Tom Kraeutler is a

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authority, author, and

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. Kraeutler co-hosts (with Leslie Segrete) the nationally syndicated ''

The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show ''The Money Pit'' is the largest American syndicated radio show offering home improvement advice. It is hosted by Tom Kraeutler and Leslie Segrete and has a call-in format. As of February 2018, ''The Money Pit'' airs on over 350 radio stations in ...

'' broadcast on more than 335 stations every weekend, reaching an audience of more than 3 million listeners. His home improvement tips are also broadcast across 350 radio stations weekdays during

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time.

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named Kraeutler one of the “100 Most Important

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Hosts in America.” He also publishes a weekly home improvement newsletter and podcasts the national radio program. The podcast of the show usually ranks at the top of the home improvement listings on iTunes. Kraeutler frequently contributes content to sites like Oprah.com, AOL Daily Finance, and DIYLife.com. He has also served as the Home Improvement Editor for AOL, providing the site with a wide variety of multimedia content. His book, ''My Home, My Money Pit'' (co-authored with Segrete) was published by the Knack imprint of The Globe Pequot Press in 2008. Kraeutler appears frequently on a wide range of network news and daytime television programs. He is often quoted as a home-improvement expert in major publications like the ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He has been a remodeling columnist for ''

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'' has contributed to or been featured in many national magazines including '' Smart Money'', ''

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'' and '' Consumer's Digest''. Kraeutler has more than two decades of experience as a professional home inspector, former building contractor and

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educator. He was appointed by former

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Christine Todd Whitman to the state's first

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for the licensing of professional home inspectors, which he chaired for several years. Kraeutler holds a BS in Industrial Arts

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from Trenton State College and completed an

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program in architecture at the

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