Mactar Mbaye loves real estate. He lives in Montreal, and he is working at his dream job — as one of the hosts of HGTV Canada's Hoarder House Flippers, along with his three brothers. While Mactar’s journey from real estate nerd to broadcast television was built on the chaotic spectacle of hoarding — messes he could sort, stack, and clear away — another, far more complicated moment in his life proved harder to tidy up.

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This episode was hosted and reported by executive producer, Myra Flynn and mixed by Sarah Baik. Our video director is Mike Dunn and Emmanuel Dzotsi is our editor. Myra composed the theme music with other music by Blue Dot Sessions. Kyle Ambusk is the graphic artist behind this episode’s Homegoings portrait.

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