I served as a US Army combat engineer from 1973 to 1980, then took a degree in building construction and supervision from Chicago Technical College and spent the next 20 years running construction. I managed and estimated projects including a $29.6 million high school in Amesbury, a $28 million school project in Weston, a $20 million condominium development at Okemo, the National Passport Center in Newington, and federal buildings in Concord. At Security Construction Services I estimated work for the Army, Navy, Air Force, GSA, and Coast Guard at a rate of more than two projects a month for five years, and I served as that company's corporate safety director. I also worked as a construction expert for a law office, which is a specific education in how building defects actually get argued once money is at stake.
I opened Easy Home Inspections in New Hampshire in 2013 and brought it to Florida in 2018. Since then I've completed roughly 4,500 residential and commercial inspections across both states, along with about 700 HUD 203k and Fannie Mae renovation projects. I'm licensed in Florida as HI11062 and I held New Hampshire license 0298. I'm an InterNACHI member, I've developed and taught construction courses for Associated Builders and Contractors, and I've instructed continuing education for Maine real estate licensees. Teaching the material to other professionals forces a level of precision that doing the work alone never quite demands.
Beyond standard buyer and seller inspections, I'm a HUD 203k consultant, number P1767, and a VA Adaptive Housing inspector. If you're buying a house that needs work and financing the renovation through a 203k, I can handle the consultant side — scoping the work, writing the specifications, and performing the draw inspections as the project moves. If you're a disabled veteran modifying a home through the VA's adaptive housing program, I do those inspections as well. Not many inspectors are set up for either one.
Volume is the thing I'd point to most. After 4,500 houses, I'm not guessing about what's normal for a 1970s Florida ranch versus a 1920s New England colonial, and I'm not padding a report with trivia to look thorough. I'll tell you what's genuinely wrong, what's ordinary for the age and construction, and what I'd want fixed before I handed over money. Then I'll stay on the phone until you understand all of it.