So I'm seeing units being held back for longer... sometimes months to find a qualified bulletproof applicant.

I'm currently using a website that I created 4 years ago, posting vacancies by creating a page and cross linking it to a form in my website for applications.  

Our biggest climate risks in central Texas are typically wind and hail, so anything of concern regarding the roof could get an applicant declined including trees too close to the roof surface, roof over 10 years old, etc.

Use the top three or four discriminators so applicants can screen themselves.Then you need to have clear screening criteria yourself.

As far as checking your accountant's technical competence, you can use this old but still applicable questionnaire:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/792277-how-to...Other questions that you may want to ask are listed in this post:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/795929-questi...3.

You need to research/know the rules, laws and regulations (including HOA if applicable), like you'd do in any US city.

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I don't know Ohio's laws regarding disclosure, so it sounds like that may not be applicable. 

Maybe the landlord isn't responding because they don't see the applicant as meeting their criteria. 

What is on the insurance application that you signed?