Well now we're at the point where the metal meets the road. 

Like a simple metal staircase.

@Matt Millard I will take a look at crypto, metals & syndicates.

I am going to a 3 year vacant murder house on Saturday morning that has had all copper and metal stolen and no one will be there with me.

Whenever I finish a basement, I always use pressure treated wood or metal to connect the walls to the concrete. 

Also, I clean all AC coils every spring.

@Heath Jones Alternate... advertise it as scrap metal for free on condition of being picked up on Craiglist... copper and aluminum in the unit gets the scrappers excited to haul it away at no cost.

v=w3vtpGtyw1kback in my days of a JOB we were commissioned to design an automated storage & retrieval system for 70 ton steel coils.

What is something you know now and/or wish you knew before buying a metal frame apartment building?

However, just before the tenant moved into the property our PM discovered the brand new water heater we just installed had been stolen (there is outside access to the utility room and even though there is a metal security door they had ripped it off).