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.

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

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. 

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

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.

For contact management like that its awesome to search for specific types of people and locations or just data like "how long does it take to foreclose in texas".We have some other use cases as well that we use to track not only ours but competitors results online and learning what does and does not work for different aspects of the business.

Monitoring open windows isn't feasible in my case, but I can definitely monitor daily electricity usage online  

Believe me, I’ve seen my share of ups and downs: from navigating interest rate spikes to figuring out out-of-state managment back when online tools weren’t half as good as they are now.

They see it online, it’s nice inside, but the street it’s on is rough.