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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Your 401K : Should You Leverage It Or LIQUIDATE It For Your Financial Freedom Plans?

Today we discuss two different options for investing in businesses / real estate out of your 401k! 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...

Oct 07, 2024•15 min

You Need To Re-Frame How You View "Problems" If You ACTUALLY Want Financial Freedom (Here's How)

Today we discuss how you should reframe the concept of "problems" 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...

Oct 04, 2024•16 min

How Mike Balcom Makes (Almost) $1M / Year Flipping Land (While Traveling Around The World With No Cell Service)

Today's episode is a systems and process show covering how Mike Balcom built his land flipping business up to operate without him while he travels! 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...

Oct 03, 2024•51 min

The Differences In Making $100,000 vs Making $1,000,000 + (Per Year)

Today we talk about the different mindsets and skillsets that are required at each level - 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 @b...

Oct 02, 2024•17 min

A NEW Insane Cashflow Vehicle For 2024 (That He SHUT DOWN Other Businesses To Focus On) w/ Ryan Pineda

Today we interview Ryan Pineda (@ryanpineda) at his vegas HQ and discuss the new cashflow focus him and his team are pursuing for 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 Gui...

Oct 01, 2024•54 min

The 5 Business Constraints You MUST Overcome To Hit Your Goals (There's No Other Option)

Share this with 47 other people (minimum) 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...

Sep 30, 2024•19 min

This Is How Much Time It ACTUALLY Takes (Daily) To Leave Your Job Through Real Estate Investing

Today's episode is a live Action Academy coaching call with Mason Miranda (@realmanmiranda) 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 @...

Sep 27, 2024•18 min

Steal The Marketing Strategy Soli Cayetano Used To Build a 40 Unit Out-Of-State Portfolio & Quit Her Job!

This episode is a replay from Aug 3, 2023. 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...

Sep 26, 2024•42 min

An Uncomfortable Truth Of Entrepreneurship That You Refuse To Acknowledge (Why You'll Never Be Truly "Free")

Today we cover an uncomfortable truth that nobody ever talks about when it comes to investing and business ownership... 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 A...

Sep 25, 2024•20 min

A Behind-The-Scenes Look At How A $100M+ Company Is Actually RAN w/ Leila Hormozi

Leila Hormozi is the CEO / COO of Acquisition.com. She grew her net worth to over 100M by the age of thirty, and will be a billionaire with mathematical certainty. Today we talk systems, scale, and leadership! 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 Wealt...

Sep 24, 2024•59 min

A MILLION Dollar Skillset You Can Add To Your Toolbelt TODAY (Literally)

This is actually under-selling how valuable this skill is.... 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...

Sep 23, 2024•14 min

I Just Bought A $900k Small Business (Here's How We Structured The Deal & Partnership)

We are about to be the best damn kitchen hood cleaners you've ever seen. 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 Action...

Sep 20, 2024•12 min

Why RIGHT NOW Is The BEST Time To Buy A Small Business w/ Walker Deibel (Author of "Buy Then Build)

This episode originally aired June 13, 2023. 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...

Sep 19, 2024•48 min

Listen To This If You Want To Raise Capital For Real Estate (But It's Your First Time & You're Terrified)

Today we cover the two strategies you can use to cut your syndication learning curve. 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 @brianl...

Sep 18, 2024•14 min

How To Scale Real Estate & Businesses Through Partnership (43 Companies & $160M In Real Estate) w/ Mike & Bo

On Today's episode we interview serial entrepreneurs Mike Merrigan & Bo Kort (@mikeandbo) on how they structure their partnership models to scale their portfolios without going literally insane! 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 Tur...

Sep 17, 2024•47 min

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

This episode is a replay from Jan 23, 2023. 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...

Sep 16, 2024•20 min

How A 28 Year Old Investor Raised $5M In Private Capital To Purchase $18M Of Hotels (In 12 Months) w/ Adit Shah

This episode is a re-run from Jan 2024 (Due To Our Tulum Event) 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.c...

Sep 13, 2024•40 min

Aaron Amuchastaegui On Building 850 Rental Portfolio, Losing Everything (Twice), and How To Time Market Cycles (COSTA RICA Keynote 2023)

Today's episode is a past keynote speech at our FIRST ever Action Academy event in Sept 2023 with @aaronamuchasteagui 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 12, 2024•1 hr 48 min

How To "Pitch Yourself" And Stand Out In Crowded Mastermind Events with Experienced Investors

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...

Sep 11, 2024•17 min

How Michael Elefante Built A $15M / Year AIRBNB Business EMPIRE Step-By-Step (Vertically Integrated)

Michael (@melefante6) owns and runs multiple 7 figure companies in the STR space. Today we break down how he launched and runs them all while raising young kids and traveling! Michael's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Investing-Short-Term-Rentals-Financial-Freedom/dp/1963793897 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 : F...

Sep 10, 2024•50 min

How To Prioritize Your Life, Family, and Business While In The "Building Stage"

Sep 09, 2024•7 min

The STR TAX Loophole - How To Wipe Out $100k+ Of Taxes Through Purchasing ONE AIRBNB

Sep 06, 2024•15 min

How To SURVIVE & THRIVE In The 2024 Multifamily Market (Full Market Analysis & Advice) w/ J Scott

Today's episode is a live call hosted within our 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 @brianluebben Acti...

Sep 05, 2024•59 min

My Favorite 3 Real Estate Strategies That PRINT Money (That Nobody Seems To Be Talking About)

Today we discuss three trends I'm seeing in the market today that can help people buffer how stagnant the multifamily market has become. 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 Gu...

Sep 04, 2024•13 min

Everything You've Been Wanting To Ask A Lawyer About "Syndications" w/ Todd Robinson (A Lawyer)

Todd (@syndicationexpert) is a syndication attorney based out of Atlanta, GA! 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 A...

Sep 03, 2024•51 min

The Economics Of Our $300,000 Action Academy Tulum Event (The Chaos Behind-The-Scenes)

Here's the breakdown of what goes into making "an event" - 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...

Sep 02, 2024•17 min

The 8 Items You Should Focus On In A Small Business That Will Increase / Decrease The Valuation By MILLIONS | Ep 671

Today's episode is a short clip from a 2 hour training we did within our 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 & Buil...

Aug 30, 2024•13 min

How To Flip 200+ Houses Per Year (While Only Working 2-3 Hours Per Week On The Business) w/ Bill Allen

This episode is a replay from Dec 2023 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...

Aug 29, 2024•51 min

How To Build & Package A Business That You Can ACTUALLY SELL For Millions w/ John Warrillow (Author of "Built To Sell")

Today's episode is a replay from Feb 2023 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...

Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 1 min

The Direct-To-Seller Multifamily Cold Call Script That Built A $50M Portfolio w/ David Choi | EP 662

Today we feature the cold call script and secrets from David Choi (@davidchoi.biz) that he used to build a $50M Portfolio! 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 M...

Aug 27, 2024•46 min

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