I've been half heartidly looking for a solo canoe for a little while but being I haven't had the right money at the right time most canoe's I've found haven't worked out. I found a cedar strip last night at a great price $400 and am thinking about getting it when I'm down in the twin cities this weekend. I haven't delt much with cedar strips so I don't know exactly what to be looking/ asking for when trying to figure out if $400 is a great deal or hiding a great problem. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

yeah - just buy it before someone else grabs that boat.  $400 is nothing for a canoe.  Buy it, try it, and either keep it, or resell it for $600 and keep looking for something else.

I wonder if it was a typo, and the guy is asking $1,400 ?  that is more in line with what most people are asking for strip built boats

You can't the materials for that kind of money WRC is crazy expensive....then the epoxy & glass...sure it aint hot? With a slider to boot. What are the measurements on the boat?
What is the hull design?

I decided to go take a look, probably get, the canoe last last weekend. I told the guy I'd be there about noon on Saturday and would likely buy it unless there was something major wrong with it. I went down to Minneapolis with my wife Friday night (3 hours away) with plans on going the last couple of hours Saturday morning. Late Friday night I got an email that he sold it to someone else even though I was on my way. Kinda frustrating.