I haven't used them to do any transactions but they are highly knowledgable about the market and understand historical trends. 

Regarding Denver neighborhoods, here's my personal favorites:Villa Park, Barnum, Westwood, Athmar Park, Harvey Park, Ruby Hill.Villa Park is interesting because some of the scrap and builds are coming down there from Sloan's Lake area, so you have these older homes from the 50s and 60s and then a couple of new builds, so that is one neighborhood that is trending from C to B sooner.  

We start by taking a brief look at your choices and touch on a trend that has affected the industry as a whole.

This one is obviously good but overshadowed by the other negative aspects of the areaBelow are graphics showing the trends for the metrics discussed above Data is from the American Community Survey  Hope this helps! 

What indicators do investors really look for that lets you know whether the market is up, down, or trending in a certain direction?

You can get an idea of what the trends in the neighborhood are. 

@Victoria Coleman population trend is towards moving south.

I'll have to do some research on the trends, but I would hate to get stuck with it if there is a serious market correction and I'm 2K miles away. 

The small single family market in worcester and surrounding towns is seeing a price decline, and due to the typical weather trends in sales, there will be some dips. 

However, the new buyer will also see the positive trend and understand why it was lower when we acquired it.