Scott
Newcomer
Scott Knows Inspections™
Founder of two nationwide home inspection training schools, multiple inspection companies, a national inspection franchisor, call centers, and inspection software.
Home inspection has a defining figure. It's Scott Newcomer.
Most inspectors are known for one thing — inspecting houses, or teaching a class. Scott built the whole ecosystem. Over 37 years he has founded two nationwide home inspection training schools, launched and led multiple inspection companies, built a national inspection franchisor, stood up call centers, and developed inspection software — the infrastructure a modern profession runs on.
He has personally performed more than 10,000 inspections; the companies he's built have performed more than 100,000. He is a former co-founder of a national home inspection training institute, and today leads ATI, the training school he founded. When his home state adopted formal inspection standards after a two-decade effort, Scott testified before the Senate committee that passed them. Today, litigators, inspection firms, and insurance companies retain him as an expert witness in home-inspection disputes.
Inspector, founder, educator, advocate, and expert witness. That's experience you can trust.
A record, not a résumé.
Scott's authority comes from what he built across the entire inspection industry.
ATI Home Inspector Training
Founder of ATI and the ATI Certified Inspector credential — national home inspector training, in the classroom and online.
Newcomer's of America
Founder & CEO. Named by Entrepreneur Magazine among the nation's fastest-growing franchises — a national inspection franchisor.
Newcomer's Home Inspection Service
Co-founder. Grew into one of the country's largest inspection companies within three years.
House to Home Inspection
Founder of the House to Home Inspection company — carrying the Newcomer standard directly to homebuyers.
House 2 Home Inspect — West Division
Founder of the western operation, extending House to Home Inspection into Colorado.
American Home Inspectors Training Institute
Co-founder, President & CMO. Scott built AHIT into the largest home inspector training company in the nation before selling the business.
DART Adjusters
Founder of DART Adjusters — a Florida public adjusting firm advocating for policyholders after property loss.
Newcomer's Consulting Group
Founder & CEO. Government relations and contract procurement for national and statewide clients and associations.
Wisconsin State Assembly
Elected State Representative. Chaired the Committee on Financial Institutions and served as Vice Chair of Education.
A name built into the profession.
Alongside his father, Roy Newcomer, Scott helped build the education and technical guides that prepared a generation of inspectors — a documented part of the profession's history, and the foundation everything after was built on.
That instinct — do the work right, teach it clearly, raise the standard — is the throughline of his entire career.
The full Newcomer story
He didn't just do the work — he helped shape the profession.
Scott's influence reaches well beyond any single state. He has served on industry committees and association chapters, championed government affairs and advocacy for inspectors nationwide, and helped bring formal home inspection standards to his home state of Wisconsin — testifying before the Senate committee that passed them after a two-decade effort. The same drive to serve led him to public office as a state legislator.
A champion for those who served.
Scott is a proud patriot, and it shows in his work: he has helped lead the industry in opening the home inspection profession to America's Veterans — the same instinct that drew him to public service. Use what you've built to help others build something of their own.
WatchServing those who served
Perspective from the person who built it.
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National average $83,980, top earners $142,000+, plus what inspectors make in all 50 states.
Read → BusinessHow to build a home inspection business that outlasts you
The systems, standards, and people that turn a solo inspector into a company.
Read → The ProfessionThe honest path into home inspection
What it really takes to build a durable career and business in the trade.
Read → PerspectiveThe five mistakes that sink new inspectors
Decades of mentoring, distilled into the pitfalls to avoid.
Read → Growing Your BusinessHow home inspectors get realtor referrals
Scott's field playbook for winning consistent work from real estate agents.
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Bring Scott's experience to your audience.
Thirty-seven years building the inspection profession — brought to your stage, your newsroom, your courtroom, or your team. Direct, practical, and grounded in real results, Scott gives inspectors, entrepreneurs, and audiences a blueprint they can use the next morning.
Keynotes, workshops & panels
Litigation & dispute consulting
Podcasts, press & on-camera
Direct mentoring for inspectors & owners
A voice the industry trusts.
Scott speaks and writes on the business of inspection, professionalizing the trade, and the standards that protect homebuyers. Podcast interviews, conference keynotes, and industry commentary — available for interviews, panels, and stages.
The expert the industry calls.
When a home-inspection dispute reaches litigation, Scott Newcomer is the name on both sides of the table. Litigators, home-inspection company owners, and insurance carriers call on him constantly for independent analysis, reporting, and testimony — backed by 37 years in the field, more than 30,000 inspections personally conducted, and the very training standards the industry inspects by.
- Litigators & AttorneysIndependent expert analysis & testimony
- Home Inspection OwnersStandard-of-care review & defense
- Insurance CompaniesClaims analysis & scope review
- Deposition & TrialClear, credible expert testimony
Retain Scott
Tell Scott about your case and he’ll respond personally — for attorneys, inspection firms, and insurers.
Backed by the institutions of the profession.
Recognized by the profession he helped build.
"Scott Newcomer is an accomplished and noteworthy leader in the home inspection and real estate industry — a respected entrepreneur who has spent his entire career as a professional inspector and trainer for over 30 years, with more than 30,000 inspections to his name."
"A seasoned advocate for the rights and needs of home inspectors, Scott has authored and instructs hundreds of inspection and real estate courses approved by State Real Estate Commissions across the entire United States."
"Scott has a proven track record of assisting the real estate industry and its community members to achieve success and profitability."
Work with Scott.
For speaking, media (radio, TV & newspaper columns), interviews, consulting, and industry inquiries — reach out directly.
