They generally liked to live in the "hot" area of the city and took part in a lot of the trendy things that were happening. 

So when I think it is just maintenance in the tenant's eyes it may be better because it follows today's trend. I

Ive started to see a shift and a slow down, these homes in trendy areas like WH used to have bidding wars and now they are sitting on the market for several months.

This trend is exploding.

Global role based in London.Finally, I studied AI at Stanford before it was trendy.

FYI inflation adjusted income increases is the best predictor of both value appreciation and rent appreciation.Check out http://www.city-data.com/ and an inflation calculator to see what that trend is over 15+ years, that way this doesn't happen to you again. 

I'm trying to correlate the data I found in this report with its city's price increase trend. I

The lower risk areas are the areas are the areas that will then have higher appreciation, as that lower risk is reflective of the higher demand for the asset, and with that higher demand comes higher asset price growth over time.And yes, as you allude to, declining population in Baltimore, (a 70 year trend) is a huge risk of that market, and thus why Baltimore has some of the highest yields in the country.But lower risk markets, with high appreciation due to higher demand, like DC, Montgomery County, are thus going to have very low yields upon initial purchase.

We need someone with an eye for trendy designs that would be appealing for remodels and higher end homes.

.* My living situation: I live in a 3 bedroom home (I rent) in a very trendy neighborhood in Los Angeles.