what's the state of the austin market?

[Alan Guo]

total newbie here. I've only recently started listening to bigger pockets podcasts, and reading about real estate. my vision is the same as most people on here, which is multiple passive income streams, one of them being real estate. it doesn't take a genius to figure out austin real estate has a pretty high barrier entry to market, with a lot of big fish.. that being the case, I'm wondering what would be possible ways to enter the market (eg. foreclosures, gentrifying neighborhoods, off market properties, etc.), and potential strategies to look for and assess these deals.