The short answer: As of October 29, 2026, Neighborhood Registry has read the license record of every home inspector ranked below at Texas Real Estate Commission and found each license Active. 5 home inspectors on the Humble service roster hold licenses we checked in October 2026; 5 are ranked here. One fact stated up front: no Humble home inspector has claimed a Registry profile yet, so every name below sits in the License-Checked tier — licenses verified at the authority, profiles not yet maintained by the pros. The first Humble home inspector to claim and verify a profile takes the top tier in the next edition, under the same published rules. Until then, this page is the only Humble home inspector ranking that prints the license number and check date behind every name.
The ranking — October 2026 edition
1. Juan C Alferez
Rank basis: License-Checked tier; appears on the Humble service roster (Humble); checked October 21, 2026. Order inside the tier follows the published methodology below.
License: Texas Real Estate Commission #22880-PI — Active, read directly at the authority. Last checked: October 21, 2026.
Area served: Humble (Humble service roster).
Registry profile
2. Scott Anthony Blake
Rank basis: License-Checked tier; appears on the Humble service roster (Humble); checked October 21, 2026. Order inside the tier follows the published methodology below.
License: Texas Real Estate Commission #23644-PI — Active, read directly at the authority. Last checked: October 21, 2026.
Area served: Humble (Humble service roster).
Registry profile
3. Stephanie Danett Engolio
Rank basis: License-Checked tier; appears on the Humble service roster (Humble); checked October 21, 2026. Order inside the tier follows the published methodology below.
License: Texas Real Estate Commission #21877-PI — Active, read directly at the authority. Last checked: October 21, 2026.
Area served: Humble (Humble service roster).
Registry profile
4. Steven Earl Vincent
Rank basis: License-Checked tier; appears on the Humble service roster (Humble); checked October 21, 2026. Order inside the tier follows the published methodology below.
License: Texas Real Estate Commission #22294-PI — Active, read directly at the authority. Last checked: October 21, 2026.
Area served: Humble (Humble service roster).
Registry profile
5. Michael Joseph Kovacik
Rank basis: License-Checked tier; appears on the Humble service roster (Humble); checked October 21, 2026. Order inside the tier follows the published methodology below.
License: Texas Real Estate Commission #10183-PI — Active, read directly at the authority. Last checked: October 21, 2026.
Area served: Humble (Humble service roster).
Registry profile
How this ranking works
Most “best home inspectors in Humble” lists are assembled from advertising placements and review counts copied from other websites. This ranking is assembled from exactly one thing: the license record at the issuing authority, read directly by Neighborhood Registry.
- Eligibility. A home inspector is eligible only if we have read their record in the authority’s own system and found the license Active. No one can pay to be listed, apply for a rank, or be added by request.
- Tier A — Verified & Claimed. The license is verified at the authority and the pro has claimed their Registry profile, confirmed their details, and maintains it. Tier A always ranks above Tier B.
- Tier B — License-Checked. We have read the license at the authority and found it Active, but the pro has not yet claimed their profile.
- Order inside a tier is mechanical and published: (1) neighborhood seats held in Humble; (2) most recent authority check; (3) time on the Registry (first-verified date); (4) alphabetical. Every input to every score is printed in the entries above.
- Freshness. Licenses are re-checked weekly and formally re-verified every 12 months. A license that lapses or is suspended removes the pro from this ranking at the next re-check — not at the next edition. This page is re-issued monthly; this is the October 2026 edition, built from checks dated October 2026.
Full method: How We Verify — Every check is written to the public verification ledger.
How to verify a Texas home inspector’s license
Use the Texas Real Estate Commission’s free License Holder Search at trec.texas.gov: search by name or license number and confirm the status reads Active, and note the license class: Professional Inspector (suffix -PI) is the senior class, above Real Estate Inspector (-RI) and Apprentice. The license number must also appear on the inspection report itself — a report with no TREC number on it is a first finding.
Humble, in numbers
- Population and housing (Humble city limits only): the incorporated City of Humble counted 16,795 people in the 2020 Census, with an estimated 16,484 on July 1, 2025, 5,981 households in 2020-2024, and a land area of 9.76 square miles; the median value of owner-occupied housing units was $216,400 in 2020-2024, with an owner-occupied rate of just 38.8% — inside city limits, Humble is renter-majority (U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, Humble city, Texas, V2025). These are city-limits figures only: most addresses with a Humble mailing address (Atascocita, Kingwood, Fall Creek, Summerwood, Eagle Springs) are outside city limits, in the City of Houston or unincorporated Harris County, and the Humble ISD / mailing-address market is many times larger than the city.
