You bought the apartment. You signed the papers. Now what? For most international investors, the purchase is the part they research obsessively. The day-to-day operation of a short-term rental property — the part that actually determines how much money lands in your account every month — is often an afterthought. It shouldn’t be. Here’s what running a profitable STR in Panama actually looks like, what separates high-performing properties from mediocre ones, and why the right