What's the best way to get start up capital?

[Jeremy Powers]

I have decided that I want to get into real estate. Buy and hold makes the most sense to me. And if I brrrr correctly I should be able to build a nice portfolio. Then move into commercial. The only problem is I don't have any capital to get started. I'm considering learning to wholesale to get enough cash for a down payment/repairs. I also realize I could try to find a partner with money. However since I'm brand new and have lots to learn that can only be learned by experience. I don't think very many people would want to risk their money on me. I wouldn't want to if I was in their shoes. Then there's creative financing. However I feel like going the creative route would 1, require waaay more work than I would want to do, and 2 require skills of a salesman far greater than myself.

I was just wondering what someone with experience thought about building capital. Is there any ways I don't know about?