This Niche Is Quietly Making Blue-Collar Millionaires
Dropping Bombs
Brad Lea
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & Junk Rescue
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Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers blue-collar proof with Kyle McAnaugh, the Phoenix entrepreneur who started a junk removal company at 22 with one truck and a website, and scaled it into a seven-figure, three-division waste and demolition operation.
Kyle breaks down how he spotted demand before the market got crowded and why full-house demolitions are where the real margin hides. He also gets into how a $4 roadside sign turned into a $3,000 contract, and what it takes to go from residential cleanouts to landing commercial accounts with companies like In-N-Out Burger.
The opportunity in the trades isn't coming — it's already here. This is what building from scratch actually looks like.
🔗 Connect with Kyle
Personal IG: https://www.instagram.com/kyle__mac
Business IG: https://www.instagram.com/junkrescueaz
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@junkrescueaz
Website: https://www.junkrescueaz.com
✅ Additional Resources
Book a Free Call with Kyle (Dropping Bombs Custom Page): https://www.junkrescueaz.com/db
Trash Lab (Junk Rescue Software): https://www.trashlab.com
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| 0:00.0 | Don't be the old school contractor that's just like, yeah, you're really good at contracting, |
| 0:05.1 | but your system and skills, they suck. Integrate systems, integrate AI. By 20, 30, the world will |
| 0:11.9 | look a lot different than it does right now. Last week, dude called off the $4 sign, so that's |
| 0:16.9 | almost $3,000 from a $4 sign. Keep it simple and you'll do just fine. I'm a big believer |
| 0:22.1 | and just say yes and then figure it out. Most businesses don't last 10 years or reach more than |
| 0:28.4 | a million in revenue, which you've done both so far. What do you think spend the hardest part? |
| 0:36.7 | What it is, Brad Lee back again with another episode drop bombs today in the studio folks i got a |
| 0:43.1 | real treat for you real life entrepreneur straight out of freaking arizona kyle mackinaw in the crib |
| 0:51.2 | what's cracking what's up brad thanks for having me man dude i'm glad you're here man |
| 0:55.0 | this guy is a actual hard working from the mud built from scratch junk rescue king and now it's |
| 1:04.8 | turning into damn near waste management you it is i mean every day we're pushing waste left and right so |
| 1:12.4 | again guy this this guy uh started a company called junk rescue and it's just growing and growing |
| 1:17.7 | and growing and growing but I want to know like where'd just start yeah from the early days I mean |
| 1:23.8 | my my parents have always been kind of entrepreneur base my step My stepdad started his own hardscape landscape company when he was probably in early 20s. |
| 1:33.2 | So always kind of growing up around him, him showing me stuff, you know, stuff, you know, blue-collar stuff, but also like how to resell stuff, how to buy stuff and resell it and kind of create value there. |
| 1:43.8 | So it was always |
| 1:44.8 | kind of entrepreneur based from a young age selling stuff on eBay, had a lot of hype in high |
| 1:50.1 | school. He's the eBay kid. He flipped stuff on eBay. So did a lot of that. And then my two buddies |
| 1:55.5 | from high school, we actually didn't know where we wanted to go, like go to college or what we |
| 2:00.2 | wanted to do. So we just went to a community college that was like right down the way. |
| 2:04.4 | And they actually had a real estate elective course that we could take. |
| 2:08.7 | So in that course, you actually get your credit for the community college, but then you have to go take your state and national exam to get your real estate license. |
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