Be careful not to violate any Fair Housing laws during this process.

After the operator exceeds 90 days in a calendar year, the conditional use permit process must be started.

I know that you do a great job smoothing out any "rough spots" in the lending process, so that certainly helps when the deal starts to go sideways... 

Negative CF, which is what you are describing, means you are buying your property, and making no money in the process.

I say take a gamble for anyone in which its even possibly feasible for and trust they're process. 

A variety of things could have caused this.That said, what you've described above is not so untypical in terms of the steps of the process for a fix and flip loan.  

It has solar power, a compost toilet, and other things of that nature to be self-sustaining.

If, through the process of renovating the property, the market shifts, do you have an alternate plan for the property, whether it be to live in it until the market improves, or convert it to a rental property, etc. 

Right now, I am an aspiring real estate agent specializing in investment properties while also in the process of developing an app!

I'm just not seeing any strategy that can offset to any significant degree, the depreciating nature of either asset.