Panama
Countries With The Cheapest Cost Of Living
When looking for the best country to launch your new life overseas the important thing to remember is the following:...
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What You Need To Work Overseas
We focus a lot on retiring overseas, but sometimes we find ourselves in the position of wanting to relocate earlier...
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David, Chiriqui: An Investment Opportunities in Panama
None of us can tell what's around the corner. From Europe to the United States to Latin America, we can't...
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Why We Chose To Leave Florida And Retire In David, Panama
My husband Joel and I were living in Sarasota, Florida, and had never been to Panama. Honestly, knew nothing about...
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The Best Places To Find Pocket Money Real Estate
The term pocket money real estate is a nice way of saying properties for around US$50,000. Admittedly, it’s a bit...
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The Best Countries To Own A Second Home
Owning a second home overseas comes with a lot of benefits. But what are the best countries to buy in?...
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Top 3 Buy-To-Flip Markets For Real Estate Overseas
Buying to flip is a common real estate investment strategy in the United States that doesn’t make sense in most...
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Cost Of Your Ideal Property In The U.S Vs Overseas
U.S. second-home markets are seeing exploding interest. It's understandable. Seems like a good time to have a second home somewhere...
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Comparing Panama And Colombia: Living, Retiring, Investing
First, we compared Cuenca, Ecuador, with Medellín, Colombia… Then we looked at a more outside-the-box comparison, thinking through how Panama...
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10 Things To Do In Panama
The Republic of Panama offers beaches and mountains approximately an hour away from each other, the Panama Viejo ruins, the...
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What Panama Looks Like As It Begins To Reopen
At the end of March, Panama placed everyone under quarantine and set a travel ban. As of mid-June, the country...
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Invest In The Top Independent Living Option In Latin America
In 2018, the number of people aged over 65 living in the United States was 52 million. That's expected to...
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7 Places Where You Could Retire On Your Stimulus Check
The stimulus checks sent out by the U.S. government to lessen the impact of COVID-19 have been a lifeline for...
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Why We Left It All Behind And Moved To Panama City
Coley and his wife weren't worried about money, making ends meet, or how they'd pay for retirement. Coley was making...
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I’ve Noticed 5 Interesting Quirks About Living In Panama
Panama is... Home to more than 940 species of birds as well as 250 mammals and 354 reptiles and amphibians......
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How Panama Is Handling Lockdown During Coronavirus
At the time of writing there have been 11,447 confirmed cases and 313 deaths from COVID-19 in Panama. This small...
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The 7 Best Countries For Canadians To Retire To
The best countries for Canadians to retire to are mostly well-known to Canadians. Expats can be found, usually close to...
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The Different Countries Our Staff Will Visit After The Travel Ban
After more than five months in Paris and more than two months in quarantine in our little Paris pad, Lief...
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The 10 Best Panamanian Dishes You Must Try Today
When people talk about Panama, the first things you’ll probably hear (or read) will be on favorable taxes, great shopping,...
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Best 7 Areas To Move To In Panama And 2 To Avoid
Expats and retirees moving to Panama are spoilt for choice with different places to live. To make your search a...
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The Best Countries To Retire In The Countryside And Live The Quiet Life
The COVID-19 crisis has taken some of the sheen off city living. Restaurants, bars, museums and other staples of city...
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Real Estate In Panama With Guaranteed Return On Investment
"Can an evergreen tree die?" my son asked as I ran alongside his bike. Under Irish lockdown laws, we're free...
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Diversify And Protect Yourself Against Another Coronavirus Situation
COVID-19 has been a wrecking ball to many savers and investors. Although we are still very much at the start...
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How We’ve Been Spending Life Under The Lockdown Overseas
Moving into week seven of quarantine in Paris, my lockdown routine revolves around writing to you, dear reader… filming twice-weekly...
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5 Dream Places To Live After The Coronavirus
The global Covid-19 outbreak seems to have put the world on hold. While many are turning to Netflix and social...
