Regret will be the next step down the line if you dont overcome fear. 

Look at the most successful people in any field, and they could have stopped working years ago - they don't b/c they derive meaning from what they do, & the satisfaction that comes with overcoming professional challenges. 

They laughed at me, joked a little, and the tenant told the story to all and it was actually a good distraction that showed me laughing in the face of adversity which I'm pretty sure some of my friends would never put up with.

Finding reasonable ways to overcome your own laziness and excuses and then executing with frequency against the things you need to do.For example in my fitness instance, in the winter I use the excuse of "I hate treadmills" and "it's too cold I'm not running" so I bough a rogue echo bike and literally put it at the foot of my bed.

You won’t want to miss Alex’s strategies for overcoming the fear of investing long distance, as well as his plan for living broke on purpose and how he combines long-distance investing with the BRRRR method to build a portfolio that scales!

While I am only human I have noticed direct correlation between the absence of sugar and high levels of motivation, energy, and daresay optimism; adversely I've noticed that high levels of sugar consumption, especially in daytime hours, lead to horrible crashes of energy, motivation, and daresay depression (not necessarily clinical depression but certainly depressed attitude or state of mind).  

But if I believe the universe is perfect and whatever happens is perfect, a tenant leaving without paying the rent simply means I modify my business model so a tenant leaving early won't impact my bottom line adversely anymore.

If you wait to invest until you have a family, a career, a life to protect you will only become more and more risk adverse. 

From the local paper here in Albany, the Times Union:"The laws require landlords to give tenants several months notice before an eviction for non-payment, and enable judges to "stay" an eviction up to a year if it will cause "hardship," such as adversely affecting the tenant's childcare arrangements or health."

Fear, as with all human emotions, is a handy cap that needs to be overcome to be successful.