The hit HGTV show "My Lottery Dream House" features a couple searching for a Brevard County home. Watch the episode Feb. 21.

David Bromstad's classmates and even his principal made his teen years traumatic, but the HGTV star's difficult past has inspired him to make a difference.

It is no secret that many HGTV stars are friends off screen, and we are not simply talking about the people who walk onto set as friends (or lovers, siblings, parent and kid, and so forth).

An avid gambler who won $500,000 on the Illinois lottery and is ready to hunt for a townhouse with David Bromstad. She wants a fixer-upper so she can put her own stamp on the home, but David may ...