Deal Junkies - A Real Estate Podcast

Episode 203: Joe Rinderknecht — From Ranching Roots to Multifamily Deals

🎙️ 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 Episode 203, the Junkies sit down with Joe Rinderknecht, founder of Cowboy Capital, a company focused on acquiring and operating value-add apartment communities across the western United States.
Joe grew up ranching in eastern Idaho, where hard work, reputation, and keeping your word were non-negotiable. After a life-changing tragedy in 2013, he made the decision to stop living for what others expected and start building the life he actually wanted. That decision ultimately led him into real estate.
Joe shares the story of how he went from driving a semi-truck, going to college, and raising a newborn at home to building a multifamily portfolio approaching $40 million in assets with over 1,000 units. Along the way he talks about starting a real estate club at Utah State, working for free to learn from mentors, and slowly stacking deals starting with a duplex house hack in 2016.
We also get into the real side of the business. Joe breaks down one of his toughest projects where a $1.5 million construction budget ballooned to $3 million while interest rates jumped from 5% to over 10%. Instead of walking away, he and his partners swung the hammer themselves and worked through three years of challenges to save the deal.
This episode covers relationships, persistence, and the reality that the real money in real estate is made through operations after the deal closes.

Episode 202: Scott Dalinger's Best and Worst Deals

🎙️ 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
Scott Dalinger is back.
In this episode, we get into the real stuff, his best deals and his worst ones. The wins that paid off and the mistakes that cost time, money, and energy.
We break down:
What made his best deals work
Where the numbers looked good but reality didn’t
The lessons that only come from experience
How those moments shaped the way he approaches sales and real estate today

Episode 201: Scott Dallinger — Live from Colombia, From Real Estate to Global Sales

🎙️ 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 Episode 201, we sit down with Mike’s longtime best friend, Scott Dallinger, real estate investor and founder of Coast 2 Coast House Buyers.
Scott now serves as dynaCERT Head of Sales, Latin America, where he leads high-level business development across international markets. His background in sales, real estate investing, and off-market deal sourcing gives him a unique perspective on building systems, driving growth, and creating opportunity.
In this episode, we talk about:
The discipline behind great sales organizations
What real prospecting looks like today
Lessons from building off-market deal flow
Why sales is the foundation of every real estate business
This one is about execution, relationships, and building machines that produce results.

Episode 200: 200 Episodes In & Real Portfolio-Level Deals with Jordan Tampien

🎙️ 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
Episode 200. A major milestone for the Deal Junkies.
To mark it, we brought back Jordan Tampien and went straight into the numbers. No fluff. Just deals.
In this episode, we break down:
• Specific transactions and how they were structured• What makes a deal worth pursuing at scale• Capital stack decisions and risk mitigation• Lessons learned from wins and near misses• How disciplined underwriting separates operators from spectators
This conversation is about real execution. The thinking behind the deals. The mistakes you avoid. The discipline required to scale beyond one good transaction into a true portfolio.
If you want to understand how experienced operators actually evaluate and close deals, this is one you don’t skip.
Episode 200 is a big one. Let’s get to work.

Episode 199: Jordan Tampien on Building His $300M+ Portfolio

🎙️ 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 serial entrepreneur Jordan Tampien from Spokane, Washington. With multiple businesses under his leadership and a combined portfolio value north of $300 million, Jordan shares what it really takes to build at scale.
We dive into:
• How he built and structured multiple businesses• The mindset required to scale beyond your local market• Risk management and decision-making at higher levels• Lessons learned from growth, setbacks, and major inflection points• What separates small operators from true portfolio builders
This conversation is about thinking bigger, operating with discipline, and building long-term enterprise value instead of chasing short-term wins.
If you’re serious about ownership, scale, and building something that lasts, this episode delivers both perspective and practical insight.

Episode 198: A Tribute to Paul Kerley

🎙️ 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
This episode is different. It’s not about a deal, a market update, or a strategy breakdown. It’s about honoring a man who shaped an entire real estate community.
Paul Kerley was a real estate entrepreneur, mentor, and pillar of the Salem market. As the owner and president of Commercial Property Resources, he built and managed more than 1,400 residential units across Oregon and Illinois and led a team of over 100 employees. Over decades, he steadily grew a portfolio that at one point represented more than $70 million in property, focusing primarily on B- and C-class assets that served middle- and working-class families.
Paul’s background was as strong as his reputation. With a degree in economics, a law degree from Willamette University, years as a practicing real estate attorney, and major brokerage transactions under his belt, including a $34 million shopping center sale, he combined intelligence, discipline, and long-term thinking in everything he did.
But beyond the numbers and accomplishments, Paul was a long-time friend and mentor to Gabe and a pivotal influence in the Salem real estate community. His leadership, wisdom, and character left a lasting mark on those who had the privilege of knowing him.

Episode 197: Bridger Pennington on Building Funds and Raising Capital

🎙️ 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
This episode features Bridger Pennington, an accomplished entrepreneur and investor who has built and scaled multiple investment platforms across real estate, crypto, and fund formation. Bridger is the co-founder of Fund Launch and Fund Launch Partners, has helped launch hundreds of investment funds, and has been directly involved in deploying and advising on billions of dollars of investor capital.
We talk through his entrepreneurial path, the businesses he built early, how his focus has evolved, and how he evaluates opportunities today across asset classes. Bridger shares lessons from operating at scale, building in fast-moving markets, and staying disciplined while navigating cycles.
He’s built real companies, operated in complex markets, and is for sure the smartest guy we have ever talked to. And now, he’s officially a Deal Junkie.

Episode 196: We Came for the Deals

🎙️ 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 get into deals as usual, but things take a turn when Mike delivers an unexpected sermon. We talk through real transactions, decision-making, and the lessons that come from being in the middle of deals, then zoom out into mindset, discipline, and what actually drives long-term success.
It’s part deal breakdown, part reflection, and very on brand for how these conversations go. If you like real estate talk mixed with perspective you didn’t know you needed, this one delivers.

Episode 195: Let’s Talk About Taxes

🎙️ 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
Nobody wants to talk about taxes, but every investor eventually has to. In this episode, the Junkies reluctantly dive into taxes, the parts that surprise people, the mistakes we’ve seen, and why ignoring them usually costs more than dealing with them head-on.
This is not tax advice and not a technical breakdown. It’s a real conversation about how taxes show up in deals, why they change how you think about growth, and why understanding them even a little makes you a better investor.
It’s not the most fun topic, but it’s one you can’t afford to skip.

Episode 194: Deal Junkies x Wealth Juice

🎙️ 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
This episode flips the mic. After joining The Wealth Juice Podcast, we bring Corey and Ryan onto the Deal Junkies to continue the conversation. The WealthJuice team is a Philly-based real estate investing company that has grown their portfolio to 95 doors while still working W-2 jobs, and they’re now focused on helping others buy their first or next real estate deal.
We talk about how they built while balancing careers, what actually moved the needle early on, and the similarities between how both teams think about investing, execution, and helping people take action. There’s a lot of alignment between the two groups, which made this conversation easy, honest, and fun.