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Action Academy | Replace The Job You Hate With A Life You Love

Brian Luebbenactionacademy.com

Ready to replace your 6-figure salary with real freedom? This is the podcast for high earners who feel stuck in jobs they’ve outgrown. If you’re asking, “How do I actually replace $10K–$20K/month so I can quit and never look back?” — welcome home. At Action Academy, we teach you how to buy small businesses and commercial real estate to create cash flow that actually replaces your job. Monday through Friday, you’ll learn from 7–9 figure entrepreneurs, real estate moguls, and acquisition pros who’ve done it — and show you how to do it too. Hosted by Brian Luebben (@brianluebben), who quit his 6-figure sales role in 2022 to build a global business while traveling the world. If you're a high-income earner ready to become a high-impact entrepreneur, this show is your playbook. Subscribe now and start your path to freedom — or keep pretending your job will get better someday....

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The Top 5 HIGHEST ROI INVESTMENTS For You To Earn Your Freedom ASAP

Today we discuss the top 5 investments to make to earn your freedom back, asap. Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And Turn Your Passions Into Profits Want A Free $100k+ Side Hustle Guide ? Follow Me As I Travel & Build: IG @brianluebben...

Feb 24, 202311 min

How to Go From NEGATIVE $102,000 Net Worth to Retired In Your 30's w/ Josh and Ali Lupo

Josh and Ali Lupo were the average american couple. Decent Jobs with heaps of student loan, car, and credit card debt. Until one day they decided that this life could be BETTER. Saving and investing every penny they were able to pay off all $102,000 of their debt completely within 2.5 years. While doing this, they created an uber popular instagram page @theFICouple to document their entire journey! Now, they are on pace to retire in their 30's. Follow along with us today as we break their journe...

Feb 23, 202350 min

How Rod Khleif LOST 50 MILLION DOLLARS.....And Then Earned It All BACK Through Multifamily Investing

Rod Khleif has spent decades building a massive multifamily portfolio. And back in the early 2000s, he remembers his net worth increasing by $17M while he slept. Then, a rude awakening, the 2008 housing market crash, handed him a loss of close to $50M. How do you bounce back, let alone get out of bed in the morning, after losing that much money? It’s possible, and Rod talks about what he needed to do to get back to successful investing. Rod educates us on the investing mindset, the importance of...

Feb 22, 202337 min

How To Build, Scale, & SELL A Business That Can Thrive WITHOUT YOU w/ John Warrillow - Author of "Built To Sell"

John Warrillow has built, scaled, and exited multiple companies and authored the best selling book "Built To Sell: Creating A Business That Can Thrive Without You" In John's Words: I’m the Founder of The Value Builder System™, a statistically proven methodology for improving the value of your business by up to 71%. I’m also the author of Built To Sell: Creating A Business That Can Thrive Without You, which was recognized by Fortune and Inc magazines as one of the best books of 2011. My most rece...

Feb 21, 20231 hr 1 minSeason 1Ep. 129

The FASTEST WAY To Generate $100,000+ ON TOP Of Your W2 Job

Today we discuss the 3 step strategy to help you add an additional 100k+ of income in 2023 on TOP of your w2. Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And Turn Your Passions Into Profits Want A Free $100k+ Side Hustle Guide ? Follow Me As I Travel...

Feb 20, 202320 min

The Four Business Models Keller-Williams Used To Become A 2 Billion Dollar Company

Today we talk about the 4 business models discussed in the "millionaire real estate agent" by Gary Keller and how to implement them in your business today! Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And Turn Your Passions Into Profits Want A Free $1...

Feb 17, 202315 min

How To Overcome Trauma, Pain, & Ego To Become The Best Leader, Parent, Spouse, and Friend w/ Dr. Kelly Flanagan

Dr. Kelly Flanagan is an extremely sought after coach that specializes in helping entrepreneurs with their relationships, personal life, and communication skills. https://drkellyflanagan.com/about/#more Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And...

Feb 16, 202357 minSeason 1Ep. 128

How Gino Barbaro (of Jake & Gino) Acquired $225,000,000 In Multifamily Assets (1500+ Units)

Gino Barbaro is a multifamily investor with 1500+ units and $225,000,000 in assets under management. He co-founded the Jake & Gino community that specializes in multifamily investing and education. Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And ...

Feb 15, 20231 hr 5 min

How Carey Smith Made $500,000,000 Through Selling Fans (And Sarcasm)

Carey Smith is the founder of Big Ass Fans that sold in 2017 for 500 Million Dollars. Today we discuss how he built, bootstrapped, and exited the company - where he wrote 50 million dollars of checks as bonuses to his loyal employees! Contrarian entrepreneur Carey Smith founded Big Ass Fans in 1999 and served as its “Chief Big Ass” for 18 years. While other companies made and lost their fortunes, Carey’s business practices led to sustained, rapid growth averaging 30% annually. Inc. magazine rank...

