This is a great write up from Dan Jones of the blog hashtagwifi.com. It really is step-by-step, and as someone who is just a basic user, not a power user of VMs in general, I learned some new stuff. Thanks for the informative article, Dan!
https://hashtagwifi.com/blog/metageeks-eyepa-on-macos-setup-and-tweaks-to-make-it-purr