Home Inspector in Guadalupe County, TX

Guadalupe County is the eastern gateway to the San Antonio metro — and one of the most active real estate markets in all of South Texas. Whether you're a military family PCSing into Joint Base San Antonio - Randolph, a young family chasing the sought-after Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City school district, or a buyer looking at historic homes in downtown Seguin, you need an inspector who understands what makes this market unique. Jerry Surber, Certified Professional Inspector, has spent 12 years walking properties across every corner of Guadalupe County.

Seguin, the county seat, was founded in 1838 and named after Tejano leader Juan Seguín — making it one of the oldest Anglo-American settlements in Texas. The city carries its history with pride: Texas Lutheran University has anchored downtown since 1891, the "World's Largest Pecan" sits proudly on the courthouse lawn, and the Pecan Capital of Texas heritage runs deep across the surrounding farms and pecan groves. Outside Seguin, the cities of Schertz and Cibolo have transformed in the past two decades from quiet rural communities into one of the fastest-growing corridors in Texas — driven by JBSA-Randolph, the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District, and proximity to both San Antonio and Austin. Subdivisions like The Crossvine, Cibolo Canyons, Trails of Cibolo, and Buffalo Crossing represent thousands of homes built within the last fifteen years. Add in McQueeney with its iconic Lake McQueeney waterfront, Marion, Kingsbury, Geronimo, New Berlin, and Staples, and Guadalupe County offers one of the most varied housing markets in the region. Mission City Home Inspections has worked all of them.

Here's what military families and out-of-state buyers need to hear: Guadalupe County is one of the busiest VA-loan and military-relocation markets in Texas, and inspection timelines move fast. If you're PCSing into Randolph AFB, you may have weeks — not months — to find a home, get under contract, complete inspection and appraisal, and close before your report date. Mission City regularly serves military families on tight timelines, and Jerry can usually schedule within 24 to 48 hours and deliver the report within 24 hours of the inspection. VA loans require the home to be in safe, sanitary, and structurally sound condition — and a thorough Mission City inspection report identifies issues VA underwriters flag long before they delay your closing.

And then there's the construction-quality reality of the Schertz-Cibolo growth corridor. Production builders moving fast to meet military-family demand sometimes cut corners, and Mission City regularly finds rushed framing, undersized HVAC for Texas heat, sloppy electrical work, drainage and grading problems, and incomplete flashing on homes that look pristine on the buyer walkthrough. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Seguin's historic downtown Victorian and craftsman homes often have original wiring, galvanized plumbing, and roof structures that have aged for a century or more. Lake McQueeney waterfront properties carry their own considerations — flood plain elevation, dock and boathouse conditions, retaining walls, and septic systems on lake lots. Like the rest of South Texas, most Texas insurance carriers require a Four Point Inspection on Guadalupe County homes 25 years or older before they'll write or renew a policy. Mission City is a Four Point specialist with reports accepted by every major Texas carrier. Learn more about Four Point Inspections →

That's why Guadalupe County buyers — and especially military families and the Realtors who serve them — choose Mission City Home Inspections. You get a TREC-licensed Certified Professional Inspector who understands tight PCS timelines, the new-build quality issues common in production-builder neighborhoods, and the older-home challenges that come with Seguin's historic housing stock. Every inspection is backed by Mission City's $25,000 Honor Guarantee — an additional layer of protection no other South Texas inspector includes as standard. Whether it's your first home in Cibolo, your retirement home on Lake McQueeney, or a historic Victorian in downtown Seguin, Jerry brings the same thorough, honest inspection to every Guadalupe County property.