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He's a contractor, real estate investor and host of Vacation House Rules.
Scott McGillivray Bio
Scott McGillivray has been a top rated HGTV star in the US and Canada since 2008. He's best known as the star and award-winning Executive Producer of HGTV hit series’ Income Property, Buyers Bootcamp and, most recently, Vacation House Rules. He also hosts HGTV Canada's Moving the McGillivrays and Scott's Own Vacation House, as well as the podcast The Real Estate Rebel and the digital series Scott’s House Call — a Canadian Screen Award nominee. Scott is also CEO of McGillivray Group and McGillivray Entertainment, co-founder of real estate investing education company Keyspire and a real estate investor with properties across North America. He's a proud ambassador for Habitat for Humanity Canada and loves spending time with his wife and children in their Toronto, Ontario, and Fort Myers, Florida, homes.
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