The expensive luxury stuff seems is trendy now, but I'd be afraid what will happen in future recessions or if the college landscape gets shaken up.Finally, someone mentioned the risk of colleges not being the same in the future.

We like to think about facebook being a good stock, but what happens when the next trendy social media site is created and everyone migrates there and quits facebook. 

The expensive but highly repeatable method is to get a 0% APR credit card for 12-18 months and buy relatively consistent furniture that’s trendy-classic, affordable and hotel-like.

 * Before this study came out, my thought was that since Minneapolis has been rated #1 in number of people biking, I figured I buy my duplex that is in a clean, affordable, trendy, low crime rate and close to public transportation type neighborhood. 

When the flippers come out in droves, I run for the hills to another market where the people are still unaware of the great stuff happening in the area to bring in those future jobs to reverse the trend.  I

This trend is also pushing values in rental neighborhoods.  

I've not heard of this being a trend?I

Slightly more enlarged, 50-70% cash buying in Ohio & Mississippi, 10-20% cash buying coastal FL, CA, prime Hawaii, mountain areas of Jackson Hole, Vail, Aspen.It seems the deep pocket money move to san diego and florida (lot of financial co in NY move there so the trend is very clear ). 

Fitness is a common trend I see here which is awesome!

But you get into the news when you are an professional Rapper, Sportscelebrity and moviestar and you just spend 20million on a mansion and how they bought 500 pairs of the newest sneaker while renting the whole mall for themself.