After three months in Paris, Lief and I repositioned yesterday to Panama in time for this week’s International Property Summit.
It’s no accident that we’re staging our biggest investor event of the year in Panama City.
Panama is the surest property investment market in the world.
That’s a bold statement, and I make it with confidence.
Lief and I are more invested in Panama than anywhere else… and we’re expanding our holdings. In a world awash in uncertainty, Panama stands tall. This is the ultimate safe haven.
Sure, this market cycles like every other, and it has dipped… but it has never tumbled in a significant way. And it has been among the first to recover post-any global downturn.
I identified the opportunity of a lifetime on offer in Panama in 1997. Over the near 30 years since, this country’s property market has grown up to become efficient and multi-faceted with many niches and many end-users.
If North American interest wanes, Colombians step up. If local Panamanian traffic shifts, Europeans fill the gaps. Short-term and long… tourists and global businessfolk… Americans north and south, Europeans, and Asians… buyers and renters… buy-to-flippers and legacy investors… Panama’s got ’em all… plus an exploding local middle class.
Known as “The Singapore of Latin America,” Panama City is a booming metropolis with a strong expat community and developed-world infrastructure. That means first-class service in everything from entertainment and dining out to transportation and health care.
Panama’s economic priority is tourism. The country has committed funding of more than $300 million for tourism-related infrastructure works including a dual cruise pier and a new convention center.
The plan is working. The country registered more than 2.47 million international visitors between January and November of 2024, an increase of 11.25% over the same period in 2023, according to a new report from the Panamanian Tourism Authority (ATP).
Over the three days of this week’s International Property Summit, Lief Simon and his team of global property pros will showcase the world’s best current opportunities for making money by investing in the world’s surest asset class—real estate.
Top of the list, of course, will be a handful of personally curated options in Panama, the world’s top property investment market for 2025.
One of the opportunities Lief will showcase during this week’s program is a luxury condo project in one of Panama City’s most in-demand neighborhoods. This is a tailor-made chance to position yourself to profit from this city’s surging rental demand.
A longtime contact on the ground has targeted a location that is prime for both tourists and young professionals. His project is ideally situated at the crossroads of premier neighborhood Bella Vista, the banking district, and the popular expat borough El Cangrejo.
It’s a refurbishment project of an existing hotel, meaning a fast turnaround (less than 18 months).
Capping it off is a metro station directly across from the building site.
I know this location well. Our Live And Invest Overseas HQ is just down the street. You can’t get more central.
From this base, you (or your renters) would have the city’s best restaurants and bars on your doorstep… along with shopping malls, supermarkets, and plenty of green space and parks.
This is the most walkable neighborhood in Panama City and just 10 minutes from the Cinta Costera, the coastal recreational area that runs along the Bay of Panama.
The Johns Hopkins hospital is less than 15 minutes away. And, broadening your rental base further, several universities are also nearby.
This is a unique chance to own a property you could rent for steady cashflow (better than 10% per year) or that you could use as your own personal getaway abroad. It’s a ready-made Plan B.
You’ll enjoy five-star amenities onsite, including a rooftop pool looking out over the city, a sky bar, and a gym.
The project has a highly coveted short-term rental license, handing you a big advantage over most other rental properties in Panama City.
If you do choose to rent, everything will be taken care of for you. Experienced rental management is in place, meaning 100% turnkey rental income.
Each apartment will come completely furnished, a benefit worth thousands of dollars.
And, right now, Live And Invest Overseas readers have an exclusive chance to purchase from just $102k.
That’s a price point Lief and I weren’t sure we’d see again in this city for property of this caliber in such a prime location.
Until next time,
Kathleen Peddicord
Founding Publisher, Overseas Opportunity Letter
