I'll point out @Brian Burke as one of those who really had a healthy fear of the market, stopped buying, and got out. 

Bad real estate operators should fear BiggerPockets

How can a beginner get over that fear of losing someone else's money?

For years there was fear that creation of the tic right before a sale might be viewed as an attempt to artificially avoid taxes. 

This is all conjecture as I am not an estimator or contractor, but I know Monteray Consan 20 works well.That was my fear with this quote, it's heavy charges to tear down and almost nothing about doing the drywall after they tear it down. 

Federal debt and fear of hyper inflation has homeowners in a gridlock.

A post on recapture:People are concerned about recapture when they cost segregate their improvements and for good reason.Recapture is real, and those deferred taxes will need to be paid.But fear not!

The deeper issue behind analysis paralysis may be some underlying fear, hesitation, and/or anxiety that you have to uncover and work through.

A lot of people deal with the same fear of taking the leap.

I bought into the fear mongering message "that everybody is out there to sue everyone else who has a little money".