The simpler way to own
a vacation home in Latin America.
Own a deeded eighth of a beautiful home. Spend six weeks a year there. Let the app handle the rest.
One-eighth home ownership.
Not a timeshare.
Each Ocho home has a maximum of eight owners. You buy a deeded share of the home itself, one of eight shares, not points or weeks. Owners split costs eight ways, while the Ocho app handles the details so the home still feels like yours.
The case for an eighth
Most vacation homes sit empty three hundred nights a year, while their owners pay for all three hundred and sixty-five. Splitting the home eight ways makes the numbers work without taking anything away.
Same pool. Same sunset. One-eighth the cost.
Reserve it as your own
Christmas with family, surf season with friends, or a quiet month of remote work. Set your weeks ahead of time with the other owners, and swap or trade nights in the app when plans change. The calendar keeps things fair automatically, so no one has to play the bad guy.
Arrive to a ready house
The pool is clean, the fridge is stocked, the beds are made, and the driver knows your flight number. Professional local teams keep the home hotel-ready between every stay, on a schedule you can watch live. You just choose where to eat dinner.
Rent out weeks you won't use
When you know you won't use a week, it doesn't have to sit empty. Ocho lists and advertises the home for you, so you don't have to manage a rental yourself. The income from those weeks is yours.
Your eighth, right in your pocket.
Every Ocho home uses the same ownership system. Booking, cost splitting, and resale all live in the app.
The details, handled
Our counsel is experienced. This structure is established.
Since 1985, SirkinLaw APC has focused on real estate co-ownership and helped create more than five thousand co-ownership arrangements across the United States and abroad, from single houses to projects with hundreds of fractional interests. Its principal, Andy Sirkin, is one of the field's longest-practicing specialists. Offices in San Francisco and Paris.
Unique Law and Business is our counsel in Costa Rica. Founding partner Stefano Ferraro has advised real estate developers across the country and represents homeowners and buyers in its most established residential communities. The firm handles the deeding and titling of each home.
Straight answers to common questions
The short answers, plus a video where one is available.
What does co-ownership mean? +
Think of it like going in on a vacation home with friends: Ocho handles the contracts, schedules the stays, and splits the costs, so no one has to find seven buyers, chase bills, or argue over weeks. The other owners are buyers you do not need to know, and there are only ever eight shares. Each owner has a real deeded share they can sell, not weeks or points. Each gets about six weeks a year, and every running cost is split eight ways.
Is this a timeshare? +
No. A timeshare sells time in someone else's property. Ocho owners hold real equity in the home itself: it moves with the market, can be sold, and belongs to you.
How do owners share the calendar fairly? +
The app divides the calendar fairly among all the owners, balancing peak weeks and holidays each season. Owners can also trade nights directly in the app.
What does ownership cost? +
You pay your eighth of the home's running costs, split automatically with every receipt visible in the app, plus a simple owner fee for Ocho's platform and administration. No opaque resort fees, ever.
How do I sell my share? +
List it in the app whenever you like. The market sets the price, Ocho handles the paperwork and transfer, and the next owner takes your exact place.
Who cares for the home? +
Professional local management teams keep every Ocho home ready for each stay: housekeeping, maintenance, pool and garden care, and arrival prep. You can watch it all happen live in the app.
Tell us where you want to own.
Shares become available as new homes open, and more than one home may open at once. Leave your details and we'll write when a home opens in the country you're watching, before it goes public.
- Only eight owners per home.
- About six weeks a year, yours.
- Your name on the list, with no obligation to buy.
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