Answer written by Urbo.com in March 21 2016It all started as an office romance.Tarek and Christina met at a real estate office. "We started our relationship working together," Christina said. Was it love at first sale? The couple got married in 2009 and have stayed together ever since.The couple is expecting a baby boy in August.Tarek and Christina currently have two children: a daughter, Taylor Rees (5), and a son Brayden James (8 months). The couple isn't finished. A baby boy is due in August.Success wasn't easy.We love watching the show, but it was an unexpected hit. Tarek never thought that he would be on TV. He calls the experience of seeing himself on TV "nerve racking." We can only imagine.HGTV initially had doubts about whether "Flip or Flop" would be a success.The network was unsure whether viewers would enjoy a show about flipping foreclosed and financially distressed homes. HGTV premiered "Flip or Flop" at 11 p.m., which is not exactly a prime time slot. Of course, whatever misgiving the network had proved to be unfounded.Tarek tried out for "Flip or Flop" on a lark.Tarek sent HGTV a demo tape that he made with a borrowed camera from his friend. Soon, he was signing a contract with Pie Town Productions to fix and flip 13 houses in 13 episodes. The rest is Cable Television history. Tarek and Christina had fallen on hard times before they became HGTV stars.The 2008 recession hit Tarek and Christina hard. The real estate market was in bad shape. Before their big break, the couple had traded their $6,000/month mortgage for a $700/month rental.Tarek didn't know he had thyroid cancer until a viewer spotted it and wrote to him.Ryan Read, a registered nurse, was watching a marathon day of season one earlier when she noticed a lump on Tarek's neck. Read sent an email to the production company advising Tarek to get it checked out. Tarek has since met Nurse Ryan, and thanked her profusely for spotting his condition and alerting him.Tarek and Christina make $10,000 per episode.In 2006 and 2007, Tarek and Christina "lost it all," said Tarek. Since their big break with "Flip or Flop" on HGTV, the family's fortunes have dramatically turned around. They own a beautiful home in Yorba Linda and make $10,000 per episode.The couple is back in the real estate agency game with The El Moussa Group.When Tarek and Christina aren't on television, they run their own real estate agency in Orange County, California. And they do much more than just house flipping. Their El Moussa Group will consult on remodeling homes that are not for sale as well.The couple runs a real-estate education seminar called Success Path.Want to get started in the real estate game like Tarek and Christina? They have a seminar for that. The training covers devloping a business concept, learning the secrets to finding deals in neighborhoods near you, and learning how to make deals without using any of your own money.Tarek and Christina have their very own home gym.It seems that this real estate power couple can't get enough of working out. They took out two bedrooms in their Yorba Linda home and added a home gym. As busy as they are, they have to get that NordicTrack time in whenever they can.They had their car stolen during a flip.The couple's escalade was stolen outside of a Long Beach, California house in 2013. Fortunately, the car was quickly recovered. The couple eventually sold the car to one of their employees.Tarek and Christina have branched-out to other HGTV shows.The El Moussas are a hot HGTV property. The couple has appeared as guest judges on Jonathan and Drew Scott's "Brother vs. Brother." What impromptu HGTV appearances are in store for them this year?