I won't get into how I ended up with it because it's one of those woe-is-me tales that no one wants to hear.  

Electric coil, gas, oil.

There is a big list of other items including cleaning the curtains they balled up & stuck in a dusty corner, repairing a panel wall where he glued about 50 metal hat hooks for his ballcaps, ripped window shades, really dirty carpet (2 dogs, 2 toddlers).

I see a metal add on dock area, I can tear out and leave open for a veranda setting, etc, etc, etc. 

I’ve met all of my private lenders at REIA meetings.

Junior-Senior year I was lucky enough to get into a welding program where I learned how to fabricate and weld steel and other metals.

Here in Texas, people are building "barndominiums," which are pretty awesome little metal home buildings.

We found a great scrap metal guy that way - he is the first one we call now and he hauls off a lot of the bulky junk for free, including the cruddy old appliances.Andy

I have metal drives vs plastic, the wrapper looks the same but content is whole different item.

Tonight at a restaurant, I saw a professional-looking metal sign posted (along with a bunch of other signs) that was asking for a real estate investor apprentice.