About TOM REber
Marine. Business Owner.
Founder Of The Contractor Fight.
First and always, I’m a husband to my queen, Lee Reber, and a father to our five kids. That’s the mission that matters most. Everything else is built on that foundation.
I come from a family of tradesmen. Painters, tile guys, men who showed up early, worked hard, and came home exhausted. That world shaped me. So did football. So did the Corps. Discipline. Standards. Personal responsibility. No excuses. No shortcuts.
Like a lot of contractors, I didn’t set out to “be in the trades.” I backed into it. I built and later sold my first painting company, learned the lessons the hard way, and today I still own and operate a few businesses alongside The Contractor Fight.
Husband. Father.
The Mission That Matters Most.
Everything I teach starts at home. My wife Lee and our five kids are the reason any of this matters. Before I’m a coach, a founder, or a speaker — I’m a husband and a father.
The Chain of Command for Life isn’t just a framework I teach. It’s how I live. You lead yourself first. You lead your family second. Then — and only then — do you earn the right to lead a business.
You don’t build a dominant company on a weak man. You don’t build a strong business on a broken marriage or a chaotic home.
Strong You. Strong Home. Strong Business.
What changed my life wasn't a new tactic or a shiny system. It was a shift in who I decided to be.
From Tradesman Surviving.
To Commander Building An Elite Unit.
I stopped thinking like a tradesman trying to survive and started operating like a commander building an elite unit. Standards went up. Thinking got sharper. Discipline replaced chaos. And everything in my life and business followed.
That’s what gave birth to The Contractor Fight — built on a simple truth:
Disciplined Contractors Win.
Today, I coach, speak, and create content for contractors around the world through our live events, coaching programs, YouTube channel, and podcast. We don’t just teach marketing and sales. We teach men how to command their numbers, their time, their teams, and themselves.
HGTV's
Unfinished Business.
Along the way, I had the opportunity to host a season of HGTV’s Unfinished Business — a cool chapter, but still rooted in the same mission: helping contractors and business owners raise their standards.
It wasn’t a detour. It was an extension of everything The Contractor Fight stands for — bringing respect and dignity back to the trades on a national stage.
Whether it’s a TV set or a live event stage, the message is the same: you are capable of more than you’ve allowed yourself to become.
The Chain of Command For Life.
Success is an inside-out game. You lead yourself first, your family second, and then you earn the right to lead a business.
Strong You
Your discipline, your mindset, your standards. That’s the foundation. You lead yourself first. Nothing else works without this.
Strong Home
Your marriage, your family, your relationships. That’s the frame. You lead your family second and earn the right to lead a business.
Strong Business
The profit, the systems, the team. That’s the roof. Built on everything that came before it. You cannot build anything that lasts in any other order.
The Contractor Fight
Isn't About Hype.
It's about standards. We hold every contractor to a higher standard than they've ever held themselves to.
It's about ownership. Your business is your responsibility. Full stop. No excuses, no victims.
It's about building profitable, systemized companies that don't own you. You built this thing — it should serve your life, not consume it.
It's about turning tradesmen into leaders. Workers into CEOs. Tired business owners into men who run their lives instead of being run by them.
That's What I teach.
That's What I Live.
- Tradesman
- Worker
- Busy technician
- Tired Business Owner
- Run By The Business
- Leader
- CEO
- Disciplined Commander
- Present Father & Husband
- Running Their Life
That's What The Contractor Fight
Is Built On.
If you’re ready to stop surviving and start commanding — your numbers, your team, your time, and yourself — this is where that decision gets made.