(Smart Money) For Robyn and John Cole , having one retiree in the family was workable. As long as Robyn, 56, kept her job as a golf course marketing director, they could live comfortably in their native Orange County, Calif.; enjoy company health coverage; and wait out the underperforming investment properties they bought into—oops!—a month before the '08 crash. The … [Read more...]
A Home in Panama From $45,000
(International Living) One of the main reasons most expats enjoy Panama so much is that they can live better for less here. This applies to real estate more than anything else. You can have out-and-out luxury…or modest living…and everything in-between. If you want high-end estate on the shores of a Caribbean island, you could easily spend millions in the … [Read more...]
Business Opportunities in Panama’s Cool Crater Valleys
(International Living) El Valle is the only place in the world where you can see square-trunked trees and ancient petroglyphs…and Panama's famous golden frog I thought maybe I had imagined the rainforest greens, so deep and lush they were almost blue. My memories of the misty mornings seemed surreal, perhaps exaggerated. The flowers couldn’t possibly be as plentiful … [Read more...]
Panama’s Casco Viejo: 3 Property Buying Tips
(International Living) Casco Viejo feels like a real neighborhood and there are regular jazz, music and art festivals The old buildings gaze grandly over the deep-blue sea. Their facades mingle colonial, French and Art Deco styles, with ironwork balconies, walls painted powder-blue, yellow and terracotta, topped with red-tile roofs. In the plaza, kids … [Read more...]
Home for $48,000 In Panama’s Azuero Peninsula
(International Living) In the heartland of Panama, there are traditional communities big and small. The few “outsiders” that have ventured this way say the best thing about life here is the hospitality of the Panamanian people. This remodeled home for sale is literally on the beach in the small town of Uverito—15 minutes from Las Tablas In contrast to the … [Read more...]