I Want to Know How You Read Real Estate Books

I Want to Know How You Read Real Estate Books

Investor · Paris, VA · Member since 2020 · 1 post · 0 votes

How do you prefer to take notes when reading a new real estate book?

I finished reading the other night and I sat there wondering what methods people use to take notes when they are reading a book. 

For instance, do you:

  • ...highlight/underline snippets you think are important and then combine all those notes in a single word document(or notebook) to be reviewed later?
  • ...dog ear a page with important info and then come back and review once you've finished the chapter?
  • ...create a word document and add to the document while you're reading?
  • ...just read and simply remember what you have read?

I'm always curious what other people have found success with so I thought I would reach out to other members to see if there is any consensus. Also, I understand a lot of people probably prefer audio books so if you have a preferred comprehension method for that type of "reading" I would love to hear that as well!

Whatever your method, I want to hear what you've had success with!

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        • Brian BoydPro Member
          USA · Member since 2019 · 305 posts · 536 votes
          5y

          Wes, I think this is an interesting question and can only give you my personal reading habits, others may and probably do differ.  I read books for real estate differently than I do other types of books, e.g., novels, tax books, etc. When I read real estate books, I tend to look at the table of contents first and flip through to those chapters for the content I am seeking. For example, if I were seeking to learn more about Multi Family properties, I would go straight to that chapter and read it first. So,  in short, I treat real estate books as a collection of resource materials that I would put back on my shelf for later reference. As for reading real estate books cover to cover, I don't tend to do that.  For example, if I were reading a book and there was a chapter on how to hold the real estate in an entity, trust or individually, I would likely skip that section since I do that for a living. I hope this helps, Good Luck out there and keep reading BP, there are some very good conversations here and it is a true community.

        • Tucson, AZ · Member since 2017 · 118 posts · 40 votes
          5y

          One thing that I've started to do is to read a book and highlight it as normal.  Then I go back through, find all the highlighted lines and write them down in a notebook. Sometimes the highlighted area doesn't make a whole lot of sense so I reread the sentences before and after to get a better idea of why I highlighted the lines and then I write my notes.  After I've done that for the whole book, I go and read all my notes.

          i will eventually reread the whole book. The next time I read the book, I will use a different colored highlighter to see what I missed the first time.  Then the process starts over.  I know it sounds repetitive but this is how I can make sure I know the material.

          Hope this helps and good luck.

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