Agreed. You can fasten a zip-tie to your fork or use your brake pads for truing a wheel. My younger brother did that when we were younger (brake pads) and made his wheel straighter and it no longer rubbed the brake pads. Just get a proper sized spoke wrench (or like me, buy a Park 3-sided spoke wrench, it works fine) DONT buy the cheaper multi-size spoke wrenches, as they are soft and deform easily, or worse, round the nipple. A good spoke wrench is worth its weight in gold, IMO.

Truing wheels isnt all that hard. Getting them super good takes a lot of time and patience, but just getting them where they need to be to ride safely is pretty easy once you try it