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What were the items listed that needed checking?
Not sure where you are located, but here in Denver one of the things you need to do is pay the $99 sewer scope to make sure there are no roots in the line and/or cracks / collapsing. That $99 fee could save you $10-30k if the sewer line needs replacing, which is a huge process and needs city permits to tap into the street sewer, cut concrete, dig your yard up, etc.
Other big ticket items are the roof, the furnace, the AC compressor, sprinkler system. If those are all in decent condition and newer, they would make up most of the major replacement expenses. As already mentioned by others in this thread, you can "maintain" everything and it should last longer. Clean the AC compressor outside 1-2x a year by washing off the dirt with a hose, replace HVAC filters (3 months max IMO), get your carpets professionally cleaned, etc. As mentioned with the sewer line, some people have Roto-Rooter come out and "chop" up anything in their sewer line every few years (roots can snake their way into the line and cause backups, the company sends some Matrix looking metal cable with a spinning blade on the end to chop anything down its path).
