Your Everyday Rich

Welcome back to another episode of Your Everyday Rich Podcast!

In Episode 45, we have a living room conversation about the “check engine light” of life.  It’s a term about aging that someone jokingly described to Jason few years ago, but didn’t take seriously until recently because of ‘things’ that started happening to his health.  And seeing ‘stuff’ happen this his friends also gave more reason to address the early warning signs.

With many millennials turning 40 or approaching their last years of their 30’s, prioritizing fitness is something that should be put to the forefront of their lives.  And for good reason. Your body starts to show its wear and tear, the good ol’ metabolism slows down, body parts don’t look the same (or sag/expand), and muscles just randomly tweak easier (i.e. think pulling your back getting out of bed LOL).  It probably doesn't help that for many millennials, being ‘busy’ with life, career, and raising kids hasn’t made it easier to work in the 6 pack of abs.

Jason and Jenn go through the real barriers to get ‘motivated’ to make physical fitness a priority when it’s so hard to ‘want’ to do it.  They share their evolving journey on how they recognized these barriers as EXCUSES, how they mentally decided to take action, and how they made it work so that working out has become the thing they CAN NOT skip now.

If you have found yourself constantly saying ‘This year is the year I get back into shape’ but never find the spark or are able to eliminate the barriers aka excuses, then you will want to listen to this convo.  Because like it or not, that check engine light is coming on soon, and you don’t want to wait until it does to make your health a priority.  

Because HEALTH is our ultimate WEALTH

Why do these conversations matter? They matter because these convos are happening behind closed doors and we want them to be front and centre so you can be empowered to achieve financial, personal and family success.  You don’t know what you don’t know but we are here to change that and provide you with the info, insight, and tips you can use to make the best decisions around your money, investing and family life so that it is built around Your Everyday Rich life. 🚀

Follow Jason and Jenn’s social media:

Jason’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mrjasonkao⁠

Jenn’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jennfahh27⁠

Your Everyday Rich instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/youreverydayrich⁠

Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@youreverydayrich⁠

DM us or leave a comment! We want to hear what you think are important living room convos!

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Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1JHf9dfrh1xrQ8on5sPQIg⁠

Disclaimer

Your Everyday Rich Podcast is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. Any such information or other material referenced in this podcast should not be construed as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a qualified professional.

Welcome back to another episode of Your Everyday Rich Podcast!

In Episode 44, we have a living room convo with Kevin Koo and Carmen Pun of Zenith Investment Properties who are media producers turned real estate investors while navigating parent life with a 20 month old.  We met them while in the same real estate mentorship program a few years ago and quickly found that we alot in common:  

Kevin and Carmen have a unique yet relatable upbringing around money.  Polar opposite upbringings around money yet both shaped similarly around how they want to use money as a tool for their Everyday Rich; something they learned from attending a Tony Robbins event and gained HUGE inspiration from.

They dive into the harsh realities of growing a real estate portfolio too quickly and which markets and types of properties they would NOT go back into if they did it again.

They also are brutally honest with the harsh realization of passive income early in their journey, and the 3 lessons they learned and apply to their investing now.

Kevin and Carmen’s also share their relatable experience of navigating skepticism from parents early on and the honest challenge in figuring out their WHY.  

And it wouldn’t be true YER convo with guests if they didn’t answer a few fun questions on the famous YER Crazy Rich Asians and Crouching Employee Hidden Entrepreneur segment (yes it’s a long name LOL)..  it’s a good one.

Oh and we talk about the award winning film that Kevin produced called Eternal Spring!

Why do these conversations matter? They matter because these convos are happening behind closed doors and we want them to be front and centre so you can be empowered to achieve financial, personal and family success.  You don’t know what you don’t know but we are here to change that and provide you with the info, insight, and tips you can use to make the best decisions around your money, investing and family life so that it is built around Your Everyday Rich life. 🚀

Follow Jason and Jenn’s social media:

Jason’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mrjasonkao⁠

Jenn’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jennfahh27⁠

Your Everyday Rich instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/youreverydayrich⁠

Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@youreverydayrich⁠

Kevin and Carmen’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zenithinvestmentproperties

DM us or leave a comment! We want to hear what you think are important living room convos!

Listen on:

Apple:⁠ ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-everyday-rich/id1676179014\⁠

Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1JHf9dfrh1xrQ8on5sPQIg⁠

Disclaimer

Your Everyday Rich Podcast is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. Any such information or other material referenced in this podcast should not be construed as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a qualified professional.

