About Trey McClure
Trey McClure is a Mortgage + Home Inspection Specialist in Chicagoland, combining mortgage guidance, home inspection expertise, software experience, and local business ownership to help people make smarter decisions.
Trey works with homebuyers, homeowners, REALTORS, small business owners, and soccer organizations through a mix of businesses and projects, including Best Lender In Town, HouseMaster Home Inspections, Midwest Referee, and Best In Town Marketing.
His background is a little different: civil engineering, software development, mortgage lending, home inspections, marketing automation, soccer coaching, refereeing, and referee assigning. That mix of technical, business, and service experience is what shaped the way he approaches problems today.
Growing Up
I grew up moving around the South, living in Alabama, Arkansas, and Virginia before my family moved to Lilburn, Georgia, about 15 miles east of Atlanta, when I was in first grade. I played baseball, soccer, tennis, and swam. Between my two younger brothers and all of our friends, there was almost always some kind of pickup game happening in the side yard, including soccer, tennis ball baseball, and even some tackle football.
Early 1980s
Moving North
We moved to Naperville, Illinois when I was in seventh grade. I continued playing soccer through my senior year at Naperville Central High School and received the Red and White Award for soccer. My first real job was at The Doughnut Shoppe in eighth grade, where I opened and closed the store on weekends. I worked at the Naperville Sport Shop all four years of high school.
August 1985
College
I started at Illinois State University in pre-engineering and physics, then transferred to the University of Illinois in the fall of 1995. I majored in civil engineering and raced for the Illinois Bicycle Racing Club. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in May 1997.
August 1992 - May 1997
Bicycle Racing
After college, I raced competitively for several local teams, including Wild Thang Cycles, Mack Racing, and Turin. I raced criteriums, road races, and track races, and upgraded to Category 2 in the summer of 1997. One of my favorite accomplishments was placing 13th in the Illinois State Criterium Championship Pro/1/2 race in 1998, which made me the third-place Illinois rider that year.
1997 - 1998
Software Consulting
After college, I joined Andersen Consulting as an analyst. They offered to teach me everything I needed to know about computer programming, and that opportunity started my software development career.
August 1997
Family
I met my wife, Gail, in 1999, and we were married in August 2000. We later had three children, which eventually pulled me back into soccer through coaching, refereeing, and referee assigning.
1999 - Present
Microsoft Technologies
I moved to a Chicago consulting company called Parian in late 1999. Parian was later bought by Getronics, but the Chicago office still had a small-company feel. From that point forward, I primarily worked with Microsoft technologies. I later worked for several other consulting companies, earned a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer certification, and gained experience designing, building, and testing full-stack web applications.
1999 - 2008
Software Engineering
I continued my software career as a full-time employee for two different companies, focusing mostly on full-stack web development, business systems, data, and Microsoft-based application development.
2008 - 2021
Recreational Soccer Coach
When my son started playing soccer, I saw an opportunity to go back to my roots and help coach. In 2008, he started playing in a first-grade recreational league, and I coached the team with a good friend in the neighborhood. What started as a way to help him learn the game became a true passion. I later coached my two daughter's recreational teams as well.
2008 - 2010
Competitive Soccer Coach
In 2010, we combined the stronger players from three recreational teams to form a competitive travel team. A local club took us in, and I volunteered with two other coaches to get licensed through the U.S. Soccer E License course. I also connected with a coach at a Downers Grove club and helped as a floater so I could keep learning and bring that knowledge back to my son's team.
2010
U.S. Soccer Referee
I became certified as a soccer referee because I wanted to better understand what referees were being taught. I started as an assistant referee for 9v9 matches and as a center referee for small-sided games, then worked my way into 11v11 matches, high school soccer, and college matches.
2012
Soccer Referee Assignor
The club I was coaching for needed a new referee assignor, so I became certified and put my technical background to work. The following season, I was also asked to assign for a park district recreational league. That eventually grew into Midwest Referee.
2014
Mortgage Professional
I left my software job in 2017 and became licensed as a mortgage professional. In 2018 I took my license to Parlay Mortgage, where I continued helping homebuyers while also staying connected to software, marketing, and business automation.
2017 - 2018
Legion of Loan Officers
After working with a lead generation company and learning more about CRM software, marketing automation, and social media advertising, I connected with Nick Carpenter at Legion of Loan Officers. That experience helped me better understand mortgage marketing, lead generation, and the systems behind client follow-up.
2020
Mortgage, Soccer, and Business Ownership
In 2021, I left my software job again to focus on mortgage lending while running my soccer referee assigning business. I continued refereeing at the college level and stayed involved in the soccer community through assigning, officiating, and helping newer referees get started.
2021
HouseMaster Home Inspections
I learned about a home inspection business for sale at the end of 2022 and decided to make an offer. We closed on the business at the end of March 2023 and started operating it on April 1. The franchise I purchased and now operate is HouseMaster Home Inspections serving Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana. We continue to work with experienced inspectors who have been with the company for many years, and we are focused on expanding the business beyond the basic home inspection.
2023
Mortgage + Home Inspection Specialist in Chicagoland
Today, I bring those experiences together through Best Lender In Town and HouseMaster Home Inspections. My goal is to help Chicagoland homebuyers and homeowners make smarter decisions by connecting the mortgage side of the process with the inspection side of the process.
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