Deal Junkies - A Real Estate Podcast

Episode 190: A Deal That Didn’t Make the Cut

🎙️ Welcome to the Deal Junkies Podcast – the ultimate resource for real estate investors. Hosted by four experienced investors who’ve closed over $500 million in transactions, this podcast is packed with strategies and stories to help listeners build wealth and scale their portfolios.
Our main goal with this podcast is simple, turn you into a Deal Junkie, too.If you’re ready to invest alongside our team or want to learn how we build and scale deals, click here: https://stackassetgroup.com/contact
In this episode, the Junkies break down a real deal that looked solid on paper but ultimately got passed on because of one critical factor, location. We talk through why numbers alone don’t make a deal, how demand and livability matter more than spreadsheets, and why some markets are worth walking away from no matter how good the projections look.
The conversation also dives into what an ideal acquisitions system should look like, how to filter deals early, where operators get stuck chasing the wrong opportunities, and how discipline protects you from bad long-term decisions.

Episode 189: Things Are Looking Up

🎙️ Welcome to the Deal Junkies Podcast – the ultimate resource for real estate investors. Hosted by four experienced investors who’ve closed over $500 million in transactions, this podcast is packed with strategies and stories to help listeners build wealth and scale their portfolios.
Our main goal with this podcast is simple, turn you into a Deal Junkie, too.If you’re ready to invest alongside our team or want to learn how we build and scale deals, click here: https://stackassetgroup.com/contact
In this episode, the Junkies talk about why things are starting to look up, both locally and across Oregon. We dig into why Salem continues to stand out as one of the safest places to live, how that stability impacts real estate demand, and what we are seeing on the ground in the Oregon market right now.
If you want perspective on where Oregon stands today and why Salem continues to be a strong place to invest and live, this episode is worth your time.

Episode 188: Acquisitions and Deals with Ryan Brush

🎙️ Welcome to the Deal Junkies Podcast – the ultimate resource for real estate investors. Hosted by four experienced investors who’ve closed over $500 million in transactions, this podcast is packed with strategies and stories to help listeners build wealth and scale their portfolios.
Our main goal with this podcast is simple, turn you into a Deal Junkie, too.If you’re ready to invest alongside our team or want to learn how we build and scale deals, click here: https://stackassetgroup.com/contact
In this episode, the Junkies sit down with Ryan Brush for a deep dive into acquisitions and real deals. We walk through how deals are sourced, underwritten, negotiated, and ultimately approved, using real examples from the pipeline to explain what makes a deal worth pursuing.
Ryan breaks down how he evaluates opportunities, where deals fall apart, how pricing gets adjusted, and what separates deals that close from those that don’t. This episode connects acquisition strategy directly to real-world deal execution.

Episode 187: Live from Palm Springs with Ryan Brush

🎙️ Welcome to the Deal Junkies Podcast – the ultimate resource for real estate investors. Hosted by four experienced investors who’ve closed over $500 million in transactions, this podcast is packed with strategies and stories to help listeners build wealth and scale their portfolios.
Our main goal with this podcast is simple, turn you into a Deal Junkie, too.If you’re ready to invest alongside our team or want to learn how we build and scale deals, click here: https://stackassetgroup.com/contact
In this episode, the Junkies are live from Palm Springs, recording podcasts, spending time together, and having a good time along the way. It’s the perfect setting to introduce Ryan Brush, Head of Acquisitions for Stack Asset Group.
Ryan shares his background, how he approaches acquisitions, what he looks for in deals, and what he brings to the team. We also talk about how trust, alignment, and real friendships play a role in building a high-functioning investment platform.

Episode 186: What We Learned from Ryan Gibson

🎙️ Welcome to the Deal Junkies Podcast – the ultimate resource for real estate investors. Hosted by four experienced investors who’ve closed over $500 million in transactions, this podcast is packed with strategies and stories to help listeners build wealth and scale their portfolios.
Our main goal with this podcast is simple, turn you into a Deal Junkie, too.If you’re ready to invest alongside our team or want to learn how we build and scale deals, click here: https://stackassetgroup.com/contact
In this episode, the Junkies break down the biggest takeaways from our conversation with Ryan Gibson and talk through how we’re actively applying those lessons inside our own businesses. From discipline and systems to capital strategy and decision-making, we unpack what actually matters when you’re trying to scale.
We also talk about why learning from people who are already doing what you want to do shortens the learning curve, helps you avoid costly mistakes, and forces you to think at a higher level.

