We spent a lot of money, we did a lot of high designs.
And that house was literally bending in half.
Did you just freak out when you found out how much of a disaster it was?
Like, “What did I get myself into?”
It’s a real fun season, like a real fun one.
Would you say that’s pretty accurate?
What’s your relationship like professionally with her now?
We do a job.
We do it well.
We create great content on camera.
We create a fun show for the fans and viewers and it’s our life.
We’ve been doing it so long that we enjoy it.
It’s been very, very interesting.
I never thought I’d be on TV.
I never thought I’d film TV shows.
Yeah, I mean, we’ve been on TV so long.
There’s been one cancer.
Then there was a second cancer.
There were back surgeries.
There were children, and the show goes on.
It’s such an intimate documentation of your lives, really, just evolving in real time.
That must be really interesting.
I mean, one day I’m going to be an old man.
What would you say is your signature spin?
Would you say that you kind of balance each other out that way?
I mean, we definitely balance each other out.
I’m mostly focused on the numbers and making a profit.
I’m not a designer, I’m an investor.
So for me, it’s all about making money and also making great houses.
I feel like every house should have at least one thing that separates it from the competition.
Is that something that’s kind of ever-evolving or do you think you’ve hit the sweet spot?
I have everything running like a machine right now.
We’re acquiring properties.
We’re fixing them up, we’re flipping them.
Everything’s good right now.
I mean, there’s a lot of stuff that doesn’t make it.
It would be a five-hour episode.
Marketing for the house.
You’ve been in the business for so long; what do you see behind the scenes?
Two mistakes, and there are only two mistakes that are really going to get you in big trouble.
The first mistake is they don’t get educated.
Just because a house is junky doesn’t make it a good deal.
Once you figure that out, it’s possible for you to work the numbers backwards.
What does the future of Flip or Flop look like, according to Tarek El Moussa?
Do you have any kind of idea of what that’s going to look like?
If not, it might be something else.
I’m still looking to continue “Flipping 101.”
I’m still going to continue pitching and filming new TV shows.
And on top of all the TV stuff, just building my brands and my companies and enjoying life.
I mean, it’s two completely different careers.
I’ve always been a real estate guy.
I’ve always been an entrepreneur.
I’ve always been an investor.
But I was never a TV guy.
That was new to me 10 years ago.
Somehow I turned into a TV host.
So today, I’m an entrepreneur, real estate investor, and a TV host.
Did you ever predict it?
There’s one thing I know about life.
That’s crazy to see how life changes.
Heather’s the best.
She’s my best friend in the world.
That really shows, I think, in the more recent episodes.
Your dynamic with Christina and your dynamic on-camera has been such a point of fascination for so many viewers.
But we’ve seen such a growth on so many different [levels].
I think, as you said, when personal lives are happy, it shows on camera.
It always shows through and not even just [on] camera; it’s life.
If you’re happy, the world knows it.
I’ll share one.
I’m getting married to Heather Rae Young.
I can’t give it away.
I just can’t do it.
If I do, I’m going to end up with no wedding.
She would not be pleased.
I know that being good co-parents has been really important to the three of you.
I mean, the kids are everything and we focus on the kids.
We double-check they’re the top priority.
Heather just stepped up out of the blue.
Two years ago she became bonus mom.
She’s turning into stepmom.
The kids adore her.
She takes care of them like they’re her own.
I just couldn’t be happier.
I mean, as a father, I just found the perfect person for our family.
I’m very fortunate.
That’s such a huge component of doing this and doing it well.
My kids are my everything.
I would never do anything to hurt my children.
It doesn’t matter how hard it is.
It doesn’t matter how much it hurts me.
I will never hurt my babies.
We’ve sadly seen Christina’s split again, in amongst all of this.
No, I have not.
She just went through a divorce.
Like I said, Christina and I, we worked together.
Outside of work, we don’t really hang out.
We don’t talk, other than [to] communicate about the kids.
I would imagine it keeps your professional lives more simple in that way.
My favorite part about being on TV.
It’s easier to get dinner reservations.
It gives me a platform to inspire as many people as humanly possible.
That meant a lot.
I feel like it’s given me a platform to really help people, to be honest with you.
“Flip or Flop” premieres new episodes on Thursday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HGTV and on Discovery+.