Welcome back to another episode of Your Everyday Rich Podcast!

In Episode 43, we have a living room convo with our friends, the husband and wife team and founders of Eatable Inc. Eatable is refined snacking inspired by happy hour.  It’s  pairing a classic snack of popcorn, with flavours of the wine, spirits and cocktails.  

Their story is what so many corporate 9 to 5 er’s talk about but only joke of ever doing.  Quitting their high paying corporate careers to solve a problem they were personally experiencing… constantly frustrated with crappy low quality non flavour country snacks.  And thus Eatable was born, as well as their foray into entrepreneurship.

Vince and Charlene take us down their entrepreneurship journey, hiding it from their parents, soul searching, the conflicting choice of quitting, dealing with the self doubt, guilt, and the non believers early on, the real life struggles of parenthood and running a business as a couple, and SO MUCH MORE that millennials are trying to figure out with their money and everyday rich lives. 

Did we mention they got casted onto DRAGONS' DEN?!  They give us the inside scoop of the den and how it went down.

We also put them through our famous Asian inspired Q&A rapid fire session.

This convo is jam packed.  It’s inspiring. It’s one convo you do not want to miss out on.

Why do these conversations matter? They matter because these convos are happening behind closed doors and we want them to be front and centre so you can be empowered to achieve financial, personal and family success.  You don’t know what you don’t know but we are here to change that and provide you with the info, insight, and tips you can use to make the best decisions around your money, investing and family life so that it is built around Your Everyday Rich life. 🚀

Follow Jason and Jenn’s social media:

Jason’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mrjasonkao⁠

Jenn’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jennfahh27⁠

Your Everyday Rich instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/youreverydayrich⁠

Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@youreverydayrich⁠

***** DM us or leave a comment! We want to hear what you think are important living room convos!

Listen on:

Apple:⁠ ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-everyday-rich/id1676179014\⁠

Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1JHf9dfrh1xrQ8on5sPQIg⁠

Disclaimer

Your Everyday Rich Podcast is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. Any such information or other material referenced in this podcast should not be construed as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a qualified professional.

Welcome back to another episode of Your Everyday Rich Podcast!

In Episode 42, we have a living room convo about the complex relationship around money and the never ending human pursuit of possessions and wealth: How much money is “enough”? When is enough.. well, enough?  In Chapter 3 of one of our favorite books The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, this concept of hedonic treadmill is from the social pressures of comparison and there is an expectation that we have to have more in order to be successful or happy.  

These social comparisons lead to creating bigger goalposts that we keep trying to kick through, but can never reach in order to ‘win’ the game of life because they always keep moving. No one wants to be the one driving a beater car, no name clothes, and a small yet comfortable home.  It’s go big or go home… 

But…At what point is pursuing more money worth sacrificing other aspects of your life.

We love this book so much that we decided we will do a mini series on the key topics in the book and no better way to start with talking about how much money is enough!

How much money is enough for you?

Why do these conversations matter? They matter because these convos are happening behind closed doors and we want them to be front and centre so you can be empowered to achieve financial and personal success.  You don’t know what you don’t know but we are here to change that and provide you with the info, insight, and tips you can use to make the best decisions around your money and investing so that it is built around Your Everyday Rich life. 🚀

Follow Jason and Jenn’s social media:

Jason’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mrjasonkao⁠

Jenn’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jennfahh27⁠

Your Everyday Rich instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/youreverydayrich⁠

Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@youreverydayrich⁠

DM us or leave a comment! We want to hear what you think are important living room convos for millennials!

Listen on:

Apple:⁠ ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-everyday-rich/id1676179014\⁠

Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1JHf9dfrh1xrQ8on5sPQIg⁠

Disclaimer

Your Everyday Rich Podcast is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. Any such information or other material referenced in this podcast should not be construed as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a qualified professional.

Welcome back to another episode of Your Everyday Rich Podcast!

In Episode 41, we chat about helping you set up goals and plan for the new year. 

Goal planning is important.  Having goals is important.  Goals create a sense of purpose and help you focus your efforts in achieving 'your everyday rich'.   However, many people don’t know how to properly set goals and as a result they end up giving up before they even start.

But this won’t be you.  We got you!  

No idea how to figure out what your goals are or even how to start?  Don’t fret, we got you.  

We guide you through how we set goals and plan to execute on our goals, and give some insight into how we are navigating our financial planning for 2024.  

Goals evolve, as ours continue to do every year, so don’t worry about getting it right the first time you sit down and make some goals.  The important thing is you make them.  Make them whatever you want, however big, small, ridiculous, or achievable…just make them.    

