If that's your only issue, get the mortgage broker to devise a 6 month plan to boost your score.

Overall to boost the Net Income, then via the low cap rate (which is good for a seller) to sell it to someone looking to park cash (as someone else said) or to refi and pull out the increased equity.Also some may see better income by converting them condos

Sacramento's night life and downtown is far superior to Fresno.... the new arena for the Kings has really boosted an already decent downtown.

Quad #1 is in the city in a so-so neighborhood, older but half-renovated with solid curb-appeal, and has several tenants that are Spanish speaking only.  

Like you said, proximity is a huge boost, but it looks like that only matters in light of gentrification and more racial diversity.

The 1920s come with tons of curb appeal, amazing woodwork, often large rooms and tall ceilings (if you are closer to the lake), smaller kitchens (no real space for a fridge and dishwasher) and closets.

Does it have curb appeal?

Do a facebook live video from your business page walking thru the house, boost it, those are cheap views.

Bakersfield might be great too, growing, diversifying, and getting a good amount of LA peeps which always seems to boost values whenever that happens. 

I now always replace laterals on multiunits when rehabbing.I may have a spectacular sewer cleaning contractor here, but they identified the issue, I then called my excavator in to open the hole, then I had my trusted concrete guy repair sidewalk and curb. 8' down and $4500 total.