HGTV 明星 Tarek 和 Heather Rae El Moussa 抛硬币决定是否买房

HGTV 明星塔里克·艾尔·穆萨 (Tarek El Moussa) 和妻子希瑟·雷·艾尔·穆萨 (Heather Rae El Moussa) 多年来一直一起炒房，但他们的工作关系在他们的热门节目的最新一集中遇到了非常不稳定的情况

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 有一种非常独特的方式来决定是否购买房产 - 这涉及到一枚硬币。

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.

这对夫妇是热门节目《The Flipping El Moussas》的主持人，他们在该系列节目的最新一集中因购买房屋而发生争吵，该节目于 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.

当 43 岁的塔里克 (Tarek) 与他的朋友兼同事、房地产投资公司 TEM Capital 的总裁亚当·林德霍姆 (Adam Lindholm) 一起参观加利福尼亚州奥兰治的一处住宅时，戏剧性的故事开始上演。即使在就价格和扩建住宅、增加一间 400 平方英尺奖励房间的可能性进行了长时间的交谈之后，两人仍无法就这处价值 71 万美元的房产是否是一项好的投资达成一致。

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，塔里克采取了相当冒险的一步，用抛硬币的方式为他做出决定，他告诉林霍尔姆，如果硬币正面朝上，他将以全额要价买下这套房子。

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，硬币落在了正面，塔里克信守诺言，对这座房子提出了报价，然后才去告诉他的妻子。

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

“好吧，亲爱的，我想我们买了一栋房子，”他告诉她，这让 37 岁的希瑟大吃一惊。

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

“你是什么意思？”她难以置信地问道。 “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.”

塔里克似乎对妻子不太积极的反应感到惊讶，并继续解释自己，告诉她他买了“我刚刚和亚当穿着橙色衣服一起看的那个”。

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.

房屋位置的确认并没有让希瑟的脾气平静下来，她继续盘问他，质问他为什么认为可以在不先“打电话或交谈”的情况下购买房产。

“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.”

“我们正处于枪口之下，”塔里克解释道，试图为自己辩护。然而，当他承认“我对房子不太确定”时，他的虚张声势开始动摇。

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确定房子的潜力，为什么他还要提出报价：“等等，那我们为什么要买它？”

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

此时，塔里克被逼到了墙角，被迫详细说明他决定购买时所采用的不寻常方法。

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

“亚当感觉更自信了，我们掷硬币然后……”塔里克告诉他震惊的妻子，他的声音逐渐减弱。

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

塔里克紧张地笑起来，希瑟震惊得下巴都掉了下来。

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

“你不认为给你妻子打电话可能比掷硬币更好一点吗？”她问。

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

塔里克再次试图为自己辩护，他说：“我们过去总是这么做的。”

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.”

他的妻子随后指出，这种行为很可能是他过去的标准行为，但它应该保留在“希瑟之前”的时代。

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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，希瑟设法看到了硬币有趣的一面，后来对着镜头开玩笑：“我抛硬币嫁给了他，只是开玩笑！”

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

塔里克也加入进来，说道：“这是一枚双面硬币，有两个——两个头像。”

“Yeah, he tricked me,” Heather jokes.

“是的，他欺骗了我，”希瑟开玩笑说。

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.

尽管塔里克的妻子对他的决策技巧感到恐惧，但塔里克后来还是加倍努力，用一枚硬币来决定他是否应该买房子，并坚称装修房屋永远是一件有风险的事情——无论有没有硬币。

“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.”

“炒房是一场赌博。你知道，通过抛硬币来买房并不是最好的主意，但我们所处的市场很艰难。”塔里克对着摄像机说道。 “没有库存吧？有很多竞争。这位特工今天想要一个答案。因此，如果我们想参与其中，我们就必须冒一些风险。”

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——他们似乎对这种情况有幽默感。在剧集播出前几个小时，塔里克和希瑟在 Instagram 上发布了一段节目片段，其中两人就抛硬币问题发生争执。

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…”

塔里克在标题中写道：“你们认为什么更疯狂？不跟妻子商量就买房子，或者抛硬币决定……”

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

追随者对这篇文章发表了评论，许多人开玩笑地取笑塔里克。

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

“那天你遇到了麻烦，哈哈，”一个人写道，另一个人写道，“这次你很幸运……不要再试了。”

In the end, his gamble pays off.

最终，他的赌博得到了回报。

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 美元购买房屋，投入 219,000 美元用于修复，并支付 74,000 美元的持有成本和销售成本后，他们的盈亏平衡价格为 1,003,000 美元