Alternatively, I have spent the last decade doing technical work in cybersecurity, and can land a job between $140k-$190k (depending on where in the US). 

Little did I know even on the brand new wires he was running, he was twisting them together with no junction box!

Of course, what they paid isn’t going to take into account the money they have spent on renovations or remodeling, which can be substantial.  

I spent 5 years buying 5 primaries and 5 rentals.

I can't imagine how much extra time is spent without having automation.

Should you add a playground or dog park, or would your money be better spent on putting in gated access?

Effectively good egg is simply a P.O. box that takes a Commission out of your hard earned/saved money, in return, for purportedly providing due diligence to vet the potential projects and sponsors, on your behalf.

So you wouldn’t get any depreciation on your new purchase assuming you only spent the $450k.

I may be able to replace Repuso for reviews so it may net out as equal dollars spent and solves for my number one complaint which is syncing pricing across all platforms (with added rules).  

After doing an audit on my time and realizing that I spent over 40% of my time shopping for materials, I knew I needed to find a better solution.