You can learn a lot from MMO, YouTube, and Google, but being part of a community and getting answers from someone experienced is different.
If you don’t want to spend $800 on a course, that's fine.
The course has some unique info that isn't on BHW or isn’t detailed there. I found it very helpful.
You can spend months or years gathering information, or you can buy TAL or Authority Site Sys and learn it in a month, then start outsourcing. If you don’t have the money, stick to the free stuff. But if you do, it might save you a lot of time.
That's totally me too. I'm also wary of sketchy gurus, but Matt really knows his stuff and has scaled real sites like crazy. Hope this helps.
If you can't afford $800, that's okay. There are other ways to learn, and you can still do great without it. I just chose to save my time because it was a priority for me.
Also, MMO is now mostly about crypto and weekend threads. I'm not into crypto, so I don't read much there anymore. The old content was great, but now there's not much good stuff being shared. I'd share more, but I don't know a lot of crazy stuff worth sharing.