Exit Strategy Solutions
Making The Decision to Leave
Thinking about Leaving your home country？
At Exit Strategy Solutions (ESS)
We recognize the significant challenges inherent in the decision .
We can Help!
If the decision is to Leave, What country is the best fit and why?
ESS, Provides the "how-to" for the pre-move phase of making those decisions and if so why and where!
Deciding to leave loved ones and friends to live in another country is a monumental choice that ripples through every aspect of your life, demanding careful reflection beyond the initial excitement or urgency. It’s not just about logistics—it’s about weighing the social cost of distance from your support network, the emotional toll of uprooting familiar bonds, and the financial feasibility of sustaining this leap into the unknown.
Start Your Journey to a New Life Abroad Today!
The ESS's Website includes a comprehensive Decision Master List
Get the answers to the following questions and more...
The ESS website provides an in-depth exploration of all 27 line items in the "Stay or Go Blueprint," offering detailed insights for each topic. This comprehensive resource embodies ESS’s commitment to supporting clients through every stage of their relocation journey—from making the critical decision to leave or stay, to ensuring a smooth transition.
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Family InputESS’s Exclusive Scoring System (ESS Scoring System)
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Utilizing ESS’s proprietary Location Evaluation and Selection Spreadsheet to objectively assess potential destinations based on key metrics like budget, safety, and healthcare, providing a data-driven foundation for decision-making.
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Understand Trade Offs Short listed Locations
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Financial Readiness
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Cost of Living
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Safety
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Health Care
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Economic Stability
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Cultural Social Factors
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Virtual & Trial Visit
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Flexible Relocation Decisions
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Tax Implications
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New Location Infrastructure Considerations
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Long Term Prospects
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What to Keep or Sell
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Sell Assets
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Relocating Abroad
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The Move Task Oriented Check List (Check List for The Move)
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Dates and Timeline
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Getting Ready to Leave
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Pets Relocation
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Last Few Steps
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New Beginning
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ESS Welcome
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About US
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Service Price
ESS, has a unique priopietary scoring system that is objective and easy.
The spreadsheet enables users to assign ratings to metrics, generating an objective score that weighted averages or rankings can be tailor to their specific priorities. By breaking down key factors—such as budget, safety, cost of living, healthcare quality, climate, accessibility, and political stability—into clear, quantifiable metrics, it enables individuals and families to assess potential destinations with confidence and precision.
This comprehensive approach saves time, reduces stress, and provides clarity, making the relocation process smoother, smarter, and far more effective.
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Our Unique Scoring System
This system allows each of you to rate and make a cohesive, objective decision based on the key metrics—such as budget, safety, cost of living, healthcare quality and cost, climate, accessibility, and political stability—on a scale from 1 to 10. Each metric provides a snapshot of how well a location aligns with your priorities.
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Finding Inspiration in Every Turn
"We Get Things Done"
(ESS): The Team:
As a dynamic American-Jamaican couple with decades of global living, we blend insider expertise, bilingual fluency, and personalized care to guide you through selling assets, shipping belongings, securing documents, setting up finances, and thriving in your new home. Our goal is to make your border-crossing journey feel effortless, empowering you to embrace a vibrant expat life from day one.
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Dawn and Sam the founders, have traveled extensively, having circumnavigated the globe and visited over 65 countries separately or together. Dawn has lived in three countries, including an 18-year stay in Venezuela, where she raised two children and became fluent in Spanish. Sam, has lived in six countries, including five years in Mexico he has helped several couples with the transition from the US to Mexico and is continuing to learn Spanish. Between them they have spent a considerable portion of their adult lives abroad and in central and south America. Sam and Dawn are currently living full time in Panama City Panama.
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Once you have made the decision to leave and selected a location, we also help you in selecting the right relocation experts tailored to your chosen destination, our extensive network of trusted professionals who specialize in the nuances of each country, from visa regulations, housing markets, securing temporary/permanent housing, and utilities, banking, setting up bank accounts, healthcare, initial healthcare navigation (finding doctors/dentists), obtaining local IDs/registrations, mobile phone setup, and basic cultural orientation to ease your family’s adjustment.
