Our money is only a small fraction of what any given unit of it (say a dollar) wss worth 30 years ago.  

Since rents are pretty standard in most markets and don't fluctuate much.. and since the homes can be bought for wildly different numbers IE what a wholesaler pays by the time its gone through rehab and mark up for profits for all involved the number is much higher than an Identical property that say a local bought and did it all them selves. and since in most turn key areas at least sub 80k or so  retail sales are far and few between..

I'd say a lot of your status is in your own head and if you are worried about how people are rating you, you won't be happy.

The following week, I went to about 10 real estate broker offices and accidentally say a listing on a broker's desk for a 28-unit building.

I mean why would say a worker for a plumbing company have your assets best interests at heart? 

That difference of saving is applied to the principal balance of the debt monthly to rapidly amortize the repayment; this reduces total interest payments by an astounding amount (normally hundreds of thousands over the life of say a $400k, 30 yr note).

I don't know exactly what part of Wisconsin you are in but if it's a more woodsy area I'd say a deck would be the way to go and would mostly likely get more value for you in the long run. 

A lot of SFRs.Also, let's say a crazy loosening of the zoning restrictions is implemented. 

I currently have "regular" rental properties and for the most part understand in my area at least how much say a 200-250k house can rent for each month with a year lease but have no idea where to start in trying to determine the potential rents of a vacation property.

I would much rather have say a single $600k property that gives me a 10% return than six $100k properties that give me 12% each.