Feb 14, 202358 minSeason 1Ep. 127

How To Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky)

Today's episode is a breakdown and expansion of the viral thread created by @Naval titled "How To Get Rich - Without Getting Lucky" https://nav.al/ Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And Turn Your Passions Into Profits Want A Free $100k+ Sid...

Feb 13, 202321 min

The Top 10 Reasons Why You SHOULD & SHOULDN'T Travel Full Time Around The World After Hitting Financial Freedom

Last March I hit FIRE and traveled full time around the world for 7 months. Looking back, I would have done it a bit* differently. Today we discuss the pros and cons of the process... Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And Turn Your Passions...

Feb 10, 202318 min

How "Coach" Chad Carson Moved His Family To Spain Through $8,000 / Month Long Distance Real Estate Investing

Chad Carson is currently spending a year in Spain with his family of four while he manages his rental properties and team remotely. Sound cool? It is! Learn how he does it today! https://www.coachcarson.com/ Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth ...

Feb 09, 202345 minSeason 1Ep. 126

How To Build A Personal Brand That Makes You MILLIONS w/ Chris Harder

Chris Harder is an Online Branding and Marketing EXPERT with a knack for creating 7 figure producing courses and masterminds. Last month he was interviewing Tony Robbins, This month we have him for the Action Academy! Chris began his career and built his first levels of wealth in the banking industry. He was on the fast track as one of the youngest executives in the industry.....and then 2008 happened. Him and his wife Lori had to restart and build it all back, and they did it even BIGGER. Now a...

Feb 08, 202348 min

Billion Dollar Business Coaching: How To Start And Scale a MASSIVE Business w/ CEO Coach Matt Mochary

Today we are joined by Matt Mochary, The leading "CEO Coach" In Silicon Valley. Some of his clients include Naval Ravikant (AngelList), Brian Armstrong (Coinbase), and Sam Altman (Open AI / Chat GPT). He is also the author of "The Great CEO Within". We're also joined by Quin Ruiz, who has scaled and exited multiple companies and helps coach CEOS on scale and structure in early stage startups http://www.mochary.com/ Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Esta...

Feb 07, 20231 hrSeason 1Ep. 125

I Just Became A Millionaire At 28 Years Old: Here Are The Top 5 Lessons AND Mistakes I Made

Bang Bang! I hit my first million, now it's time to help YOU hit YOURS! (Or at least provide some entertainment) Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And Turn Your Passions Into Profits Want A Free $100k+ Side Hustle Guide ? Follow Me As I Tra...

Feb 06, 202322 min

Perspective On Wealth Building and Life at $160,000,000 Net Worth w/ David Osborn

David Osborn is one of the founders of Gobundance - "The Tribe for Healthy, Wealthy, Generous Men who choose to lead epic lives" a high net worth mastermind group that aims to value wealth in all areas of life. David owns one of the largest real estate brokerages in the world through Keller Williams totaling over 4500 agents and 10 billion in annual sales. In addition to this - he owns over 50 other companies as well that have amassed him 8 figures in annual passive income and a net worth of $15...

Feb 03, 20231 hr 19 min

From $100k a Year to $100k a Month (While on Vacation) w/ Mike Dehaan (VAULT)

Mike Dehaan left his 6 figure job at Boeing to build a wholesaling operation. He now has a team, system, and process built up that allows him a life of freedom and flexibility! Mike (In his words): I am a real estate investor and host of the Collecting Keys Podcast. Since 2020 my real estate investment company has scaled to 9 markets buying off market real estate and completed over 130 transactions and built a portfolio of over 50 units in which I am a majority owner. As the host of the Collecti...

Feb 02, 202336 min

Five Habit Hacks That'll Help You Make 10X More Income In 1/2 The Time

Today's episode is a "best of" compilation from previous guests that can be found in the episodes below! The Power of Habits and Investing During Recessions w/ Co-Author of "The One Thing" Jay Papasan 100 Million Dollar Advice on Wealth, Health, and Self with David Osborn (Replay) Life After Biggerpockets & Almost One Billion In Real Estate w/ Brandon Turner (REPLAY) The 12 Week Year: Accomplish More In 12 Weeks Than Most Do in 12 Months w/ Brian Moran (REPLAY) How To Increase Your "Personal...

Feb 01, 20238 min

Franchising 101: How To Make Millions Through Starting / Buying Existing Franchise Businesses w/ Brian Beers

Brian Beers brings in 36 million + In Revenue from his 30+ franchise locations. Today we discuss the pros, cons, and cash-flow of franchises! https://www.brianbeers.com/ Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And Turn Your Passions Into Profits ...

