Additionally, as-is many times you may run into logistical/disclosure issues like two tenants sharing electric or other utilities or public area utilities (laundry/hallways) on their bills as most of the time in this scenario each unit does not have dedicated meters for utilities.

Bakersfield's economy is diversifying with logistics being an area of growth.  

We did have a logistics manager rent from us once, he had been moved around the country once every couple years to analyze various warehouse hubs, he didn't work for Amazon though.

And, the logistics of potentially dealing with a seller that may want to avoid such a process... might that get in the way?

It is next door to the other property allowing for easy turn over and maintenance logistics.

https://byoplanet.com/Path-TecPath-Tec is a leading health care logistics and supply chain solutions provider based in Georgia.

What legal, logistical, and financial steps should I follow to make this transition successfully while maximizing returns?"

Trucking logistics is fundamental to a spending economy and investments in tech growth is pivotal for the fastest way to get ahead.

Playing the appreciation only angle is more risky not to say it can't play out over the long haul but in dips it may be harder to keep those properties if you can't pay the mortgage or when renter's have the upper hand and want concessions.Texas gets a lot of that money for a variety of reasons as the cost of living is lower obviously, a pro business environment, center of the country for logistics hubs (like around Dallas area) hence, companies are moving HQs here or have very significant regional operations that are expanding.  

For us seller we need to buy again and there's this logistic issue of selling and moving, so if you can communicate that with the buyer agent, they would be happy.