If you're planning on buying/selling through MtGox  you're going to need some kind of way to get funds into it.

I believe there are several that you can use, but as of yet haven't used any of the options.

I am waiting for my Dwolla account to get some funds transferred then going from there.

I think the approach I'm going to take is to purchase privately from some trusted source on here.

Building trust is my next step.