The city wants to tear the property and surrounding properties down Zillow said it’s worth 38000The city offer me 13000.I could use some adviceHard to give advice with limited information, but as a general rule, the longer you wait and the further down the line their project is the more valuable your property will be to them.Zillow (and all automatic online) estimates are very unreliable, so don't base on that.

Now I have an investment worth $10,000.

Someone planning on stealing anything of worth is going to do it while you are gone.

@Hitanshu ShahDon’t expect to recover losses—it’s usually not worth the time or cost.

My professional background is data science / analytics, which means analyzing cash flows will probably come more naturally than building relationships, which apparently, is how one finds deals worth making.Are there meetups in these areas I should attend (digitally at first, presumably)? 

OZ is worth a look if you need liquidity, but eventually you will have to pay some tax utilizing that option.  

Takes a lot of work don’t get me wrong but it was so worth it.  

Every situation is different... but if those POHs are busted up the park is worth only a fraction of what he is asking.

But if that's what it takes to sleep at night, it might be worth it.The one catch to that is that real estate is not your only option of investing.

If you're looking to scale it could be worth while to sell and re-distribute that equity with the help of some save leverage.