Understanding the verbage, like “house-hacking” and why it has picked up so much traction is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to adapting and implementing change in the way someone should do business.

Enough landlords used blanket-type policies that would exclude someone with a silly retail-theft charge from 20 years ago, that the lawmakers are gaining traction in some areas in banning background checks all together (even for murderers).

A bunch of cities are fighting with the VRBO's & AirBNB traction and have had hard time controlling them.

To gain equity and traction you likely need a value add deal. 

Hopefully there will be more traction here... 

Still getting traction here with renting, interest is starting to pick up this month.

Of course me being new to this means I need some help just wondering if there’s anybody close or near to the area to show me the ropes could possiblyHelp you with investments until I can gain traction.

And are there any areas that look as though they are gaining more and more traction?

This will help you gain traction and get results quicker. 

Knowing that once you cross north of 5th St. you need to increase your vacancy credit by 1% will have a much larger impact on your true returns than using MIRR vice IRR.The nearest I can figure why MIRR doesn't get more traction on BP is that most people don't really understand IRR beyond the definition "the rate that sets the NPV of future cash flows to zero", so the factors that you pointed out don't make sense.