I think it's the one-time game problem.

I mean, I think most people look at business.

They say the world's big.

I can always find more people to interact with.

And so I'm going to exact as much value out of the situation in the short term as possible.

And unfortunately, it works well enough for a number of people for long enough that it seems to be the way to go.

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Today's episode is about the most difficult of topics, I think.

The toughest nut to crack over the past few years, Ian for us, has been how do you make money with your money?

That is, how do you successfully invest in small businesses, but not have to run them on a day-to-day basis? Well, today's guest has cracked that nut, and I'm really excited

to hear the story. It's a black box. It's a little bit of a black box. I mean, we've been talking

about it. We've had so many episodes about it. Question for you. Have you made any investments? Well, today's guest, I think last year he reviewed

like 2,000 deals. So, no, I've reviewed like five deals in last year and I passed on all of them.

It is my understanding that you've reviewed about 25 camper vans for refurbishment.

Oh, I've bought one of those. Yeah,

that was a small, small deal compared to some of these deals that we're going to hear about today.

Yeah, and I've got to say, you know, I've invested in an index fund, which is sort of a really

standard way to put some money in the market, but I as well have not made any significant investments.

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