Don't expect help on "tips on suppliers" as this is not what this place is for.
While I can appreciate your circumstances, what you are asking for is someone here local to you, to spoonfeed you everything you need to dream again... You have to remember that keeping one's anonymity here is one thing that is strived for, and thus anyone from your area would be risking themselves in conversing with you directly, in regards to anything supplier related.
As for methods, they each have their own good and bad points. Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one... etc...
You need to start relying on your own better judgement and common sense. People come here expecting everything to be handed to them on a silver platter, but it just does not work that way. You must invest your own time into research and acquirement, as well as risk your own safety... and not that of others on your behalf.
I wish you all the best of luck, but your initial approach in the post above is not the way to go...