And you’ll be able to do that after this episode!

Why do these conversations matter? They matter because these convos are happening behind closed doors and we want them to be front and centre so you can be empowered to achieve financial and personal success.  You don’t know what you don’t know but we are here to change that and provide you with the info, insight, and tips you can use to make the best decisions around your money and investing so that it is built around Your Everyday Rich life. 🚀

Follow Jason and Jenn’s social media:

Jason’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mrjasonkao⁠

Jenn’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jennfahh27⁠

Your Everyday Rich instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/youreverydayrich⁠

Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@youreverydayrich⁠

DM us or leave a comment! We want to hear what you think are important living room convos!

Listen on:

Apple:⁠ ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-everyday-rich/id1676179014\⁠

Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1JHf9dfrh1xrQ8on5sPQIg⁠

Disclaimer

Your Everyday Rich Podcast is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. Any such information or other material referenced in this podcast should not be construed as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a qualified professional.

Welcome back to another episode of Your Everyday Rich Podcast!

In Episode 40, we talk about what everyone’s thinking about during Christmas but too scared to speak up first for the fear of feeling cheap or guilty. It’s saying NO to buying Christmas gifts for everyone.  Yup, that’s right.  It’s the big elephant in the room during the holiday season since buying gifts for everyone can rack up a heavy bill in December and leave you with a financial hangover in January.  

Jason and Jenn call it the way it is.  Christmas can be a stressful time for people, especially having to pony up serious coin for gifts that often put strain on their financial situations.  Nobody wants to be cheap, but nobody also wants to overstretch themselves and get into debt for the sake of feeling obligated by commercialized traditions.  

We are re-writing the ‘spirit’ of Christmas and explain to you how to draw a line in the snow about gift giving, while creating your own traditions that don’t involve forced monetary generosity, yet still allow you to give without the guilt. 

Why do these conversations matter? They matter because these convos are happening behind closed doors and we want them to be front and centre so you can be empowered to achieve financial and personal success.  You don’t know what you don’t know but we are here to change that and provide you with the info, insight, and tips you can use to make the best decisions around your money and investing so that it is built around Your Everyday Rich life. 🚀

Follow Jason and Jenn’s social media:

Jason’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mrjasonkao⁠

Jenn’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jennfahh27⁠

Your Everyday Rich instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/youreverydayrich⁠

Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@youreverydayrich⁠

DM us or leave a comment! We want to hear what you think are important living room convos!

Listen on:

Apple:⁠ ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-everyday-rich/id1676179014\⁠

Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1JHf9dfrh1xrQ8on5sPQIg⁠

Disclaimer

Your Everyday Rich Podcast is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. Any such information or other material referenced in this podcast should not be construed as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a qualified professional.

Welcome back to another episode of Your Everyday Rich Podcast!

In Episode 39, we explore a unique concept we heard about from The Money With Katie podcast called the Hot Girl Hamster Wheel while we were traveling back from our family vacation.  It refers to the expensive maintenance of the traditional beauty standards our society has created towards women: manicures/pedicures, plucked eyebrows, eye lash extensions, haircuts, daily makeup, facials, and much more.  The interesting thing is.. This concept is not isolated to just women.. Men fall into this trap as well we like to call “The Rich Boy Hamster Wheel”.

While these beauty ideals may be only skin deep, they definitely have a deeper impact on our finances (have you ever added up the recurring costs?) and psychology.  When our self esteem is regulated by the perception of looking ‘hot’, which ultimately is linked to continuously spending more money and justifying it as ‘self care’, we honestly end up more interested in starting a new trend called the Hot Girl Detox.

Why do these conversations matter? They matter because these convos are happening behind closed doors and we want them to be front and centre so you can be empowered to achieve financial and personal success.  You don’t know what you don’t know but we are here to change that and provide you with the info, insight, and tips you can use to make the best decisions around your money and investing so that it is built around Your Everyday Rich life. 🚀

Follow Jason and Jenn’s social media:

Jason’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mrjasonkao⁠

Jenn’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jennfahh27⁠

Your Everyday Rich instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/youreverydayrich⁠

Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@youreverydayrich⁠

DM us or leave a comment! We want to hear what you think are important living room convos!

Listen on:

Apple:⁠ ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-everyday-rich/id1676179014\⁠

Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1JHf9dfrh1xrQ8on5sPQIg⁠

Disclaimer

Your Everyday Rich Podcast is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. Any such information or other material referenced in this podcast should not be construed as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a qualified professional.

