@Manuel Encarnacion I've rented various places in Orange County and always paid security deposits with 1st months rent.

The Orange County Housing Authority website is thin on information for landlords but the people I've talked to have all been super nice and willing to answer questions. www.orangeha.comI'm not angling for immediate rent increases - just trying to plan out what to/not to do.  

@Tim Yang, so what you really mean is: you'd only be up for "roughly $300" per month, instead of $500 if you were just renting?

Basically apples to oranges, but both can be great investment areas.The Bay Area is getting a high amount of pressure for RC, both in cities that already have it and cities that are considering it. 

It only takes about 30 min. to an hour of your tme.Also for people looking for new toilets go to the orange big box store, they start at $30 for a water saving one.

To someone who invests in multi-family buildings, the apartment building will be more valuable.Really, that's like asking if you had an orange tree next to an apple tree, and both were prolific producers of fantastic fruit, which tree would be more valuable?  

.- DistanceAssuming a 2'ish' hour distance drive: From Fresno you can reach San Jose, Palo Alto, and a lot of the Central Coast (San Jose is 1M people)From Bakersfield you can reach LA, Orange County a large part of the populated Central Coast including Santa Barbara (Los Angeles alone is 4M people)- ResourcesBakersfield produces more oil than Fresno, and the assumption is Bakersfield produces approximately the same as Fresno in Foods.- TransportationBakersfield has closer proximity to a larger population of California than FresnoPersonally, looking at these facts I would put my money on Bakersfield.  

You are comparing apples to oranges in this situation.  

I had also put up orange road cones in certain spots along with red property marker flags.

They only do Newark, Irvington, East Orange, and Orange, specializing in urban areas.