Built by Home Watch Owners, for Home Watch Owners
The Origin
In 2014, Gary and Lisa Hawton purchased Las Vegas Home Watchers. Within two years, they doubled the business in both volume and revenue — while working fewer hours than the previous owners. Automation was the key.
Running one of the largest home watch companies in Las Vegas gave them a ground-level understanding of every challenge in the industry: inspection documentation, client communication, scheduling complexity, accounting chaos, and the constant battle to operate professionally without a professional-grade tool.
The Expertise
Gary brings 30+ years of finance and IT consulting experience with Fortune 1000 companies. That background — applied to a real, operating home watch business — created something the industry had never seen: software built by someone who had actually run a home watch company.
Not relabeled field service software. Not adapted property management tools. A platform designed from scratch around the workflows, challenges, and client expectations specific to the home watch industry.
The Philosophy
"Best of breed" — the belief that the right tool for each job should be purpose-built for that job, not adapted from something generic. Home Watch IT integrates deeply with accounting platforms, reporting tools, and CRM infrastructure rather than trying to replace them with weaker versions.
The platform they wished had existed when they were operators. Every feature has roots in a real problem from the field.
The Result
A platform now used by home watch companies on 4 continents — from new operators just getting started to established businesses managing hundreds of properties.
Technology Partners
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