The problem is, many people convince themselves that they have enough money to buy a turbine helicopter. What they find is that they are ill-prepared to
operate that same helicopter. The price of everything- fuel, insurance, recurrent training, maintenance and yes, even parts can be astounding. For example, seen the latest little "gotcha" from the FAA to people who own helicopters with RR/Allison 250 C-20 series engines? Next time you have to do any maintenance on the turbine, expect to cough up another $10,000 or so for a containment ring!
I recently called the Parts Department of a...let's say "major manufacturer of light turbine helicopters" (whose name is a four-letter word to us at my company) to inquire about some gizmo a customer needed. First of all, the price was jaw-droppingly, heart-stoppingly high. Secondly, they were back-ordered on the part until July. This was back in May. What do they make those helicopters out of, pure gold?
Leasebacks are interesting and enticing. But they will never be profitable. The best you can probably hope for is to defray
some of the costs. But you'd have to do some serious number-crunching to see if it would even be worthwhile. Not to be pessimistic, but leasebacks almost always work in favor of the operator, not the owner. Then there's the other-people-flying-your-bird thing. When I've owned aircraft, I hated letting other people fly them. And did so only rarely.
Lots of good ships out there. I could even recommend one myself
Pays your money: takes your choice. Be very, very careful.