Pam Walkley is a senior writer at Money, specialising in property investment. She is an experienced Australian financial journalist and editor with extensive expertise in covering property and personal finance. Pam was the founding editor of Money magazine in 1999. Before that, she spent 11 years at The Australian Financial Review, where she held senior editorial roles including news editor, chief of staff and property editor. In 2007, she co-authored Streets Ahead: How to Make Money from Residential Property. Connect with Pam Walkley on LinkedIn.
Is investing in land worth it?
Investing in land can be worthwhile in the longer-term, but a big drawback is that it rarely provides any sort of income while you hold it.
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How to claim the maximum property deductions
Claiming all the deductions you are entitled to should be the aim of every property investor, and now is the time to act.
The taxman-friendly approach to buying a holiday home
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The truth about possible capital gains tax changes
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