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.
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Even with a tight budget investors can take the plunge in multimillion-dollar property markets from as little as $100,000.
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Many Aussies shy away from commercial property because they think it's too expensive and too much work. But there are ways to get into the sector without buying your own office or shop.
