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Action Academy | Millionaire Mentorship For Your Life & Business

How He Left A Six-Figure Job Through Buying A $500k Gym Franchise w/ Zach Babischkin

Action Academy | Millionaire Mentorship For Your Life & Business

Brian Luebben

Small Business, Business, Biggerpockets, Entrepreneurship, Financial Freedom, Careers, Commercial Real Estate, Investing, Millionaire, Passive Income, Alex Hormozi, Real Estate, Corporate

4.9703 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Zach Babischkin went from corporate sales and startup logistics to opening a boutique gym franchise in Nashville -- four days after his second child was born. In this episode, he and Brian break down the full acquisition journey: franchise discovery, a year of delays, and what it actually takes to go from W-2 to business owner. We cover: Why they chose a franchise over buying an existing businessHow leasing agents used their LOIs against themSurviving a government shutdown, Trump tariffs, and...

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0:00.0

If there's 100 people listening to this that are business partners right now, I probably would say 92 out of the 100 have a shitty operating agreement. Baby was born on Tuesday. The gym opened on Saturday. Then it's just like taking that chance. And then for me, I was like, you know, I could just blow him up on Instagram and just say he's a fake or a phony if this is not real. Why are the money, we're ready to go? Three days later, government shut down. They're like, we're not taking your money right now.

0:21.3

We don't know when this is going to happen.

0:22.4

We don't know what's going on.

0:23.2

I'm like, oh, my goodness, here we are waiting.

0:24.7

Zach, baby. wire the money, we're ready to go. Three days later, government shut down. They're like, we're not taking your money right now.

0:21.3

We don't know when this is going to happen.

0:22.4

We don't know what's going on.

0:23.2

I'm like, oh, my goodness, here we go.

0:24.1

We're waiting.

0:24.6

Zach Bichkin, go, go, Westco Wolves. Go, West go wolves. Yeah, let's go, baby. A new air, new attitude. Dude. What's up, everybody? Welcome back to another episode of The Action Academy Podcast. From all of my viewers and all of my listeners, we have another biz buying episode. So right now I'm sitting with one of my business partners from college, Zach Babishkin, him and I just closed on a brand new location of the yard fitness in Nashville, Tennessee. You for sure need to come check it out. Anybody that's in Nashville, anybody that's in Tennessee, it's an awesome location.

0:54.6

We just finished up a workout.

1:11.3

It kicks your ass. And so it's a really cool community. It's a really cool gym. I'm excited to be a part of it. So Zach, introduce yourself to the audience. We'll kind of break down. Like Brian said, though, I think what? How many years we've known each other now? I mean, like, obviously, college we've been out for 11, 12 years.

1:14.8

So then from that, from your DJ years, I think what, how many years we've known each other now? I mean, like, obviously, college we've been out for 11, 12 years. So then from that, from your, from your DJ years,

1:23.3

DJ Brian, DJ Brian, Liban, and then through the fraternity stuff, yeah, I mean, honestly, known you for a while. So it's great. And then was, you know, in Action Academy. I'm the success.

1:24.0

I'm a success story.

1:24.3

Yeah.

1:25.3

I always tell people that, like I always recommend

1:26.2

my favorite success.

1:27.0

You're my favorite success story, man.

1:28.3

Exactly.

1:29.2

So yeah, like you said,

1:30.4

Zach Wibishkin,

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