@Roberto Collazo If you are analyzing markets, look for markets for the following to best protect your investment:Population growth, job growth, job diversification, income growth, affordable housing (yet increasing), affordable rents (yet increasing), crime stable or trending down, favorable taxes, favorable landlord tenant laws.As you can see, LA misses the marker on a few of those boxes.

PcW in their Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2021 lists Salt Lake City as number 7.

Upon conducting research on Real Estate Markets I learned that Columbus, OH was in the top 5 housing Markets in the country and that I was correct; investors were buying properties to rent and at a great profitAs I dug deeper into data research on the Columbus market, I saw that Cleveland was following similar trends to Columbus in 2018 which led to analyzing the market.  

When it comes to pricing and inventory trends this year, should I expect it will be the same an hour radius around Denver and all the way down to the Springs?

Just start going through redfin and looking at the map to see where properties are located, do your own rent comps, see how many saves they get and how long different properties sit on the market and notice if you see a trend with the types of properties certain agents list.

Housing price to rent ratio reveals a similar trend.

They know the trends.

It's possible home prices could fluctuate, but I think strong rental demand will keep rental rates on a stable trend for the foreseeable future. 

Will this trend continue? 

Tracking success rates which is trending down from almost 93% to 91% currently.