Well, it seems like the biggest spendy thing is under the black cover (if I see it correctly), is it that mixing table you told about? Dolby doesn't sound cheap to me, so I'd say that one too, just as those stacks of boxes. Is the leftmost your RAID? And, depending on your taste, I'd say the carpet too.
The things under the black covers are 88-key MIDI controllers. Well, the one you see most of is a K2500XS. And while it still has a $9,999.95 sticker on it from Guitar Center, I bought it in 2003 for about $1100. A few of the Dolby pieces are worth something; the DP564 and DP569, for starters. However, there's very little aftermarket for them so they're worth substantially less than their MSRP. There are, however, two 480Ls and a TC 6000 in there. The RAID is not pictured, and was under $2k retail. The furthest left stack is a bunch of Lexicon PCM80s and 81s under some SSL X-Link MADI boxes. The furthest left thing is my super-bitchin' subwoofer with vestigial stuff from my father in law. For all I know it's worth more than the sub; it's a Mettler scale that will measure up to 50kg in 0.1g increments. But then, it's old enough to have a GPIB port.
Are these all from your recent acquisition? You turning them all around? If so, what's your estimated ROI? Nice score by the way.
$5k is a nice pay day. Well done sir. Back when ebay was just emerging I had a buddy make a bunch of money selling audio equipment, records, old instruments etc. The guy had a knack for finding old stuff, fixing it a bit and turning it around. He made enough money doing it that he was able to make it his full-time pursuit.
Believe it or don't, the odyssey started in 1992, when i traded an old oboe for a Roland RS505. I then traded that up for a VZ-1. Etc etc etc until paperclip style, i now have a surround studio. I'm not entirely cash neutral but the majority of my gear is purchased with profits from gear sales. This stuff is earmarked for the "get the fuck out of LA" fund.
This stuff is earmarked for the "get the fuck out of LA" fund.
It's good to have goals. Will the wife be moving her practice? Is there a market for her practice near the waterfall you plan to live beside? Or is she retiring?