HGTV 明星 Tarek 和 Heather Rae El Moussa 拋硬幣決定是否買房

HGTV 明星塔里克·艾爾·穆薩(Tarek El Moussa) 和妻子希瑟·雷·艾爾·穆薩(Heather Rae El Moussa) 多年來一直一起炒房，但他們的工作關係在他們的熱門在節目的最新一集中遇到了非常不穩定的情況

HGTV stars Tarek El Moussa and wife Heather Rae El Moussa have a very unique way of deciding whether or not to purchase a property — and it involves a coin.

HGTV 明星 Tarek El Moussa 和妻子 Heather Rae El Moussa 有一種非常獨特的方式來決定是否購買房產 - 這涉及到一枚硬幣。

The couple, who host the hit show “The Flipping El Moussas,” had a falling out over a house purchase in the latest episode of the series, which aired on Thursday, March 2.

這對夫婦是熱門節目《The Flipping El Moussas》的主持人，他們在該系列節目的最新一集中因購買房屋而發生爭吵，該節目於 3 月 2 日星期四播出。

The drama began to unfold when Tarek, 43, tours a home in Orange, CA, with his friend and colleague Adam Lindholm, who is president of his real estate investment firm, TEM Capital. The duo cannot agree on whether the $710,000 property would be a good investment, even after a lengthy conversation about the price and the potential to extend the abode with a 400-square-foot bonus room.

當43 歲的塔里克(Tarek) 與他的朋友兼同事、房地產投資公司TEM Capital 的總裁亞當·林德霍姆(Adam Lindholm) 一起參觀加利福尼亞州奧蘭治的一處住宅時，戲劇性的故事開始上演。即使在就價格和擴建住宅、增加一間 400 平方英尺獎勵房間的可能性進行了長時間的交談之後，兩人仍無法就這處價值 71 萬美元的房產是否是一項好的投資達成一致。

So, Tarek takes the rather risky step of using a coin flip to make the decision for him, telling Lindholm that if it lands on heads, he’ll buy the home for the full asking price.

因此，塔里克採取了相當冒險的一步，用拋硬幣的方式為他做出決定，他告訴林霍爾姆，如果硬幣正面朝上，他將以全額要價買下這套房子。

Lo and behold, the coin lands on heads, and true to his words, Tarek makes an offer on the home, before heading off to tell his wife.

你瞧，硬幣落在了正面，塔里克信守諾言，對這棟房子提出了報價，然後才去告訴他的妻子。

“Well, lovey, I think we bought a house,” he tells her—leaving Heather, 37, flabbergasted.

「好吧，親愛的，我想我們買了一棟房子，」他告訴她，這讓 37 歲的希瑟大吃一驚。

“What do you mean?” she asks in disbelief. “You better not have.”

“你是什麼意思？”她難以置信地問。 “你最好不要。”

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Tarek seems taken aback by his wife’s less-than-positive reaction and continues to explain himself, telling her that he bought “the one I just looked at with Adam in Orange.”

塔里克似乎對妻子不太積極的反應感到驚訝，並繼續解釋自己，告訴她他買了「我剛剛和亞當穿著橙色衣服一起看的那個」。

The confirmation of the home’s location does little to calm Heather’s temper, and she proceeds to grill him, questioning why he thought it was OK to purchase a property without “calling or talking” to her first.

房屋位置的確認並沒有讓希瑟的脾氣平靜下來，她繼續盤問他，質問他為什麼認為可以在不先「打電話或交談」的情況下購買房產。

“We were under the gun,” Tarek explains, attempting to defend himself. However, his bravado begins to falter when he then admits, “I’m iffy on the house.”

「我們正處於槍口之下，」塔里克解釋道，試圖為自己辯護。然而，當他承認「我對房子不太確定」時，他的虛張聲勢開始動搖。

Understandably, Heather wonders why he even put in an offer if he wasn’t sure of the home’s potential: “Wait, then why did we buy it?”

可以理解的是，希瑟想知道如果他不確定房子的潛力，為什麼他還要提出報價：“等等，那我們為什麼要買它？”

At this point, Tarek is backed into a corner and is forced to detail the unusual method he used to decide on the purchase.

