HGTV shows are not immune to a bit of fakery, with House Hunters often cited as a big offender. But for shows like The Flip Off, a lot of what’s really going on with renovations is happening. We often see Tarek and Heather arguing over style and how much money to spend on the design -- a messy way of working Heather calls "beautiful chaos" -- but despite a few snafus that do crop up on television, the whole thing feels fairly breezy to the audience, leading to eventual profit.
According to Tarek, that’s not really the full story. In fact, what we don’t see is a lot of grind. He said recently on his Instagram account that the environment is “high pressure” before it’s edited into a half-hour or hourlong format, writing:
