Most are folks that have the emotional control of a 5 year old, controlling attitude, an omniscient narrative in every thread & topic, act like an online hall monitor, and constant attention seeking. 

Here is my system that I have shared on the forums previously:It all starts with online ads, within which are several pre-screening questions I request be answered in their response to my ad.

The FF rates in my zipcode are higher than I expected and their quality is less than what I'm bringing online! 

An instructor can make it better, but most are online now anyway.

For better or worse everyone online complaining about how rich dc is which is absolutely true, will be the thing that saves us.

I really believe that we live in a time where all the information you need to do just about anything is available for free online.

Most of the programs have expensive add- ons and  generic mentoring through some online " meet-up".

If you want to understand 5-year outlook, I'd look for multifamily construction data in your area to understand what level of new units is and will be coming online in the near future. 

There are a ton of online resources.You could also look at the Arcade1 cabinets as well as the Gamer Legends stuff.

But this was late 90s so way before on line stuff had taken off.