I made an appointment in Las Vegas from land line to well reviewed provider.    She used my name and Land line phone as reference.  Retired so didn't have any other references.    No LE would come that far from out of town.   She recommended me for P411 which was a big help getting started and joined TER.   I guess a local newbie friendly provider would be ok too.     Once you get a reference you will not have any trouble after that.   Brace yourself these ladies on TER are very good at what they do.

Start by listening to these nice people around here, they give good advice. I'm pretty much just starting out myself so take what I say with a grain of salt. But in general I would say for a good while, only see ladies who are very well reviewed on here. Meaning lots of reviews written by reviewers with lots of reviews, not just talking about her scores. If you can't work something else out as others have suggested, you may have to start with providers who are well reviewed but don't require references. They're rare, but they're out there. They sometimes don't give references either, so it can be tricky.

Spend lots of time exploring around here and providers sites and ads. Lots of research. You'll come up with lots of more specific questions and if you can't find the answers in the self help center, come back here. Lots of nice, patient people read this noob board and offer help.

For example: as a noob myself, I see acronyms and abbreviations around here almost daily that aren't in the list in the self help center and I finally decided to start asking. Can anyone tell what a SB is? Based on context, I don't think it's San Bernardino.

Good luck, and also Welcome!

PS be sure to start reading your regional board.

that's a cool way to start, do you suggest me to get premium here as i don't have access to many areas as i have guest account. right now i am in texas and Houston in particular and don't see much of activity on regional board.

First thing that you need to do is get screen. Screening is very important in such that you would have an opportunity to be able to meet a provider. Now my advice is get a P411 account, DateCheck account, or RSK account. These accounts depends upon the location and the provider acceptance. If you don't want to go that route, then try to find one or a few providers who is newbie friendly. You will still have to be screened but at the same time if you go through the P411 route, then you can have a provider vouch for you for P411.