So here's what I do, I purchase my bitcoin on CEX.io exchange. You will need to wait for your account to be verified but normally that is not an eternal delay, it took an hour for me. Once you all hooked up there all you need to do is purchase your bitcoin.
Then to pick up some steem, all you need to do is hop into your wallet click the buy steem button. This will send you to a secondary site that will get you your bitcoin deposit code. You then pop that code into the "where too?" Spot in the CEX.io wallet and then send it. In under five minutes it shows up as steem in your wallet:-) be aware there are some fees along the way but they are not terrible. Let me know if I can help further, hope your day is nothing short of amazing!:-)
Thanks for the information! I appreciate it.
Literally anytime:-) be well!!