"Yes, that's an important time efficiency. Expending more effort on the same results is not a virtue."
It's not the same result though. One costs a lot of money, the other costs only a little. Your statement only makes sense if someone has a bunch of spare money laying around.
"Yes, but possibly less significant than the other benefits you could bring the partnership by not spending time on that."
That's a moot point since my wife works during most of my off-hours. But I'm curious, what are these other benefits?
Yes, that's an important time efficiency. Expending more effort on the same results is not a virtue.
> If I can save $500-2k on maintenance costs every year, that's significant.
Yes, but possibly less significant than the other benefits you could bring the partnership by not spending time on that.