Deal Junkies - A Real Estate Podcast

Episode 167: Jaryn, the Junkies & Economics

🎙️ Welcome to the Deal Junkies Podcast – the ultimate resource for real estate investors. Hosted by four experienced investors who have closed over $500 million in transactions, this podcast is packed with strategies and stories to help listeners build wealth and scale their portfolios.
In this episode, the Junkies bring back their youngest regular guest and favorite listener – Jaryn Montgomery of Montgomery Asset Group.
While economics might not be his idea of fun, Jaryn shows up ready to talk market conditions, macro trends, inflation, interest rates, and how it all affects real estate investors like him. At just 23, Jaryn has already built a strong portfolio and continues to grow as an investor and developer, but he is also learning the importance of keeping an eye on the bigger picture.
Tune in for a laid-back but insightful conversation about how market cycles shape strategy, the difference between noise and signal in economic data, and how younger investors can prepare for whatever comes next.
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Episode 166: The Young Gun Jaryn Montgomery

🎙️ 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.
The Junkies are joined by one of their favorite people — 23-year-old investor and developer Jaryn Montgomery of Montgomery Asset Group.
Jaryn may be young, but he’s already built a serious real estate portfolio and is quickly making a name for himself as a construction-savvy investor who knows how to get deals done. In this episode, the crew dives into Jaryn’s early success, what he’s learned from doing the hard work himself, and why he’s so driven to keep leveling up.
They also talk about Jaryn’s unique relationship with the Junkies, how he’s grown alongside the group, and why he’s basically the unofficial fifth host of the show — our #1 fan and one of the sharpest young investors around.
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To discuss investment opportunities with Stack, visit: stackassetgroup.com/contact
Join us for the monthly Salem Real Estate Meetup: facebook.com/share/g/23vybByjy6xhRVb9/
See upcoming events at Investor Lab: investorlab.com/events/
Need property management? Check out: smipropertyowners.com

Episode 165: Raising Monmouth Avenue Cottages with Kelsie LPJ

🎙️ 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.
We’re back with investor and developer Kelsie LPJ, who returns to unpack the full story behind MAC (Monmouth Avenue Cottages), her 15-unit cottage cluster development in Oregon.
Originally planned as a duplex and fourplex, this project evolved into a thoughtfully designed micro-community. In this episode, Kelsie breaks down the key elements of raising MAC:
How the original vision expanded into a full-scale development
The zoning, design, and permitting challenges she navigated
Her capital stack strategy and what it took to secure funding
Lessons learned from leading every part of the project as a woman developer in a male-dominated industry
This is the real, unfiltered play-by-play of what it takes to build something from the ground up, and the mindset you need to carry it through.
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To discuss investment opportunities with Stack, visit: stackassetgroup.com/contact
Join us for the monthly Salem Real Estate Meetup: facebook.com/share/g/23vybByjy6xhRVb9/
See upcoming events at Investor Lab: investorlab.com/events/
Need property management? Check out: smipropertyowners.com

Episode 164: The Development Grind with Kelsie LPJ

🎙️ 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 you build wealth and scale your portfolio.
In this episode, the Junkies sit down with Kelsie LPJ—a savvy real estate investor, developer, and entrepreneur who’s leading the charge on her first cottage cluster development project.
Kelsie opens up about the risks she’s taken, the deals she’s closed, and how she carved out space in an industry where women are often underestimated. As a wife, mother, and investor, her story is proof that you don’t have to compromise ambition to build something lasting.
🎧 Tune in now and learn what it really takes to build while balancing it all.
Subscribe for more episodes and take your investing to the next level!
To Buy Your First Deal with Trevor and the Vesta Team: https://vesta.vestasolutions.net/investors-page
To Discuss Deals and Investment Opportunities: https://www.stackassetgroup.com/contact
SRE Meetup: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/23vybByjy6xhRVb9/
Investor Lab Meetup: https://investorlab.com/events/

Episode 163: Deals with Jordan Brown

🎙️ 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 you build wealth and scale your portfolio.
Jordan Brown is back in the studio for part two—and this time it’s all deals.
In this follow-up episode, Jordan sits down with the Junkies to break down how he’s structuring recent acquisitions, how he evaluates opportunities in self-storage and beyond, and what it’s been like building partnerships with the Deal Junkies team. If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like to go from solo investor to operating multiple partnerships and syndicated assets, this one’s for you.
Packed with tactical insights and real examples, this conversation showcases the next chapter of Jordan’s journey as an active investor—and how he's stacking wins alongside some of the most experienced operators in the game.
🎧 Tune in and take notes.
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To Buy Your First Deal with Trevor and the Vesta Team: https://vesta.vestasolutions.net/investors-page
To Discuss Deals and Investment Opportunities: https://www.stackassetgroup.com/contact
SRE Meetup: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/23vybByjy6xhRVb9/
Investor Lab Meetup: https://investorlab.com/events/
SMI Property Management: https://smipropertyowners.com/

Episode 162: How Jordan Brown Scaled Storage & Stacked Equity

🎙️ 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 you build wealth and scale your portfolio.
In this episode, the Junkies sit down with Jordan Brown—entrepreneur, self-storage operator, and real estate investor—to break down his journey from humble beginnings to building a self-storage portfolio and partnering with the Deal Junkies themselves.
Jordan shares how he got started in real estate, the types of assets he’s focused on today, and what it looks like to grow as an operator while building meaningful partnerships along the way.
We get into:
How he identified opportunity in self-storage
Lessons from the early grind
Why surrounding yourself with deal-makers changes everything
What it takes to stay sharp and keep growing
This one is all about evolution—from starting solo to stacking deals with the right people around you.
Whether you're a new investor or a seasoned operator, you’ll take away something from Jordan’s story.
Subscribe for more episodes and take your investing to the next level!
To Buy Your First Deal with Trevor and the Vesta Team: https://vesta.vestasolutions.net/investors-page
To Discuss Deals and Investment Opportunities: https://www.stackassetgroup.com/contact
SRE Meetup: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/23vybByjy6xhRVb9/
Investor Lab Meetup: https://investorlab.com/events/
SMI Property Management: https://smipropertyowners.com/

