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Ryan Pineda joins Brian to break down how he turned a $25 golf consulting offer into a half-million dollars in revenue and, eventually, a full mastermind business called M19 built entirely around business owners who love golf.

Brian and Ryan cover:

• How Ryan went from charging $25 per round to $10K per session without running a single ad, just by posting one Instagram story
• Why his wife's offhand comment after a golf retreat became the insight that unlocked the entire M19 business model
• The recurring revenue structure behind M19 and why the trips are retention tools, not profit centers
• How members write off their annual dues and every trip as a legitimate business expense
• Why Ryan believes the best businesses are built around what you already do for fun, not what you think the market wants
• The supply vs. demand constraint framework and how Ryan used it to price his way out of being overbooked
• Where AI is headed for service businesses and why Ryan thinks tax firms, like realtors, aren't going anywhere

If you want to build a business around your lifestyle instead of despite it, this one's worth the full listen.

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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This is the same presentation 40-50 members said fundamentally changed their businesses and lives. Brian shares the three-step framework he spent over $515,000 in personal development to build.

Brian covers:

• Why acquisition alone will never get you to freedom, and the three-part Freedom Formula of Acquisition, Acclimation, and Architecture
• The State, Story, Strategy framework and why 80% of your business problems are mental, not tactical
• How Brian went from $91K in revenue and nearly missing payroll to $182K in the same month the following year by changing one thing
• Why the stories you tell yourself are the actual ceiling on your business and your bank account
• The unit economics breakdown Brian used live to map a member's path to $80K a month with one simple daily driver
• How Action Academy went from $154K in a quarter to seven figures a quarter, and what actually caused the 600% increase

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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$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.

Most rental property investors are working off the wrong math. The internet says five to ten properties will replace your income. The real number is closer to 40 - and once you see why, everything changes.

Brian covers:

• Why $200 a month per door is the honest number most investors don't want to accept
• The 2D framework: why the investors who replace their income focus on dollars per move, not doors
• How Sierra quit her six figure job using note investing at 12 to 15% annual returns
• Why one self storage deal can create $250,000 in forced equity that rentals never could
• The three T's: target, timeline, and trade offs every investor needs to work through
• Why shifting vehicles compresses a 20 year rental timeline into a single acquisition

If you are serious about building a life on your terms and want to surround yourself with people who are actually doing it, go to: https://actionacademy.com?el=action_academy_podcast

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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$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.

Most buyers lose the business deal before they ever submit an offer.

In this episode, business broker Jordan Kelliher breaks down what actually happens behind the scenes when a great business hits the market, why brokers ignore most buyers, and how to separate yourself from the 200+ people competing for the same deal. 

Brian and Jordan cover:

• Why most buyers never get a call back
• How brokers actually choose the winning buyer
• The biggest mistakes first-time buyers make
• Why relationships matter more than spreadsheets
• The truth about seller financing and “no money down” deals
• How to stand out in a competitive acquisition market

If you want to buy a business in the next 12 months, this episode will save you months of wasted time and missed deals.

Curious as to how we’ve bought multiple businesses and built millions in equity? Give this video a watch for a full breakdown: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cviipnGtDWI&feature=youtu.be

If you are serious about building a life on your terms and want to surround yourself with people who are actually doing it, go to: 

https://actionacademy.com?el=action_academy_podcast

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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$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.

Most people spend years trying to figure out which asset class is right for them. Ashley Lynds figured it out by ruling out everything that didn't light her up, and five months after joining Action Academy, she closed on a 9-key boutique hotel in Iowa with seller financing and a partner she found inside the community.

In this episode, Brian and Ashley cover:

• How Ashley ruled out SBA business acquisition and landed on hospitality
• How she found her business partner Tyler through the Action Academy community
• The $615K deal structure with seller financing and a year-two refi plan
• What the partnership split actually looks like and how they divided roles
• The mindset shift that changed how she views her W-2
• What's next for the property and her hospitality portfolio

If you want to find your asset class and get your first deal done in the next 12 months, this episode will show you exactly how one member did it. Curious as to how we've helped members acquire millions in cash-flowing assets? Give this video a watch for a full breakdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cviipnGtDWI&feature=youtu.be

If you are serious about building a life on your terms and want to surround yourself with people who are actually doing it, go to: https://actionacademy.com?el=action_academy_podcast

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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$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.

In this episode, Brian Luebben breaks down the exact framework he has used to work six months a year while building a business doing over $10 million in revenue.

