Buying a 4207 motor yacht 1986 I need advice

Hey guys I’m Ken from Dallas
My past boats have been a 32 foot pacemaker 31 foot sea ray 38 foot Uniflite fly bridge and the very last one was a 480 Chris-Craft aft cabin with a cockpit that was in exceptional condition
I have found a freshwater 4207 1986 with crusader gas engines that is very very nice
I have owned big boats for 30 years and I’ve been super impressed with this boat I’m overpaying for the boat but I feel like it’s one out of 100 as I’ve looked at numerous boats
I have made an offer and it’s been accepted but have not started the survey process yet

Until this evening I was 99% sure that this was a boat for me but I read an article I’ve heard about online about surveys where a guy was trashing anything that was balsa cored sides and especially the hull because of water intrusion and problems . He puts Sea rays right there with the carvers
I gotta tell you it made me wanna throw up reading it
My wife is not on board with this deal as she does not like the older style flush deck yacht . I’m 58 and she’s 41 she did not grow up appreciating this older style of boat
to her it’s just an old boat
We Currently Have a super nice 2001 regal 3780 flybridge boat with original 420 horse MerCruiser With 200 hours on the motors and 150 hours on the generator but it’s in mint
condition with no issues . This boat is in mint condition but small inside
This carver 4207 is in really great shape with a much newer generator / hardwood floors / The nicest new house style vacu flush toilets I’ve ever seen with new vacuum pumps along with newer holding tanks .
The interior and exterior is super nice .
the boat belongs to an 80 something year old man that's had some health issues of the last year
the engine compartment is really nice and clean / organized as well. one engine has been replaced years ago everything works ( the Marina close by told me about the motor replacement not the gentleman )
The boat also has something I believe is really rare a factory hard glass enclosure on the back .
I’ve seen newer Q1995 45 carvers with a glass enclosure but never one on an older 42 like this
the 45 carvers the door didn’t shut right nothing was right .
I was not impressed with the newer 45 carver at all
on this boat everything is like it supposed to be all the glass opens like it’s supposed to the wing doors open and shut like they’re supposed to have seen nothing scared me from his boat so far other than a soft swim platform .
I can’t stress enough that I’ve looked at a lot of boats in my
30 years and this one’s a nice one


Can you guys give me some advice here I’m kind of freaking out after reading that article

Thanks Ken in Dallas