Services

Advisory is where we start. It is not where we stop.

When a client decides to buy, renovate, furnish, or rent out a property in Panama, they do not want to rebuild their network of brokers, contractors, and managers from scratch. We run a full-service real estate practice alongside the relocation advisory — so the same team that helped you decide can help you execute.

Most Caribbean clients who move to Panama end up doing three things in sequence: they rent for the first six to twelve months, they buy a property once they know the neighborhood that actually fits their life, and — sometimes years later — they decide to keep that property as a yield-generating asset rather than sell it when they next move. At each of those stages there is a practical need that goes beyond advice.

Our services arm exists because our clients asked for it. We built the capability in-house rather than handing them off to third parties, for the same reason we do not take commissions from the lawyers and brokers we recommend: alignment. What follows is what we actually do, how we charge, and the honest limits.

01 — Real estate sales

Buying a property in Panama, represented by someone on your side.

We are a licensed Panamanian real estate practice. That means we represent clients in the purchase and sale of residential property across Panama City, Coronado, Boquete, and the rest of the country's residential markets. What distinguishes our approach from a conventional brokerage is that we begin from the relocation brief — a document that already describes, in plain terms, what your life needs to look like — and we work backward from that into a shortlist of properties that fit.

We show our clients inventory from every major developer and secondary-market owner in the neighborhoods we serve. We do not have exclusive listings we are trying to clear. We will tell you when a listed price is above the market, when a building has a maintenance history you should know about, and when a "new" project is being sold by a developer whose previous delivery was late by eighteen months.

For buyers, our representation is normally compensated by the seller side of the transaction — the standard Panamanian convention — which means our service is available to clients at no additional cost on top of the purchase. We disclose this structure in writing before showing a single property. For sellers, we list and market properties at conventional rates.

What we will not do: sell you something that does not fit, accept undisclosed kickbacks from developers, or use pressure tactics. If the right answer is to keep renting for another six months, we will say so.

  • Residential sales — apartments, houses, gated communities
  • New development and secondary market
  • Buyer representation and seller listing
  • Due diligence coordination with Panamanian counsel
  • Title verification, registration follow-through, and closing support
Living room of a modern Panama City apartment with wide windows.
02 — Property management for yield

Turning a property you own into an asset that pays you.

A meaningful share of our clients eventually find themselves in the same situation: they bought an apartment in Panama, they used it as their home for several years, and now — because of a move, a family change, or a second residence elsewhere — they want to keep it but not live in it full-time. Selling is almost always the wrong call. A well-located property in Costa del Este, Punta Pacífica, or Casco Viejo is a yield-generating asset if it is managed properly, and it is worth more in ten years than it is today.

We run a property management practice specifically for this situation. We do not manage thousands of units; we manage a few dozen, for clients we already know, in neighborhoods where we have direct knowledge of the market.

The service covers both long-term rental (annual leases, typical yields of 5–7% net on well-priced Panama City apartments) and short-term furnished rental (monthly corporate tenants, expat arrivals on orientation, medical tourism — typical yields of 7–10% net once occupancy stabilizes). We handle tenant sourcing, lease negotiation, rent collection, utility administration, preventive maintenance, and the quarterly financial reporting that our owners actually want to read.

We take a standard percentage of collected rent. We do not mark up repairs, we do not take commissions from vendors, and we provide an itemized statement every month. Our contracts are cancellable with thirty days' notice because we do not want to retain clients who are not happy.

  • Long-term tenant sourcing and lease management
  • Short-term furnished rental (corporate, medical, expat orientation)
  • Rent collection and owner disbursement
  • Utility and HOA administration
  • Preventive and reactive maintenance with vetted contractors
  • Monthly financials and annual income statements for tax filing
Six functions of property management, one team 01 Tenantsourcing 02 Rentcollection 03 Utilities& HOA 04 Maintenance& vendors 05 Ownerreporting 06 Listing& staging Vía Panamá Propertymanagement
Six functions · one team · one monthly statement
03 — Remodelation and turnkey furnishing

From an empty shell to a finished home, run by one team.

Most of the apartments our clients buy in Panama are either unfurnished shells or older units that need updating before they match the standard our clients came from. Historically, our clients would then assemble their own team — a designer they found on Instagram, a contractor someone recommended at a dinner, a furniture vendor they met at a showroom — and spend the next six to nine months coordinating that network across a language barrier, often from abroad. It rarely went well.

We offer a single-point alternative. Our remodelation and furnishing practice takes a purchased unit from raw delivery to move-in ready, with one contract, one project manager, and one budget that does not drift. The model is simple: we scope the work with you, we fix a budget with a clear contingency, we manage the execution end-to-end, and we deliver the keys on a date that was agreed at the start. We do this for our own property management inventory, for client homes, and for rental units being positioned for short-term let.

The work typically includes some combination of: floor replacement, bathroom and kitchen remodel, lighting and electrical upgrade, custom cabinetry, paint and finish, window treatments, furniture procurement, appliance installation, art and decor sourcing, and the small things — smart locks, internet provisioning, welcome binder — that make the difference between a house and a place you want to come home to. For rental-positioned units, we also set up the staging photography, the listing, and the first tenant.

We charge a project management fee on top of the direct cost of materials and labor, disclosed before any work begins. We do not mark up materials and we do not accept supplier kickbacks. We show every invoice. Clients see exactly what they are paying for, and the final budget is normally 3–8% below what they would have spent stitching the same work together from scratch — because we have running relationships with the vendors and the prices we get reflect that.

  • Full apartment or home remodelation — design, permits, execution
  • Turnkey furnishing for owner-occupied and rental units
  • Kitchen, bathroom, and electrical upgrades
  • Custom cabinetry and millwork
  • Art, lighting, and decor sourcing
  • Staging, photography, and listing for rental-positioned units
  • Smart home, security, and connectivity setup
A half-finished apartment remodel with architectural drawings on a table.
How services fit the relocation process

Advisory first, services second.

The sequence most of our clients follow is:

  1. Discovery & Panama Brief — free, advisory, no obligation to use any of our other services.
  2. Guided exploration visit — during which you see neighborhoods and decide if Panama is the right call at all.
  3. Soft landing & rental placement — we find your first apartment, usually a twelve-month lease in the neighborhood you chose.
  4. Purchase, if and when you are ready — typically six to eighteen months after arrival, when you actually know the market. This is where the real estate arm engages.
  5. Remodel and furnish — if the property needs it, we run it as a single project.
  6. Property management — if and when the property becomes a yield asset rather than a home.

We do not pressure any client into the services arm. The advisory, the brief, and the rental placement are deliberately kept separate so that the clients who decide Panama is not for them — or who decide to buy through a different broker — never feel like they are walking away from an obligation. The services exist because they are genuinely useful for the clients who want them, not because we are trying to convert every conversation into a transaction.

One conversation

Whether you are exploring, buying, or renting out a property you already own — we can help.

Forty-five minutes, at a time that suits you. Tell us where you are in the process and we will tell you honestly where we can add value and where we cannot.

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