From the date of sale your have 45 days to identify your potential replacements.  

I have a day job as a software engineer for an IT development workshop out of Beaverton, OR.

There are thousands of Fords that are very similar or alike, they are replaceable, that's personal property.

Did the roofers/ contractors check that area to see if wet insulation needed to be replaced up there?

I have a full time job working at an engineering firm and intend on keeping this full time job while expanding my knowledge about real estate investing in my spare time.

Mostly landscaping and replacing an old ceiling fan in the patio. 

LOLIts not engineering a defense system.  

Hello,My name is Taylor Hill and I am an Engineering Consultant  in commercial real estate acquisitions and new development.

Cap ex will go up  some as nicer finishes are needed with more expensive properties, but won't keep pace proportionally, as many things have a ceiling on the cost (like roofs) and repairs certainly shouldn't keep pace ( replacing a toilet will have similar costs regardless of property value)

Be careful of these gurus.For instance, roof replacement is not $5,000 - depending on the size of the house, it can be $4,000 or $7,000 or $20,000.