WIN Home Inspection

America’s Most Innovative Home Inspection Franchise

With the stability of a 30-year-old business and the energy of a startup, WIN Home Inspection creates opportunities for franchise owners. With new technology and proprietary systems, WIN inspectors can operate their business with ease and create a better experience for their clients.

WIN is a home-based business and a low-cost franchise, with startup costs beginning at $30,125 (and which can be even lower for veterans). In 2021, 44% of franchises that have been operating for longer than one year reported an annual Gross Revenue of $100,000 or more, with 35% of those franchises meeting or exceeding the average Gross Revenue of $265,759.77.

The Home Inspection Market is Huge

Demand for home services is huge. With 126 million households in the U.S. and 7 million existing and newly constructed homes sold in 2021, the marketing is growing exponentially.

There’s just one problem: The demand for home inspectors is outpacing the supply. The 2008 recession drove part-time and unprofessional inspectors out of business. The WIN Home Inspection franchise did just fine, soaking up the available business during the downturn. Now that the real estate market is roaring back to pre-recession levels, WIN Home Inspection franchise owners have been gobbling up market share.

“There’s a lot of growth opportunity, and WIN is very focused on growing the brand and the Strategic Partners to move it forward for the next 25 years.”

- Brian Fish, WIN Strategic Partner in Washington

Almost all lenders require a home inspection, and real estate agents highly recommend them. In 2021, WIN’s average price for an inspection was $528, with inspectors often doing two or three a day. The demand, and the revenue potential, is huge.

A WIN-ning System

WIN thrives in the industry by offering a better, more thorough inspection and a friendly, professional experience.

The founders — Tom Knapp, a prominent Seattle real estate developer, and Dianne Knapp, a real estate broker — started WIN after seeing how hard it was to find a truly professional home inspector

WIN Home Inspection was started in order to create a home inspection franchise that would offer homeowners, buyers, sellers and real estate agents a professional, thorough and consistent inspection process. Home inspections should provide clarity and confidence, not anxiety and WIN believes a strong brand and consistent experience inspire confidence in both real estate agents and home buyers. This leads to WIN Home Inspection franchise owners earning referrals from agents, which in turn leads to higher revenues and profits.

Ideal WIN Owners

You don’t need a background in construction, carpentry, roofing or engineering to be a great home inspector. What matters the most is attitude and your approach to business.

Many of WIN's most successful Strategic Partners didn’t start out with extensive experience in construction or other technical fields. More often than not, they’ve found that the common denominator the partners did have was a willingness — and an aptitude — for communicating with customers and learning the basics of local networking and marketing.

Bert Welsh, a WIN Home Inspection franchise owner in Fresno, CA, believes people skills often outweigh a technical background when comes to the making of an excellent home inspector.

“I’m training someone right now, and I’m stressing the importance of having empathy for people. You need a good personality. I think the technical skills can be learned, but the people skills can’t. My worst fear about being a home inspector was that I wouldn’t be able to do it right on the technical side. But I learned one step at a time and everything worked out well.”

He says WIN’s leadership and systems help set the brand apart.

“The people at WIN are just great. You have really good support. All the different departments seem to have the correct set of skills. WIN’s marketing materials are excellent. The training is outstanding. WIN showed me how to get past the gatekeepers and how to get into the offices to meet the brokers. If you follow the process WIN sets you up with, it really works. As I learned things, I was able to grow my business in a down market. At this point, I’m in control of my own destiny and that’s what I was looking for at this point in my life. Owning my franchise makes me part of the community. I know hundreds of people that I didn’t know before in the real estate industry.”

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