I recently removed 2 large unsightly and dangerous trees including the roots from the front yard and also removed 2 extremely large overgrown shrubs that covered each side of the house where you see the patch of browns near the windows in the after picture.

Depends on the person but typically at the root, it's fear.

Will we eventually establish roots to either permanently live someplace else or become snow birds?

Or is it a sign that people may intend to "put down roots and buy" rather than rent.- What about Dormont / Castle Shannon?

@Joshua Espejo It's not at all unusual to have roots growing in to the sewer lines which generally is not a big deal.

There are lots of other great local groups around, each with pros and cons:TRIG: meetups once/month, paid membership, tons of local rooted investorshttps://www.trigofva.com/Hampton Roads Investor Group: Free, hosted by investor agents at 1st Class Real Estatehttps://www.facebook.com/group...Hampton Roads Landlord Associtaionhttps://www.meetup.com/HRLandl...I would continue to learn on here and connect with some other investors at the above meetups/groups to see if you really need a 10k mastermind to get started. 

The root cause of the foundation problems is possibly the expansive clay soil.

Once the roots are there, then you need to really get clear on the exact type and location of property.

But if you are having a hard time renting right now I would look at some of the those root causes.  

Feel free to pitch Indiana to me as I'm not firmly rooted to any one place yet.