Right now I'm reading, "The Book on Rental Property Investing", "Rich Dad, Poor Dad," and listening to The BP podcast as well as the book, "The book on Investing in Real Estate with No or low Money Down". 

PML are usually not rich people as you may think, they are just regular people who hav emoney in the stock market or in a CD and are interested in higher returns.Don't go around and ask for money, just talk about real estate investing and see who shows interest.

Call your rich friends and ask for money.

Like seemingly every member here for some rhyme or reason I started with a copy of rich dad poor dad and the resulting Google search has led me here.

Money and success at that scale isn't just given to you.I guess they want a rich and successful guy, but don't want to see how sausage is made? 

Read Rich Dad Poor Dad 2.

After reading Rich dad, Poor dad, I decided to leave my W-2 and start a construction company, which is doing great.

Don't listen to people who tell you that you will get rich buying 1 or 2 houses every year with only a $100 to $300 monthly cash flow per house.

I would say what really helped me get a base foundation on REI is listening to the BP podcast DAILY, read "rich dad poor dad" and buy, rehab, rent, refinance and repeat by David Greene and definitely attending one of the newbie webinars Brandon hosts.

Even Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad) recommends Direct Marketing!