I suppose the good thing about those is  your less likely to have the a/c stolen along with the water equipment!?.

One time the copper was stolen after we bought but before we sold. 

I apologize for the poor editing...a couple sentences are missing phrases like "yard would look good", "pressure wash concrete", "architecturally balanced appearance meaning its not hideous looking", and maybe a sentence like, "How hard is it to solder a couple copper pipes in the basement to replace ones stolen...no it isn't Detroit, Josh but it you can see it from here (just kidding)".  

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Had my identity stolen a couple of years ago, hit pretty hard. 

Or that some (or a lot) of their belongings are stolen, or absconded with from "Buy Here Pay Here/Rent to Own" places?

How do I ensure the property is actually his to sell and that I get the property in my name and basically don’t get my money stolen

Especially darn bitcoin lol.

That can not be said for Bitcoin.

I would say just keep them in the alley but they'll get stolen.