Nick PerryFounder and CEO of 7 Figure Cartel

House Buying Red Flag EVERYONE Misses 🚩🏡 (Don’t Make This Mistake!)

25 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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Short advice video by Nick Perry warning buyers not to purchase houses with trees close to the house because tree roots can infiltrate underground plumbing, causing blockages, cracked pipes, costly repairs, and extended water outages. The speaker gives proximate thresholds (10 ft height and 10 ft distance) and an estimated repair cost (~$8,000).

Questions this video answers

Over 10 ft tall.

Within 10 ft of the house.

About $8,000.

Chapters

Never, ever, ever buy a house with a tree in the front or backyard. They'll hurt your cash flow. Look, the higher your tree grows, the wider and bigger its roots grow horizontally. So if your tree is over 10ft tall and it's within 10ft of your house, chances are it's starting to grow near your underground plumbing. Since trees naturally search for water, they'll do anything possible to get into your main water line, ultimately causing blockages, crack pipes, and backups in your home from showers and toilets fixing that will cost you about $8,000 in days without running water. Not to mention the weeks of your front yard ripped up and paying for your tenants somewhere else. So if you already messed up and bought a house with a tree, cut it down today.