Living and Investing in Panama (Paperback)

by Christopher Howard (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"We highly recommend this guidebook to anyone thinking of living or investing in Panama." -- Central America Weekly

Product Description
Ist edition 2004 by Christopher Howard.

In this one of a kind book,is everything you need to know to live, retire and make money in Central Americas most overlooked country.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: Costa Rica Books (October 4, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 188123312X
• ISBN-13: 978-1881233121
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #176,419 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading, but..., August 12, 2005

By	KV Trout ""Yesterday is history. Tomorrow... (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I've never seen a book with more typographical errors. It looks like no one proof read it, they just published the rough draft... Usually a few typos doesn't bother me but there are so many here, it is annoying and makes you feel like the author didn't put much effort into the work.

Okay, aside from that, it does have some good info, and since it is basically the ONLY book on living in Panama, you will have to buy it. (There is another one but it has no reviews here, and I took a trip to 2 book stores and did not find it in either store.)

He only gives you the lowdown on a couple of the most well-known areas to live in Panama, doesn't give any info on any "off the beaten path" places where one might (?) find cheaper real estate.

Actually, he does not go very much into buying real estate at all. How about some names of attorneys to use, that people have used and recommended? How about some realtors (other than himself and a couple others)? How about more info on buying real estate which one would assume one would need to know if one is planning to "live and invest in Panama". How about the procedures for surveying and checking the land you are going to buy? How about other tips for checking and buying real estate? There are a lot of things that could have made this book better but it seems the author was just into making a fast buck, rushing out a book on Panama before someone else beat him to it.

I found this book very disappointing. I think anyone could have written as good a book with just a few months of research. [...] Everyone says that Howard's book on neighboring Costa Rica is great. I haven't read it. But this one is far from "great".

It should have been much better. Buy it only if another one isn't available by the time you read this. And really, if anyone is interested in writing one, this one won't be hard to beat, at all.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sadly, You Have to Buy It, January 3, 2006

By	John "Kula Kine" (Kula, HI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Unfortunately, this is only one of two (the other / better being "Choose Panama by William Hutchings") books about retiring to Panama. Equally unfortunately, if you are serious about moving to Panama Mr. Howard's book has a lot of useful information and you are left with no choice but to buy it.

That said, the book loses one star (and I'm being kind) for being so poorly edited. The author is a native english speaker, there is no excuse and it is simply disrespectful to your audience to have such a mountain of typographical errors. [...]

That said, all [...] absurd editing aside, this book is a must buy if you are serious about moving to Panama. [...]

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok info, bad presentation, July 5, 2004

By A Customer

Although the content of this book was somewhat helpful, I could hardly get past the typos. It looks as though the rough draft might have been mistakenly published. Also, several of the websites listed were not available. There is some advertising in the book here and there and some of those businesses are also not accesible via the internet. For the price of the book, I felt it to be poorly put together and would not recommend spending the money.