The extra few dollars each time is absolutely worth it.Any strategy in terms of website?

We needed to jump on this great deal before we lost it so we kind of put the car before the horse in terms of thinking about how to construct the partnership details.  

If so that is a bit different than retail/office/etc. in terms of a knowledge base.

Sure enough, my homeowner's insurance is through Lloyd's of London.While I can't speak about their coverage for vacation rentals, I found them to be BY FAR the best option for my homeowners, both in terms of cost and coverage. 

I too wanted to know how other investors feel about their degrees in terms of how it relates to their investing careers.

I would contact a quality mortgage broker in regards to your questions in terms of financing.  

In terms of rent notifications, we send out a reminder each month, five days before your tenant's rent is due in case they still need to set-up a payment, or make changes to one they've already set-up.If you add any one-time charges, we'll also send an email to your tenant letting them know, so they can login and set-up a payment.The service that @John Andruszka mentioned is called Express Payouts which lets you speed up your tenants’ ACH payments.

Also, in terms of agents I use @Dorothy Wulf - she's great.

In your case, I would be a bit broad to start out in terms of what kinds of properties you look at.

Louis County and the loss of property tax revenue hurt the City in terms of the school system and other infrastructure.