How did Tarek El Moussa get Flip or Flop on HGTV?
Answered independently in 2 episodes, by 2 different people. Every line below is verbatim from the transcript, timestamped to the moment it was said.
What the archive says
01You can sign the contract before you have the skills — Tarek learned to flip houses on camera while filming season one of Flip or Flop after committing to 13 houses in 10 months. source →
02Rejection isn't a stop sign: every investor Tarek pitched said no before he found one partner, and his first flip in Santa Ana was bought for $115,000 and netted about $34,000. source →
03Flip or Flop came from cold-emailing Hollywood and Los Angeles production companies with resumes and pictures after hearing at a Vegas convention that TV drives business; he sent a home video, shot a two-day sizzle, was rejected by every network, then got a call 10 months later. source →
What 2 people actually said
It's a good legacy to be living. And you know what, at least me, as we're concluding, talking with Tark El Moussa from Flip or Flop, Cyril entrepreneur, flipping 101.
I said I know I'm crazy but crazy works So I literally just jumped on my computer and I started googling like Hollywood production companies Los Angeles production companies and I just sent like resumes and pictures and and said hey I want to flip houses on TV So what happened was I wanted to be on TV and I had just bought my first flip So this is where the idea for flip or flop came from.