Frankly I had no desire to move to OR either, but my wife had a job offer that was too good to turn down. I had my own little place but the lease was up in 2017 and the landlord did not intend to renew. So the timing was right to try something different. We left Seattle/Tacoma but still miss it. Let me know where your daughter lands, I may be able to refer her to a reputable garage. I hope she won’t be startled by paying $2000/month for an apartment.
We too have a “courtesy inspection” we do with every car, but I have actually whittled it down to something that can be done in 6 minutes, .1 hour. I was able to convince ownership that performing a lengthy inspection for free was fair to neither the tech nor the customer.