Welcome back to another episode of Your Everyday Rich Podcast!

In Episode 38, Jason and Jenn discuss the latest tipping trends and how the rising expectations of who and how much to tip are causing people to even consider moving away from tipping altogether.  They debate how tipping should be applied, what countries have NO tipping and still get great service, and even how much you tip can lead to unsuspecting cultural stereotypes.  Jason also shares the oddest place he was asked for a tip, and his reaction.

Why do these conversations matter? They matter because these convos are happening behind closed doors and we want them to be front and centre so you can be empowered to achieve financial and personal success.  You don’t know what you don’t know but we are here to change that and provide you with the info, insight, and tips you can use to make the best decisions around your money and investing so that it is built around Your Everyday Rich life. 🚀

Follow Jason and Jenn’s social media:

Jason’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mrjasonkao⁠

Jenn’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jennfahh27⁠

Your Everyday Rich instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/youreverydayrich⁠

Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@youreverydayrich⁠

DM us or leave a comment! We want to hear what you think are important living room convos!

Listen on:

Apple:⁠ ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-everyday-rich/id1676179014\⁠

Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1JHf9dfrh1xrQ8on5sPQIg⁠

Disclaimer

Your Everyday Rich Podcast is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. Any such information or other material referenced in this podcast should not be construed as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a qualified professional.

Welcome back to another episode of Your Everyday Rich Podcast!

In Episode 37, Jason and Jenn give the run down on how to figure out how much car you can afford using some guidelines and car buying rules.  They share their experience of buying used cars versus new, the debate of buying versus leasing, and why so many people end up spending so much more on their cars than they actually can afford.  

Why do these conversations matter? They matter because these convos are happening behind closed doors and we want them to be front and centre so you can be empowered to achieve financial and personal success.  You don’t know what you don’t know but we are here to change that and provide you with the info, insight, and tips you can use to make the best decisions around your money and investing so that it is built around Your Everyday Rich life. 🚀

Follow Jason and Jenn’s social media:

Jason’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mrjasonkao⁠

Jenn’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jennfahh27⁠

Your Everyday Rich instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/youreverydayrich⁠

Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@youreverydayrich⁠

DM us or leave a comment! We want to hear what you think are important living room convos!

Listen on:

Apple:⁠ ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-everyday-rich/id1676179014\⁠

Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1JHf9dfrh1xrQ8on5sPQIg⁠

Disclaimer

Your Everyday Rich Podcast is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. Any such information or other material referenced in this podcast should not be construed as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a qualified professional.

Welcome back to another episode of Your Everyday Rich Podcast!

In Episode 36, Jason and Jenn give the run down on their current favorite real estate investment strategy: student rentals.  With immigration numbers forecasted to rise even more, international students will make up a huge portion of that influx.  That hasn't even accounted for the local students yet! All this will continue to keep driving up the demand for student rental housing.  A constant supply of tenants!

They share what they look for as a student rental investor, the most important features students have been asking for, comparing colleges vs universities, screening students, and managing expectations of both students and the individuals paying..the parents.  

They break down the numbers on their student rental and why this strategy is one of the better real estate investments for larger cash flow even if the maintenance costs are higher.  Jason and Jenn address the common barrier and fears around student rentals (think students will trash my house!) and reveal the stunning truth of what actually happened to their property over the years.

Throughout the episode they reminisce on their student living days and use that experience to become better landlords to students and get top dollar for rent.

Stay tuned for the end as they uncover some shocking revelations about the post secondary education system and why Jason and Jenn believe universities and colleges aren't disappearing anytime soon.

Why do these conversations matter? They matter because these convos are happening behind closed doors and we want them to be front and centre so you can be empowered to achieve financial and personal success.  You don’t know what you don’t know but we are here to change that and provide you with the info, insight, and tips you can use to make the best decisions around your money and investing so that it is built around Your Everyday Rich life. 🚀

Follow Jason and Jenn’s social media:

Jason’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mrjasonkao⁠

Jenn’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jennfahh27⁠

Your Everyday Rich instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/youreverydayrich⁠

Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@youreverydayrich⁠

DM us or leave a comment! We want to hear what you think are important living room convos!

Listen on:

Apple:⁠ ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-everyday-rich/id1676179014\⁠

Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1JHf9dfrh1xrQ8on5sPQIg⁠

Disclaimer

Your Everyday Rich Podcast is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. Any such information or other material referenced in this podcast should not be construed as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a qualified professional.