Thanks everyone for taking time and explaining things to me. I really appreciate it!
One side of my brain tells me to be patient and to keep looking but but the other part (after looking at another $500 spent on rentals) wants to buy a plane right away. I also suspect that the same part of the brain thinks that owning the plane is much "cooler" then renting one... but that is beside the point

And for how long I will keep this one... I do not know... Maybe forever or may be in a couple years I will get rich (well... rich enough to get a 30-years old 210

Owner countered my offer and his "last word" is 23K... Choices... choices...