When choosing a plane to own, there's more to think about than if you are just going to rent it. Maintenance becomes an important factor - if you cannot maintain it, you cannot fly it.
Personally, based upon a lot of experience, I'm leery of legacy Pipers from the ownership perspective. They're fine planes to fly, but not so easy to repair sometimes. I have been involved in the repair of several, which was painfully costly (compared to repair of the same damage on a Cessna) for lack of support from Piper, and lack of parts. I have been involved with other Pipers where my declaration that an economical repair was not possible, became the death blow for the airframe.
In one case, I spoke with a Piper tech rep in regard of a Seneca, to have her say to me: "Sir, that's a 40 year old plane, Piper hasn't seen it in 40 years, and we don't want it in the air any more" [so they would not provide primary airframe parts]. Those are scary words, when compared to Cessna, who provide ample structural repair information in the service manual, have many fewer proprietary parts, and will offer to make any part for just about any vintage Cessna you want - for a price.
Last week I was visiting a Piper operator in the UK, who mentioned frequent difficulties getting factory support for Pipers. I asked, just to continue my understanding, the information was free flowing - poor support. We were standing beside a simply damaged Saratoga at the time, and the repair quote is huge for that one. It would be "by the book" easy, were it a Cessna.
This is not a "knock the Piper, pump the Cessna" exercise, to fly them, they are both fine aircraft types. But, it is an apparent reality that ownership choices MUST include consideration of maintenance and repair opportunity, for long term utility and resale value.
Ask around a lot, before you select a type...