Episode 161: Our First LIVE Deal Junkies Episode

🎙️ 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 show is packed with real strategies, real deals, and real stories to help you scale your portfolio and build wealth.
For the first time ever, the Deal Junkies hit the stage live at the SRE Meetup in Salem—and this one does not disappoint.
In this episode, Gabe Johansen, Mike Nuss, Trevor Howard, and Dane McKinney answer tough audience questions, break down real deals on the spot, and bring their trademark mix of insight, strategy, and off-the-cuff hilarity.
You’ll hear:
Live deal analysis from real investors
Creative solutions to complex problems
Candid Q&A with the crowd
Lessons from $500M+ in combined experience
Whether you're just starting out or scaling up, this is what Deal Junkies is all about—raw, unfiltered deal talk with the people actually doing it.
🎧 Hit play and experience the energy of Deal Junkies LIVE.
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Episode 160: The Metrics That Actually Matter

🎙️ Welcome to the Deal Junkies Podcast – the ultimate resource for real estate investors and entrepreneurs. Hosted by four experienced investors who’ve closed over $500 million in transactions, this podcast is packed with strategies and stories to help you build wealth and scale your portfolio.
In this episode, the Junkies dive into what it really takes to grow your business with intention — and it starts with knowing your numbers.
We’re talking real success metrics:
What should you be tracking weekly, monthly, and quarterly?
How do you know if you're actually moving the needle?
What numbers are just noise, and which ones truly drive results?
From KPIs and scorecards to team accountability and systems that support scale, this is the playbook behind the growth.
And yes — we leave three whole minutes at the end to talk about deals. You’re welcome, Mike.
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🔗 Want to invest with the Deal Junkies or become an accredited investor partner?→ stackassetgroup.com/contact
🚀 Looking to join the team?We’re hiring across multiple roles. Click here and find your way to the right job:→ www.stackassetgroup.com
📍 Come network with us in person:→ SRE Meet Up: facebook.com/share/g/23vybByjy6xhRVb9/→ Investor Lab Meet Up: investorlab.com/events/
🏠 Need Property Management?→ smipropertyowners.com
📚 Beginner looking for your first deal?→ vesta.vestasolutions.net/investors-page

Episode 159: OG Deal Junkies

🎙️ Welcome to the Deal Junkies Podcast – the ultimate resource for real estate investors and entrepreneurs. Hosted by four experienced investors who’ve closed over $500 million in transactions, this podcast is packed with strategies and stories to help you build wealth and scale your portfolio.
It’s been a minute since it was just the main four in the studio — no guests, no agendas, just the OG Junkies doing what they love most: talking deals, sharing laughs, and diving into the topics that keep us obsessed with the game.
In this episode, Mike brings up (of course) economics, we run through some of our current favorite deals, and we reflect on what makes this whole thing so addicting — building, negotiating, creating, and doing it all with your best friends.
If you’ve been rocking with us from the beginning, this one feels like home.
Subscribe for more episodes and take your mindset, business, and investing to the next level.
🔗 Want to invest with the Deal Junkies or become an accredited investor partner?→ stackassetgroup.com/contact
🚀 Looking to join the team?We’re hiring across multiple roles. Click here and find your way to the right job:→ www.stackassetgroup.com
📍 Come network with us in person:→ SRE Meet Up: facebook.com/share/g/23vybByjy6xhRVb9/→ Investor Lab Meet Up: investorlab.com/events/
🏠 Need Property Management?→ smipropertyowners.com
📚 Beginner looking for your first deal?→ vesta.vestasolutions.net/investors-page

Episode 158: Success That Doesn’t Suck the Life Out of You

🎙️ Welcome to the Deal Junkies Podcast – the ultimate resource for real estate investors and entrepreneurs. Hosted by four experienced investors who’ve closed over $500 million in transactions, this podcast is packed with strategies and stories to help you build wealth and scale your portfolio.
The Oasis Freight Transport phenoms are back — Vince Gonzalez and Polo Garza Jr. join the Junkies for another round, and this time we’re diving into their growing footprint in real estate — from wholesaling and commercial brokering to how their blue-collar grit translated into big-time deals.
But this episode isn’t just about working hard… it’s about working smart.
The episode turns into an impromptu intervention for our very own Marc Gallegos, who (let’s be honest) never stops working. Vince and Polo talk about how they've been able to scale, offload, and delegate so they can actually enjoy the success they’ve built — without burning out.
It’s equal parts deal talk, life lessons, and big laughs — and it just might convince you to take a vacation.
Subscribe for more episodes and take your mindset, business, and investing to the next level.
🔗 Want to invest with the Deal Junkies or become an accredited investor partner?→ stackassetgroup.com/contact
🚀 Looking to join the team?We’re hiring across multiple roles. Click here and find your way to the right job:→ www.stackassetgroup.com
📍 Come network with us in person:→ SRE Meet Up: facebook.com/share/g/23vybByjy6xhRVb9/→ Investor Lab Meet Up: investorlab.com/events/
🚚 Learn more about Oasis Freight Transport:→ oftrans.com/about
🏠 Need Property Management?→ smipropertyowners.com
📚 Beginner looking for your first deal?→ vesta.vestasolutions.net/investors-page