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Probably more important to work out your annual amount of $'s you wish to depart with, that will then decide on the type of toy you can get.
Things to consider are will you hire it out to help with costs and how many hours do you expect to do each year.
You can pick up something like a C402B ( one with good times went for $70,000) put it out for some training a few hours a year, some private hire and maybe a deal with a businesses owner that has a pilot licence that can use it some week days for his work.
These are a very good private aircraft but suck two litres of Avgas a minute, and you would want to put around $10,000 in the kitty for 100 hly/annual. You can also get some low cost Barons but they do not have the volume.
christ all mighty a C400 series? Poor bugga will be broke for life!�� There's a reason why no one can give them away!��