If it is hair or toys or paper products, and within five feet of the fixture; or before any point where another unit or home joins a common line, as long as the condition of the line itself is not the cause of "catching" the debris; or if the line itself is bellied, broken, or has root intrusion.It may be educational to sit in on a couple LL/Tenant Court sessions to see how the local Courts rule on "wear and tear" vs. damage.

These roots will spread and you'll grow organically. 

Yes, there is a huge tree root that is interfering with some of our piping.

Assuming it was 50’.Had a tree root problem and ran about that with a cutter head.

I"m like oh crap now what...Well apparently they started ripping out the dry wall and tearing up the floor to get to the root cause of the water problem while I was at Lowe's.

Roots?

If you start with a smaller amount and grow that through prudent income-producing investments you can grow that small amount to something much larger, you can do it more quickly and you can do it without living in a refrigerator carton under an overpass.So, the root question is:Are you a typical consumer?...

Then you will have feet on the ground there and be able to utilize the lower tax rates that you speak of in LAMy closing comments would have to be: Don't make a drastic decision to up-root your life based on property taxes. 

Interesting thread and I like every response that I've read.This speaks to the timidity of would-be, new investors who consider approaching off-market owners/principals directly.At the root of this is fear: Fear of undesirable consequences, legal, financial, etc.Have you ever petted a snake for the first time?

Most important is always to remove the root cause: in this case ensure proper pitch of the driveway away from your house;  reality is often the driveway is pitched correctly - away from THEIR house.