Buy in bulk and it will reduce costs considerably.
Do not buy 1-3 SP31, order 20-40 then the pricing makes it so you can make profit.
No. You can no longer make your money back on hardware.
Most of the people running miners today, like me, bought them last year. Now that I have them, and they are running, I lose more money by shutting them off and selling the hardware than I do by keeping them running. I will not make my money back unless the price of bitcoin goes back to at LEAST $700. But a small revenue stream is better than nothing at all.
You are doing something wrong. Myself and many people make BTC when buying hardware from manufacturers.
Wrong could cover living in a place with electricity is too high, Not buying the right equipment, Needing to build out your house to support more power, etc etc etc.