In Flip Your Life, Tarek El Moussa breaks down 4 key areas he chooses to live by: evaluate, emulate, renovate, and duplicate. These rules are the rules he lives by and how he flips houses for a living.He shared his birth and how he was born frail and jaundice. He developed weird tics and the doctors believed that he has some kind of palsy. He was made fun of by others kids and even some adults. One coach would ask him in front of everyone if he would like a million dollars just so kids would laugh he had a weird tic. He struggled with ADHD. He was even slammed against the wall by one teacher because of hyperactivity. He explained how when he graduated from college he began to gain weight and he had always been an athlete. He felt his life was a disaster and he didn’t know the direction he wanted to go in life. He turned to alcohol and smoked. In the book, he shared how he was diagnosed with cancer. He had two different types thyroid and testicular cancer. He later experienced horrible back pain. He had his share of challenges he had to deal with. He also went through a divorce. He also explained how he flips a house. He first evaluates the property to determine it’s worth including it’s strengths and weaknesses. He next compares houses and he referred to it as comps. It’s an idea of what could be. Then finally renovates the property. This lead to a tv show, Flip or Flop on HGTV that details the entire process of renovating a home.


One of my favorite sections was about your healthy self and what all that looks like. These included you respect yourself, know who you are, okay with expressing emotions, and much more. He also looked at the unhealthy self and what all that entails. He also shared how readers can be persistent in their momentum and how critical it is to choose our crew carefully. He explained how his crew helped him through his experiences in life and how men especially struggle with connecting deeper with other men. We have to be willing to ask for help which most of have trouble with. He realized how the helped him to reach his career goals and to become a house flipper. He enclosed a helpful section on some characteristics to look for when building a team.

I would recommend this awesome book to anyone who is ready to flip their life around. I loved how he shared some behind the scenes of how he conducts and decides how to flip houses. I immensely loved the discussions on mindsets and what we believe about ourselves has a profound effect on whether we will succeed. He was very transparent in how went through a divorce and eventually got remarried. Along the way also experiencing health challenges that changed his life. The cancer being so back to back was shocking and readers will be able to see what he faced. This book will assist you in finding new opportunities and to flip your life.

I love Flip or Flop, and I adore Tarek! I was so excited to pick this up as soon as I saw it on NetGalley.

Overall, Flip Your Life delivered! It was exactly what I expected it to be. Tarek felt like a formal football player turned motivational speaker coaching me on how to “take massive action.” It was fun and easy to read, an equal mix of a self help/encouragement book and a manual on how to flip a house.

Readers who have enjoyed the television show, Flip or Flop like this book. After all the rumors and tabloid articles, it was interesting to read the real story. Tarak was brutally honest about his life struggles which will appeal to readers. Lots of worthwhile tips for others who may want to "redo" their lives.

I watched this show and loved the interaction between the (initially) married couple.

This book is not that - its kind of boring. Not sure this guy has enough "life" to write about it.

Tarek El Moussa narrates his well-written life story of dips and triumphs, valleys and hills, hitting rock bottom and finding the will to get back up.

Using real-estate terms about flipping lives as well as houses Tarek El Moussa delivers a dynamic story. I was engaged for page one.

Also, please do not skip the Appendix and author notes.

I think putting your best foot forward and always looking ahead not behind is such an important trait for any human being to have. Now, this is easier said than done, but something that we can all work on. Working and redefining ourselves is the epitome of being human. I think that sometimes we become so caught up on the hype and trying to please others before we please ourselves is so detrimental.

This author was able to bring out those lessons that we need to hear and learn in order to become our best selves!

I'd never heard of this guy but enjoy reading about real estate and fixing up homes. Tarek El Moussa was lively, likable, and intelligent and he brings the reader not only through building his successful house flipping company and subsequent television show, but gives tips on remodeling your life. Sometimes the analogies between house flipping and fixing your life were so forced they were a bit comical, but all in all, a fun self-help book.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book had a lot of great information. I enjoyed reading this since I am a huge fan of Flip or Flop.

Thank you NetGalley for the arc of this book.

Wealth of information. Very entertaining.
Thanks to author, publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book. While I got the book for free it had no bearing on the rating I gave it.

When I requested this book, I was thinking it would be more like Hard Pivot from Apolo Ohno but it wasn't. I don't know why but this felt more like bragging. In any case, the stories were entertaining enough although it was more like growing up as opposed to dramatic change. Many thanks for the opportunity to read the book.

Very predictable... another tale of working hard and getting lucky and shameless self promotion in the age of tv personalities and instagram. Someone who leads a charmed life now and wants to help others? and getting rich at it? Isn't this what Trump did and look where we are. As the author says, the books was as much for himself as who?