Do you reply to every lead?

[Therese V.]

I listed a property on turbotenant less than 2 days ago and already have 35 interested and 2 applicants (I didn't ask them to apply, they just did it through that system). Do you respond to everyone including those that you already know aren't qualified (example, we want 3x income and some don't have anywhere near that- do I still reply to them with the application stating we will notify if we want to move to the next step to run reports)? We also have listed no pets but some with pets are inquiring hoping we won't mind, should I respond we are not accepting applicants from anyone with pets or just skip since there are so many interested?

I'm planning on setting up a google form for people to use as the application and then we can separately choose the best applicant to run the reports so not everyone will have to pay. And then go in order until we find the desired tenant.