Finding a tenant seems like pooling teeth

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Hey everyone.  So I've had my condo listed online for a week, and out of all the people who've come in, I only have 1 potential tenant, but he hasn't submitted the application yet.  Essentially, 80% of the inquiries never even reply back to me after I send them my pre-screening questionnaire.   And my questions are kindergarten compared to some of the hardball questionnaires I've seen other landlords requests.  I don't even ask for first, last and security, I just ask for first and security, but still it's not good enough for these people.  So my question is - do people just expect that I'll put my assets on the line just to make some stranger happy and bypass all the questioning and background/credit checks?  When I signed my car lease, I figuratively had to give them a blood test to prove to them that I was worthy.  And we're talking a car lease which is half the lease of my condo.  So what I'm getting at is this:  Why do people get so turned off by questions?  I already wasted hours for the few days showing the condo to people who didn't even have a credit history.  Then I got wise to the game and started the conversation with the pre-questionnaire.   Or is the right answer for me to just stop wasting my time, hire a professional tenant placement agency, pay them a month's rent for their services, sign the lease and call it a day?