Here in California you can get hit with traffic impact fees, environmental mitigation, park fees, etc. so you want to know exactly what is going to be required. 

I graduated from Texas A&M University in 2004 with a degree in Architecture, Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design to be exact.  

FEMA could prevent development, it could have environmental problems, easements might make development impossible, zoning could prohibit anything getting built on that size, etc.  

. : $(15k-20k) ~I see a lot of delta here between a potential final asking price and a total project cost.All in all, I think that there is a market for this type of modern, "environmentally friendly" type of home, and I've seen news-stories on successful storage container homes that were built in Denver.Should I believe all of the hype, or am I drinking too much kool-aid?

You may want to check for flood plain issues and possibly have a phase 1 environmental study as well.

They want to see nothing has materially changed from property tax and other records when they evaluate a property.For commercial a separate phase one environmental and pcr (property condition report) is performed.

I am a civilian but I work on the bases in SD as an environmental contractor.

Dealing with the city environmental health was a nightmare.

For raw land development you just need to budget for a whole lot of soft costs before you get going, I actually help with the biological/environmental phases of raw land development, so I can you that it's tough to develop raw land.

There are a lot potential intricacies with the township zoning and environmental issues with the stream.