Tristyn Kalama: Age, Husband, and the Real Story Behind Renovation Aloha

Tristyn Kalama co-hosts HGTV’s Renovation Aloha alongside her husband, Kamohai, flipping distressed homes across Oʻahu while weaving Native Hawaiian culture into every project. HGTV’s own bio confirms her birthday as May 17 but leaves out the year entirely, which is exactly why online guesses split almost evenly between 1988 and 1990. Before television, she was a licensed mental health counselor, and before that, she and Kamohai were nearly $80,000 in debt before a real estate seminar changed their direction completely. That last part is the story most coverage of her skips in favor of the polished HGTV version.

Tristyn Kalama Snapshot

Detail	Information
Full Name	Tristyn Kalama, née Haxton
Date of Birth	May 17 (birth year not disclosed by HGTV)
Birthplace	Kailua, Oʻahu, Hawaii
Parents	Michael Haxton (father) and Yvonne Haxton (mother)
Ethnicity	Native Hawaiian
Height	4 ft 11 in (150 cm), per HGTV
Spouse	Kamohai Kalama, married 2016
Children	Two: Yasiel (born December 16, 2016) and Vale (born around 2018)
Businesses	TK Property Solutions LLC; Deals & Aloha (podcast and investor meetup)
Show	Renovation Aloha (HGTV), since February 2024
Net Worth	Unconfirmed; estimates span roughly $1 million to $5 million

How Old Is Tristyn Kalama, Really?

Genuinely unclear, and it’s a gap by design, not by accident. HGTV’s official bio gives her birthday as May 17 and stops there. Biography sites have split almost evenly filling in the missing year: some confidently state 1988, putting her at 37 or 38 depending on when the page was written, others state 1990, putting her at 34 to 36. One of the earliest profiles ever published on her, before either guess had taken hold, was the most honest about it, simply saying she keeps the birth year private and might be in her 40s. That’s the accurate answer even now: unknown, not a specific number dressed up as fact.

Who Are Tristyn Kalama’s Parents?

Michael Haxton and Yvonne Haxton, according to her maiden name and family details that show up consistently enough across independent profiles to treat as reliable. “Haxton” is also her birth surname, before she married Kamohai and took the Kalama name professionally.

What Did Tristyn Kalama Do Before Real Estate?

She worked as a licensed mental health counselor and is connected to Kokua Support Services, a Hawaiian nonprofit in that same field. She holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Chaminade University of Honolulu, after graduating from Kalāheo High School.

What’s the Real Story Behind Tristyn and Kamohai’s Real Estate Business?

Not a smooth success story from the start. The couple was reportedly close to $80,000 in debt before attending a real estate seminar that reshaped their entire financial direction. From that point, they began flipping homes together in 2018, years before HGTV came calling, and by the time Renovation Aloha premiered on February 20, 2024, they’d renovated more than 70 homes across Oʻahu. That’s the part most polished HGTV-era coverage leaves out: the show came after years of real financial pressure, not instead of it.

Today the business operates as TK Property Solutions LLC, and the couple also runs Deals & Aloha, a real estate investor meetup and podcast focused on networking and education for other Hawaiian investors, a second business built directly on top of what they learned climbing out of debt themselves.

Who Is Tristyn Kalama’s Husband, Kamohai?

Detail	Information
Full Name	Kamohai Kalama
Date of Birth	September 20, 1981
Birthplace	Kaneohe, Hawaii
Education	Kamehameha Schools (1999); University of Hawaii at Manoa
Height	6 ft 2 in, per HGTV
Prior Career	Substance abuse counselor; co-owner, Aloha Beach Club clothing store
Role on Renovation Aloha	Property acquisitions and finance

Kamohai’s family has lived in the Kaneohe area for a reported 64 generations, a detail HGTV treats as central to the couple’s cultural-preservation approach on the show. He and Tristyn are reported to have met while he was receiving treatment at a facility where Tristyn’s mother served as executive director, connecting her counseling background directly to how the marriage itself began.

Have Tristyn and Kamohai Been on Other HGTV Shows?

Yes. Beyond Renovation Aloha, they competed together in Season 6 of HGTV’s Rock the Block, putting their renovation partnership up against other HGTV couples in a competitive format rather than their own show’s cooperative one.

Are Tristyn and Kamohai Married? Do They Have Kids?

Yes to both. They married in 2016 and celebrated their 10th anniversary in March 2026. Their daughter, Yasiel, was born December 16, 2016, and their son, Vale, was born around 2018, based on a public 8th-birthday tribute the couple posted in June 2026.

Is Renovation Aloha Still Airing New Episodes?

Yes, currently in its third season as of 2026, airing Tuesdays on HGTV.

What Is Tristyn Kalama’s Net Worth?

Unspecified enough across sources to be more useful as a range than a number. Estimates run from around $1 million on the low end to $5 million on the high end, with most landing somewhere between $1 million and $3 million once their rental portfolio, renovation business, and HGTV income are combined. No figure comes from Tristyn or Kamohai directly, so any specific dollar amount you see is someone’s projection, not a disclosed fact.

A Few Details Worth Treating Carefully

Some biography pages list her height as 5’5″ with brown hair and eyes, a description that directly contradicts HGTV’s own stated 4’11”. Given HGTV is her actual employer and the more direct source, that’s the figure worth trusting over a secondary site’s guess. Her personal Instagram, separate from the couple’s joint account, is reportedly @kalaleamakana, referenced in a birthday post from her husband.

Is There a Different Tristyn Kalama Who Is Male?

Yes, confusingly. Some search results surface an entirely unrelated biography describing a male influencer and model also named Tristyn Kalama, born in 1988, with no connection to Hawaii’s HGTV star beyond sharing a name. That profile doesn’t match any verified detail about the Renovation Aloha co-host.

The Real Tristyn Kalama

A Kailua-born counselor who climbed out of nearly $80,000 in debt with her husband before building a 70-plus-home renovation business, not a made-for-TV personality with a manufactured backstory. Her exact age remains genuinely unconfirmed, by her own choice, but her family background, her career path, and the real financial struggle behind her current success are more solidly documented than most HGTV personality profiles ever get.

HGTV’s own bio pages for Tristyn and Kamohai remain the most direct sources for anything career-related, and the couple posts jointly on Instagram at @kamohaiandtristyn.

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