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?

Or any suggestions on how to determine how a property will perform as one?

We use CompanyCam for this, that might be something that will help you catch things that are missing as well as making sure things are done correctly, whether you are there personally or reviewing remotely.

You might go to the planning and zoning office IN person, don't call, and talk to planning staff. 

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I am not a burn-the-boats type of person, and I am more productive with a backup plan.

For whatever reason this one just doesn't perform as well as our first two.

The person who is supposed to be in charge of our specific unit does not answer texts, and when I call it goes straight to voicemail.