Yuch,
Paul from what i know was broke & borrowed a deposit off a friends parents to buy a house which he renovated then bought more property by using the equity built up. He also worked doing anything (painting houses, odd jobs etc ) and tried & failed a few times on the stock market but eventually worked it out and within 4 years made his first million. He has from that point not looked back, he started doing seminars because a lot of his freinds keeped asking him how to make money and it just grew from there.
Hope this helps.
Brian Rich