He will lose some of his bid amount, but thats better than keeping a property with some major issues (structural, or environmental) . 

With that stuff squeezing landlords and environmental restrictions handcuffing developers it's no wonder why there is a housing crisis.  

There's even an anti-wealth sentiment among many, who portray it as "consumerism" or anti-environmental.

We are planning a very specialized service, catering to guests with certain environmental sensitivities, and are unsure how strong (or weak) the demand will be for our rental cabin(s) so we plan to start with just one rental cabin. 

I would guess you would have to put a little money up in escrow that was refundable, then you could go through your everything you need to do but i don't know where you are going to get the money for everything else like plans engineering pre app with city phase 1 environmental.

Normal conditions, include financing, inspection (building and environmental), title search, etc. 

So off goes an eviction letter, and 3 days later, I get served with papers, and a lawyer's bill (her new environmental law lawyer, I kid you not) who took her case for free, and me, for a ride.So that's who I'm dealing with.

I am 20yr old full time student studying Environmental Science.

Installing roads, water & sewer laterals, negotiating utility easements, doing soil corrections, navigating environmental impact studies????

Along with the other great replies here, just wanted to point out that good neighborhoods with great schools and community can and do become bad neighborhoods with poor schools and community through redistricting, rezoning, age and obsolescence of the area, possible environmental issues, freak earthquake or flooding not covered by insurance, etc.