Jan 31, 202345 minSeason 1Ep. 124

How To TRAIN YOUR BRAIN To Make Hard Tasks / Goals FUN (Dopamine Release Tactics)

The more fun you have, the further you can go! Today we discuss two techniques that will help you. Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And Turn Your Passions Into Profits Want A Free $100k+ Side Hustle Guide ? Follow Me As I Travel & Buil...

Jan 30, 202311 min

How To Position Your Content For Cashflow: How JK Molina Built A 1.5 Million Dollar (Recurring) Business On Twitter

JK Molina went from making $500 / Month in Guatemala as a Virtual Assistant to building a 1.5 Million ARR SAAS Business off of the Twitter Platform (In 3 Years) https://twitter.com/OneJKMolina?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : ...

Jan 27, 202343 minSeason 1Ep. 123

How The Top Entrepreneurs In The World Set & Execute MASSIVE Goals

The ability to Set/Track Goals is one of the major differentiators between average society and the ultra successful. Today's episode teaches three major components to setting your goals up to be successes, not just more failed "new year's resolutions". -SMART Method (and why it can be improved) -ATOMIC Method -4DX Method -Visualization / Affirmation Methods Atomic Habits: https://amzn.to/3NMS1TU 4 Disciplines of Execution: https://amzn.to/3x9frwS Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Thr...

Jan 26, 202310 min

How Ryan Corcoran Scaled His First 100 Rental Properties at 27 Years Old

Ryan Corcoran is a real estate investor with over 100 rental units in his portfolio! He has reached financial freedom and millionaire status at the ripe old age of 27. Today, we discuss all the actionable methods Ryan used to build his portfolio from unit 1 to unit 100 - you'll want to take notes! Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out O...

Jan 25, 202348 min

How Vince Gethings GOT PAID $450K To Buy Fifty Four Rental Properties ( w/ Zero Money Out Of Pocket)

Yup, not only did Vince buy 54 houses last year with ZERO money down, he also increased his net worth 960k and got PAID 450k in CASH by the bank to buy them..... https://www.facebook.com/vince.gethings Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And ...

Jan 24, 202347 minSeason 1Ep. 122

2023 Update: I Built a Company From 0 - $100,000+ ARR in 10 Weeks & Moved To Austin, Texas - Here's How!

Phase ONE of my master plan is complete. #Roadto10Million+ How I'm Building A Media Company From $0 to $10,000,000 + Revenue By Dec 1 2024 Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And Turn Your Passions Into Profits Want A Free $100k+ Side Hustle ...

Jan 23, 202321 min

How Nikita Bier Made $50 Million + TWICE off of THE SAME IDEA

Today's Case Study features the story of Nikita Bier - an App Developer who just sold his second app to Discord for an 8-9 figure exit.....in 6 months. Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And Turn Your Passions Into Profits Want A Free $100k+...

Jan 20, 202312 min

Car Wash CASH FLOW: How Dan Schiermeyer Left His Job Through One Investment Purchase

Dan Schiermeyer left his mechanical engineering day job through purchasing a CAR WASH and the land it sat on! Learn his exact playbook step by step today. Follow Dan On Instagram: @FreeFlyKid Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And Turn Your ...

Jan 19, 202336 minSeason 1Ep. 121

How Tim Rhode Built a 20M Dollar Portfolio That Allows Him To Ski 100+ Days Per Year

Tim Rhode's #1 goal is "Getting as many ski days as possible in per year" - and he counts them. Tim is the perfect example of someone with an "enough" number, and he sticks with it. Learn today about enjoying the ride and building a life worth LIVING He eventually found his “niche” selling real estate; and from 1986 to 2000, he sold over 2,500 homes and from 1997 to 2006 he invested in over 100 properties. Tim focused on saving money, keeping his expenses low, and playing solid “financial defens...

Jan 18, 202348 min

How To Build A Business That Allows You To Chase Coyotes In A Helicopter On A Monday (200M AUM) w/ Devin Elder

Devin Elder is a cool dude with a cool life...and it's by design! Learn how he built his multifamily business around his life, not the other way around. https://djetexas.com/devin-elder/ Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And Turn Your Passi...

Jan 17, 202350 minSeason 1Ep. 120

The Top 10 Money Rules I've Learned From Interviewing 200 + Millionaires

Today we go over the top rules of the "Money Game" sourced from all the interviews on this podcast over 14 months! Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ Schedule A Free 30 Minute Coaching Call With Our Team Here To Get "Unstuck" Check Out Our Bestselling Book : From Passive To Passionate : How To Quit Your Job - Grow Your Wealth - And Turn Your Passions Into Profits Want A Free $100k+ Side Hustle Guide ? Follow Me As I T...

Jan 16, 202320 min
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