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

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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Why I Would NOT Start An Online Course Business In 2024

Want A Free Book Chapter Of My New Book: From Passive To Passionate? Click Here . Want to come to cabo? Apply Here . 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...

Nov 06, 2023•15 min

How To Come Up With Your "Side Hustle" Idea w/ Amy Porterfield

This clip is an excerpt from our full interview with Amy Porterfield! 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 ActionAca...

Nov 03, 2023•12 min

How To Raise Private Money Through Social Media (Over $5,000,000 In Deals) w/ Jaren Sustar

Jaren Sustar is a real estate investor and entrepreneur whose achieved financial freedom through BRRRR: buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat. Known as 'Finance Cowboy' on social media, since 2018 he has done $5M+ real estate deals with other people's money (OPM). Follow him for real estate tips, personal finance and making strategies: Twitter @financecowboy Instagram @financecowboy TikTok @thefinancecowboy Subscribe and watch his Youtube channel @financecowboy and join his free community real est...

Nov 02, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 190

How To Go From Investing In Single Family Rentals To MULTIFAMILY ( 20 Units + ) w/ Matt Faircloth

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 ActionAcademy.com...

Nov 01, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 189

How Kriss Berg Hit Financial Freedom & Eliminated A 6 Figure Tax Bill Through Buying CAR WASHES

Kriss Berg hit financial freedom through investing in car washes and other cashflow businesses! Starting his journey with an excavation business followed by solar and real estate, he runs a portfolio of online businesses. Affectionately known as 'The Car Wash Guy', he ended up nuking a 6 figure tax bill from his cash flow from this newest venture. Follow him on Twitter @krissbergtweets and check out TaxFreeCashCow.com for his whole playbook. Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through ...

Oct 31, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 188

When To SELL Your Rental Properties VS Continuing To Hold Them

Today's episode is a live coaching call snippet from within the Action Academy Community. 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 @br...

Oct 30, 2023•10 min

The $1M Muscle VS The $10M Muscle (Not What You Think)

Today we discuss the top lessons I've learned about the pursuit of your first million vs your road to $10,000,000 and beyond. 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 ? Follo...

Oct 27, 2023•13 min

How Ben Kall Went From Coaching Football To Closing $18,000,000 Self Storage Deals On A Wednesday (KEYNOTE)

Today's episode is a keynote from our in person Action Academy Mastermind in Costa Rica! The speaker is @Ben_kall_ Want to get in touch with Ben? Follow him on Instagram: @ben_kall_ or @legacy.investmentgroup Check his last podcast episode with us: Ben Kall's Episode Check his websites: www.LegacyInvestmentGroup.com www.mn-storage.com/ www.waukeestorage.com/ www.LegacyStorageMN.com Want To Quit Your Job In The Next 6-18 Months Through Buying Commercial Real Estate & Small Businesses? 👔🏝️ S...

Oct 26, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 187

The Reason Why I Created 1560 + HOURS Of Free Value For YOU (Over 730 Consecutive Days)

It's OFFICIALLY BOOK LAUNCH TIME. 5 More Weeks. Will you be on our launch team? https://actionacademynewsletter.ck.page/ed631fae78 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 ? ...

Oct 25, 2023•15 min

The Secret Tax Strategy That Could Save You MILLIONS (Not The 1031 Exchange) w/ Brett Swarts

Oct 24, 2023•31 min•Ep. 186

I Spent $20,000 To Learn Youtube Ads Over The Next 6 Months - Here's Why....

Today we cover the wacky world of "Brian's Investments" to see how they play out for him.... 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 ...

Oct 23, 2023•13 min

The BEST Work / Life Balance Tip I Learned From Gary Keller

Today's episode is a major takeaway I had from Gary Keller and his book "The One Thing" 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 @bria...

Oct 20, 2023•7 min

How Neel Parekh Built A $2,000,000 / Year (Remote) Home Services Company While Traveling To 50+ Countries

Neel Parekh is the CEO and founder of MaidThis a residential and STR house cleaning company that he replaced his 6 fig corporate job with. @NeelBParekh 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+...

Oct 19, 2023•43 min•Ep. 185

I Paid $50,000 For A Business Coach So You Don't Have To (My Top 3 Lessons)

Today's episode discusses the fun topic of me shooting myself in my own foot. Enjoy. 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 @brianlu...

