Now I'm going to learn how to fix a problem.

Are you seeing this problem as well?

So I had a similar problem as you - had some capital and wanted to replace my take home income. 

There's 2 ways out of a debt problem. 

To them it is just a math problem.

He said no problem as long as I'm paying the bills.

Try framing this problem as follows given you have W2 (high earner) + investment returns 1) Investment Return Optimization : You can set up LLC /your name etc to manage expenses so that you demonstrate appropriate amount of expense adjusted return/cash flow.

Those have been some of my best investments actually so i never had a problem.

Either we have an honest discussion about the problem as a whole and EVERYONE contributes to the solution or we let things stay as they are until EVERYONE is ready to be involved.

You also run into the same problem as US citizens do when they invest out of state but to a much larger degree because you're in a different country.