Rainman and Jerry 5TJ are spot on. Good quality 231's appear to be sharply undervalued in todays market. They are fine cross country transportation and the value shopper will want to look hard at the model. Spend some time talking to Jimmy Garrison at All American Aircraft and check out some of his offerings on line and in person before you get blindsided by the pretty paint job and shiny sales hangar deck on this one. Someday you will be looking to move up, down, or on and then the history on this one will be working against you. There are no doubt many other broker/dealers that can supply you with a worthy 231/252 at a fair price and I have no experience with Van Bortel whatsoever. Paul Loewen at LASAR and Don Maxwell are two more priceless resources that operate first class MSCs. Call and see if they have clients with quality equipment and records that are considering selling. I can report first hand straight talk and fair dealings at AAA, liens, logs and titles all in order, and the willingness to again represent your aircraft to the market when it is time for you to move on.
Like it or not missing logs can mean a plane that is worth more as parts than the costs to to get high enough on the sand pile to be safe for you and yours. Yeah there are always a few who find a diamond in the rough and this may be one but unless you have access to MSC level expertise at very low prices then I would look at a lot more 231/252s before taking on this one.