Convince me not to buy a Retevis RT97S GMRS Repeater

I have gotten into GMRS quite a bit and have some people in my area I talk to on simplex. I also connect to the Houston GMRS Repeater

I am in CERT and would love to assemble a more local CERT team with a few other members who also have GMRS licenses

My concern with using the popular repeaters is that they go into an emergency only mode, and of course are more busy in general. If I had a local GMRS Repeater in my back yard, we could use it however we wanted

Is the Retevis RT97S a decent bit of equipment for a beginner?