SUCCESS IS EARNED.
FREEDOM IS DESIGNED.
Conversations with founders, operators, and builders who designed a life worth living.
Hunt for Success documents how real builders think, decide, and live — from the boardroom to the backcountry. No recycled advice. No performance. Just the honest version — on business, discipline, and the designed life.
"Success should fund a life you actually want — not a self-created prison."
This show exists for the builder who wants both. The business and the life. The discipline and the freedom. The boardroom and the backcountry.
Erik Nordstrom
Building a Vertically Integrated Multifamily Empire
Sam McGough sits down with Erik Nordstrom of Iron Ridge Capital — a Texas multifamily firm with a 24% annual return over 18 years and two downturns. Erik unpacks how vertical integration, a three-year buying hiatus, and disciplined lender relationships set them up to buy foreclosed deals at 60% of comp value while competitors were licking their wounds. They close on the AI-proof Tennessee ranch and wedding venue Erik is engineering for his family's next chapter.
DR. SAM McGOUGH
A healthcare CEO and multi-company operator, Sam built his career by identifying inefficiencies and engineering systems that perform under pressure.
This show wasn't created to interview influencers. It documents peer-to-peer conversations with builders who've done what most only talk about.
For Sam, the backcountry isn't a weekend escape—it's where discipline, patience, and clarity come from. The two aren't separate.
Every conversation on this wall was built, not given.
Erik Nordstrom
Co-Founder, Iron Ridge Capital
We don't buy deals to place money. We buy deals to make money. It'd make Thanksgiving very awkward if we ever did a bad deal.
Listen →Dr. Jonathan Saigh
Chiropractor, Real Estate Investor & Consultant
Nobody cares how much money you have when you die. Did you accomplish your goals — personally, professionally, and along the way?
Listen →Aaron Chapman
Author of Redneck Economics, EVP of Investment Lending
Life is hard. There's no cheat code. Pick your path, get your ass on it, and keep moving forward.
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Building a Vertically Integrated Multifamily Empire
Erik Nordstrom
Sam McGough sits down with Erik Nordstrom of Iron Ridge Capital — a Texas multifamily firm with a 24% annual return over 18 years and two downturns. Erik unpacks how vertical integration, a three-year buying hiatus, and disciplined lender relationships set them up to buy foreclosed deals at 60% of comp value while competitors were licking their wounds. They close on the AI-proof Tennessee ranch and wedding venue Erik is engineering for his family's next chapter.
How to Scale from a Private Practice to a Real Estate Empire
Dr. Jonathan Saigh
Sam McGough sits down with Dr. Jonathan Saigh, a chiropractor turned real estate investor who built an integrated medical practice from scratch and then scaled into a residential and commercial real estate portfolio. Jonathan shares how he transitioned from technician to true business owner, developed a management team he could trust, and earned the IRS designation of real estate professional.
Redneck Economics: Mining for Success and the Power of Radical Tenacity
Aaron Chapman
Sam McGough sits down with Aaron Chapman, author of Redneck Economics and one of the top mortgage originators in the country. From running cattle and breaking rock in underground mines to picking up coins in a parking lot just to buy diapers, Aaron's path to the top 1% of investment lending was paved with radical tenacity, faith, and a refusal to stay down.
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SUCCESS IS EARNED.
FREEDOM IS DESIGNED.
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