My biggest fear was over building the neighborhood.

I definitely agree that I should learn the players and game in San Antonio but I am motivated and won't let self doubt or fear deter me.

Fear mongers have made investing in real estate far to expensive and complicated.  

That just adds to my existing fear and the defeatist atitude im so trying to avoid and so aware of it as it creeps into my every day thinking.

Fear is no way to start a business.

But the location of my property is great (right in the city center), it has a very high standard (built in 2013), and includes heating (important in Norway, as you may imagine), cable TV, and internet with the rent.So to live out my inner nerd and double-check the price point, I looked at all other comparable rentals out on the market at the moment**, fearing that I may have to lower my rent and miss out on some cash flow.Well, turns out that I am actually underpricing myself, and that the market would suggest 7.950,- NOK (about 970$).

The thing that stops me is fear.

Maybe with raising rents the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

As for the fear of prices dropping, with a 80% LTV we have 20% equity protection, meaning the market would have to drop more than 20% before we are under water.

My fears are the same as you have brought up, a lot of money with no tenants locked in yet, it will take more time to fill then a rental or to sell as opposed to residential.