My agent refutes all of our fear mongering.

Is this just short-term fear and mindset or should I sell and look to deploy my cash elsewhere?

Its not fear or doom n gloom.

"Finally, there's a lot of irrational fear out there about the due on sale clause and the lender calling the note.

@Jonathan GreeneAgree 100%. be transparent and if good news great - bad news - still share it with investors - realize they are making life choices based on what they may be telling you as an example of someone has $100k investment and you fear it’s going to go to foreclosure - well maybe they would not spend $10k on that vacation or buy a new home knowing they are getting wiped outUnfortunately there is a group of guru syndicators who are great marketers / sales which some I have personally spoken with and they are so full of it and just like to hear their voice their ego gets in the way.

My fear is failure.

I fear the suffering to come from refusing the journey of "pain". 

The reason I have not purchased is not fear of RE depreciation as much as the rates hurt the return such that my underwriting does not depict the level of return I seek.  

You can't learn very much and it's usually fear based discussions about terrible tenants (my dad does this).

I've missed out on a couple of properties because of ignorance and fear.