<P> In 2011, Tarek asked a friend to help him make an audition tape for HGTV . The friend filmed an entire episode of the process of house flipping from start to finish . The audition tape was sent to HGTV, and they were interested in talking to the couple . In 2012, HGTV signed the couple to a regular weekly program that shows the process of buying distressed property and renovating it . </P> <P> Christina's expertise is primarily in design, and she works with Tarek to find and renovate homes . She handles the designs of the new spaces and keeps everything on schedule . The show follows them as they buy homes, typically bank - owned, short sales or foreclosures, to renovate and resell . </P> <P> Tarek El Moussa grew up in Buena Park, California and Christina Meursinge Haack grew up in Anaheim Hills . Tarek, who earned his real estate license at age 21, met Christina while working in the real estate industry . The couple were selling real estate in the Southern California area when the housing market plummeted after the October 2008 stock market crash; they went from living in a $6,000 per month home to a $700 per month apartment . </P> <P> The couple married in 2009 and have two children, a girl named Taylor Reese and a boy named Brayden James . </P>

When was season 5 of flip or flop filmed