Roads Less Traveled

This small island group is to real estate what the Wild West was to early Americana.  Property law is defined (in part) by right of possession or squatter’s rights rather than by such unnecessary formalities as clear title.  “Agents” introduce themselves, unsolicited, on the street, phone numbers hastily scribbled on cocktail napkins pass for business cards, there’s no MLS (as is true all over Panama), and everyone has a “cousin” with land for sale. You can tell who the rube is here.  He’s the one asking to buy property in this circus atmosphere.  He’s me. Continue reading →