Did anyone steal your copper piping today??

[Fred Shandler]

I attended a REIA meeting in the area I'm looking to invest in and one landlord stated "any vacant house in this area will have it's copper piping stolen. Groups mark their territory by leaving a brick in the middle of the floor so that other groups know the piping has been removed".

YIKES! Any experience with this/recommendations on what to do with a vacant property? Just how expensive is this stuff to replace, plus other necessary repairs resulting from it -floors, walls, etc?

Thanks
Fred