Tarek El Moussa, an American real estate investor, rose to prominence after participating in the show Flip or Flop with his now-ex-wife Christina El Moussa, in which the couple buys homes and flips them for profit. Since its debut on HGTV in 2013, the show has aired eight seasons and is currently in its ninth. Tarek and Christine operated The El Moussa Group while they were married, which dissolved following their divorce and is currently run alone by Tarek under the moniker Tarek and Associates.

It has a Moroccan origin.

Tarek El Moussa was born in Long Beach, California, on August 21, 1981. He is of Afro-American heritage and maintains an American nationality. Tarek was born in California to a Moroccan father and reared there.

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Tarek El Moussa is a gifted individual who obtained his real estate license when he was 21 years old. He worked as a real estate agent prior to the 2008 stock market meltdown, which caused the housing market to implode. He and his wife then started flipping houses, especially in Orange County, California.

They taped an audition tape in 2011 in which they flipped a house from start to finish. HGTV received the audition footage. The couple was approached by representatives from HGTV, who expressed an interest in speaking with them. In 2012, HGTV agreed to give the couple a weekly show to showcase their efforts.

The duo is the hosts of Flip and Flop, a show about buying troubled properties, remodeling them, and then reselling them for a much higher profit. The first episode aired on April 16, 2013, and the show has now completed its eighth season; the ninth season has been delayed due to the pandemic.

Tarek began hosting additional HGTV shows, such as Carol Duvall’s.

The real estate investor-turned-TV personality established a real estate brokerage called ‘The El Moussa Group’ in Orange County, California, with his now-former wife Christina. The neighborhood has one of the country’s highest foreclosure rates. They made their first profit by purchasing a $115K investment house in Santa Ana and selling it for $34K.

After the El Moussa couple divorced and Trak solo controls Tarek and Associates, Tarek El Moussa, Christina Haack, and their business partner, Pete De Best, shared the money and continued to flip houses.

Salary And Net Worth

Tarek El Moussa has a net worth of $10 million as of December 2021, according to Celebrity Net Worth. When compared to last year’s wealth of $6 million, this is a significant increase. According to sources, Tarek and his then-wife Christina were worth $4 million when they were married in the early 2010s.

Despite their tenacity in house marketing, the El Moussas ran into financial difficulties during the 2008 stock market meltdown, which drove them down from a $6000 per month rented luxury mansion to a $700 per month residence.

They first appeared on HGTV’s Flip or Flip in 2013. The show paid them $10,000 per episode, for a total of $130,000 per season, and by Season 3 (in 2014), they were earning $40,000 per episode, for a total of about $600,000.

Tarek relaunched his realtor business Tarek & Associates after purchasing a 300-square-foot home for $2.28 million, according to Realtor.com, where he continues to buy and flip homes. He also owns a luxurious private yacht. El Moussa also has a number of high-end vehicles, including:

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Moussa relocated to Costa Mesa after his divorce, where he stayed for more than three years before meeting his now-girlfriend Heather Rae Young. The couple has rented their beach house since 2021 and wants to live there until they find their dream home.

El Moussa explained, “This is our in-between house until we build or discover the ultimate property.” “But, you know, this is a killer house.” It’s nicer than the house we were in before; it’s directly on the sea and has a hotel feel to it.”

My wife, kids, and divorce are all part of my personal life.

In 2009, he married Christina El Moussa, his HGTV show Flip or Flip co-star, and they had two children: Taylor El Moussa and Brayden El Moussa.

Taylor El Moussa, their first child, was born on December 22, 2010, and Brayden El Moussa was born in 2015.

Tarek El Moussa and Christina started having problems in mid-2016, after being together for over a decade. After a heated fight, Christina contacted the police to their South Carolina home in May 2016, and Tarek escaped with his revolver. The couple announced their breakup a few weeks later.

Tarek filed for divorce from Christina El Moussa in December 2016. Christina filed for divorce six months later, in January 2017. Despite their breakup, the former couple agreed to collaborate on performance and even attended a Red Carpet event in May 2017.

Their divorce was formalized a year later, in January 2018. They agreed to work together even after their divorce and stated that they could not discontinue their business relationships.

Tarek El Moussa was also rumored to be dating Alyssa Logan, his children’s nanny. In an interview, he rejected the rumor.

In July 2019, he met Selling Sunset star Heather Rae in Newport Beach, California, thanks to some mutual acquaintances. They began dating right away, as the enamored pair would say—it was love at first sight. When they were caught kissing on a yacht in Newport Beach, California, their romance was verified. Tarek acknowledged his romance on Instagram as well.

“It’s finally official!!!! I’m very PROUD to say that this lovely, sweet, and talented young lady is my girlfriend after more than three years on my own!

“I’ll be honest and admit that after the last three years, I never expected to meet someone amazing.” Then @heatherraeyoung walked into my life out of nowhere,” he continued. “She ‘did that thing to my gut’ the first time I saw her grin, and I knew I had to get to know her right immediately.”

Moussa proposed to Young on July 26, 2020, during a romantic weekend commemorating their one-year anniversary.

He was dressed in a tuxedo and got down on one knee, holding an eight-carat emerald-cut stone. The TV host later stated, “Heather, like the diamond, is flawless all the way around. This ring appealed to me since eight is a lucky number.”

In October 2020, his show aired the beautiful moment.

In the meantime, Christina began dating Gary Anderson for a few months before moving on to Nate Thompson. She parted up with Thompson after a few months and began dating Doug Spedding, but the relationship didn’t work out for her. She began dating Ant Anstead, an English TV broadcaster, in 2018.

Every day, the couple’s bond grew stronger, and when the year came to a close, Christina El Moussa stunned her followers by announcing her marriage to Anstead.

Cancer Detection And Treatment

Tarek El Moussa has battled cancer twice. A registered nurse, one of his viewers, detected a tumor on his neck in 2013. On June 12, a biopsy and ultrasound revealed that the mass was malignant and that it needed to be removed right away.

He was diagnosed with thyroid carcinoma at stage two. He underwent a four-hour surgery to remove his entire thyroid gland. Tarek later disclosed that his cancer had not gone beyond his neck and that he had been entirely cured.

He later stated in 2017 that he had been diagnosed with testicular cancer. He kept quiet about it since “testicular cancer is more of a personal matter” for him. He, on the other hand, was very forthright about his thyroid cancer, even documenting it on his show.

“A lot of individuals indicated they were tested because I shared my [thyroid cancer] story,” he explained at the time, explaining why he was also disclosing his testicular cancer. “I felt it was the right time to speak forward since it could save some lives.”