Are there rv surveyors like there is for boats? Gonna start looking this spring for an Eagle Cap. Not many for sale around here, so expanding the search parameters.
I pick up my Fleetwood over 2000 miles from home. One of those winters with negative 20F as well. But I buy cheap and I buy fixers, so don't expect perfection. You can always find local technician who for $2-300 will do PPI, but I am skeptic about efficiency. Just ask for good quality pictures, arrange the deal, go there with cash in hand and negotiate all misrepresentations on spot.