Panama
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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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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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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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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The Cost Of Your Ideal Property In The U.S Vs Overseas
Americans' favorite places to shop for a second home are Florida and Arizona, maybe California and the Carolinas. How much...
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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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Comparing Panama And Colombia: Living, Retiring, And Investing
While they both have so much to offer right now, Panama and Colombia couldn't be more different. We've been alerting...
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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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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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Nubesidub In San Blas Is Island Life At Its Best
I thought places like Nubesidub existed only in movies or the lives of billionaires. Nubesidub is a tiny, secluded island...
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Last Chance For Turn-Key Fruit-Farming Investment In Panama
Forget pumpkins. What you really need to care about this October are mangos. Or avocados. Or limes. And, if you're...
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Expat Mountain Towns In Panama: Your 5 Best Options
Expat mountain towns in Panama are not the first thing people associate with life in the tropics. For many people...
Read moreExpat Beach Towns In Panama: Top 5 You Should Know About
Panama has some of the best expat beach towns anywhere in the world. Whatever you want, you can find it...
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Opening A Bank Account In Panama: How To Get An Offshore Account
Opening a bank account in Panama is a good way to diversify. It provides you with a backup against any...
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The Easiest Countries To Get A Work Visa: We List Our Top 9
If you are thinking of working overseas, we have created a list of the easiest countries to get a work...
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Our Official List Of The World’s Easiest Residency Programs
Our annual Retire Overseas Conference is primarily a lifestyle event. The focus is on where and how to live or retire overseas....
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Why Retiring Near The Ocean In Panama Was A No-Brainer
All at once, the air was alight, sparkling and crackling. Smoke and sparks cascaded overhead and in all directions. Men...
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Life In Panama Is Not What You Think It Is… For Better Or Worse
I woke up this morning, as I have most mornings of the past 11-plus years, in Panama City. And I...
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Why We’re Investing In Condo’s For Mine Workers In Panama
Right now, Panama is building a cruise ship pier at the Amador Causeway in Panama City… It’s erecting a fourth...
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How Today’s Panama City Is A Completely New Playground
"Wow... this is a new Panama City. I do not recognize this Panama City... "I was last here," my friend...
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Exotic Resorts: How Panama Expats Turned Retirement Into Profit
Elaborate, exotic resorts have always been alluring... but, these days, more and more people opt for small, specialized bed and...
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The Road To Calovébora: Panama’s Next Caribbean Hotspot
If you've been in Panama a while or you're considering investing in Panama, you've probably heard about the road to...
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5 Questions To Show If You’re Ready For A New Life Overseas
I turned the corner and heard music playing up ahead. A crowd had gathered down the narrow, shadowed street and...
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Earn Up To 45% Returns With Mango Investment In Panama
Agatha Christie was a forward-thinker. Not just in her masterful plotting of murder plots, but financially, too. As her commercial...
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