About
Education for owners who carry the whole thing
Contractor Wealth exists because construction owners get taught how to build and bid, and almost nothing about how to keep what they built. The result is predictable: strong companies with everything the owner owns sitting in one basket, signed under terms nobody read, with no stated plan for what happens next.
Our answer is a curriculum, not a service. Four acts — Build, Protect, Invest, Legacy — taught in the order that actually works for an owner-operator between roughly $1M and $20M in revenue.
Everything we teach is designed to make you a better client for the licensed professionals you already pay: your attorney, your CPA, your insurance broker, your financial professional. You should walk into those meetings knowing what to ask and what the answers mean.
Meet Ben Patton
Ben Patton
Florida Attorney · Construction & Surety · Partner, McRae & Metcalf, P.A.
Ben Patton is a Florida construction attorney who has spent 11+ years inside complex construction litigation, procurement, design-build, commercial, equipment, EPC, and subcontractor contracts. He has first-chair trial, arbitration, and bid protest experience, deep fluency with AIA and ConsensusDocs forms, and has negotiated and drafted the agreements owners and contractors live or die by — design-build, A/E, facilities, surety takeover, indemnity, completion, change orders, liens, bonds, and project closeout.
That A-to-Z construction seat is why Contractor Wealth exists. Ben has managed surety takeovers across dozens of highway and bridge projects (nine-figure contract value), led review of 100+ payment-bond and pass-through claims, litigated and settled a $50MM+ negligent design/construction claim, and mediated 200+ property insurance and contract disputes. He built this curriculum so construction owners can see the risk and wealth architecture of their company before a claim, a default, or a bad year forces the lesson — then walk into meetings with their attorney, CPA, surety, and insurance broker knowing what to ask. Contractor Wealth is education only: not a law firm, and it does not review documents or give legal advice.
- 11+ years construction litigation & contracts
- Surety takeovers · bond claims · project closeout
- Florida Bar · ABC · FTBA · Big Bend Contractors Association (Board)
- Florida Circuit Court Mediator
Credentials
- Partner, McRae & Metcalf, P.A. (Tallahassee) — construction, surety, insurance, business litigation & transactions
- Florida Bar No. 121890; Washington D.C. Bar; Florida Circuit Court Mediator
- Association of Builders and Contractors; Florida Transportation Builders Association; Big Bend Contractors Association (Board Member)
- J.D., Florida State University College of Law; B.S., University of Utah
Contractor Wealth is a separate education product from Ben's law practice. Using it does not create an attorney-client relationship.
What we are not
- We are not a law firm and do not practice law
- We do not draft, review, or comment on your contracts or estate documents
- We do not give legal, tax, insurance, or investment advice
- We do not manage, hold, or invest anyone's money
- We do not sell products on commission or take referral fees for advice
Full disclaimer
Contractor Wealth is an education company. Everything here is general educational information only — not legal, tax, insurance, or investment advice. Contractor Wealth is not a law firm, does not practice law, does not draft or review documents, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Work with your own licensed attorney, CPA, insurance broker, or financial professional before acting on anything you learn here.
Scores, checklists, and examples are general educational tools. Your situation depends on your state, your contracts, your policies, and your numbers. Nothing here creates an attorney-client, fiduciary, or advisory relationship of any kind.