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**Action Academy | Build Wealth. Buy Assets. Leave Corporate.**

Action Academy is the podcast for high-income professionals who want to turn their skills, savings, and experience into ownership and freedom. If you’re trying to replace $10K–$20K per month of salary without gambling your family’s future or starting from zero, you’re in the right place. Monday through Friday, you’ll learn how to buy small businesses, invest in commercial real estate, operate companies, and build income that belongs to you. Brian sits down with 7, 8, and 9-figure entrepreneurs, acquisition experts, investors, and operators to unpack the strategies, deals, mistakes, and decisions behind their success.

Hosted by Brian Luebben (@brianluebben), who left a six-figure corporate sales career in 2022 to travel the world while building and buying businesses of his own.

You already know how to earn. Now it’s time to learn how to own.

Latest Episodes:

How To Overcome The #1 Fear For Entrepreneurs Jan 04, 2023

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Today we talk about what you are REALLY afraid of and how to overcome it.

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 Matt Amabile Hit Financial Freedom & Increased Net Worth 300K Through ONE DEAL Jan 03, 2023

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Matt Amabile hit financial freedom, traveled the world, and increased his net worth 300k in ONE DEAL.....at 25 years old.
Instagram: @mattamabile

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How To Make $1,000,000 + PER DEAL By "Flipping" Raw Land w/ Cody Bjugan Jan 02, 2023

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What if I told you you can make 7 Figures PER DEAL flipping raw, development-ready land? Today's guest has been doing just that, every year, for twenty years.
Cody Bjugan is a seasoned real estate developer who is a key player in development projects across the country. These projects are a result of Cody’s specialized experience in acquisitions and entitlements of OFF-MARKET raw land that has development potential.

He excels in negotiation and out-of-the-box problem solving to create win-win real estate transactions.

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The High Achiever's Guide To Happiness, Confidence, and Success Dec 30, 2022

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This book showcased in today's episode was my favorite book in all of 2022!
Most people, especially highly ambitious people, are unhappy because of what they measure themselves against. We all have an ideal, which is like a moving target always out of reach. When we measure ourselves against our ideal, we’re in “The Gap.” However, when we measure ourselves against our previous selves—the person we were when we set our goals and ideals—we will be in “The Gain.” In “The Gain” we can more clearly see the progress we’ve made, and therefore will experience the happiness, confidence, and satisfaction that come from achieving—positive, powerful emotions that will motivate us to pursue new goals and ultimately become increasingly successful.
Today's show is my top 5 takeaways from this life changing book.
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How Jordy Clark Turned $3,000 Into $300,000 Through The BRRRR Strategy Dec 29, 2022

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Jordy Clark implements the BRRRR strategy where he is able to refinance his money perpetually out of his deals after rehabbing them and utilize lines of credit over and over again to build a massive portfolio. He is now the host of the new podcast "The Financially Free Investor" where he goes over cash-flow and real estate strategies that worked for him.

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The Differences Between 7 Figure Wealth And 8 Figure Wealth ($10,000,000+) w/ Matt Aitchison Dec 28, 2022

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The road to 8 Figure Wealth (10M+) is a bumpy one. It requires scale and different systems than what it takes to hit one million. Today's guest shares his wins and lessons on this journey.
Matt Aitchison - a real estate investor, syndicator, speaker and philanthropist. He’s flipped hundreds of houses, built a Top 1000 real estate team in the U.S, and now focuses solely on raising capital for syndications and scaling his passive income portfolio comprised of commercial strip centers, hospitality assets, and single family rentals. Matt is extremely passionate about helping others create more wealth, freedom, and fulfillment in their life and business through real estate and business investment opportunities. He is also the host of the Millionaire Mindcast, a Top 100 ranked business podcast. Most importantly, he’s a husband to his amazing wife Marie and two beautiful daughters, Ella and Evelyn.

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Seller Finance MASTERCLASS: How Gabe Hamel Built A 45 Million Dollar Portfolio Without Bank Loans (LIVE CALL) Dec 27, 2022

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Today's Bonus Episode features one of our Weekly LIVE CALLS in the Action Academy Community. Gabe Hamel came in to the group to teach us everything we wanted to know about the Seller Finance Process!

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The Beginner's Guide To Investing In Commercial Real Estate w/ Jake Harris Dec 26, 2022

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Jake Harris is the founder and managing partner of a private equity real estate firm that has managed, developed, and acquired more than $200 million in commercial assets under management in the last five years alone.

With nearly two decades of experience in real estate, construction, and investment management, Jake is a licensed California broker and a recognized expert in opportunity zones, infill development, construction cost-control systems, and the scaling of distressed investing business.

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How I Decide When A "Large Purchase" Is Worth It Dec 23, 2022

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Today we cover "The 10 Year Rule" which is a Framework I created that I use whenever making a financial purchase that is $200+. This serves as a lense to moving forward with the purchase or not.....

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How To Live Your "Bucket List" Each & Every Day w/ Trav Bell Dec 22, 2022

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Trav Bell is a TED Keynote Speaker traveling around the world to help people live their "Bucket List Lives". We aren't guaranteed tomorrow, today's episode will help you live for today!
https://www.thebucketlistguy.com/

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