7 years after their divorce, who’s winning the real estate game —Tarek El Moussa or Christina Haack?

After a messy split and highly publicized divorce in 2018, Tarek El Moussa and Christina Haack are proving that the end of a marriage doesn’t always mean the end of a real estate empire — it just might mean a split into two. But now that both have moved on from each other, the million-dollar question is: Who has the upper hand in their real estate game post-divorce?

On the Easter Monday episode of the Trading Secrets podcast, El Moussa, 43, flipped the script on what it means to stay hungry in the real estate world. The former Flip or Flop star bragged about pulling in an eye-watering average of $675,000 a month from wholesale and flip deals. With 15 transactions a month and a profit of $45K per property, El Moussa’s undeniably doing so well since divorcing Haack.

“We got lean — we’re better, we’re faster, we’re smarter than we’ve ever been,” Tarek shared, crediting his four-person sales team for doubling revenue year-over-year. And he’s not just sticking to his California turf. El Moussa said he’s banking big on Northwest Arkansas due to Walmart’s corporate expansion in the area. “It reminded me of what Orange County felt like 20 years ago — before it became the powerhouse it is today,” he added.

After Flip or Flop ended in 2022, El Moussa, who has taken full responsibility for his divorce from Haack, went on to focus on his own solo HGTV show, Flipping 101, which premiered its third season in early April. The series is not his bread and butter, given his growing real estate empire outside of the small screen, but it’s contributed to his estimated $15 million net worth.

How does Christina Haack’s empire fare with her ex-husband’s?

Haack, 41, has been married twice since divorcing El Moussa, but both also ended in divorce. She was Mrs. Ant Anstead from 2018 to 2021, and then Mrs. Josh Hall from 2022 to 2024. In January 2025, months after divorcing Hall, she changed her surname from Hall back to Haack. She has since moved on to dating a man named Christopher Larocca, and the two are still happily together.

Despite her tumultuous love life, Haack has built her own booming brand beyond her Flip or Flop beginnings in design TV. Unlike El Moussa, she got two solo HGTV shows: Christina on the Coast and Christina in the Country. Haack has also authored a bestselling nutrition book, and she’s built a chic furniture line (Christina @ HOME).

With her polished, personal, and oh-so-profitable empire, Haack’s also doing well since divorcing El Moussa. Parade Home & Garden pegs her monthly earnings at over $175,000, and she is said to be generating around $2 million yearly. Her real estate prowess outside of her shows has also translated to financial gains. For example, she sold her Newport Beach home for $5.4 million in 2021 after purchasing the property for $4.1 million. Based on the latest available data, Haack’s net worth sits at $25 million.

So, who’s winning the real estate game post-divorce? El Moussa’s high-volume hustle rakes in massive monthly numbers, but Haack’s curated empire offers steady income and a wider brand appeal. Based on figures alone, Haack obviously has the upper hand.