Really really wish BP would embrace creating a glossary and leading the way to defining these terms for the industry.

Embrace change and learning as reality and "surf" it to learning, networks, systems, software, processes that culminate in diverse earning opportunities.  

Now, I'm finally embracing new challanges like being a landlord as well as the "discomfort" of house hacking

Before even thinking about doing anything aesthetically, have an inspector check the existing systems and structures, dig deeper, embrace patina then decorate with new old things.Goodluck!

If young people understood these concepts it would revolutionize rentals because a lot more units would come on the market offering way more selection (yes at a reduced price after a while but it wouldn't be much because people are lazy and stubborn and wouldn't embrace this much) and they could be financially free, really free, in just a decade. 

That sucked, and I wouldn't recommend it, but if you can learn to embrace that 'finisher' inside of you, you can learn to do a lot of things. 

Embrace being a newbie and learning.

People always say apartment investing is a team sport, but I didn’t fully embrace that right away.

Based on where you at now, paying off your mortgage and continue to grow steadily will easily get you there in the next 10 years with minimum stress and headache (minus WWIII happening, JK)If you are someone who are aspire to maximize growth, have a f*k you money and want to get into politics and expand your influences, and also prepared to embrace the headache and stress that come with that lifestyle, then you wouldn't want to pay off the mortgage but put your money somewhere else that would give you maximum return.

There is winter, and it can really suck for 6-8 weeks, but they embrace that making features for winter like ice-castles, winter sports, ice-bars, etc..