Not from Alabama (except for my ancestry) but we found a great deal on a house with a metal roof in a great area in demand. 

Bought a split level in Pinson, Alabama a couple of years back for $70,000 where the previous owner just put a metal roof on. 40 year life expected for that roof.

I like the idea of fixing up a place with some land and add an inexpensive metal garage /shop to increase property value. 

Originally posted by @Scott Schultz:you mean like the one i have $13K all in invested in that has a newer metal roof, vinyl siding vinyl windows, updated electrical, new Allure flooring and new water heater and a 12 year old High Efficiency furnace, that im getting $725/ mo. for?  

FT. split level SFH with a metal roof in the Pinson, Alabama area, near Turkey Creek, asking price $70K.I paid full price, got a 30 year fixed conventional loan at a 4.25% interest rate with 25% down. 

Bought a split level with metal roof in Pinson, AL. outside Birmingham, near Turkey Creek, great cash flow, and I love the low taxes. 

Real estate, farmland, precious metals, etc.

Curb appeal, lighting, possibly security cameras, solid core or decorative metal doors with deadbolts and security screen doors, interior painting that is not one color on everything, accent walls in main living area and primary bedroom, cabinets and closets painted white on the interior, flooring limited to one or two designs throughout the unit, and no carpet, windows and screens fully operable and clean...all of this will elevate your unit vs. most of the others in such a neighborhood.

You can encapsulate the paint and isolate with metal winterizing copper.

As we were moving stuff out I told him to put anything that was mostly metal off to the side , and we even cut off cords to lamps .