@George Damianeas I thought I had, but he's had to come out to repair a dishwasher 3 separate times and wasn't sure what the root cause is, so I'm still exploring.

So far in that unit, we've had leaking toilet seals, a backed up washer pipe (crushed or corrupted by roots somewhere underground) that we rerouted into the main exit pipe with a pump, a completely stopped up sink drain, and water coming through the vapor barrier causing rusting on the cracks in the vinyl floor planks.

The two most common sources for off-market deals are wholesalers, who generally acquire and try to sell garbage, and local real estate agents in the area, who manage to get their hands on pocket deals and estate sales due to their extensive relationships and roots in the area.

If you're going to be an agent, you are the business and you should establish deep roots.

A few trees will likely have to be removed because the washout has stripped earth from a good part of the roots, and they are likely to fall over now.

The key for me was to realize that the consequences of my worst fears were really rooted in pride and not in financial ruin.

So now I’m going back to my roots and getting back into real estate investing.

We have funds to rehab, but don’t want to bite off more than we can chew with deep rooted issues.Specifically been eyeing Chelsea, Quincy, areas of Dorchester, south Boston, and possibly Salem.To make the numbers work, it seems as though duplex is out of the question in the area while turning a live-in profit? 

I'm now thinking that the neighbor's retaining wall, which is quite substantial, may be the root cause of the problem. 

Some older buildings the trees were planted to close to the buildings for the height size and can cause roots in utility lines, sidewalks popping up, animals access to the roof, cracking the foundation, etc.