Panama keeps landing on international investors’ shortlists — dollarized economy, territorial taxes, a growing tourism market, and short-term rental demand that hasn’t peaked yet. But the difference between a property that performs and one that quietly drains cash usually comes down to a handful of questions asked before the paperwork is signed. Here are the seven that matter most. If you’re weighing a short-term rental (STR) in Panama City, treat this as your pre-purchase ch

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