If you want new airplanes, you got to pay money.
If you want something cheap, you have to accept older airplanes.
Imo, there is nothing wrong with older planes, as long as mainanence is good.
Dont look for "good schools", but rather for good instructors. There is bad/decent instuctors at good schools and there is amazing instructors at awfull schools as well.
I could recommend you to contact OFT/ACA in Orlando and ask if David F. could be your instructor.
I think I gave same advise to someone else on this forum before. But anyway, he is ground instructors, but may take on a student sometimes. This guy have huge knowledge and very good instructing skills.
100% first time pass-rate for his flight students says its all.