These folks need apartments.Find a building in a safe neighborhood, close to trendy restaurants and bars, near the L (or bus lines).

Everyone with cash in hand can grab a pair of sneakers......Give it some thought man.

I go for granite, hardwood, wood or marble look tile, quality vinyl plank, trendy grey walls with white trim, stainless appliances.

"Flipping" (which is merely a trendy term for fixing up dilapidated structures) is far more relative to the construction industry.

Austin trend is down, not up.  

Then as time went on an prices kept skyrocketing I realized Seattle, and many other trendy metros, were in bubble territory.

Does that mean the neighborhood is becoming more trendy or does it mean it’s about to go to hell?

Find a way to stand out from the competition in a trendy way and you can do well.Love the area and would invest in the area 1000 times over if I could do it again.

I own 24 units in Kitsap county but have continued to look in Seattle, however have pulled back for the following reasons: 1) building age, almost everything you see on the market is 50+ years old and has significant deferred capex that owners decide they would rather push off to the next owner, 2) Seattle renter politics are too unpredictable - too great a chance of a rent control system being implemented, and 3) smaller unit size when compared to newer non city properties - while many apartment renters are essential workers, many are not and have been working at home since March, and consequently are looking for larger units (a trend I think will continue to some degree).  

Somewhere in the down trend is the time to buy at heavy discounts.