Welcome! Going through Genki with Tokini Andy’s videos is what I did, can recommend 
Joining the ABBC can be done once you have a little bit of grammar learned, but it will be hard any time.
Joining the Absolute Beginner Book Club: Preparation and First Reading Experience Expectations
Yes, this is probably better as review material or for grammar lookups. What I’m doing is reading 1-2 entries a day, and it’s a good review/more detailed look at some grammar points. You don’t have to read the whole book, though, you can just use it as a reference.
Yes, this is redundant. I recommend keeping one resource for kanji and one resource for grammar until you have a solid enough base that you can direct your own learning. It’s easy to get caught up in how many resources there are for Japanese, so I’d advise against jumping around too much.