A bit of background - I currently live in NYC, but my boyfriend and I are looking to move to Austin, TX within the next year to put down some roots.

Originally posted by @Dennis Rootes:"Jerryll you are so friggin handsome I want a piece of your hair"And I'd love to hear the details of how your strategy is playing out. :) GaaadammitI didnt think anyone would actually say this in public.Fine fine  I am the genie in the lamp.

When we reached a place we felt we could put down roots we bought a home - knowing it would not be a rental.

If it’s been painted over, I see no point in scrubbing it down as you aren’t going to get to the root of the problem.

Contractors in general are by nature contractors, not businessmen and women which in my opinion is the root of the problem. 

As previously mentioned, we have been known as a banking city and of course that is still strongly rooted here.

So is a furnace, AC, a tenant claiming bankruptcy, a death in you unit, divorced tenants, mechanical weathering of driveway, walkway, water pipes and sewer issues, roots in pipes etc... 

This is the root of the majority of the frustration with covention Lending today.  

Sounds like the connection to the main sewer is offset, and the 5 feet preceding that has quite a few roots.  

Too hormonal with what I’ve got.