She is asking for more time to find a suitable place to live here in Santa Barbara.

They do not seem like suitable investments for most beginnings investors  to use as the core of a real estate portfolio.  

I am currently looking for a home that is suitable for my first flip.

High water tables and/or marginal soils could cause an otherwise well located property to lose a lot of potential value, since the land may not be suitable for development or expansion.

I just starting my second one this year because I haven’t been able to find anything suitable.

Smaller breeds can bite, but one coming from a chihuahua poses a much lower risk of injury than a rottweiler's.Future tenants can have allergies to animals, which may imply extensive cleaning or even renovations to make it suitable for them.Regarding your question about fees;Typically, a landlord who allows pets will charge a higher rent to a pet owner, than to a no-pet renter.

All this is speculation on my part because again, my agent and is not communicating in a suitable manner."

Non-recourse loans are only suitable for very large transactions where a single poor decision can sink you financially and where you have LPs that don't want to sign personally for debt.

I'd be game to run comps on value and rent, search for suitable lots, do some county level research on zoning, anything to sort of grease the wheels for another's capital to make them money. 

Me personally, I feel a 4plex with as low down as possible, that still has a suitable debt service in relation to the income makes sense to me.