How Tarek El Moussa Went From Realtor To TV Star

When Tarek El Moussa met Christina Haack in 2005, he had no idea what was in store for him. At the time, Haack was 22, and El Moussa was 24. They were working in the same realty office in California and were determined to keep things professional, per Good Housekeeping. Besides, Haack had just broken up with a boyfriend at the time, and El Moussa was seeing someone. There was no denying that a spark was there, though. When El Moussa split with his girlfriend a little over a year later, they finally went on their first date. "The day Tarek and I officially started dating, which was October 9, 2006, we moved in together," Haack joked.

From there, El Moussa and Haack were on top of the world. They got married, had a baby, and lived comfortably in El Moussa's house. But that's when the bubble popped. According to Realtor.com, El Moussa and Haack had to seriously tighten their purse strings after the housing market collapsed in 2008. The couple unloaded their palatial home, which came with a monthly $6,000 mortgage, and ended up splitting a $1,700-a-month rented apartment with a roommate. You know how that story ends, though: El Moussa and Haack began flipping houses, got in touch with HGTV, and have been back in the lap of luxury ever since.

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