Woodworking Advice

What do you have at this point?

Clamps, chisels, planes, etc

I wouldn't put tablesaw at the top of the list. I use my bandsaw all the time.
Router would be high in the list as well. Very high.

ETA: I use a good circular saw with a good guide instead of a table saw. I have an older Unisaw that's awesome but I never use it.

Pawn shops, pawn shops, pawn shops. Quality products at a fraction of the price. Also AAA or other rental services do a yearly sale to get rid of the old to make room for the new. If you can get into one of those they are gold mines.

Also start cheap. I like Harbor Freight. If I end up liking it I move onto grizzly/dewalt/other high price brand. Nothing sucks than using a tool twice and realizing you will never use it again after you dropped a car payment on it.

Clamps, pocket holes, planers, joiners would be a good place to start if you want to get good quick.

If you are a part timer and plan on doing a project a year and want to learn how to respect the materials you are using, then start with hand tools. The learning curve sucks but I respect wood/grain and now know how to cut/trim/shape wood that others I work with just don't understand. But when mine doesn't splinter, crack, or age incorrectly it all has to do with the 3-4 years I spent using hand tools. I hated it but understand it

Your work is only as good as your tools! Buy cheap stuff get inaccurate cuts. If you want to start on the low end of good quality I would start with shop fox or grizzly tools.
Table saw is a must and in my opinion the first of many tools. Keep in mind that you can do a lot of jobs with lil equipment but it will make your experience way more pleasurable if you have a few tools.
I don't do wood working full time. I do it as a hobby. I have an assortment of tools and find that as I get a new one it makes my hobby that much more fun and easy! Good luck.

Table saw
Router
5“ electric DA sander
Drill
Square
Tape measure
Pencil

You can build just about anything with those.

Remember - measure twice, cut once.
There's only one shop in town with a board stretcher, and they charge $$ by the 1/4“!

First a quality drill. I personally use all dewalt stuff but its personal preference. There are other quality lines out there.

I've been doing this for a while and still don't have a table saw because I don't want to go on the cheap on that. You can make rips with a circular saw and a guide.

Get a good miter. You can probably do 90% of what you will want to do with a 12" miter saw, but if you have the funds make it a 12" sliding.

Clamps - as someone else said harbor freight will save you some money. Other stores want $$$ for clamps.

A good orbital sander. I use bosch, but again any of the brands dewalt, bosch, ryobi, porter cable to name a few will serve you just fine.

Resources: I'm good based on existing plans. Designing your own is a little more tough. I like to use Ana White, DIY Pete, Rogue Engineer for a lot of good ideas. Good luck!

What kind of furniture are you looking to build?

Definitely need a Miter Saw, Skil Saw, Kreg Jig, and clamps. for starting out.