231. Tarek El Moussa: HGTV star breaks down the key numbers every flipper needs to know, how to spot a bad flip, negotiation tactics, and winning in 2025’s market
Trading Secrets
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5 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2025
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Tarek gained recognition in the reality TV space after hosting Flip or Flop with his ex-wife from 2013 to 2022. Since then, Tarek has expanded his real estate and reality TV portfolio to new heights. He is now the star of HGTV’s hit shows Flipping 101 and The Flipping El Moussas. In addition to successfully flipping close to 1,000+ properties and selling over a thousand homes, owning multiple apartment buildings and developing a self storage facility, Tarek is a successful entrepreneur, real estate expert and investor, and now author.
In this episode, Tarek shares his expert insights on breaking into the house flipping business—from how to get started with little to no capital, to what makes a fast cash sale happen. He breaks down exactly what to look for in a listing, walks through his step-by-step flipping process, and explains why flipping isn't as easy as it looks. You'll learn how to calculate your breakeven point, set profit goals, and protect yourself when working with agents. Tarek also covers his personal negotiation strategies, how to spot quality renovation work, and what to know when buying a flipped property. Plus, he offers advice for buying a home in 2025, talks about his new book Flip Your Life, and shares the value of building the life you want—through consistency and actively making connections.
Tarek reveals all this and so much more in another episode you can’t afford to miss!
Host: Jason Tartick
Co-Host: David Arduin
Audio: John Gurney
Guest: Tarek El Moussa
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of Trading Secrets. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm your host, Jason Tardick, and welcome to the premarket trading segment where I'm going to tell you a little bit about our guest today. |
| 0:20.7 | And then I'm also giving you an update in'm going to tell you a little bit about our guest today. |
| 0:25.3 | And then I'm also giving you an update in the market and tell you something going on in my personal life. |
| 0:30.7 | Well, just buckle up here. But before you do, please remember to give us five stars. We greatly appreciate it. |
| 0:37.7 | Also, if you have any questions about like what's happening in the economy or anything with your finances. I have a few things I'm working on right now, and I want to be able to give that information back to you. So go to Apple, give us five stars. And any question |
| 0:42.3 | you have, as it relates to personal finance or career navigation, please put that in the reviews. |
| 0:47.9 | And then also make sure you put your Instagram handle because I got some stuff to give away |
| 0:51.7 | as I'm going through a move. I'd rather give it to the |
| 0:54.3 | money mafia. Now, let's talk about today's guest, Tarek El Moussa. I mean, this guy is a TV personality, |
| 1:01.9 | real estate investor, well known for all of his shows on HGTV. He is the house flipping machine. |
| 1:09.2 | Now, he also gets a little bit in the weeds here, little spice. He is |
| 1:13.2 | best known for recently co-hosting HGTVs flip or flop with his ex-Christina hack, but they |
| 1:21.0 | actually just did a show together where he had his ex on, his new wife on, and there was another |
| 1:26.4 | gentleman there. We'll talk all about |
| 1:27.8 | that. But this episode, like, if you are curious about anything, real estate, how to flip a house, |
| 1:34.3 | when you look at an apartment or a home, the certain things you should be looking for, |
| 1:37.8 | where you're probably getting taken in negotiations, how to work with realtors, how to |
| 1:41.9 | identify where it's a good place to buy, a good time to buy. |
| 1:45.5 | I mean, literally everything. Like this episode is intense. As David says in the recap, probably |
| 1:51.6 | one of the most intense episodes and passion episodes we've ever had. And the information dropped |
| 1:57.3 | in this one hour, truly, truly could change your life. It is awesome. It's one of those |
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