Inspector Empire Builder
The Inspector Empire Builder Podcast is where home inspection professionals come to rise, not just in business, but in mindset, leadership, and long-term legacy. If you're a home inspection business owner focused on growing, scaling, and building through your team, this show is your blueprint for achieving both time freedom and financial success. We go deep into team development, sales systems, client service, operational excellence, and the business frameworks that lead to sustainable, rapid growth. Every episode is crafted to help you get out of the day-to-day grind and start building.
Episodes
September 17, 2026 • 57 mins
Want more home inspection leads without depending entirely on realtor referrals?
In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder Podcast, Matt Williams sits down with Khurram Shahzad of Digital Addicts to break down the science behind digital marketing for home inspectors, and why the companies that understand the buyer journey can win customers long before someone searches for a home inspector.
Khurram explains how homebuyers mo...
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September 10, 2026 • 45 mins
Women are entering the home inspection industry in growing numbers, and they’re changing what successful inspection businesses can look like.
In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder Podcast, Matt Williams sits down with Lisa from InterNACHI to talk about women in home inspection, building a successful inspection business, creating stronger industry relationships, and finding a community of people who genuinely want...
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September 3, 2026 • 56 mins
What if you could make more money from your home inspection business without cramming more inspections into your calendar?
In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder Podcast, Matt Williams sits down with Coy from BPI Inspections to break down how a solo home inspector built a premium home inspection brand, reached roughly a $900 average inspection ticket, and created service packages designed to move his company out of the ...
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August 27, 2026 • 64 mins
Do you own a home inspection business, or have you simply created another job for yourself? In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder Podcast, Matt Williams talks with Joe Worthy about how home inspectors can stop selling only their own time and start building a scalable company that has real value.
Joe shares how the Arizona Parallel Inspection Academy trains new home inspectors through structured ride-alongs, field exper...
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August 20, 2026 • 51 mins
What if your home inspection business could grow revenue without forcing you to complete more inspections every week? In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder Podcast, Matt Williams talks with James Crowton of Up Close Inspections about increasing company revenue by 18%, improving the average inspection ticket, adding ancillary services, hiring and training inspectors, and building stronger relationships with real estate age...
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August 13, 2026 • 61 mins
AI is changing home inspector marketing faster than most businesses can adapt. Strategies that produced Google rankings six months ago may already be losing effectiveness, while generic AI blog posts, automatically generated websites, and thin local pages are becoming easier for search platforms to identify.
In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder Podcast, Matt Williams talks with Aaron Shishilla from Wolfpack Advising a...
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August 6, 2026 • 47 mins
Growing a home inspection business can feel exciting at first… until you hit the ceiling. You are doing every inspection, answering every call, chasing every detail, skipping vacations, working weekends, and wondering whether you should stay solo or finally build a real team.
In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder Podcast, Matt Williams talks with Justin Cole from Atlanta about how he went from a solo home inspec...
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July 30, 2026 • 40 mins
Home inspectors get asked repair cost questions all the time: “How much will that water heater cost?” “Do you know a contractor?” “Can you just give me a ballpark?” But giving repair estimates after a home inspection can create liability, confusion, and frustrated clients when the real price comes back higher.
In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder Podcast, Matt Williams talks with Je...
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July 23, 2026 • 54 mins
Growing a home inspection business sounds exciting until you’re the one answering phones, setting radon tests, training new inspectors, handling complaints, marketing to agents, and still crawling through crawl spaces every week. In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder podcast, Matt Williams sits down with Doug Fast of Quality Building Inspections to talk about what it really takes to grow from a solo home inspector i...
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July 16, 2026 • 42 mins
Are you a home inspector trying to grow in a small market but struggling because your schedule is already full? In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder podcast, Matt Williams talks with Allen Dicharry from Midland, Texas, about how he built a busy home inspection company in a smaller market, transitioned from nursing into inspections, hired his first inspector, protected his company culture, and expanded into commercial pro...
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July 9, 2026 • 48 mins
Growing a home inspection business is exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming when you are the one doing every inspection, answering every call, managing every client, and trying to keep realtors happy.
In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder podcast, Matt Williams sits down with James Crowton of Up Close Inspections in the Cleveland, Ohio area to talk about hiring your first home inspector, training a new team...
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July 2, 2026 • 52 mins
Are you trying to grow your home inspection business but feel like every problem, phone call, team issue, and decision still lands on you?
In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder Podcast, Matt Williams sits down with Catherine Lemoine to unpack how she and Rob Lemoine helped grow Residential Inspector of America from a family inspection company into a massive multi-market organization, eventually becoming part of Launchpa...
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June 25, 2026 • 60 mins
Are you a solo home inspector who feels trapped by your own success? In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder podcast, we break down what really happens when your inspection business grows fast, your calendar fills up, and you realize you can’t keep working every weekend forever.
Matt Williams talks with Sean Harper about the pressure of scaling a home inspection company, hiring your first inspector, training new insp...
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June 18, 2026 • 39 mins
Homebuyers are waiving inspections to win houses, but what happens when that decision leads to a $30,000 repair, a crumbling foundation, or a nightmare they never saw coming?
In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder Podcast, Matt Williams talks with John Gallagher of Clark Hill Inspections about whether home inspections should be mandatory, why Massachusetts took a different path, and how the state became the first in the ...
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June 11, 2026 • 54 mins
Burnout can sneak up on even the most driven home inspection business owners.
In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder podcast, Matt Williams sits down with Jaymie Paternoster of Elevate Inspection Group to talk about what it really takes to grow a home inspection company without losing yourself in the process. Jaymie shares her journey from starting as a home inspector in New Orleans, building and selling a business ...
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June 4, 2026 • 52 mins
Growing a home inspection business sounds simple until you realize you’re not just inspecting houses anymore, you’re hiring, training, managing people, answering phones, choosing software, building systems, marketing to real estate agents, and trying to protect your reputation at the same time.
In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder Podcast, Matt Williams sits down with Brandon Harlan, owner of a growing home ...
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May 28, 2026 • 42 mins
Are you a home inspector who feels too busy to grow, too booked to breathe, and unsure how to hire your first inspector without losing control of quality?
In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder Podcast, Matt sits down with Jerry from Preferred Inspection Services in Orange County, California, to talk about his journey from general contractor to solo home inspector to multi-inspector business owner.
Jerry shares how year...
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May 21, 2026 • 41 mins
Women are changing the home inspection industry, and this conversation shows exactly why. In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder Podcast, Matt Williams sits down with Lindsey Lundholm and Jaymie Paternoster to talk about women in home inspections, women in IEB, and what it looks like to lead, grow, and succeed in a male-dominated trade.
If you are a home inspector, inspection company owner, growth rep, scheduler, operatio...
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May 14, 2026 • 49 mins
Feeling overwhelmed in your business, stuck in burnout, or frustrated that your big goals are not turning into real daily progress? In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder Podcast, Matt Williams sits down with Mark Hummel, CEO of IEB, for a powerful conversation about business growth, productivity systems, personal rhythm, rest, execution, and how to build a business without losing yourself in the process.
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May 7, 2026 • 47 mins
Are you a home inspector trying to grow beyond doing every inspection yourself?
In this episode of the Inspector Empire Builder podcast, Matt Williams talks with Tony Escamilla from Southern California, a home inspection business owner with nearly 28 years of experience in the inspection industry. Tony shares how the business has changed from handwritten reports, pagers, and paper maps to modern inspection software, drones, AI to...
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