ESS’s mission is to be your steadfast partner, transforming the daunting into the doable, and ensuring that every step—from departure to integration—feels less like a leap and more like a well-guided journey toward a vibrant new chapter in Latin America.
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Our Services Options
Get access to the Full Exit Strategy Solutions Website
ESS's Option1
Option 1. Website, Unlimited Access
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Full access to ESS’s website. A comprehensive detailed step by step do it yourself instructions guide.
The Decision Master List including these categories:
Making the Decision to Leave:
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Socially
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Emotional
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Financial Readiness
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Moving Strategy
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Define Your Priorities and Goals
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ESS’s Location Evaluation, and Selection Spreadsheet, ESS’s Unique Scoring System, Metrics: Rate 1-10 This is a very valuable tool, The spreadsheet is structured to allow users to rate each metric on a scale, of 1 to10 producing an objective score that can be tailored to personal priorities through weighted averages or rankings.
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Location/Country
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Documents/Legal
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Housing
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Safety
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Cost of living
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Health Care
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Climate
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Accessibility
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Political stability
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Insurance Requirements for Expats
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Family Logistics
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Cultural and Social Factors
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ESS’s website assists clients in strategically managing the disposal of valuable assets, (vehicles, boats, property) and household goods, which includes developing detailed inventory/checklists.
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To-do task-oriented checklist
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Determining what assets to keep, ship, store, sell, donate, or discard
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Practical strategies on what, when, where, and how to efficiently dispose of all personal items.
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Arranging Pet Relocation
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Verify Pet Entry Rules
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Microchip Identification
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Quarantine Regulations
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ESS’s website assist in researching destinations that match priorities
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After finalizing your decision, we help you select tailored Destination Experts specialized in your chosen country's specific requirements. Our vetted partners expertly manage the complex details, including navigating regulations, securing housing, setting up essential services like banking and healthcare, and assisting with cultural adjustment.
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Ensuring Emergency Services Accessibility
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Conduct a Virtual or In-Person Exploration
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Included Zoom or Facetime calls, 2 sessions.
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​ Full online access $955​​​​​​​​​​​
ESS's Option 2.
Zoom or FaceTime
Zoom or Facetime Calls with ESS staff: Schedule Zoom or FaceTime calls with ESS (Employee Support Services) staff to facilitate a comprehensive video walkthrough of each room in your home. During these virtual sessions, ESS staff will provide expert guidance to help you make informed decisions about your belongings as part of your relocation process. For each item or group of items, they will assist in evaluating whether to keep (essentials for immediate use in the new location), sell (items with market value that you no longer need), store (items to be kept in storage for future use), ship (items to be transported to the new country), donate (items in good condition that can benefit others), or discard (items that are no longer usable or worth keeping). This structured approach ensures an organized and efficient sorting process, tailored to your relocation needs, while leveraging the expertise of ESS staff to streamline decision-making and reduce stress.
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$175 30: minute session, 3 session package ($500)
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ESS"s Option 3.
Concierge Package
Staff Member on Site
ESS staff on-location assistance. We will be on site at your home assisting you through every step of your moving preparation process helping with crucial decisions. This means we'll be physically present to provide guidance and structure as you sort through belongings, helping you determine what to take, store, sell, donate, or discard and creating detailed inventories for each. Our goal is to offer practical support and an objective perspective during this often-overwhelming phase, ensuring you make informed choices about your possessions.
We will walk you through the selecting the best location and the dates, assist indetermining the documents needed and their preparation. Going through the house with the Household Inventory Checklist that help determine what to keep, ship, store, sell, donate, or discard—while offering practical strategies on when, where, and how to efficiently dispose of unwanted items. We will support and ensures a stress-free, well-organized transition, making the relocation process smoother and more manageable.
Assistance with all Option 1. Items
1 Post move Zoom/Facetime calls
$500/day, (5 Day min) includes travel & expenses (estimated $6,500), …
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