Buying and maintaining property expense tx vs ca

Hi,

My agent tells me that it’s taking longer to rent out homes in texas and california suburbs would be a better option. Although the cost of the house is more upfront the value goes up faster and renting is fairly quicker in california. Was wondering other stuff like property management expense like getting a handyman to fix something or roof changes etc, assuming they are a bit more. Also was thinking about homeowner protection from bad tenant, are the laws more favorable for tenants in ca compared to tx etc 

any input would help.

thanks