Brian covers:

• Why both corporate America and traditional entrepreneurship broke him
• The two seasons every high performer needs: acceleration and navigation
• How reverse goal setting and Parkinson's Law make him more productive in less time
• What his actual calendar looks like and how he knows when to switch seasons
• Why navigation is not vacation and how to tell the difference
• How to apply this framework whether you have a nine to five, young kids, or a growing business

This is one of the most honest conversations Brian has had about how he actually structures his life and business - and why the finish line is never coming. 

Curious as to how we've bought multiple businesses and built millions in equity? Give this episode a watch for a full breakdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cviipnGtDWI&feature=youtu.be

If you are serious about building a life on your terms and want to surround yourself with people who are actually doing it, go to: https://actionacademy.com?el=action_academy_podcast

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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IG @brianluebben
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$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.

College dropout Rob Beardsley started buying multifamily real estate at 21 years old. Today, his company manages over $1 billion in assets across 25 properties with more than 200 employees and zero investor losses. 

In this episode, Rob breaks down:

• How he scaled to $1B AUM before 30
• The biggest mistakes multifamily operators made during the boom
• Why most Class C deals aren’t worth the headache
• The real reason masterminds accelerate success
• How to survive market cycles and scale the right way
• Why long-term thinking beats chasing fast money

This is one of the most practical conversations we’ve had on multifamily investing, scaling a real estate company, and building through difficult markets.

Curious as to how we’ve bought multiple businesses and built millions in equity? Give this video a watch for a full breakdown: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cviipnGtDWI&feature=youtu.be

If you are serious about building a life on your terms and want to surround yourself with people who are actually doing it, go to: 

https://actionacademy.com?el=action_academy_podcast

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!

Follow Me As I Travel & Build:
IG @brianluebben
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$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.

Tim Ensmann went from scaling 20+ Airbnbs to developing experiential boutique resorts across the U.S. In this episode, he breaks down how he transitioned from short-term rentals into boutique hotels, raised capital for multiple resort projects, and turned undervalued mom-and-pop properties into multi-million dollar hospitality assets. 

We cover:

• Why bigger deals are often easier than small ones
• Turning a $1.5M property into a $4.7M resort
• The future of boutique hospitality
• Raising capital and structuring hotel deals
• Why experiences outperform commodity real estate
• How strategic partnerships accelerate growth
• Lifestyle-first entrepreneurship and long-term wealth building

Curious as to how we’ve bought multiple businesses and built millions in equity? 

Give this video a watch for a full breakdown: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cviipnGtDWI&feature=youtu.be

If you are serious about building a life on your terms and want to surround yourself with people who are actually doing it, go to: 
https://actionacademy.com?el=action_academy_podcast

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!

Follow Me As I Travel & Build:
IG @brianluebben
ActionAcademy.com

$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.

In this episode, Brian Luebben breaks down the exact business philosophy he stole from Walt Disney's 1957 mind map and used to build a portfolio of companies now doing over $15 million per year. Brian walks through his own mind map live - the one he drew in 2023 before making his first dollar in business - and shows how Action Academy, Sexton World, Sexton Hospitality, and his business and real estate fund all connect and feed each other like a flywheel. Plus, he shares the "plant trees, manage orchards" framework that changed how he thinks about building and scaling businesses for the long term.

Curious as to how we’ve bought multiple businesses and built millions in equity? Give this video a watch for a full breakdown: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cviipnGtDWI&feature=youtu.be

If you are serious about building a life on your terms and want to surround yourself with people who are actually doing it, go to: 

https://actionacademy.com?el=action_academy_podcast

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!

Follow Me As I Travel & Build:
IG @brianluebben
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$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.

In this episode, Brian Luebben sits down with his girlfriend Nathalia Lopez for her very first podcast appearance on the Action Academy Podcast. Nathalia opens up about her journey from a high-powered corporate career in legal and board governance at the nation's largest municipally-owned utility company to leaving it all behind. Together, they share the raw, emotional process of Nathalia leaving corporate America, the couple's vision retreat that aligned their goals, and the financial reverse-engineering strategy that made their dream life possible, including the real estate professional tax strategy. Plus, they reveal how they manifested each other years before they met.

Curious as to how we’ve bought multiple businesses and built millions in equity? Give this video a watch for a full breakdown: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cviipnGtDWI&feature=youtu.be

If you are serious about building a life on your terms and want to surround yourself with people who are actually doing it, go to: 

https://actionacademy.com?el=action_academy_podcast

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!

Follow Me As I Travel & Build:
IG @brianluebben
ActionAcademy.com

$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.