Gary's absolutely right. I'd go one step further, If you are new to this as I am, there is no substitute for the experience of others, so use their experience to cull out the "dogs" and then split an early annual on the one your very sure to buy. If something serious crops up during the annual it's a lot easier to choke on a $500- $700 error than buy a $10,000 or worse problem.

Steve Chess
1980 Cessna 152II
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