If your documentation was up to snuff and you followed the State procedure for deposits, it should have been a cake walk to defend. 

I'm much more comfortable with the process and the first 10 houses would be a piece a cake.

If you go to your friends party and you bring a cake.

Annapolis is a cake walk compared to Baltimore but it all comes down to knowledge of the law.

Welcome @Christopher Reillylike Account Closed mentioned, the Denver BP meetup is a great way to connect, plus it's on my birthday this year so I'm expecting a cake to be provided

Donot he surprised by this It doesn’t have to be a beautiful newer home in a nice area  you can make money in all class neighborhoods If you don’t know something bring in those that do , don’t guess and hope things will work out As you gain momentum you can use OPM and scale out but for now just buy something You WILL  suffer setbacks It will not be a cake walk and you must not give up .

It was actually my birthday that day, and I had just finished baking and frosting a cake prior to their arrival.

Eviction for a lack of rent payments is a cake walk compared to eviction for any other lease violations.

If I had a good paying, responsible tenant who stayed 14 years, I would happily return the full deposit and bake the relatives a cake too!

Depreciation is an icing on a cake type thing and certainly, wouldnt be worth banking on having.