Who started out poor and succeeded?

[Evan Cruz]

  If you are reading this and started investing in real estate with $20000 or less, or with no personal money down, and had massive success in your real estate investing career, what did you do exactly to start out and how were you able to identify the best properties that generated great returns and forced appreciation? If the person that I listed above is not reading this, who do you know  that has done this successfully starting with $20000 or less or no personal money down?