Episode 185: A Flight Plan for Scaling Real Estate with Ryan Gibson

🎙️ Welcome to the Deal Junkies Podcast – the ultimate resource for real estate investors. Hosted by four experienced investors who’ve closed over $500 million in transactions, this podcast is packed with strategies and stories to help listeners build wealth and scale their portfolios.
Our main goal with this podcast is simple, turn you into a Deal Junkie, too.If you’re ready to invest alongside our team or want to learn how we build and scale deals, click here: https://stackassetgroup.com/contact
In this episode, we sit down with Ryan Gibson, President, Chief Investment Officer, and Co-Founder of Spartan Investment Group. Ryan shares how he transitioned from commercial airline pilot to full-time real estate operator, and how he’s helped organize over $450 million in private equity across Spartan’s projects. Spartan Investing: https://spartan-investors.com
We talk investor relations, capital raising, developing in challenging markets, and what it takes to build durable systems that scale. Ryan also breaks down how his background in aviation shaped his discipline, risk management, and decision-making as an investor. As host of the Passive Income Pilots Podcast, he brings a unique perspective on connecting individual investors to private placement opportunities across commercial real estate.
If you’re interested in capital strategy, leadership, and building real assets with institutional-level thinking, this episode delivers.

Episode 184: Merry Dealmas - A Holiday Deal Review with the Junkies

🎙️ Welcome to the Deal Junkies Podcast – the ultimate resource for real estate investors. Hosted by four experienced investors who’ve closed over $500 million in transactions, this podcast is packed with strategies and stories to help listeners build wealth and scale their portfolios.
Our main goal with this podcast is simple, turn you into a Deal Junkie, too.If you’re ready to invest alongside our team or want to learn how we build and scale deals, click here: https://stackassetgroup.com/contact
In this episode, the Junkies lean into the season and do what they do best, talk deals. We break down specific transactions from the year, what went right, what surprised us, and the lessons pulled from deals we closed, passed on, or are still working through.
It’s a holiday episode, but the focus stays on execution, structure, and decision-making. Real conversations about real deals, wrapped up with a little end-of-year perspective.
Merry Dealmas, and here’s to more deals ahead.

Episode 183: The Optics of Real Estate

🎙️ Welcome to the Deal Junkies Podcast – the ultimate resource for real estate investors. Hosted by four experienced investors who’ve closed over $500 million in transactions, this podcast is packed with strategies and stories to help listeners build wealth and scale their portfolios.
Our main goal with this podcast is simple, turn you into a Deal Junkie, too.If you’re ready to invest alongside our team or want to learn how we build and scale deals, click here: https://stackassetgroup.com/contact
In this episode, the Junkies unpack one of the most misunderstood parts of real estate, optics. From social media success stories to polished deal narratives, we talk about how things often look far better on the surface than they are behind the scenes.
We break down why you shouldn’t believe everything you see, how perception can distort decision-making, and why the real work, risk, and struggle rarely make it into the highlight reel. This conversation is about learning to read between the lines, ask better questions, and avoid chasing appearances instead of fundamentals.
If you want to think more clearly, invest more intelligently, and avoid getting caught up in the noise, this episode is for you.

Episode 182: The Construction Mastermind with Chad Montgomery & Marc Gallegos

🎙️ Welcome to the Deal Junkies Podcast – the ultimate resource for real estate investors. Hosted by four experienced investors who’ve closed over $500 million in transactions, this podcast is packed with strategies and stories to help listeners build wealth and scale their portfolios.
Our main goal with this podcast is simple, turn you into a Deal Junkie, too.If you’re ready to invest alongside our team or want to learn how we build and scale deals, click here: https://stackassetgroup.com/contact
In this episode, Gabe and Mike sit down with two of the heaviest hitters in Salem construction: Marc Gallegos, owner of Skyline Builders and Head of Operations and Construction at Stack Asset Group, and Chad Montgomery, owner of MCG (Montgomery Construction Group).
We talk about what it actually takes to operate at the top of the construction world, what their day-to-day looks like, how decisions get made on the ground, and how construction directly shapes real estate outcomes. From execution and timelines to risk, margins, and problem-solving, this conversation pulls back the curtain on how great builders think and operate.
If you want to understand how construction excellence translates into better real estate deals, this episode delivers.

Episode 181: The Japan Real Estate Mastermind (2 Hours of Pure Value)

🎙️ Welcome to the Deal Junkies Podcast – the ultimate resource for real estate investors. Hosted by four experienced investors who’ve closed over $500 million in transactions, this podcast is packed with strategies and stories to help listeners build wealth and scale their portfolios.
Our main goal with this podcast is simple, turn you into a Deal Junkie, too.If you’re ready to invest alongside our team or want to learn how we build and scale deals, click here: https://stackassetgroup.com/contact
Recorded live from Japan, the Junkies host a two-hour real estate mastermind with a powerful lineup of operators actively building across multiple strategies and markets.
Joining the conversation are Jan Wanot and Ludomir Wanot, real estate and mobile home park investors and founders of the WAREI Group, Dylan Miracle, a 25-year-old house flipper and wholesaler, and Erik Nielsen, returning guest and young investor scaling in real estate and mobile home parks.
This episode dives deep into deal structure, execution, decision-making, and the lessons learned from operating in real markets. The conversation is candid, detailed, and packed with insight you can apply immediately.
The Junkies believe this may be one of the most valuable episodes we’ve ever recorded. Block the time. Lock in. Listen and learn.