The people behind it
We're Not an Agency.
We're Your
Growth Partner.
Here's who's actually behind ContractorScout — and why we built it this way.
Co-Founder
Letin Huynh
Letin grew up helping his dad build decks and fences, worked as a mechanic, and hated every minute of a 9-to-5. He tried dropshipping. He door-knocked for lawn care as a kid. He knew early on that working for someone else wasn't it. After partnering with another agency and learning the hard way what works and what doesn't, he went out on his own — moved to Thailand, met Eyden, and built ContractorScout from scratch. He runs the back end: the systems, the data, the ad strategy, the operations. Contractors don't see him much. They feel him in their results.
I was always a bit different. Not the kid who mapped out a career path or followed the plan. I paid attention when something actually mattered to me — and a classroom wasn't it. I always knew there was something bigger out there. Something where I could actually help people, not just clock in and clock out.
I grew up around construction. My dad and family were their own handymen — whenever there was a roofing issue or a home renovation, they handled it themselves. I was right there next to him, helping build decks, fences, whatever needed doing. It wasn't a business. It was just how we lived.
I tried a few things before this. Dropshipping. Lawn care — I was literally door-knocking as a kid, trying to get neighbors to pay me a couple hundred bucks to mow their grass. I knew what it felt like to hustle for work before I knew what the word meant.
Eventually I ended up in dead-end jobs. Fast food. Small 9-to-5s. I hated every second — not because the work was hard, but because I could feel myself going nowhere. Helping nobody. Wasting something.
Then a friend from high school and I watched a video together. One of those things that just cracks something open in your head. We decided to start an agency, focused on helping roofing companies grow. We got results. We learned a lot. But the partnership ran its course — different visions, different directions. No bad blood. Just time to move on.
I took everything I'd learned and went solo. Then I went to Thailand.
That's where I met Eyden — through a networking and mentorship group full of entrepreneurs doing real things. We clicked immediately. Same hunger. Different strengths. He loved the front end — talking to people, building relationships, helping contractors work through mindset and growth. I loved the back end — systems, psychology, understanding when someone is ready to buy and building the infrastructure to capture that moment.
We built ContractorScout around that split. He finds and partners with contractors. I make sure the results are there when he does.
Why contractors specifically? I grew up around the trades. I worked as a mechanic. I respect the physicality and the grit of people who build things with their hands. And I was tired of watching other agencies take their money and deliver nothing. Contractors kept getting burned — big promises, minimal effort, zero accountability.
I decided I was going to be the exception. Not by promising more. By building something that actually worked — and only getting paid when it did.
Co-Founder
Eyden Valerio
Eyden started in a welding shop, spent his teenage years helping his step-dad swing a sledgehammer through walls on remodels, and got obsessed with one question early on: how does the work actually get here? When his boss showed him the invoices — $20k, $50k, $200k — going to the middleman who controlled the pipeline, his brain rewired on the spot. He's been chasing that ever since. At ContractorScout he owns the front end: contractor relationships, partnerships, and making sure every client knows exactly what they're walking into.
ContractorScout didn't start in an office. It didn't start with investors. And it definitely didn't start with a course.
It started in a welding shop.
Fresh out of high school, I went straight into industrial welding. I liked building real things — steel frames, structures, stuff that lasts. Before that, as a teenager, I helped my step-dad with his contracting business. Drywall, cabinets, small remodels. We eventually took on a full home remodel together. I was 16, swinging a sledgehammer through walls, absolutely loving it.
That feeling never left me.
But as time went on, I got curious about something else. Not the tools. Not the craft. Something underneath all of it.
How are we actually getting this work?
One day I walked into my boss's office and asked him straight up. He looked at me, paused, and said — "Sit down."
Then he showed me the invoices. Purchase orders. Labor costs. And right there were checks written to the middleman. Not small ones. $20,000. $50,000. $200,000+.
I never looked at a job site the same way again.
I realized the work didn't just appear. Someone controlled the flow. Someone delivered consistently. And that person wasn't the one with the tools.
I wanted to be that person.
I started studying industries. Welding had heavy licensing, government contracts, red tape. Then I looked at general contracting and roofing — and it felt like striking gold. I went back to my step-dad, handed him a plan, and he gave me $500. "See what you can do."
I ran ads. Burned money. Got bad results — people out of area, no-shows, tire-kickers. Felt a lot like Angie's List, honestly.
But then we landed a real project. He gave me another $1,000 to reinvest — and suddenly we had consistent appointments with homeowners who were actually ready.
That's when I knew this wasn't luck.
I borrowed money. Invested everything. Joined a mentorship. And that's where I met Letin — a guy who understood the back end of this better than anyone I'd seen. We eventually met in person in Thailand, moved in together, and went all in.
Two years of testing, breaking, rebuilding, and refining one thing: how to consistently bring qualified homeowners to contractors — without chaos.
Today our clients generate millions using the same system. And I finally became the middleman I once saw on those invoices — not a guru, not a reseller, just someone who figured out how to control demand for people who build America.
Behind the scenes
We actually show up.
We actually showed up to Ty's job site and took pictures for him.
Why we exist
Our mission.
We exist because contractors deserve a growth partner that only wins when they win.
In a world full of distrust — where contractors have been burned by agencies, lead vendors, and empty promises — we want to show you who we are and how we can actually help. Not through a pitch. Through results.
Everyone offers retainers. Everyone wants to take your money and deliver subpar results. We want to exceed that. We want to show you the years we've put in and only get compensated for the value we actually create. That's the only arrangement we're willing to operate under.
The proof
By the numbers.
The model
Why performance-based
and not a retainer.
Everyone offers retainers. Everyone wants to just take your money and deliver subpar results. That was never an option for us.
We wanted to show you our experience — and only get compensated for the years we put in when those years actually produce something for your business. That meant one structure: performance-based. Pay-per-close. We earn when you earn.
This model forces us to be selective. We can't afford to take on a contractor who isn't ready to close jobs, doesn't have the capacity to service demand, or isn't willing to trust the process. We turn away more people than we accept — not because we don't want the revenue, but because we've learned that the wrong partner is a loss for everyone.
The model also forces us to care about things most agencies never think about: homeowner education, close rate, proposal follow-up, appointment quality. Because every one of those things affects whether we get paid. Our incentives are permanently aligned with yours.
From the partners
What our partners say.
"Working with Contractor Scout has been a great experience. Their communication is always 100%, and since partnering with them, we've been getting more legit, high-quality jobs. They take care of literally everything — we just sit back and watch our calendar fill up with appointments. Highly recommend!"
"Tried several agencies and lead companies over the span of 5 years — could never find what worked for us until we met Letin & Eyden. We were skeptical at first, then decided to take a chance — and we could not be happier with the service and results."
"They are real. I work with them and they help a lot. I say work with them 110%."
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Work with people who
only win when you win.
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