About Us

What is Livtopia?

  • Livtopia is the premier American company offering relocation and real estate services to Americans and Canadians (and just about anyone) relocating to Latin America.
  • Livtopia is better than a place. It’s a meeting ground and information repository. But it’s also a services referral, a place to find out more and when you can’t find out, we’ll do the legwork for you. Livtopia is before, during and after your move, the one-stop shop for your big change of life. And we’re a bridge between cultures.
  • Our mission is to make your property purchase and relocation as efficient as possible while passing on no added cost to you.
  • Livtopia offers information services, buyer representation and advice on referrals and relocation to those purchasing property abroad. It will never cost you a penny to become a Livtopia customer.
  • Livtopia’s property listings belong to real estate agents, sellers and developers.
  • Livtopia acts on the buyers’ behalf to bring the highest quality properties to their attention, screening properties for construction excellence and working only with builders and sellers of reputable quality.
  • Livtopia is paid by commission from the seller regardless of which property you choose. Our interests lie in seeing that buyers (you) receive the utmost in service and investment security irrespective of which property you ultimately decide upon.
  • Livtopia’s service helps our customers’ bottom line by insuring that you see properties across real estate agents’ territories. We will certainly save you time, aggravation and expenses as we act on your behalf in all phases of your property purchase and relocation.
  • Most importantly, Livtopia is here to protect your interests. In an environment with language barriers, different laws and customs, Livtopia is set up to make navigating foreign waters as easy as crossing the street back home.

  • The Livtopia Story…

    Livtopia was founded by Mr. Samer Salameh in 2005. Samer had been the CEO of Prodigy Communications, a public company, sold to SBC Communications (now AT & T) for over $2 Billion, as well as for Rstar, Raysat, and several other highly successful US companies. Samer spent over 10 years in Mexico as an expatriate, married a Mexican woman with whom he has 2 beautiful daughters, and went back to Mexico in 2005 to retire.

    The idea of Livtopia was born when Samer realized he was spending countless hours showing American friends and family members how they too could move to, vacation, or retire abroad. People had noticed that they were able to enjoy a higher quality of life and that their dollars went much further in Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic or Costa Rica than they did in the US. Facing a deluge of requests for help, Samer also realized that non-Spanish speakers faced numerous obstacles in their efforts to relocate outside the US, not the least of which was deciding where to retire, and then finding good housing once they found the ideal location. A move also involved dealing with how to relocate household items across international borders, as well as dealing with the many minor issues involved in moving to a new place, but magnified by the differences in language and cultural barriers. Finally, Samer decided to transform the blog he had started to help his friends into a full-fledged network of websites, Livtopia, as a way to help all the people who were looking to improve their quality of life. Today the network includes, Livtopia-Panama, Livtopia-Mexico, Livtopia-Costa-Rica and the Dominican Republic. Livtopia’s MexRetire.com is dedicated to providing all of the information and services requested by those considering retiring to Mexico.

    We trust that while on our sites, you will feel the personal touch and the care that we take in helping, guiding, and servicing all our new friends. The objective of Livtopia is to make moving to Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic or Costa Rica almost as worry-free as moving within the US or Canada. We’ll help you determine the ideal place to live, based on your individual needs and give you all the tools to fine tune your research to make sure that the location you pick is indeed the place where you want to spend the many years to come. We can also help you to visit the location, find a place to buy or rent, and can either give you the required contacts to relocate and settle down, or can even do all the work for you through our Concierge service. If you choose Concierge, moving abroad will be a pleasant, effortless experience from start to finish. We take care of everything, and we mean, everything: we will get your papers, get the movers, pack, unpack, book your tickets, find you a nanny, a maid, driver, nurse, whatever you desire will be our mission. At Livtopia, we believe we are the only online one-stop-shop for everything you need to move abroad, and we’re also the folks who can actually MOVE you there.