Assumes $250/month net per rental. Illustrative; results vary.
Who's behind this
Hey, I'm Brian Luebben.
I did everything right, and still hit the rental ceiling.
2018–2022
Earned $252K a year
Saved aggressively every single year.
Bought my first rental
Lived in the basement to make the math work.
Saved. Bought. Repeated.
Built a portfolio of four rentals.
Then I ran the numbers.
Four rentals and years of saving got me here:
$2K/mo
What I made
›
$20K/mo
What I needed
So I sold my rentals, left corporate, and started buying cashflow instead.
2022–2026 · Every deal done with partners
What we boughtCashflow (SDE)
Hoodz JUST CLOSED
Bought for $2.7M
$900K
per year
Hoodz
Bought for $900K
$300K
per year
Mid America
Bought for $700K
$250K
per year
The Yard Gym
Bought for $500K
$200K
per year
Alaska Wild Lights
Bought for $1.9M
$600K
per year
BAYA
Tropical hotel, South Florida
$14.2M
purchase
Then: 4 rentals, $2K/mo Now: 5 businesses + a hotel
$2.25M/yr
combined SDE
Same work ethic. Same time window. Completely different life.
And I didn't do one deal alone. Every one was with partners.
That's why we built Action Academy: to help you scale your cashflow, net worth and full potential by being in the right tribe.
Business-level results from deals Brian acquired with partners; figures are not Brian's personal income. SDE is seller's discretionary earnings, before debt service, taxes and shared distributions. Not typical, and not a promise of what you'll earn.
720+
members nationwide
3,000+
audits run
$400M+
verified member deals
Here's what we teach instead of more rentals ↓
What we teach
7 asset classes. All built to beat another rental.
Not just business buying. Every path we teach puts cashflow first, so you can scale without stacking houses.
Small business acquisition
Buy a profitable business with SBA financing, often with as little as 10% down.
Multifamily apartments
Dozens of units under one roof, one loan and one manager.
Self storage
Low-touch operations, sticky tenants and no toilets to fix.
Mobile home parks
Residents own their homes. You own the land under them.
Boutique hotels
Hospitality with nightly pricing power.
Residential assisted living
Turn a house into a care home that pays per resident, not per lease.
Land flipping
Buy and sell vacant land. No tenants, no buildings, no repairs.
Why pay $140K to find out which one is right for you?
Most programs teach just one asset class, and charge $10K–$20K for it. You'd have to buy all seven just to figure out which one fits you....
The old way
7 programs × $10K–$20K each
$70K–$140K
…before you even know which one is right for you.
Action Academy
All 7. One room.
Learn every path, compare them side by side, and go deep on the one that fits.
52%
of members who closed ended up in a different asset than they joined for. That's why we teach all of them.
A membership for high earners making the jump from rentals to cashflowing businesses and commercial real estate. You get the training, the people and the capital to do your first deal, and your next one.
✓
The Acquisition Operating System
Step-by-step training from finding a deal to closing it: 80 modules across 11 stages.
✓
Your Acquisition Advisor Team
Dedicated coaches and guides who keep you on track from day one to your first close.
✓
All 7 asset classes
Learn every path side by side, then go deep on the one that fits you.
✓
A nationwide community
720+ members who’ve done what you’re trying to do, and partners for your deals.
✓
300+ capital partners
Help funding a deal when it needs more than you have.
✓
Live events
Meet members in person, find partners and get deals done.
They started with 1 to 4 rentals. Look at them now.
Nathan Johnson
2 businesses
Bought a $2.1M lawn care company with seller financing, added a body shop a year later, and left his W-2 after 23 years.
Before: 23-year W-2 employee with 2 rentals and short-term rental goals.
$2.1M
First purchase
~$700K
SDE
10.5%
Down
Mason Miranda
500+ doors
Laid off with a baby on the way, joined with nearly his last $4,500. Three years later he owns 500+ doors across hotels, multifamily, storage and more.
Before: Stay-at-home dad with 1 rental, 76 job rejections and zero business experience.
500+
Doors
$11.1M
Raised
$15K
Own money
Matt Salmon
Month 11
Closed his first business, a $1.375M civil infrastructure company, in month 11 of membership.
Before: W-2 employee with 1 rental, learning to say no to the wrong deals.
$1.375M
Purchase
~$4.7M
Revenue
~$485K
SDE
Tyler Griffith
Left his W-2
About a year after joining, he closed his first small business: enough to exit his W-2 and put his family past $1M net worth.
Before: Michigan W-2 employee with 4 rentals, starting with a 401(k) loan for a fourplex in 2019.
~1 yr
To first business
$1M+
Net worth
4
Rentals before
Robert Sheridan
Quit his W-2
Built a land business in about 11 months and quit his W-2, on track to make just under 4x his old salary that year.
Before: W-2 employee with 1 rental.
11 mo
In Action Academy
~4x
W-2 salary (proj.)
Land
Asset class
Dylan Rusch
Land developer
Became a land developer building out subdivisions. Q1 2026 was his biggest quarter ever, and he’s no longer juggling a W-2.
Before: W-2 employee with 3 rentals.
$148K
Q1 net
~$300K
10-lot project
~$40K
Commissions YTD
Andrew Bennett
Commercial deal
Closed a 12,000 sq ft commercial building and brewery/restaurant asset sale with seller financing and $0 out of pocket.
Before: 2 rentals and a health and wellness business.
$650K
Purchase
$60K
Down (seller)
$0
Out of pocket
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Individual member results. Not typical; results vary.
What happens on your Acquisition Audit
01
Which of the 7 asset classes fits you
Matched to your capital, your job and your goals.
02
How to fund it based on your capital, timeline and goals
SBA, seller financing and capital partners, built around your number.
Yes. We’d love for you to look at membership if it’s a fit. Either way, your advisor will coach you and you’ll leave with real value, whether you join or not.
I’ve been burned by courses before. Why is this different?
This is 1,000% not a course. Courses are being replaced by AI. This is a room of 720+ deal makers and coaches actively helping each other, and meeting up in person around the country.
I only have $20–50K. Is that enough?
Yes. We’ll teach you how to scale with bank loans and investors. When you join, we also introduce you to our lenders and our private Action Academy capital partner network.
Do I have to quit my job?
Absolutely not. This is about making leaving your job optional, not mandatory. A lot of our members keep their jobs.
I’ve never run a business. Can I really do this?
Absolutely, especially if you run teams or a P&L in your current job. Mason joined with zero business experience.
What if I don’t know which asset class is right for me?
We’ve run thousands of people through our system. You’ll have a clear answer within 30 days.
How long until I close my first deal?
We target 6–9 months. Some members take until month 12 or beyond. It depends on your availability and effort.
Do I have to buy near where I live?
We recommend it, but we’ll also teach you how to invest remotely.
What does it cost, and what if it’s not a fit?
The audit is free. If there’s a fit, your advisor walks you through membership options on the call. Every membership comes with a 14-day, 100% money-back guarantee.
Don't book if…
✕You have less than $20K to invest (not retirement or home equity).
✕You want someone to do it all for you.
✕You won't make a move in the next 12 months.
Every month you wait is $19,000 you're not making.
That's your gap with 4 rentals. Find out which of the 7 paths closes it.
You've hit the ceiling. Now scale past it.
Find out which of the 7 paths gets you there without 80 tenants.
