Tag: Panama

We're in a frothy situation... Right now, the United States is one of the most overheated property markets in the ...

We believe real estate is the best asset you can hold to protect and grow your wealth. We believe that ...

The postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics are currently in full swing. Testing their abilities against the world's most elite competitors are ...

This week I've been thinking back and remembering readers I've been fortunate enough to get to know personally. Readers whose ...

You need a good lawyer for your visa renewal In France. Period. My family and I have just finished the ...

I give a presentation for our annual Live and Invest in Europe Conferences… sharing my “expat story,” as we refer ...

I'm most of the way through Alain De Botton's "The Consolations Of Philosophy." It's an entertaining collection of teachings from ...

In 2008, I took my leave from the publishing company where I'd been working for 23 years. I was 45 ...

An hour's boat ride away from Santa Catalina, a surf town just east of Panama's Azuero Peninsula, is Parque Nacional ...

In times of economic uncertainty and inflation, savvy investors flock to hard asset investments. But this time around, something interesting ...

Buying to flip is a common real estate investment strategy in the United States that doesn’t make sense in most ...

Leverage is a key tool in every U.S. property investor’s kit. As late-night TV real estate investment gurus with courses ...

Starting a business, tell me about it... 34 years ago (yikes), wide-eyed, pony-tailed, and straight out of college, I went ...

Before the pandemic, back when it never would've occurred to us that face masks would be essential parts of our ...

A little more than a year since pandemic restrictions first were instituted in Panama, the country is vaccinating (including foreign ...

It might be easy to get on board with the idea of retiring overseas... But it’s not as easy to ...

If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve heard me say it often… If you’re interested in taking an action offshore, do ...

In a make-or-break year like 2021, it’s critical to make the smartest possible investment choices. Property is a safe bet, ...

Panama may not be known as a global environmental steward... especially when compared with its neighbor to the west, Costa ...

The first time I saw the Baha'i Temple in Panama City it made an impression... Painted brilliant white and shaped ...

Who’s up for checking into an age-restricted community? Hmm, no thanks. A retirement village? Maybe… How about independent living? Ah, ...

Bocas del Toro stands out from the rest of Panama… The vibe here is Caribbean-Calypso. The people are unfailingly good-natured, ...

We owe you an apology. Each day in these dispatches, we cover sunny beach escapes and charming cities where you ...

Retirement is looming. With it comes the challenge of deciding where to live. I plan to take the next three ...

Hindsight is 2020... and we’ve definitely learned a lot this year. Cities have been eerily quiet during the pandemic and ...

After more than 14 months away, Lief and I have returned to Los Islotes. We arrived at Tocumen International late ...

I knew Panama had been hit hard by the pandemic, but hearing about the challenges and living them are two ...

Panama is a gorgeous, diverse country with everything from white-sand beaches on the Atlantic coast to the capital of Panama ...

As I celebrated my daughter’s first holiday season, the idea of legacy was strong in my mind. As all new ...

Where in the world will offer the best options for repositioning yourself overseas in 2021? Diversifying your lifestyle and your ...

Whether you are simply exploring this beautiful Central American country, or snow-birding for the winter months, or moving on a ...

El Cangrejo is our top pick for an urban lifestyle in Panama. No other neighborhood has more personality than this. ...

“I recently had to put my aged aunt into an assisted-living facility. Right now, my aunt can get by with minimal ...

As we’ve highlighted over the past week, Panama is one of the best places in our world to think about ...

If you want to open a bank account in the United States, you walk into a branch of a bank ...

When Lief and I sat down to map out the plan for our new book "How To Buy Real Estate ...

Starting on New Year’s, Panama has different ways of celebrating the public holidays. Some holidays are celebrated with parades and ...

If you’d been thinking about taking your job on the road and embracing the digital-nomad lifestyle sometime in the future, ...

What a world we’re living in, right? The biggest global pandemic in 100 years... continuing terrorist threats... war... famine... mass ...

All the world is asking: Trump or Biden? But it’s the wrong question. You can’t control the outcome of next ...

When planning a move overseas, most people are concerned with how much money they will need to achieve their retirement ...

When establishing a Plan B or backup residency, most people look for the easiest option... but "easiest" isn't a one-size-fits-all ...