此時，塔里克被逼到了牆角，被迫詳細說明他決定購買時所採用的不尋常方法。

“Adam felt more confident and we flipped a coin and…” Tarek tells his stunned wife, his voice trailing off.

「亞當感覺更有自信了，我們擲硬幣然後…」塔里克告訴他震驚的妻子，他的聲音逐漸減弱。

As Tarek chuckles nervously, Heather’s jaw drops in shock.

塔里克緊張地笑起來，希瑟震驚得下巴都掉了下來。

“You didn’t think calling your wife might be a little bit better than flipping a coin?” she asks.

“你不認為打電話給你妻子可能比擲硬幣更好一點嗎？”她問。

Tarek tries to defend himself again, saying, “That’s how we always used to do it.”

塔里克再次試圖為自己辯護，他說：“我們過去總是這麼做的。”

His wife then points out that this kind of behavior may well have been the standard in his past but that it should remain of a time that was “pre-Heather.”

他的妻子隨後指出，這種行為很可能是他過去的標準行為，但它應該保留在「希瑟之前」的時代。

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Somehow, Heather manages to see the funny side of the coin, later joking to the cameras: “I flipped a coin to marry him, just kidding!”

不知何故，希瑟設法看到了硬幣有趣的一面，後來對著鏡頭開玩笑：“我拋硬幣嫁給了他，只是開玩笑！”

Tarek joins in, saying, “It was a double-sided coin with, like, both—both heads.”

塔里克也加入進來，說：“這是一枚雙面硬幣，有兩個——兩個頭像。”

“Yeah, he tricked me,” Heather jokes.

「是的，他欺騙了我，」希瑟開玩笑說。

Despite his wife’s horror over his decision-making technique, Tarek later doubles down on using a coin to determine if he should buy the house, insisting that renovating homes is always going to be a risky business—coin or no coin.

儘管塔里克的妻子對他的決策技巧感到恐懼，但塔里克後來還是加倍努力，用一枚硬幣來決定他是否應該買房子，並堅稱裝修房屋永遠是一件有風險的事情——無論有沒有硬幣。

“Flipping houses is a gamble. It’s not the best idea to buy a house, you know, based on flipping a coin, but the market we’re in is tough,” Tarek tells the cameras. “There is no inventory, right? There is a ton of competition. And this agent wants an answer today. So if we want to be in the game, like, we—we have to take some risks.”

「炒房是一場賭博。你知道，透過拋硬幣來買房子並不是最好的主意，但我們所處的市場很艱難。 「沒有庫存吧？有很多競爭。這位特工今天想要一個答案。因此，如果我們想參與其中，我們就必須冒一些風險。

But the good news is—they seem to have a sense of humor about the situation. Hours before the episode aired, Tarek and Heather posted a clip from the show on Instagram in which the two argue about the coin flip.

但好消息是——他們似乎對這種情況有幽默感。在劇集播出前幾個小時，塔里克和希瑟在 Instagram 上發布了一段節目片段，其中兩人就拋硬幣問題發生爭執。

In the caption, Tarek wrote: “What do you guys think is crazier? Buying a house without consulting the wife or leaving it up to a coin toss…”

塔里克在標題中寫道：「你們認為什麼更瘋狂？不跟妻子商量就買房子，或拋硬幣決定…”

Followers commented on the post, many playfully poking fun at Tarek.

追隨者對這篇文章發表了評論，許多人開玩笑地取笑塔里克。

“You got in trouble that day lol,” one noted, and another wrote, “You have been lucky this time… Not try again.”

“那天你遇到了麻煩，哈哈，”一個人寫道，另一個人寫道，“這次你很幸運……不要再試了。”

In the end, his gamble pays off.

最終，他的賭博得到了回報。

After buying the house for $710,000, putting $219,000 into the rehab, and paying $74,000 in carrying costs and selling costs, their break-even price is $1,003,000

以 710,000 美元購買房屋，投入 219,000 美元用於修復，並支付 74,000 美元的持有成本和銷售成本後，他們的盈虧平衡價格為 1,003,000 美元