You own the property, and it is yours to choose or decline tenants.

I have attempted to go the seller financing route, but every seller has declined that option.

There's still opportunities for cashflow deals and i'm not seeing a decline in prices.  

Oversupply and declining demand due to the recession we aren’t in.

From a macro standpoint, population is slowly declining.

Although they offered an incentive (larger split) to those LPs who participated, I declined because I did not have the confidence in this particular deal or Sponsor that they would pull it through for a profit. 

https://www.har.com/content/department/newsroomHouston Real Estate Highlights in March, 2024:-Single-family home sales declined 7.5 percent year-over-year;-Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes went from 62 to 55 days;-Total property sales were down 7.0 percent with 8,939 units sold;-Total dollar volume fell 5.6 percent to $3.5 billion;-The single-family median price rose 1.6 percent to $330,000;-The single-family average price rose 1.3 percent to $412,464; -Single-family home months of inventory registered a 3.5-months supply, up from 2.6 months a year earlier;-Townhome/condominium sales continued to decline, falling 6.7 percent, with the median price up 5.1 percent to $235,000 and the average price up 2.2 percent to $276,262.

Just tell her we are declining your application due to the report and giver her copies.

Or I'll have to just decline the application?

Columbus specifically has a growing population, strong job market, and steadily rising home values (as opposed to other areas like Cleveland which has a slightly declining population).