I used to live in North Carolina until I went to college in Eastern Va and TN for my degree in Psychology and continuing education. I met many people around those areas and I am not sure if you are familiar with Rebecca Mitch. She does work with advertising , writing , narration, and literary works on the east coast. I have actually been to seminars and classes that included Sherrie Dillard , Cherie Lassiter( another psychic author in NC), and Carrol Cotrell who are all psychic readers she worked with and recommended. I am happy that Sherrie did a wonderful job with your connections , however I was never told of her accurate readings from colleagues or reviews. Yet , she is well known for Reiki and medical/nutritional intuition. That is amazing in itself! Now Carroll Cotrell wow! She is impressive and very expensive , but she has a lot of value in how she connects. Yet people can't afford to contact readers of that caliber all the time. Truth be told , from what we find , just because they charge a high price it doesn't bring accuracy by no means. I have seen a small price tag bring gifts you wouldn't believe and it just makes no sense sometimes to me. So I do feel that is why they reach out to the networks hoping for something to work.I understand your perspective on the websites and the apps. There do seem to be many of them that are fake and a lot of those sites dont do testing prior to hiring. They will say how vetted the psychics are that they have onsite and honestly we have talked to people who interviewed for many of them and some of them won't even ask the history , do test sample readings, or check references. I know for a fact that Psychic Source does rigorous verification of abilties with several random test readings , references, and background history of every reader.California Psychics does two test readings with random individuals who will score the reader based upon their ability, accuracy ,and reading style. They also run criminal background checks on each person who applies to their network.I think it is weird they wont even allow bad feedback on their psychics pages though. Now they say they only hire like 2 psychics out of every hundred people but , I can't verify that.Psychic Source and Keen do allow negative comments on the psychics ratings. Keen is no check or verification , the reviews are meant to weed out any fakes. It is the same for live person or Kasamba too. Now my coworker stated they talked to someone about The Psychic Power Network and they have no testing , and neither does Oranum, Livelines, Circle of Stars (asknow), or Galaxy one which may be part of that same network. I have always been interested in these things as well. We do these groups as a form of learning , but also to delve into the phenomenon of it all. I think it is interesting how someone who doesn't know you could tell you facts and details about your life, like a learned skill such as remote viewing . People think it is intuitive information when it is just a learned craft. I study remote viewing profusely lol and it does prove that people still have that picture of unrealistic capabilities that they expect from a psychic reader. I hope you check out some of the resources, classes, and information. It is so fun and mind blowing some moments! Edgar Cayce Association for Research and Enlightenment have so much information and resources for people to explore.