Former hotel sales exec eyes big growth for SWFL home inspection business

Joe Nugent had spent years in hospitality management when an expected job loss pushed him in the direction of a new career. He wanted to become his own boss, and hours of HGTV viewing with his wife had shown him the possibilities in home inspection.

“I knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur,” says Nugent, 46. “So I started to really look into the home inspection world, and there was a big void in Southwest Florida. It was kind of one of those things where the more I looked into it, the more I fell in love with it.”