Hey Mark...I am a preservation specialist with meth remediation.

WOWI would try to find another way out of that situation.Unless you have millions of dollars in cash paying 200k to preserve credit and unload bad debt doesn't make sense.If 200k cash represents a large chunk of your liquid wealth I would not do that deal.I am not giving legal advice of any kind.

. , I started a landscaping business that grew into a property preservation business.

I just read somewhere that there are alot of homes that have been built in the past 30 years with preservative-treated wood, and that in some cases it's more reliable than stone foundations.http://www.toolbase.org/Technology-Inventory/Foundations/wood-foundations

So maybe they are different lenders, but what about same property preservation company working for those lenders?

If it's in a rental, I would not anticipate a renter having the where with all to preserve the counters. most likely your pm would do it or who ever you have turn over the properties in between leases. if its similar to granite, just get granite. 

In my opinion a successful business will outperform a solid RE asset in a given year (subjective), focus on turning your landscape company into a cash flow machine and push every dollar you don't need into REI to preserve, protect, and grow your wealth as PASSIVELY as possible.After you get to a better balance and have some rentals under your belt fix and flip could be your second business.

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A part of me understands the low risk tolerance someone like my mom would have and I don’t want to ruin what my dad had already built financially for my mom/our family since I have no real estate experience, but the other part feels that it would wasteful to see my mom burn through what she has left without preserving/creating more wealth with what my dad had already started. 

I've seen a lot of flippers appear not to know either and end up trying to sell half-a$$ed properties by cutting all sorts of corner and putting an inferior product on the market because they're trying to cut on costs and preserve what little profit they have left.As for rentals, they have been become harder to cash-flow, but you can still find some deals in the surrounding areas of Phoenix if you're willing to invest there.If you don't know about construction costs, I'd suggest you find out quickly and staying on budget for renovations is key.