Appreciation and rent growth usually go hand in hand since both have their roots in a supply/demand imbalance.

Rooting for you. 

@Brian McCombsCongrats on your success at Tesla, I’ve been rooting for Elon ever since I first heard of him.

Lots of great local groups around, each with pros and cons:TRIG: meetups (zoom) once/month, paid membership, tons of local rooted investorshttps://www.trigofva.com/Hampton Roads Investor Group: Free, hosted by investor agents at 1st Class Real Estatehttps://www.facebook.com/group...Hampton Roads Landlord Associtaionhttps://www.meetup.com/HRLandl...

I'm rooting for both of us and wanted to say hello!

We have a huge tree which we suspect has roots invading the sprinkler line. 

If the line is ABS, I'd just leave it and have it cleaned periodically.Hi Bruce, It was built in 72’ and may have some roots pushing it up.  

However, there are a few things to consider, and it would be in your best interest to dig a little further in my opinion (if you haven't already).First, were you ever aware of any "out of the norm / significant" structural issues with this wall, the basement / foundation in the area of this wall, or any issues with the tree roots under the slab or hitting your dwelling in any significant way? 

There really needs to be a more complete fix for this which may entail digging up the pesky weeds deep down to get the roots, adding more topsoil, and sodding.

If you close on the property and then discover the roof is leaking, the main sewer line is nothing but tree roots, really any major expense, that can easily put a borrower in a position where they do not have enough actual cash to solve the problem, so the property loses value due to deferred maintenance, or the borrower digs themselves into more debt, making it even harder to get another loan to cash me out of the equation at that upper 20% of equity.