2: Starting Out with Karen Rittenhouse – Subject To, Direct Mail, and Investing from a Woman’s Perspective

<p>Today we’ve got another great new&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcast" target="_blank">BiggerPockets Podcast</a>&nbsp;interview to bring to you, packed full of actionable tidbits and great conversation. Each week, we will be bringing you incredible real estate investing tips, training, and interviews with actual investors who are in the field, and who are making it happen. You can listen to the show online (below), download it later, listen on your smartphone, or&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/biggerpockets-podcast-real/id594419649" target="_blank">via iTunes</a>&nbsp;—&nbsp;all for free.</p><p>On today’s show we talked with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/krittenhouse" target="_blank">Karen Rittenhouse</a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href="http://www.karensperspective.com/" target="_blank">KarensPerspective.com</a>&nbsp;– an active real estate investor, author, trainer, and all-around great gal. Karen’s started investing in 2005 and has acquired well over 150 properties during her investing career. On this podcast, she shares with us exactly how she did it, and how you can use the same strategies to begin (or improve) your investing career.</p><p><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/bpp2-karen-rittenhouse-podcast-transcript-subject2-direct-mail-woman-investor" target="_blank">Read the transcript for Episode 2 with Karen Rittenhouse here.</a></p><p>In This Week’s Podcast, We’ll Explore</p><ul><li>Why rentals are just like little oil wells – and&nbsp;how to get started&nbsp;owning them.</li><li>How Karen bought over 150 properties, most without ever getting a mortgage.</li><li>Dealing with sexism&nbsp;in the real estate field.</li><li>Using the&nbsp;“subject-to” strategy&nbsp;to invest with no (or low) money down.</li><li>How Karen made $9200 when&nbsp;<em>purchasing</em>&nbsp;her first project – with no money down.</li><li>The two most important steps to&nbsp;avoid making mistakes.</li><li>Karen’s technique to find motivated sellers and how to get deals fro