Wealthy Way · Nov 6, 2026 · 1h 19m · 70m saved
With Keaton Hoskins, Entrepreneur and Owner of More Than 60 Businesses
A 24-year-old who was earning $80,000 a year working for his father just sold his line-striping and asphalt company in North Carolina for $2.4 million, two years after starting it. Keaton Hoskins, an entrepreneur who has started or bought more than 60 businesses and mentored that founder, told Wealthy Way that plumbing, electrical and paving firms are about to become the best small businesses in America. Most young people now want to be content creators, and Keaton says that leaves trade businesses short of workers and free to raise prices.
"Right now you have a plumbing problem, you call six plumbers, you get six bids. In 10 years that's not going to be a thing... Trade-specific businesses will make the most millionaires in the next 10 to 15 years, 100%, because they'll be able to charge whatever they want." — Keaton Hoskins
Keaton now teaches his method for buying businesses with seller financing to roughly 2,000 members of his coaching programs.
The full interview is covered here so you can skip it. 79 minutes of audio, 9 minutes of reading.
Here are the 12 lessons that matter.
Key Takeaways
Keaton expects plumbers charging $200 an hour today to charge $500–$1,000 an hour within 10 years
A 24-year-old's line-striping company sold for $2.4M two years after it started
The best acquisitions never reach a listing site, according to Keaton, and he finds them by telling people he buys businesses for more than they are worth
Spreading himself across 60-plus businesses cost Keaton at least one $50M company, by his own estimate
Profit in the owner's pocket is the only measure of success Keaton accepts, not revenue
Ryan Pineda argues that net worth ignores the years spent earning it, and measures a "return on life" instead
1. Faith and a Mission Story
The conversation opened on religion, and it set out who the three men are before any business came up.
Keaton describes himself as a practicing but imperfect Mormon
The early segment ran through a hypothetical about Christ walking into the room, Joseph Smith's vision and two stories from Keaton's two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Seattle. In one, he slapped a man who confronted him, which nearly got him pulled from the mission.
"This guy gets in my face, screaming and swearing at me, telling me I'm anti-God. And I just slapped him — so hard... Surprisingly, I think God had to have been there, because I didn't knock him out. Usually when I slap people, it knocks them out." — Keaton Hoskins
Ryan Pineda, the real-estate investor who hosts Wealthy Way, described himself as a non-denominational Protestant.
"I'm Protestant — Christian. The church we go to is called City Light... more charismatic Pentecostal. Lot of singing, shouting, loving. I love those churches." — Ryan Pineda
