Need bush removal advice

[Rorey]

12. Question for the expert

I had some big trees cut down in front of a little rental house I own. My neighbor, who is in that "biz", sort of, did it and we decided together to go ahead and leave the stumps about three feet high because the house is on a corner and it's in an area where there are occasionally out-of-control drivers. (In fact, my last tenant's car was crashed into by a hit and run driver.) We figured maybe the stumps would be a bit of a protective barrier. Ideally I'd have some big boulders put in, but it's not in my budget right now. Tree removal was about $2,000 so it made quite a dent in my profit from that rental.

Anyway.....The roots on these large stumps are above ground and a mess. Is it possible to somehow remove a lot of them without taking out the stumps?

I really don't want to spend a whole lot more money on this place at this time. That last tenant died in the house and wasn't discovered for up to 10 days. It's been quite an experience getting that house back into pre-trauma condition so I can rent it out again.