Quick poll: first impressions on a tight budget [v3]

Looking for honest feedback, not validation. Spent the last few weekends digging into this and the deeper I go the more questions I have.

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, mods please remove if it is not. There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019. There is a lot of conflicting advice online and most of it is from 2019.