What Boat?

[Arktouros]

Hello,
My father and I are on the market for a used sailboat. My dad always liked the fishers, he loves the fishers and I have come to like them too.
I ve read a lot of the threads in this forum about new against vs old. Big vs small etc. and i have questions.
We have found 3 Fisher 37 at different prices (our price range is quite modest for this kind of boat) and we are getting lost a bit.
We are considering also a Nautcat 38, it seems to have nicer interiors. I live in Scotland but the boat will sail down to Greece in the summer.
I wonder if I can post here picasa links for you to take a look at the boats that we saw and give us an opinion.
Also the boats that we found are in places that we do not know anyone there. I don't mean scary places or anything, nothing like that. We found one in Ireland, one in Bristol, one in Scotland, one in Wales, one in Holland... you get the picture. So one of the questions is how do you find a good surveyor, and it might sound like a bizarre worry but I am Greek (no one is extremely surprised if someone gets bribed) how do you make sure that the surveyor is not a good friend of the seller or broker? Yes I am a bit paranoid like that . How can you make sure that the rigging is still good, there is no osmosis, and the engine is in good condition etc?
How do you find someone to fix it with out looking over his shoulder? Making sure that they do what they said that their are going to do?
Any kind of advise is very welcome .
Thank you in advance.