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Podcast highlights:In today's Lazy Money Machine Podcast Graham walks us through investment strategies that work for Japan's diverse real estate property market, focusing on the outlying city of FukuokaWhy 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

Podcast highlights:Welcome Cedric Waldburger of 64 Things to Lazy Money Machine. He's passionate about startups, blockchain 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?

Podcast highlights: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 financeErik 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 professional investor?

Podcast highlights:Welcome Jasper Ribbers to Lazy Money Machine. Jasper is author of Get Paid for Your Pad - the definitive Airbnb guideHow 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?

Podcast highlights:Welcome musician Tom Southerton to Lazy Money Machine - we're going to jam 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 cryptocurrencies.

Podcast highlights: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-incomeBuild a lifestyle business that generates cash, invest that surplus cashflow into an asset-based investment business

Podcast highlights:Walter Rijk joins the Lazy Money Machine. We talk about how he got his start in commercial real estate property investingWhat 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?

Podcast highlights:What really makes us happy - experience or things? We're not just talking about the obvious things like cars, houses etc, we're also talking about labels, titles and expectations that weigh us down.Why do we end up accumulating so much clutter in our lives? What causes this? How can we be aware to the insidious creep of things in our life?How can you clear out things to make more room for experience in your life? What's the real measure of a successful, happy life?

Resources or resourcefulness - what do you need to be a successful investor? Some potential investors tell me the reason they haven't started building their passive income is because they don't have enough spare cash. He's why that's never an excuse to not get started.

Should you set business goals for 2018? Will these goals make you happy? What are the wrong kind of goals to set? What are the common mistakes entrepreneurs make when going about goal setting?

Graham and Erik discuss why the idea of working harder and earning more money doesn't make you more financially independent and the answer lies in managing your finances and building Passive Income.

A lot of people invest a lot of time in their work, but how many of them invest in themselves? It ain’t easy. In this episode of the Lazy Money Machine Graham and Erik discuss what the challenge is, in particular the challenge of running out of energy. It’s not easy to invest in yourself when you are depleted from a day of work and committing.

Rolf Potts was a little known author who inspired a big movement. If it wasn’t for Potts, we wouldn’t have Tim Ferris - then what would we talk about this week? In this episode, we discuss what Vagabonding really is and pull apart some of the BS myths that hold people back from achieving their dream lifestyles.

You have to dream. In today’s Lazy Money Machine we listen to the wisdom of Jim Rohn, Rohn was influential in later shaping the work of people like Tony Robbins. In this podcast, we discuss what Rohn’s message was and also listen to Zig Ziglar on dreams and how it impacts our lives.

It’s Tim Ferriss back again - we’re on a Tim riff this week. This time we’re pulling apart wisdom from his bestseller “The 4 Hour Workweek”. Do we want to be millionaires or is it the experiences we think a million dollars will buy that we’re really chasing? It’s important to know the distinction because chasing the wrong goals in life is a surefire formula for unhappiness.

This is a scary question. It’s one asked by Tim Ferriss in his podcast. In today’s Lazy Money Machine Graham and Erik discuss how asking these big questions can sometimes create rapid change in your life.

Sometimes just having a big fat goal isn’t enough. Sometimes we need the fear of letting people down to get us over the finish line. In this podcast we listen to the wisdom of Nick Vujicic, a man born without either arms or legs. Does that stop him no? We discuss how committing to a lifestyle or a mission can often be the energy you need to make it happen.

After Hurricane Irma wiped out homes across South East States, families returned to find their lifelong possessions destroyed. Rather than that being the end of life as we know it, some found that this enforced “declutter” helped them realise what was really important in life. Graham and Erik share their thoughts and experiences on decluttering, and what we really need in life to be happy.

It’s trendy to talk about living with no regrets, but is that really possible? In this podcast episode of Lazy Money Machine, Graham and Erik discuss regret as well as research which reveals what people really regret. Turns out that we all kind of regret similar things.

Akshay Ruparelia is just 17 and Britain’s youngest millionaire. He built Doorsteps.co.uk - a real estate agent that can sell your house for just £99 (the average cost for traditional agents can be £4000+). What’s inspiring about Akshay is despite owning a business worth £12 million he only pays himself a nominal salary of just £1000 a month and doesn’t yet own a car.