I'm not in your market but feel free to reach out if you want some help narrowing down on your goals as you get started. 

Up in Summit County they had a moratorium for awhile then began issuing permits again with more rules and restrictions plus higher fees and taxes (for example in Dillon that you mentioned they have a $700 annual fee plus a 5% excise tax, you need a local agent to be on call 24-7 in case of emergencies (i.e. noise violations), there are occupancy limits, etc.) so you'll want to start by narrowing down your search a bit perhaps based on the regulatory environment.

I plan to visit both areas in December/January but it would be ideal if I could narrow my search down to one city before then.

I was looking for some suggestion or opinion to narrow down my search.  

Frankly that is a pretty broad spectrum so you might need to narrow it down a bit.

Well, I'm not but you probably already knew that and it doesn't narrow it down.

I've done a lot of the heavy lifting narrowing it down to a few properties to look at.I am not a RE agent nor do I have any license of any kind, however I have access to the MLS and all the necessary contact info to set up showings (with the exception of a Supra).

I am trying to narrow my markets from 3 to 1.My choices are:1.

I'm not an offensively narrow-minded bumpkin wholly unprepared for lifelong learning and prone to making utterly idiotic statements about fake news and pseudo-facts, which I certain would have been if I hadn't gone to college.

Over leveraging (I call it white-knuckle investing) has two main problems: 1) you won’t realize any cash flow because it will all go to paying interest on the loans and; 2) with such a narrow profit margin, any small hiccup will cause you to crash and burn.