Category: Lifestyle Tips

Panama has been talking about building a fourth bridge for some time. Recently, it was announced that awarding the final contract for the next bridge, was being postponed once again.

The statistics must be right about there being millions of Baby Boomers in the United States who have recently retired or planning to retire soon. I think it’s like 10,000 a day and fortunately my phone continues to ring with inquiries about what it’s really like to live in Panama as opposed to one of the […]

People collect “stuff”. Lots of stuff, so when it comes to relocating either for retirement or a job transfer, most ask me for advice as to whether they should move furniture or sell it all and start over.Of course my answer is always “it depends” and it does, based on multiple factors. For Baby Boomers, I […]

The young woman standing in front of me was the picture of health. She was wearing a trendy Lululemon outfit that showed off her toned body and when she smiled a dazzling set of white teeth flashed. “I’m being transferred from Thailand,” she began as her blond ponytail bobbed in the afternoon sun. “Elephants, inexpensive tailored […]

Panama is a small but diverse country and I get lots of questions from people who want to know which part of the country might be best for their individual retirement home. There are many factors to consider and a lot of options, but mostly choices come down to beach, mountains or city. There are expat […]

I knew they had imported furniture from the States in a forty foot cargo container, but I wasn’t sure about the vehicle. When I saw them drive up in a bright yellow Nissan truck, I momentarily assumed they must’ve purchased it in Panama. Then it hit me, no one here would buy a yellow truck except […]

“It was a Friday afternoon,” began the woman from Cleveland as she started to explain why she and her husband, both in their early sixties, had decided to move to Coronado, Panama. “I wasn’t normally home on Friday because I traveled—a lot—for my job. Most times, if I got home before seven and in time for […]

Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, famously stated: “in this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” While we will all have to deal with death, we have the ability to look at taxes and employ a smartly executed plan to reduce the bite around that […]

I think living temporarily in a community before you decide to move there is very important. But, I suggest to clients they should take it a step further. I tell them to consider “living virtually”. Recently a woman came to me looking for a condominium and she was ultra-sensitive to what she called “the general political […]