Graham is getting ready to move his whole family to Thailand, he has done this regulary and it is part of his lifestyle. We discuss how focuss, or what you pay attention to is really important. If you focus on the fear of loss you cannot grow your wealth and your business. Erik & Graham share very personal stories about business situations that go bad and how changing the attention helps them get through it. And some discussions about the weather.

Source article:
https://hbr.org/2018/03/to-control-your-life-control-what-you-pay-attention-to

In property, a lot of things can go wrong and you have to deal with a lot of uncertainty. Erik and Graham discuss which uncertainties you need to deal with and how you can mitigate this with building buffers.

Graham walks us through investment strategies that work for Japan's diverse real estate property market, focusing on the outlying city of Fukuoka. Why would you want to consider a low-yield property market like Japan anyway? We talk about risk and currency diversification, and the dangers of having all your proverbial investment eggs in one basket (or market). You can buy a 1 bed apartment in Fukuoka Japan for as little as $60,000. We explore the purchase costs and potential yields from such an investment

Cedric is passionate about startups, block chain and owning just 64 things (all of which are black). How does Cedric manage his minimalist lifestyle of 64 things? How does he maintain some form of stability when he is constantly traveling? What kind of technologies and startups is Cedric actively involved in as a founder and angel investor?

Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad) always talks about the importance of being able to leverage OPM (Other People's Money). In this episode of Lazy Money Machine, we unpack Erik's development projects and how he's sourcing external finance. Erik walks us through his latest building project in Indonesia and shares advice on how he markets these projects to prospective investors. What are the challenges in raising OPM? Why is raising OPM an important skill and often the gap between an amateur and a professional investor?

Jasper is author of Get Paid for Your Pad - the definitive Airbnb guide. How did Jasper get his start in Airbnb? How did Jasper build an Airbnb business across multiple countries? Airbnb is an increasingly popular business to generate passive income for landlords, but what are pros and cons of this model compared to traditional property rental?

Jasper: https://getpaidforyourpad.com/

Musician Tom Southerton jams with Graham about about property investment and building businesses across borders and time zones. Is the best tenant always the one who pays the most money? We trade landlord stories of how bad tenants can wreck your property business and what you can do to protect yourself from them. We take a look at alternative investment vehicles and wealth holders like precious metals and crypto currencies.

Graham tells us his background story and teaches the basics of investing. Many business owners think that their businesses will make them wealthy, they won't. Statistics show that most will end up making as much as they would have done if they stayed in the day job.
The key to creating long term sustainable wealth lies in income producing assets, particularly passive-income

Build a lifestyle business that generates cash, invest that surplus cashflow into an asset-based investment business
45: Lifestyle vs Investment Business, Graham’s story

Walter Rijk joins the Lazy Money Machine. We talk about how he got his start in commercial real estate property investing What is the challenge in growing a large, successful business? How do you manage the expectations of being "the boss"?
What do you do when you want "out" but you've been "in" for so long? How does commercial real estate investing differ from residential real estate? What are the pros and cons of each? How do you finance commercial property deals?

We discuss how both Erik and Graham have a weakness on buying certain things for Erik it's electronics and audio equipment and for Graham it's bicycles. We discuss how important to is to collect experiences in stead of things in a lot of detail.