the peoplein the construction industry don't focus on this and we believe it's a huge issue that needs to be addressed. The reason we believe this is because working inside of the construction industry...

  36. KSparky w/ Kevin Martinez

    Kevin Martinez who also goes by the name KSparky is an electrician from San Diego, CA who is on the come up and is making massive waves in the electrical industry. Only been in the electrical industry for a couple of years now, Kevin has been a major influence to younger and newer electrical...

  37. Dealing With People's Opinions When Starting a Trade Business

    Most of the people in today's society glorify entrepreneurship and starting a business as a the trending hot career to get into. Those same people that glorify it aren't aware of how difficult it is to start a business let alone build a successful business. The game is difficult on it's own but...

  38. Electricista de ATX - Jazmine Mendoza -

    Jazmine Mendoza joined Retiz Electric in June 2022 when she recently moved to Austin, Tx from Virginia. Not knowing anybody in Austin but hungry to learn and advance in the industry, she showed what she brought to the table and her willingness to learn and work hard in the field. Being a female…

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  39. New Year Special

    This New Year I give you a short and fire episode. I talk about you need to do to have a kickass 2023 and how you can win this year, what I did last New Years that helped me become mentally stronger that not only worked for New Years day but for the rest of the year, and what you need to do come...

  40. Christmas Special

    This Christmas I give you a short for sweet episode. I talk about not letting your kids down during the christmas holiday, not letting yourself go, and what you have to do during this time of year to become a person with more confidence and with more control of things around you, especially food...

  41. Lumen Brothers Electric Company

    Doug Powell is only 1/2 of the Lumen Brothers Electric Company based out of Frederick, Maryland. He started Lumen Brothers with his partner Josh Wright during the pandemic of 2020 which made things intresting for them. Doug was a stand-up comedian for more than a decade before transitioning to…

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  42. Andalusia Development Company

    Ahmed Seirafi grew up in the family development business that his dad started. He now owns Andalusia Development Company that does projects worth over $100M! His company operates mainly in Southern California but they're quickly expanding to Dallas, Tx and other potential states. On top of that,...

  43. Grizzly Iron Inc w/ Jason LaBrash

    Jason LaBrash is the Vice-President of Grizzly Iron, Inc. Jason began his career at Grizzly Iron, Inc. at the age of 18 right after high school. Wearing many different hats throughout the years has helped him with the skill of filling any position when needed. Grizzly Iron, Inc. is a family-owned...

  44. Truck Flipping Side-Hustler turned Real Estate Developer w/ Luke C. Marcotte

    Luke C. Marcotte is the Founder and President of Sisu Devco, which specializes in in real estate development and general contracting in Northern Michigan. He's also the host of On Them Big Jobs podcast on iTunes and Spotify. Luke started his first business at 15 years old buying, fixing, and...

  45. Roadway Specialties

    Josh Shelton is the Vice-President of Roadway Specialties located in Austin, Tx. Roadway Specialties works in a super niched industry that does all things subsidierary to the highways. Small signs, guardrails, cable barriers, etc. Josh joined the family business after he walked out during a shift...

  46. From a Turf Side Hustle to a Multi-State Company w/ Kyle Georgian

    Kyle Georgian is the President of Biltright Turf, a modern synthetic grass. They specialize in quality work, integrity, and superior customer service. Something that was once a side hustle selling turf turned into the multi-state company now known as Biltright Turf. Kyle and his brother started…

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  47. Health, Fitness, & Sales in Construction w/ Mickey Jogoleff

    Mickey Jogoleff helps construction trade companies build legit sales teams. He also helps restaurants and gyms with their sales since health, fitness, and construction are his passions. Mickey grew up in the construction industry a long side the rest of his family, aunts, and uncles. After a few...

  48. How to get Creative Ideas for Your Construction Business

    Most people (including myself) tend to say "I'm just not that creative" or something along those lines, when they know it's time to come up with some ideas that can be implented in their business. I recently discovered a method on how to begin the flow of creative ideas through your brain. The…

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  49. From Serving Tables to Millions in Real Estate

    John Michael Perez is an Austin, TX real estate agent, investor, Airbnb host and creator of the Leander Dad's facebook group. In other words, he has a lot on his plate for someone who was a serving tables and picking up dog shit for money less than 5 years ago! John is the top sales agent at his...

  50. What's Next..?

    What's next for Construction Royalty? Listen to this short episode and find out! PS Our first Construction Royalty Meet-up is today in Austin, Tx! Check out what we're doing here: https://linktr.ee/constructionroyalty

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

From being born into the electrical world to starting as an electrician at 10 years old to becoming a Master Electrician and Electrical Contractor at the age of 23, I don't shy away from doing the work to help my people.I sacrificed and continue to sacrifice nights out and partying from ages 24-28 to going full time into my business, health, and fitness. I also started Construction Royalty podcast that ranked in #103 business category in the USA. Construction Royalty was created to help change the way most people view the trades and to help blue collar workers win in all areas of life that matter: Health, Career, Relationships, Purpose.Website:IrvinRetiz.com

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Irvin Retiz

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From being born into the electrical world to starting as an electrician at 10 years old to becoming a Master Electrician and Electrical Contractor at the age of 23, I don't shy away from doing the work to help my people.I sacrificed and continue to sacrifice nights out and partying from ages 24-28...

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