Country Archive
The Truth About Panama--Can You Get a Property Tax Exemption?
Date: 07/16/2007One of the big incentives to buy property in Panama is the country’s 20-year property tax exemption law--first passed 20-30 years ago to encourage economic development and investment.
Read OnThe Joys of the Third World
Date: 07/15/2007Thirty-six hours later, our experience passing through Tocumen Airport made us glad we’d carried on with our trip and reminded us why we go out of our way these days to avoid U.S. airports.
Read OnOur 15-year-old Prediction Comes True
Date: 06/10/2007Not to appear overly self-satisfied, but I’ve got to say it: We called this more than 15 years ago.
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The new Taylor of Panama: Real estate investor Scott Taylor says Adios to the only home he's known
Date: 05/01/2007
Author:
Jessica Ramesch
Scott Taylor grew up in Carlsbad, California, and lived there his entire life. It's a great place to live-just outside San Diego, the "city of perfect weather"-the kind of place you just don't leave. But Scott is leaving this idyllic town in search of an ideal of his own…he is moving to Panama. "I have long dreamt of the quality, inexpensive lifestyle of the tropics. Great food, beautiful beaches, friendly people, and the kind of low-cost living that can no longer be found in California," Scott tells me.
Read OnGringo Syndrome
Date: 04/19/2007"The easiest way to get ripped off buying real estate in a foreign country is to speak English. Give yourself away as a gringo, and the chances that you'll get a 'local deal' evaporate..."
Read OnA Luxury Retirement With Friends and Neighbors
Date: 03/07/2007Not everyone wants to live in a gated community. If spending your retirement in a gated, master-planned luxury community like those that have made Aspen, Colorado famous…is an idea that makes you run screaming…then you should read no further.
Read OnA Luxury Retirement With Friends and Neighbors
Date: 03/05/2007Vista Boquete is a master-planned community currently under construction on one of the most spectacular view properties in Boquete.
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Wild Times
Date: 02/13/2007Carnaval season 2007 begins in three days, Feb. 16, and celebrations carry on through Feb. 20 (with some towns hosting small “Carnavalitos” the weekend after).
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