If you sort in order of violation date, at least in my area, you start to see a trend of properties being sold 3 months after the violation.

Look at the major systems and have a property inspector walk the property.Looking over this list, I don't see that you really need much. 12 month profit and loss statement shown monthly so you can see how expenses and rev trend over time.  

I would like to talk about the market and what the growing trend is like.

Seems like there's a trend moving in that direction.

Of course this is extreme, well it IS Seattle after all, but make sure you don't let your cities follow that trend.

We are seeing investors starting to unload their portfolios... when the bigger investors who've been in 15+ years start selling off that might be an indicator :) Nobody can time a market but take a look at potential growth trends and rentals in your area.

If I see it is an upward moving area and I can be a trend leader, I'm going to take advantage of that.

The NAR economist predicted that this trend will continue for the relatively near future.

I disagree that the market was "flat" for 10 years as stats say otherwise right now.However, Based on what we have rented in 2017 it shows we are trending upwards or flat again.

Not so much with say population growth, but Hamilton County's population is relatively flat now adays, and a large swath of Cincinnati is trending up.