Wasn't sure what was causing this, then last year a plumbing company did an inspection with their equipment and camera, apparently, the sewer line is broken and tree roots have entered it.  

Heck, even certain tree species can't be planted there for feat that the roots may interfere with your fuel line. 

Then he proceeded to blast down stream from our outside tap towards the sewer, but found solid roots.

It's a great place to lay down some roots if you are a large company like Carrier....

After some years of owning a stair building business and a cabinet building business I returned to my roots of home building.

There is a market out there for you to plant your roots.  

I think I didn't notice that mistake because most of the deals I've analyzed recently don't have a ton of built-in equity or value add proposition (which is the root of my problem), but it's definitely a great catch.  

We required the owner to get the issue professionally corrected and get back to us with the root cause and receipts for the fix.  

Like you, I feel like my current employer is holding me back and not being able to set roots somewhere creates more challenges when you want to invest in markets that you're nowhere near.

Apparently clayey soil is the root of the issue and the downward pressure of the house caused the rear stem wall to rotate laterally 1/2 inch and sink 3/4 inch.