Agree, one dropped heavy pan or can and it is curtains for smooth top (folks must have more careful tenants than me)..I have some decades old coils still working fine..just pull them and do the new drip liners...presto...again, probably depends on your tenants.

I searched him on FB but the person I found doesn't quite look like him so that didn't pan out as I hoped.

You can replace the pans and coils when they get damaged.

I have supplied a toaster oven, microwave, and two induction plates with pots and pans.  

And luckily we've had way more good news than bad news for the last 2 decades ;-)@Frank LaViola Water heater in attic is not bad and you just need to keep drain pan line clog free.

I would NEVER special order/ buy one smaller.Small people take baths/95 to 99 % adults take showers unless they grew up with or recently 'forced' to tub it.Make the shower,if thats what you have to do, as large as possible with a pan, then covered in river rock pebble floor,,,and ceramic tile the walls , over red guard,over cement board, over good insulation if its an outside wall,,,roxul is best, does NOT support mold like fiberglass,,,its spun from rocks.They also make a product you use INSTEAD of water when mixing your grout and its permanently sealed, forever,,,or use epoxy grout.Plastic or fiberglass enclosures are a joke and dont last from noon to dinner. crack, leak, get ruined often,,,are inferior product,,,and need special care, which renters dont EVER do.

You have to understand contractors get offered the "carrot" all the time with the promise of "just give me your rock bottom price and I have tons more work for you" most of which never pans.

How about a caulk leak in the shower/pan/tub? 

We have used a tub re-surfacing, or "re-glazing" company to redo our tubs and shower pans.

We've explored donating copper and other potentially valuable parts of houses to those who'll take it, but they won't perform the removal and the cost to extract these things and have them "curbside" didn't pan out.