Again your personal strengths and desires will play a huge role.

While you probably can't write off every expense listed above, let's just say you can and use your final net profit for tax purposes.  

Is there a way to get in personal contact?

A person came by and was interested in renting it out and was willing to put some work in it.

If you’re a pet owner, landlord, or just someone interested in rental housing, here’s what you need to know.What’s the Purpose of AB 2216?

I personally have never seen that, but I’m only one person.

I have 3 properties in my personal name (to get best rates).

Make sure you have personally spoken with the tenant, maybe since you are new owner they don't know where or who to pay or paid the previous owner. 

Any 'investment' can act as a 'retirement'.Roth is great because it is tax freeI personally like real estate also becuase your cash flow is normally shielded by depreciation.I like real estate further because there is less complixities / restrictions when it comes to IRA such as the 5 year rule, year you have to take distributions, RMD, Unrelated Business Income Tax(UBIT).Your goal is to have the best return and the most money at the time of retirement, what is the best way to get there?

Don’t waste your time with the large banks, you’ll never get to the right person unless you operate a hedge fund and are going to buy hundreds at a time.I found small local banks work the best.