Reach out to @Joe Massey with Castle and Cooke.

The facilities are not that great either.

Purchased a Storage Facility What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Assuming all things are equal for these two props, but they are just in different areas of the same city, I would look at things like economic development (new projects, new businesses moving in, large companies opening facilities), proximity to job centers where people can earn the wage they'd need to rent the property (being close to a lot of very low-paying jobs isn't very helpful if you're looking at a nicer property, the people in the area have to be able to afford it), walkability, neighborhood amenities, etc.

In looking over the disclosures, it says there's a landfill 2.5 miles away (west of property) and wastewater treatment facility 3 miles away (northwest of property). 

@Alyssa Paros thank you, yes communication is always the key.I just remember renting an apartment, and the landlord having 3 guys come in during the middle of me cooking dinner and leaving a trail of dirt behind at 8pm. 

I am located in Chicago, where the Cook Country real estate taxes are unbelievably high.

Quick answer to your "Trapped Equity" question: Call Joe Massey, Castle and Cooke Mortgage.

For example a dated kitchen with walls yellow from cigarette smoke and a 60 year old oven is fine, a kitchen that you can't cook food in is not fine -- even if it is otherwise modern, new, and clean. 

In another note, he said that Jerry Cohen and his nephew Scott Cohen were convicted of a major rental fraud scheme in Philadelphia in 1999.If you look at the Cook County Recorder of Deeds website, EquityBuild is the Grantor/Grantee on 190/160 properties respectively in the Chicagoland area.