The same kinetic ingredients I saw in Miami four decades ago I now see in Panama today. I’ve sold and marketed luxury real estate around the world and landed at a lot of airports, but I have never been so immediately awed by a first impression as I was of Panama City. The feeling that I’m now holding onto a secret—about this modern, vibrant, safe, and cultured “Oasis of the Americas” that no one else knows about—has left me speechless ever since.

Panama represents a rare blend of sophistication, stability, diversity, connectivity, and a real dollar-based economy that’s found in few other countries in the world. And as we look out at turbulent times when global crises, political divisions, and unstable markets make planning for the future uncertain, Panama offers many advantages for many reasons.

It is nearly impossible to understand what Panama represents from a real estate and investment perspective, however, without understanding the history, identity, nature, and future of Panama in the first place. And, ultimately, without experiencing this incredible country for yourself. That’s why we created The Panama Report: to tell Panama’s deeper, longer, and more exceptional story. Real estate was the inspiration. Bringing all things Panama to the world is now the goal.

It is nearly impossible to understand what Panama represents from a real estate and investment perspective, however, without understanding the history, identity, nature, and future of Panama in the first place. And, ultimately, without experiencing this incredible country for yourself. That’s why we created The Panama Report: to tell Panama’s deeper, longer, and more exceptional story. Real estate was the inspiration. Bringing all things Panama to the world is now the goal.

As such, The Panama Report offers real estate market snapshots, up-to-date sales data, and commentary on historic trends combined with articles, stories, and Q&A interviews with some of Panama’s most well-respected and needle moving moguls, ministers, chefs, CEOs, artists, and entrepreneurs.

We hope that you will find this first edition of The Panama Report inspiring, informative, and enlightening. Since that first trip here two years ago, I have visited Panama more than a half dozen times now, sometimes for weeks in a row. I have found the country and its people to be welcoming, friendly, and hospitable in the true sense of “exceptionalism”. The diversity of its many regions, provinces, and parks rivals anything in Thailand, Hawaii, or Costa Rica. Culturally, culinarily, and architecturally, there is truly something for everyone. You only need to spend a short time in Panama to see that almost revertían about it is just about right.

My own journey of discovery in Panama is just beginning. I look forward to helping you find your own. Follow us at igrpanama.com