Interviewing tenants / Interviewing for the circus

[Thomas Williamson]

This is the part of real estate investing I absolutely hate. I call it interviewing for the circus, because of the variety of people that seem to come out of the woodwork when I advertise a property. No matter the price range, I still get the same calls every time. I have a property that's vacant, so I've put my ads out on Craigslist, Postlets, and my company site. The details are very specific, 99% of all questions are answered in the ads, and then I followup with more directions in my voice mail. Still, I get the same questions over and over, and it's clear people don't read the ads.

Is there a better way? Anyone else have a better system, I'm all ears. I love investing, but screening tenants has to be (for me) the worst part of investing. Thanks