Brian Kleinschmidt had tried his hand at a few different ventures before gaining fame (and likely an increased net worth) from HGTV's television series "100 Day Dream Home." After graduating from the University of Florida Central in 2004, he first appeared on television screens in Season 15 of "The Amazing Race." He might also be familiar to TV viewers from his "Shark Tank" appearance in 2015, when he pitched a potty training device that ultimately didn't get picked up by the sharks. Seven years before that, though, the self-proclaimed "dad-trepreneuer" attempted to make a living by flipping homes. He purchased homes in desperate need of some TLC and renovated them for profit. But during the recession, Brian's business took a drastic turn for the worst.

He told UFC Alumni, "I lost nearly every penny I had flipping homes in Nashville back in 2008 when the housing market crashed, so I'm most excited about getting my redemption in the real estate world and rewriting that negative chapter of my life into a positive one." Of course, the redemption he refers to is "100 Day Dream Home," the HGTV series where he and his wife, Mika, churn out almost two dozen homes annually.