Barriers to Entry Increasing for Rookie Real Estate Investors?

[Evan Swanson]

Over the the episodes from the past two weeks, David from the BiggerPockets podcast has brought up that real estate will be harder and harder to from the "small guy" to get into each year due to factors like: inflation, hedge funds being hyperactive in the market, the lack of supply and high demand causing an increasingly competitive market, real estate being a more attractive investment for our current economic condition, etc... 

I have just started to learn about real estate investing in the past three months. Most likely, I won't be buying real estate until three years down the road. However, I have a sense of FOMO after listening to these podcasts and am discouraged to hear that less opportunity will await in the future. 

What do you all think? Will finding a deal be more difficult every year for new investors? Of course, there's always a deal to be found, but I'm interested to hear overall thoughts on this idea.