MIVIOT

One Panama renter got the keys, watched the water run fine — and ran dry by dinner because the building’s 600-gallon tank was quietly leaking into the foundation. That’s the kind of thing a dry-afternoon showing will never show you. Here’s what deposits, leases, furnished inventories, and repair clauses actually look like once you’re the one holding the lease, plus the checklist we’re using ourselves before we sign anything.