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The Best Overseas Countries That You Can Drive To
The Coronavirus has been a good reminder of just how fast things can change. In the space of a couple...
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9 Isolated Islands Where You Can Escape From Modern Life
In 1989, Italian schoolteacher Mauro Morandi was sailing between Corsica and Sardinia when the engine of his catamaran gave up....
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8 Great Places To Buy A Dream Beach Home For Under $250K
"Where can I buy a home on the beach for US$250,000 cash?" a reader recently wrote to ask. In Florida...
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Best Places To Retire In Panama
Over the last 20 years and counting, Panama has been in the conversation as the best place in the...
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Where To Live In Panama – The Land That Has It All
For such a small country, Panama packs quite a punch in terms of the diversity of lifestyles available. When April...
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What Is The Melody Of Your New Life Overseas?
When we moved in, Lucia's first child was 2-years-old. Lucia is the guardienne (property manager) for the building housing the apartment in...
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Find Out The Top 5 Panama Property Markets In 2020
As we discussed on Friday, Panama remains one of the best places in the world to live or retire overseas...
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Is Retiring In Panama Still A Good Choice? If So, Where?
As you read this, Lief Simon and our entire Panama-based Live and Invest Overseas team are confirming for all in...
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How Panama Became A Great Economic Success Story
This week's Live and Invest in Panama Conference, which kicked off bright and early yesterday morning in Panama City's Las Americas...
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What We’re Planning For The Next Stage Of Life
For better than two decades now, Lief and I have been working together to identify and then position pieces of...
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The Pros And Cons Of Being A Snowbird In Sunny Panama
OK... to set the record straight... in my experience, there is no ugly. My husband and I have been snowbirds...
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10 Best Places To Buy Real Estate Overseas In 2020
We´ve done the hard job and pulled out the 10 best places to buy real estate overseas in 2020. The...
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Celebrating Christmas Overseas Is More Than Eggnog and Expats
Our seven Christmases in Ireland, we could never bring ourselves to participate in one of Ireland's quirkiest festive traditions, what...
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Ancient Traditions: A Funeral And 9-Day Vigil In Panama
The grandfather of a member of our staff who has become a friend at Los Islotes died earlier this month....
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¡Feliz Navidad! Celebrating Christmas In The Tropics
These days, as you know, Lief and I are dividing our time between Panama and Paris. As we head into...
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7 Different Living Options For Expats In Panama
One of the things we love about Panama is the diversity of lifestyle options this little country has to offer....
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My Top 4 Countries For Obtaining A Second Passport In 2020
How many countries the document allows you to travel to visa-free… Residency requirements (both to earn the passport and to...
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5 Of The Top Real Estate Markets For Investment In 2020
Top property markets in 2019… that we believe will continue strong in 2020 and beyond? Here you go… Brazil Right...
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Last Chance For Big Returns On Panama Farming Investment
This is one of the most successful offers I have ever shared with Overseas Opportunity Letter readers... And it's closing out very...
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Celebrating Thanksgiving In Panama
"Maybe I should stay home for the day and help you... so you don't drop the turkey or forget the...
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Quebro: A Surprising And Undiscovered Destiny In Panama
Lief and I moved to Panama in 2008 with a focused doing-business agenda. We'd chosen to relocate from Paris to...
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Experiencing The Fiestas Patrias In Quebro, Panama
Theodore Roosevelt wanted to extend U.S. power and reach. He wanted a strong navy, and he wanted his naval force...
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A Look At Some Of The Different Cultures & Beliefs In Panama
This time of year, the world's superstitious side comes out strongly... whether its black cats or falling brooms, Halloween seems...
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How We Became Part Of The Quebro Community In Los Islotes
The piece of land that Lief and I targeted for what is playing out to become for us a legacy...
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5 Of The Top Countries With An Established Expat Community
I'm most of the way through Alain De Botton's "The Consolations Of Philosophy." It's an entertaining collection of teachings from...
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