lots of the older homes used clay piping and it's just laid in underground with gaps between the pipes in a lot of cases and that allows tree-roots to grow between the pipes. 

…Names and contact information of contractors including plumbers, tree surgeons, electricians, gas inspectors, septic companies, roto-rooter services, etc.

But he did let the trees and bushes overgrow the front of his house, so now all the windows are protected.

I was over at the property a few days ago and there are lots of leaves from the trees on the property. 

I’ve dealt with enough cheaper properties to know that they’re not my cup of tea. 

If you don't feel comfortable with it, get more education until you do.What I saw as needing further eval: aluminum windows, roof, siding, brush/trees touching house (these help pests travel), cadet heater in kitchen, floors, pipes look galvanized (but closer inspection needed), cabs are old but not necessarily worthless.

Trees never grow to the sky.

BP members constantly write posts saying they don't want to be bothered with day-to-day management and I found that having a PM was far worse than doing my own management because once I hired my PM I threw another 'Iron In The Fire', 'Threw In Another Wrench', or whatever you call it because now rather that dealing with tenants and resolving tenant issues in one quick move I now had to personally humble myself to dealing when a 'Fifth Wheel With Even More Moving Parts' and the decisions my PM made in regards to who they rented to and how they cleaned rentals BEFORE TENANTS MOVED IN was super scary and the damages caused by the PM resulted in costs of not one penny less than $8,000 to clean every house when a tenant moved, one house cost me $12,000 and a house in Idaho cost me $32,00 to clean and repair only the damages caused by a tenant who lived in the house for only 3 years with the exception of my costs to trim some trees.

I had wildlife guy come out - he instructed to cut a tree out back that the racoons were climbing, which I did promptly and then I patched the hole.

Since it's all coming from the same tree.