I made my focus on a solid build over trendy.

Elmo, TN is becoming a trendy little bedroom community to Chattanooga, and we could likely sell the properties for $20,000-30,000.  

From a young age, I remember going to the local 99¢ only store and buying cool, trendy, pencils and notebooks with skateboarding designs and selling them at school.

Any good properties in trendy neighborhoods like North Park and Normal Heights are sold within a week after being listed on MLS.The banks seems to be much more restrictive in the mortgage lending process (correct me if I am wrong ;-) And plus the mortgage rates are super low.What do you guys think?

Nationwide, it seems the trend is towards more and more regulations making STVR investments more difficult.

I am looking for areas that are nice, with good schools, in-demand areas or up-and-coming trendy areas where demand will increase.

It's nice to see that I'll be trendy for one year.

Much like the stock market, if the "trend" is moving up and down, that's not a bad thing...like if the trend is going steady in either direction.  

Some people are more comfortable buying multi family apartment buildings in trendy neighborhoods.It's all about finding what works best for you.

  :) With the urban village strategy, the trend is for more people moving back into the urban core and the city of seattle keeps increasing density.The trend will be migrations to central seattle and shoreline.