Prescreening Prior to Showing & Still Nothing

[Erik Dofelmier]

We recently placed a duplex up for rent on Zillow, FB Marketplace, etc and on the description I clearly have the  minimum requirements listed (600 credit score, 3x rent etc). When prospective tenants reach out, I then again send them the minimum requirements and ask if they meet them. So far I’ve shown the unit four times with zero applications and one with a couple of evictions. Three of the responses are because “they ran the numbers and the unit doesn’t fit within their budget.”  What am I doing wrong?  If they don’t meet the quals, why are they still requesting to see the unit?  Any other suggestions on how to prevent these instances from reoccurring short of having them apply before I show the units?