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How Gino Barbaro (of Jake & Gino) Acquired $225,000,000 In Multifamily Assets (1500+ Units) Feb 15, 2023

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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 Build $10-30k+ / mnth of cashflow you OWN? Inside our community Action Academy [w/ over 700 members & $428M in deals done in 2025 alone ] we help high performers escape corporate America through buying small businesses and commercial real estate. Click this link to book a one-on-one discovery call with our membership director and become the next success story on our podcast!

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Results vary and are not guaranteed. $428M reflects aggregate member-reported acquisition value during 2025, not earnings or cash flow. Action Academy provides education and community, not legal, tax, financial, or investment advice.

How Carey Smith Made $500,000,000 Through Selling Fans (And Sarcasm) Feb 14, 2023

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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 ranked Big Ass Fans among America’s fastest-growing private companies for 11 years straight — a feat achieved by only 34 others.

Carey has earned national recognition for his common-sense business philosophies, such as selling direct, investing in silver-platter customer service and paying employees more than 30% above the U.S. average. Inc. named him “Economy Hero” in 2011 for refusing to lay off employees during the Great Recession.

By 2017, Carey had grown Big Ass Fans from six employees to more than a thousand and generated nearly $300 million in annual sales. He did so without investors, a rarity in a society that glamorizes venture capital and quick exits. That year, he sold the company for $500 million with $50 million going right into employees’ pockets.

Following the sale, Carey founded Unorthodox Ventures. He assembled a staff experienced in everything from engineering and supply chain to marketing and customer service with the goal of providing founders far more than money.

https://unorthodoxventures.com/members/carey-smith/

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How To Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky) Feb 13, 2023

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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/

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The Top 10 Reasons Why You SHOULD & SHOULDN'T Travel Full Time Around The World After Hitting Financial Freedom Feb 10, 2023

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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...

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How "Coach" Chad Carson Moved His Family To Spain Through $8,000 / Month Long Distance Real Estate Investing Feb 09, 2023

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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/

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How To Build A Personal Brand That Makes You MILLIONS w/ Chris Harder Feb 08, 2023

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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 serial entrepreneur - we talk all things courses, masterminds, NFTs, web3, and why he actually just shut down 80% of his revenue to focus on his new Lending App (coming out soon).

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Billion Dollar Business Coaching: How To Start And Scale a MASSIVE Business w/ CEO Coach Matt Mochary Feb 07, 2023

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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/

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I Just Became A Millionaire At 28 Years Old: Here Are The Top 5 Lessons AND Mistakes I Made Feb 06, 2023

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Bang Bang! I hit my first million, now it's time to help YOU hit YOURS! (Or at least provide some entertainment)

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Perspective On Wealth Building and Life at $160,000,000 Net Worth w/ David Osborn Feb 03, 2023

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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 $150,000,000+ and growing.
Most importantly, he is the daily driver for his kids to their schools each morning, a loyal husband, and a great friend and mentor.
Today, learn valuable lessons in the following areas:
-How to gain and scale 8-9 figure wealth
-How to set and track goals
-Tips on longevity from his personal doctor Dr. David Sinclair
-Tips on internal happiness
-How to attract top friendships and talent
-50000 other useful tips. Literally every paragraph
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From $100k a Year to $100k a Month (While on Vacation) w/ Mike Dehaan (VAULT) Feb 02, 2023

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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 Collecting Keys Podcast we dive deep into running a true real estate investing business as well as coach and educate other investors how to do the same through our Instant Investor Program.
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