For this week’s MVP, we’re chatting with TV personality and real estate expert Drew Scott.
By Rosemary Counter
Drew Scott, the youngest brother of the famous Property Brothers twins, has been working since the age of seven, when the brothers went door-to-door selling homemade nylon hangers. Scott’s since pivoted, repeatedly, from sales to acting to basketball to real estate to television. When and why did he pack up and change careers? And does he finally feel like he’s arrived where he’s meant to be? In this week’s MVP column for The Get, Scott reveals what success means to him, admits to a single do-over-worthy regret and explains why you should seriously stop procrastinating and electrify your home already.
Was there a particular moment you remember looking around and thinking you’d made it?
It’s not like there was one dramatic “I made it!” moment with cinematic music and a fan blowing wind in my hair. It was more gradual, and honestly I still have mini-moments of gratitude all the time. But when Property Brothers was picked up, that felt like a turning point. And if you want a recent one—it’s always pretty cool to be the subject of an SNL skit.
Was there a time along the way that you almost gave up? What kept you going?
In 2006, I moved to Vancouver to chase acting seriously again. I took a bunch of classes and put myself out there, but by the end of the year I was saddled with debt. I realized this wasn’t making me happy or fulfilling me, so I decided to turn back to real estate.
What kept me going was the hardworking mindset my parents instilled in us from an early age. They supported our entrepreneurial spirit and out-of-the-box ideas. They also encouraged us to never give up, but to find creative solutions instead. That always stuck with me, even in the hard times.
If you could go back and do something over or do it differently, what would that be?
I’m not really a do-over person. I’ve always put 100% into everything, so even if I didn’t succeed at something by standard terms, I never regretted it because I know I gave it my all. Even being a dad a little later in life—as some might say—has given me a major advantage in perspective and confidence that I don’t think I would have had at a younger age.
One regret I do have is never playing a season of college basketball. However, that could have dramatically changed my life direction. I never live with past regrets; everything has played out as it should.
What does success mean to you? Has your definition of success changed along the way?
Success used to mean hitting certain milestones, like building an audience for Property Brothers or getting to be on the cover of magazines. Don’t get me wrong, those are all still great boxes to tick. But now I think success is more about legacy and creating a platform that helps promote my core values: family, sustainability and great storytelling. I also view success as being able to be present for my family.
You’ve been doing this a long time now. How do you stay passionate about work? What’s exciting you right now in your field?
Our goal is to design happy, healthy homes, and I’m most excited about the technology that’s making that possible for families. I’m an investor in Quilt, the world’s most efficient heat pump, and I’m pumped—pun intended—that it’s now available here in Canada. It’s got this beautiful aesthetic and is solving real problems in our homes around health, comfort and energy bills.
Quilt also has an intuitive app that makes it easy to use. It represents function, style, efficiency, and improvement, which is what every electric appliance should be working towards. As someone who’s super passionate about sustainability, people don’t realize how much they can save by electrifying their home.
Rosemary Counter is a Toronto-based writer and journalist whose reporting and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Guardian and others.
Read more from this issue of The Get:
- Why do used cars feel shockingly expensive?
- Why isn’t fast food cheap any more?
- 5 fees you’re unknowingly paying
- True or False: You must own your home to become financially secure
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