Teacher AND screwl ADMINISTRATOR. She was probably knocking down a good deal more than you imagine a teacher makes plus a pension for life with essentially no risk. Nice work if you can get it and all on the back of the taxpayer courtesy of the NEA.
Don’t know. No mention of a husband. Perhaps she did pretty good in a divorce settlement?
Where does a “teacher” get the funds to purchase 3/4 of a mill in homes?\
She’s probably getting pension well into the six figures, and free health care for life from the MA government employees plans.
Just guessing.
Regular private sector employees cannot generally retire before age 65, because they do not have access to health insurance.
Many teachers, especially in lefist run states like Massachusetts, are extremely well paid, with exceptionally high pensions.
She is 63 now, and has lived in Panama for a year. Very likely retired at 62 but could be much earlier.
I would not be surprised if her retirement package is over $100k a year.
She has only been there a year, and spends most of her time in Boquete, which is an expat center in rural Panama.
Panama has a very high street crime rate and burglary rate.
I loved living in Panama for a little less than five years. Great place. I considered retiring there, but it is far less safe than most of America.
The Panamanian homicide rate is over three times as high as in the U.S.A. My experience is street crime was even higher.
Gated communities were the way to avoid having most of your stuff walk off.
I read this article last Friday on Marketwatch. it intrigued me how a retired teacher from Springfield, MA could afford $700K in real estate.
However, I did check out the real estate for this Panamanian highlands town. It is up around 4500 in elevation. Therefore, its temperature ranges from 53F to 78F. The dry season runs from December through April. It sounded pretty humid in the summer though. In the fall they get rain. It is after all the tropics.
It is a nice town up in the mountains. Houses ranged from $200K up to over $1.5 million. It seemed like you could get a nice house between $350K and $500K in GATED communities. What I did notice were that the houses outside of town had BARS ON THE WINDOWS. This is a clear indicator that the poor people will break in a rob you when you are not present. Maybe also when you are.
What most people do report in other countries like Panama is that medical costs are much, much cheaper. That a trip to the dentist for a check up is $35. Prescriptions are $5-15. If you need a crown it costs $250. A doctors visit is $35. Now, if you need complicated surgery, you take the next plane to Miami.
Where does a “teacher” get the funds to purchase 3/4 of a mill in homes
Mass. Had a girlfriend, her step dad was a beat cop in Boston, at 50 he had a condo in Boston, a house near the ocean, two boats and jet skis and a condo in Florida with another boat.
she probably got more than that for her house in Mass