This situation provides an excellent investment opportunity for a Panamanian entity. Although a foreigner can buy a home in Panama it would be substantially more difficult to find repossessed mortgages, deal with multiple legal issues, and get a mortgage on the same property. Thus, in order to take advantage of this one time opportunity as the Panama real estate market's high end comes back over the next three to five years a foreigner would do well to invest in well connected Panama entity which, in turn, invests in repossessed mortgages in Panama. These opportunities are available with a simple click on a computer link. Turning a temporary problem in the Panama real estate market into an opportunity can be quite profitable in Paradise.