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and sell them and then I started doing cus-
tom homes as well.”
The road to entrepreneurship and company
ownership wasn’t conjured up overnight. It
turns out, in fact, that Bontkes is no stranger
to a construction site. During his time in the
classroom, he honed his skills and worked as
a project manager and carpenter. Harnessing
the hands-on approach helped Bontkes turn
his passion into opportunity and profit, but
it also taught him the importance of finding
your own place in a crowded and competi-
tive landscape.
“The inspiration was opportunity and just
getting going with construction on my own
and starting to build a brand,” Bontkes said.
“There was profit in it as well and took ad-
vantage of the market that was down and
went from there.”
After those three initial flips, Caliber’s repu-
tation across the region continued. Just two