Being a Top Real Estate Investor, Top Realtor, and founder of Luxmana Investments, Mark Walker is a very busy and talented dude. Starting out as a part-time investor while working a full-time job in corporate America, Mark quickly found his passion within real estate investing and founded his own investment company in 2011. Listen to Mark discuss with Joshua how to get into real estate investing, some struggles he had when starting out in the investment industry, how he stay motivated even after deals go belly-up, and so much more. If you are looking to get into real estate investing, don’t miss this one!   0:01 - Introduction 3:00 - What were you doing before you got into real estate investing? 8:00 - What made you so driven in the earlier stages of your life? 10:50 - What went wrong around the real estate crash? 16:10 - How did you transition from doing small deals to scaling up for larger real estate deals? 20:30 - What do lenders look for when you are applying for a loan to invest? 23:00 - What was your initial budgeting like when you first got into real estate investing? 28:10 - What made you want to manage other people’s real estate portfolios? 32:00 - What are some common mistakes you see real estate investors make? 37:30 - How do you prepare to make sure you have enough capitalization to ensure that a natural disaster doesn’t put you in a hole? 42:20 - What keeps you personally driven and not accepting “good enough” and keeps you striving for greatness? 45:00 - Where do you see yourself taking your business in the future? 48:00 - Mark’s FREE gift to GSD Mode listeners! Check out the link below! 50:20 - Two pieces of advice to give to your younger self       Website:   www.luxmana.com www.luxmana.com/gsdmode     Join the Free Private GSD Mode Facebook Group - http://www.facebook.com/groups/gsdmode