@William284 You don't have to give them the third degree. Just be friendly and chatty, it's not that hard.
"Hi XXX, thanks for your request to stay at my place. I'll be happy to accept, with a little more info from you. First, I need to confirm that you've throroughly read the listing description and are aware that xxx (here I put things that may be a huge problem if they didn't bother to read it, like that my room is only for 1 guest, that it's a 20 minute walk to town and the beach- all hosts will have different things they want to stress) . Also, as I don't see a filled-in profile for you, it would be nice to know something about you, why you chose my listing, what you'll be planning to do while here in town. Have you stayed at Aibnbs before?Looking forward to a speedy reply so we can get this rolling. William."