Highest Paying Trades No One's Talking About

Dropping Bombs

Brad Lea

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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This episode is sponsored by Troy Roofing Inc.

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Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

In this Dropping Bombs episode, second-generation roofer and multi-million-dollar owner Troy Musulman reveals how blue-collar grit scales real companies. He exposes industry roll-ups, margins, and consumer traps, explaining how he escaped a wage ceiling and dominated the tear-off roofing niche. Troy also reveals why most "lifetime" warranties are actually just marketing.

Action takeaways: pricing with discipline, strategic material sourcing, documenting installs, and unifying with solid operators to increase EBITDA and exit options. Learn how to evaluate offers, avoid slow-pay partnerships, and the simple phrase that saves thousands. Whether you own a home, run a crew, or just hate getting hustled, this episode shows how to keep more money—and more leverage—on your side.

🔗 Connect with Troy Musulman

Personal Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/tmusulman89/

Business Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/troyroofingusa

TikTok — https://www.tiktok.com/@troyroofing

Website — https://www.troyroofingusa.com/

Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.

Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

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0:00.0	My first year I did like 2.5. I went from 12 guys to 42 within like 40 days. There is one company that was fined by the government. 1.7 million. They just paid it to continue to work. That's how much money they were making. I had no clue there was that type of dough in the roofing game. Roofing industry is boomed, man. Everyone's really figured out how many billions of dollars the industry is saturated with. How much money do you think someone could make getting into the space?
0:23.1	Easily a million dollars in your first year. One's really figured out how many billions of dollars the industry is saturated with. How much money do you think someone could make getting into the space?
0:23.1	Easily a million dollars in your first year.
0:24.8	Just doing it by yourself.
0:28.9	What it is, Brad Lee back again with another episode of dropping bombs.
0:33.4	Today in the studio, folks, I got a freaking real life entrepreneur Troy Musselman in the house.
0:41.4	I pronounce the last name correctly, brother. That's good stuff.
0:44.6	Now, most people will say, your name's not Muscleman.
0:48.5	And it actually is Muscleman. M-U-S-U-L-M-Aaman muscle man you would think it would be like musulman or something
0:57.7	a lot of people do pronounce it that way believe it or not that's actually usually the
1:01.7	first one go-to that people say musulman musulman but it's muscle man it's muscle man just like
1:07.3	the muscles on your honor baby guys you guys, you guys can look this dude up.
1:11.2	He's on IG, Troy Roofing USA, TikTok, Troy Roofing.
1:15.8	Website, Troy Roofing, USA.com.
1:19.1	You may want to hit him up after the conversation about a couple of different things.
1:23.2	We're going to talk today about becoming a multi, multi-millionaire.
1:30.3	That is it.
1:31.5	Well, again, I mean, roofing.
1:34.5	Yes.
1:35.0	You're your second generation roofer.
1:36.8	Yes, sir.
1:37.4	Out of California, one of the hardest states, I think, operate in.
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