Hear me out, I used to think you could just push through that kind of week.

My broker in Scottsdale tracks data showing staged homes sell for 6% more on average, so I still push for neutral updates.

Sounds like a waste of paper to me.

Remember that big maple my neighbor had out front? They did the same thing, cut a huge root to run a new sewer line. They cabled it too, looked fine for almost two years. Then one calm Tuesday afternoon, just a regular day, we heard this huge crack and the whole thing just leaned over into the street. The cable was still there, holding a piece of trunk that had split right off. It never really healed, the tree was just waiting to fail.

That "paid without question" part is the real win, @skyler217.