Sorry forgot to include the link to the nice looking $35,000 172E
https://www.trade-a-plane.com/search?category_level1=Single+Engine+Piston&make=CESSNA&model=172E+SKYHAWK&listing_id=2385413&s-type=aircraft
You, or someone, might want to jump on it. The decreasing numbers of 172s for sale are real and verified by someone I know who has been selling aircraft for 20+ years.