Good luck man, rooting for you!

An outside portion of the line is impacted by roots, and it is holding water.

Great city for families and settling down roots, but not trendy like Austin. 

New fans, new duct work, new dryer vent, new flooring, some new cabinets, electrical work, mold damage, sheetrock and texturing, sewage pipe broke in front yard from tree root (replaced pipe), leaking faucets (replaced), etc...

Many come to a market first to rent and see then about putting down permanent roots. 

They cited ME for it even though it’s their sidewalk there tree and their fault .I had city code violations issued and threats of s lien and so I had to pay to have stump ground the sidewalk pads torn out the roots ground underneath and new concrete pads poured .

That means your targeting a very unique tenant, one who is affluent enough to afford the rent, but has such unique circumstances (job moves a lot, etc.) that they don't want to put down roots and buy.

Usually you'll want to have something in there that tenant will report maintenance issues within 24hrs as well.So then when the drain clogs full of grease, tenant pays,  tree roots landlord pays ...

I speculate, that in my market, the tenants enlisting realtors are actively looking for a home (unlikely to renew) and want to get there roots down in the town while they shop.- another animal of course if you enlist a realtor...

I would of course recommend trying to get to the root of it and conquering it, but if it's not something you forsee yourself doing in the near future then doing  syndication/private money lending might be your best fit.