- Schools: Humble ISD serves the city of Humble and the surrounding communities of Atascocita, Kingwood, Fall Creek, Summerwood, and Eagle Springs — a district far larger than the city, operating six high schools including Humble High School in the city — and was rated C in the Texas Education Agency’s 2025 accountability ratings. District boundaries do not follow city limits or mailing addresses, so verify the district for a specific address with TEA’s School District Locator / TXschools.gov or the parcel’s HCAD record.
- Taxes: the complete tax year 2025 worked stack for a parcel inside Humble city limits, in Humble ISD and the Lone Star College taxing area, with no MUD, is $2.098298 per $100 of taxable value (Humble ISD $1.105200 + City of Humble $0.258170 + Harris County $0.380960 + Harris County Flood Control District $0.049660 + Port of Houston Authority $0.005900 + Harris Health $0.187610 + Harris County Department of Education $0.004798 + Lone Star College $0.106000), before any special district. The scope is load-bearing: parcels with a Humble mailing address outside city limits do not pay the $0.258170 City of Humble layer — they stack the City of Houston rate (inside Houston) or no city rate at all (unincorporated). No tax year 2026 total is stated here: the Harris County Tax Office table had not posted TY2026 adopted rates for the City of Humble, Humble ISD, or Lone Star College at the research date. Confirm a specific parcel’s entity list on its Harris Central Appraisal District record.
- Inspections: the city-vs-suburb split is the inspection market — renter-majority turnover inspections inside city limits (38.8% owner-occupancy means a high share of landlord and turnover work) against owner-occupant resale inspections in the surrounding subdivisions, with Harvey-era flood history in the Lake Houston drainage as a standard inspection question for area homes.
- On this Registry: 5 home inspectors serving Humble hold licenses read at the authority in October 2026; the home inspector seat is unclaimed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the best license-verified home inspector in Humble, Texas?
As of October 29, 2026, Neighborhood Registry has license-checked 5 home inspectors serving Humble at Texas Real Estate Commission, all Active. The top-ranked are Juan C Alferez (TREC #22880-PI), Scott Anthony Blake (TREC #23644-PI), Stephanie Danett Engolio (TREC #21877-PI). No Humble home inspector has claimed a Registry profile yet, so all are ranked in the License-Checked tier under a published methodology.
How do I verify a Texas home inspector’s license?
Use the Texas Real Estate Commission’s free License Holder Search at trec.texas.gov: search by name or license number and confirm the status reads Active, and note the license class: Professional Inspector (suffix -PI) is the senior class, above Real Estate Inspector (-RI) and Apprentice. The license number must also appear on the inspection report itself — a report with no TREC number on it is a first finding. Neighborhood Registry reads the same record and writes every check to its public verification ledger.
What does a TREC home inspection cover?
A limited, non-invasive visual inspection under TREC’s Standards of Practice: structure and foundation, roof, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, built-in appliances, doors and windows, reported on the TREC form. It is not a code-compliance inspection, an environmental test, or a warranty.
What should a Humble homebuyer know about local taxes and schools?
Humble ISD was rated C in TEA’s 2025 ratings and serves a district far larger than the city — Atascocita, Kingwood, Fall Creek, Summerwood, and Eagle Springs as well as Humble itself — and district lines do not follow city limits, so verify the district for a specific address with TEA or the parcel’s HCAD record. For tax year 2025, a home inside Humble city limits in Humble ISD stacked $2.098298 per $100 of taxable value (Humble ISD $1.105200 + City of Humble $0.258170 + the five Harris County entities $0.628928 + Lone Star College $0.106000), before any special district. Most homes with a Humble mailing address are outside city limits and do not pay the city layer at all — they pay the City of Houston rate or no city rate instead — and no tax year 2026 total is stated, because the city, school, and college TY2026 adopted rates were not all posted at the research date. Confirm a specific parcel with HCAD.
Sources
- Texas Real Estate Commission license records for every ranked home inspector (license numbers and check dates printed above), read October 2026; Neighborhood Registry verification ledger.
- U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Humble city, Texas (V2025; population estimate July 1, 2025 and 2020-2024 housing values, read October 2026).
- Texas Education Agency 2025-2026 Accreditation Statuses (Humble ISD: C).
- Harris County Tax Office Jurisdiction Tax Rates (Truth-in-Taxation) table, tax year 2025 adopted column (City of Humble $0.2581700; Humble ISD $1.1052000); Lone Star College Legal Status page (Humble ISD within the College’s taxing boundaries).
- Harris Central Appraisal District — About HCAD; Humble ISD district campus structure (six high schools).
- Harris County Flood Control District Hurricane Harvey record for the San Jacinto River / Lake Houston area, as republished.
- Neighborhood Registry Humble fact build, October 2026.