Dropped Out, Cashed Out His Roth, Built the AI: Caleb Owens on Running Restoration at 24

At 20, Caleb Owens took over a $525K mitigation department that had bad hires, heavy churn, and stolen equipment. Fifteen months later it was running at $1.5M with 37% profit. Then he left, liquidated his Roth IRA at 23, and started his own company. In this episode, host Clinton James sits down with Caleb Owens, owner of Kern Water Damage Restoration in Bakersfield, California. Caleb is 24, came up through demo and containment work, and is now building AI systems most restoration companies tw...