Tom Kraeutler is a hands-on home improvement broadcast journalist and the kind of guy homeowners want to call at midnight when their basement floods. He earned his stripes as a professional home inspector, amassing over 20 years experience learning how houses are put together, and how they fall apart.  Since 1994, he has offered candid advice, money-saving tips and hands-on how-to’s to millions of Americans through his regular appearances on TV and radio, online, and in major print media.

Tom  co-hosts the top-rated nationally syndicated “The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show” broadcast to over 220 stations each weekend, with an audience of more than 3 million listeners a week.  His home improvement tips are also broadcast across 350 radio stations weekdays during  morning drive time. His continuing efforts to educate homeowners have earned him many honors.  Talkers Magazine named Tom one of the “100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts in America.” His popular Money Pit web site draws over 400,000 unique visitors each month.  In addition, his Money Pit eNewsletter is distributed to over 50,000 listener subscribers each week and his podcasts are downloaded more than 195,000 time every month.

Tom is also the Home Improvement Editor for online giant AOL, providing the site with a wide variety of multimedia content. 

Tom appears frequently on a wide range of television programs.  He is a regular on CNN’s Open House, a weekend magazine show where he teaches viewers how to complete their own home improvement projects. He appears  regularly on a variety of major network news programming including CNN, MSNBC, and the History Channel.   He also hosts News 12’s popular “Home Doctor” segments, airing on 8 television stations NY, NJ and CT,  where he draws more viewer mail than any other station segment or talent.

Tom was the remodeling columnist for House Beautiful and  writes feature columns for do! Magazine. He has contributed to or been featured in many national publications, including Wall Street Journal’s Smart Money Magazine, The New York Times, Reader’s Digest and Consumer's Digest. His advice appears in the best-selling book, The Practical Guide to Practically Everything.

Behind his media persona, Tom has more than two decades of experience as a professional home inspector, former building contractor and industrial arts educator.  He was selected by New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman to chair the state's first regulatory authority for the licensing of professional home inspectors which he Chaired for several years.  He is also among a select group of professionals accepted by the New Jersey Superior Court as an “expert witness” in construction and home inspection. He remains a member in good standing of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI).

Tom holds a BS in Industrial Arts Technology Education from Trenton State College and completed an international studies program in architecture at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.  He is also an accomplished craftsman, specializing in woodworking and metalworking.