New Member from the Atlanta, GA area

[Chris Swanson]

Hello everyone,

My name is Chris Swanson and I live in the Atlanta metro area, Newnan to be specific. I've taught high school economics for 11 years and labored through a couple of grad school programs, most recently an MS in finance that I'll finish up this year.

Outside of being a homeowner (and a partial owner of family land) I am new to real estate investing. I've had an interest for a long time but feel that now is the time to start acting on it. I have a lot to learn and look forward to gleaning all I can from this site--and any recommended resources--before I start taking small steps to become my own investor.

I'm mostly interested in investing for income as a means of supplementing and diversifying my retirement. But I'm open to learning other methods, too: flipping & wholesales, short sales, etc.

I look forward to learning from all of you and then hopefully putting that knowledge to work. Then I can help out a future newbie as payback!

Happy New Year to everyone.