> you may be able to recoup some cost on some properties or by selling scraps All those houses have been scrapped for copper and stainless steel already. Detro

> you may be able to recoup some cost on some properties or by selling scraps All those houses have been scrapped for copper and stainless steel already. Detroit has a huge scrapper problem - you cannot leave a property sitting for any amount of time before someone breaks in and starts scrapping the wiring and copper water pipes. There are even scrapping gangs. A friend of a friend went to the Herman Kiefer Hospital shortly after it closed in 2013. He was escorted out at gunpoint by scrappers - they had a few guys posted there 24/7 with firearms and walkie-talkies to keep other scrappers from coming in.