How did you find your horse?

Auction (the cheap kind or expensive online kind)? Rescue? Facebook? EquineNow/DreamHorse or similar website? Word of mouth? Trainer help you? Something else?

What was your experience like? Did you get scammed and end up with something you didn’t expect, or did you do something unorthodox (like go through a dealer) but it worked out in the end? How long did your search take? And lastly, how experienced are you? TYIA!