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.

There is a tree on my neighbor's land that has roots coming on my land, lifting the soil and now dangerously going under my house.

Not likely, and for both of these reasons I am rooting for you to have a very understanding friend here!

I just heard that there are 3 well known restaurants coming to Old Town Lewisville, one being Twisted Root.

“These trends are rooted in substantial improvements in how consumers view the trajectory of inflation” and likely due to dropping mortgage rates, IMO.But…A record 85% of Americans now say it's a bad time to buy a house, according to Reventure.

Sorry for the soap box...

I'm rooting for you!

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(I wouldn't waste money feathering the slope on the side or the back side)Also,  do not plant trees within. 15-20 feet of the mound,  the roots will travel to the water and cause maintenance problems down the road.The sand mounds that I have owned or rented do not require any special maintenance, other than septic tank pumping every 3 years.

Got into it and found tree roots in the tank and the field lines.