Oct 18, 2023•12 min

$30,000,000 In Multifamily Real Estate Without Bank Loans Or Syndication (In TWO YEARS) w/ Christian Osgood

Christian Osgood is a multifamily investor that specializes in seller finance negotiations for his properties. Learn how he bought 200+ doors in 2 years in this episode! https://multifamilystrategy.com @christianosgood 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 Y...

Oct 17, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 184

How To Create, Validate, And Launch Your Side-Hustle (So It Becomes Your Main Thing)

Today's episode features me as a guest on Doug Clark's podcast "The Gentle Art Of Crushing It"! https://thegentleartofcrushingit.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 Want A Free $100k+ Side Hustle Guide...

Oct 16, 2023•30 min

Business Building Tips From The CEO Coach Of Naval Ravikant - 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...

Oct 13, 2023•1 hr

How To Recession Proof Your Real Estate Portfolio & Find Cash-Flow In Today's Market w/ J Scott

J Scott (Replay Feb 2022) entrepreneur, investor, author, and co-host of The BiggerPockets Business Podcast has flipped over 400 houses and written best selling books on the subject. The irony though is that over a decade later, he regrets flipping houses! In this episode, J offers valuable insights into why he wished he hadn’t flipped houses, how a fixed-rate long-term debt becomes an asset, and how you can take advantage of depreciation to offset your active income. J is the author of four bes...

Oct 12, 2023•54 min

The Top Ten Money Rules I've Learned From Interviewing 300 + Millionaires

Oct 11, 2023•20 min

How To Set Up Your Business / Team To Support Over 300 Flips + 200 Rentals w/ Adam Whitney

Adam Whitney is a 20 year military vet that specializes in building teams, systems, and processes to support his growing real estate portfolio! @officialadamwhitney 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 ...

Oct 10, 2023•43 min•Ep. 183

Why The Way We Search For Inspiration In Life / Business Is Completely WRONG

(REPLAY AUG 2022) We chase Inspiration constantly, but what happens when we chase something? It runs away. What if we had a process where we could instead ATTRACT? That's what we cover 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 ...

Oct 09, 2023•8 min

The 21 Day Week: How I Used Ed Mylett's Time Management System To Accomplish 3x More

Ed Mylett (Replay August 2022) is a mega entrepreneur worth north of 400 million dollars, so yeah.....his time is valuable. He decided how we structure our time is insanely wrong, so he began his concept of "mini days". I tested it out and post the results here! 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 T...

Oct 06, 2023•8 min

How Tucker Kimbrough Used Short Term Rentals To Fund His Coffee Company

Tucker Kimbrough began building his real estate portfolio at age 21. Now he has enough income coming in to completely fund his passion projects and bring the best coffee possible to the US! https://summitdirectcapital.com/about/ 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 Jo...

Oct 05, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 182

Two Years Of Action Academy | How To Grow A $1,000,000 + Business Behind A Podcast Within 48 Months

Today is the two year anniversary of the action academy podcast! How Action Academy Will Hit $1,000,000 In Revenue BEFORE 1,000,000 Downloads | Our Budgeting, Marketing, Growth, And Revenue Models 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 ...

Oct 04, 2023•23 min

How Adam Gilbert Left A 6 Figure Job Through Starting A Personal Training Company (MyBodyTutor)

Adam Gilbert is the Founder of MyBodyTutor - a personal training company that assigns a one-on-one daily coach to hold you accountable (my kinda business!) https://www.mybodytutor.com/adam-gilbert-story 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...

Oct 03, 2023•47 min•Ep. 181

My Current Thoughts On Life At 28 Years Old (Message To Future Brian)

Stick around for the 20 minute + mark if you want to hear me cry on a podcast. 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 ...

Oct 02, 2023•25 min

The Trillion Dollar Venn Diagram Of Success: How To Position Yourself In The BEST Niche For Maximum Income

Sep 29, 2023•11 min

AAC Costa Rica Keynote 2: Gaining Clarity On Your Life & Business + Millionaire Mindset Training w/ Joe Moffett

This is 2nd keynote on mindset from our Action Academy Mastermind in Costa Rica with coach Joe Moffett! https://www.masterlifebydesign.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 Want A Free $100k+ Side Hustle...

Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 180

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

Brian Beers (Replay Jan 2023) 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 Pass...

Sep 27, 2023•45 min

$80,000 + In Monthly Cash-Flow Through Short Term Rentals w/ Michael Elefante

Michael Elefante (@melefante6) has a portfolio of 9 short term rentals bringing in monthly cashflow exceeding $80,000 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 ...

Sep 26, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 179

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