If they are looking for a person they can look in a closet or under a bed but they CANNOT look in bags boxes under the mattress in your dresser etc....

My dad refused to let one into our house because he kept stealing the change, our kid's allowance, off our dressers where we kept it. 

I think a room needs to fit a queen bed, dresser and nightstand to be comfortable.Hope that helps.

But I'm very careful to check the recalls on Ikea's dressers -- there have been incidents where children have been injured or died when a dresser they were climbing fell on them.Other reasons that I have not rented to prospective tenants with children is due to the hazards of a fireplace (woodburning -- obvious hazards;  gas fireplace -- can be burned if touching the hot glass; electric fireplace -- with the one in my personal residence, you need to be very careful when removing the glass, as it shatters very easily.)

Hypothetically speaking if I miss a big hole behind a dresser, wouldn't the new tenant inherit the damages of the former tenant?

I only sent out reminders because I had a lot of law students who would have the rent check sitting on their dresser, but they were so exhausted that they'd just forget to put it in the drop slot (the owner I worked for was old school and wasn't interested in online options).It seems like the only reason you need to contact your tenants is to tell them how much they owe in utilities. 

Bed/dresser.   

That's different than having the check sitting on the dresser and they just forget to put it in the rent drop box.So, in your case, I'd tell them that you'll accept it on the 7th this time, but if you don't have it on the 7th, you'll have to start eviction. 

The most I ever had to do with them was to send them a text reminder to give me the check that was already written out and sitting on their dresser, or to just touch base to ask if they had a running toilet or leak or anything else that needed attention and they'd always be glad I asked and give permission to enter when they weren't home to fix anything.What about you?  

Worst part was that there was a dresser in front of the window that was open.