That's just a first glance, but that might lead one to lean towards Sacramento as a play for appreciation and rent increases over time, but lean towards Stockton for cashflow today since the prices are lower.... up to you what your goals are.Anecdotally, you hear a lot more people saying "I'm taking my high income job working from home, and moving my 'home' to Sacramento, and just driving to the Bay Area once a month for the monthly work meeting!"

Drives the price up.

Driving around I was amazed at the amount of inventory on the market. 

Just came back from there yesterday and had an amazing trip meeting people and driving around the town.

Might even be higher with expensive insurance or outside factors. 

Like many have said, there are a lot of factors that have to be taken into account to properly answer that question.

Because when we moved out of our SC house our property taxes went from 4% to 6% so that ate into our monthly cashflow but had already accounted for that because we did our research beforehand so just another factor to keep in mind when looking. 

That is a very nasty loss.Upon further review there were several factors causing the neighborhood to drop in value.

Conventional loans require as low as 5% down depending on your credit score and other factors.

Then find an appraiser to do a Drive by appraisal