A New Category · Est. 2026
We're different.
Purpose-built luxury residences in premier resort destinations — owned by up to eight, built at cost, professionally operated, and structured with clarity from day one through exit. Ownership that leaves more room for experiencing — and living — well off.
"Imagine merging the logic of spec home building with the freedom of a private residence club. After twenty-five years in resort real estate, I stopped imagining and built it. That's OCHO."
— Trevor Williams · Founder
A tangible, proportionate interest in the entire residence, held through a single-asset LLC. Eight owners. One asset. No debt.
The value created in development flows to the people who own the home — not to a developer's exit margin.
No monthly dues. No annual assessments. Operating costs are spread across the nights actually used.
A five-year hold with a structured exit. The manager's promote is tied to delivering owner outcomes — not collecting fees along the way.
Section I · A Letter from the Founder
After twenty-five years in resort real estate — representing buyers, hosting renters of luxury vacation homes, working with developers, and ultimately becoming one myself — I could finally see what was missing. The margin a developer captures between land, construction, and the retail value of a well-built home was never shared with the people who actually own it. And the homes people did own demanded time, money, and attention whether they were there or not.
So I merged two proven ideas: the financial logic of spec home building, where value is created the day the home is finished, and the effortless, hands-off freedom of a private residence club. OCHO is that merger — real ownership with the developer's spread flowing to the owners, use that scales to your life, and management that never follows you in the door.
I built what I couldn't find. That's why we're different.
— Trevor Williams
Founder, OCHO
Section II · Eight Points of Design Intent
OCHO is a different category from whole ownership, fractional, and residence clubs — designed for a different purpose, with different mechanics. Eight points of design intent define what we built and why.
No. 01
Every OCHO Residence is owned through a dedicated, single-asset LLC with up to eight equal members. You hold a real, tangible, proportionate interest in the entire property — at the cost of developing it. No debt. No shared liabilities across homes. No developer markup on the asset.
No. 02
OCHO acquires premium land, designs the home, and builds at actual cost using innovative building systems and direct-from-manufacturer buying. The value between build cost and market value flows to the eight owners. Day-one equity, by design.
No. 03
Proportional appreciation of the residence accrues to the eight owners — not to the manager, not to a sponsor, not to a club. No dilution from sponsor fees or replenishments.
No. 04
A per-night usage fee replaces the fixed cost of carrying a vacation home. It covers all operations, management, housekeeping, reserves, and the future refresh budget. Unused nights may be rented at the group's election to offset usage costs.
No. 05
Multiple primary suites — one for every adult. A bunk room for kids and teens. Sauna, steam, cold plunge. Indoor–outdoor living. Pool and hot tub, required in every home. Private owner storage for seamless arrivals.
No. 06
44 pre-reservable nights per year, balanced across peak, prime, and regular seasons. Equal opportunity for high-demand dates, real-time availability, and a clean, intuitive interface.
No. 07
A five-year hold with a 15% net ROI floor before sale, extensions only if market conditions warrant. On sale, OCHO earns a tiered performance promote. Owners receive their original capital plus their proportional share of net proceeds. Owners win first.
No. 08
Capital deployed efficiently. Costs that scale with actual use. Operations handled professionally. A clear exit on a known timeline. In select residences, the founder is an owner alongside seven others — on the same terms.
Different Categories · Different Purposes
Whole ownership, fractional and residence clubs, and OCHO are not competing for the same role. Each is built around a different purpose — so you can choose the one that fits your life.
| Whole Ownership | Fractional / Residence Clubs | OCHO | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Designed for | Full control and unlimited personal use of a single home | Hospitality-grade access across a portfolio of properties | Intelligent capital allocation paired with luxury vacation use |
| Capital | 100% of asset value | Membership share, typically at developer pricing | 1/8 of the at-cost development of a single residence |
| Use model | Unlimited, year-round | Tiered access or points | 44 pre-reservable nights / year via StayFlow™ |
| Ongoing costs | Owner pays all carrying costs continuously | Annual dues, fees, replenishments | Pay-per-use; no monthly dues |
| Operations | Owner-managed | Hospitality-managed | Professionally managed; compensation tied to owner outcomes |
| Participation | Owner holds 100% of appreciation and risk | Generally limited or capped | Proportional share of appreciation; defined exit |
| Exit path | Open market resale | Resale through marketplace or sponsor | Defined 5-year hold, structured exit |
Who OCHO Is For
Many of our owners could write the whole-home check. They've run the numbers — retail entry, carrying costs that run whether they visit or not, capital concentrated in one illiquid asset — and didn't like what the numbers said. For them, the whole home isn't out of reach. It's poorly structured. An OCHO share is the same purchase, re-engineered: cost basis instead of retail, costs that scale with use, and a defined path back to your capital. Our owners aren't buying an eighth because they can't afford eight eighths. They're buying an eighth because the eighth is built better.
i · Step Up
A whole vacation home was never the plan — but a purpose-built residence at a $150K–$500K share level is. Same structure, same standards, same protections as every other owner.
ii · Step Sideways
Deploy a fraction of the whole-home capital into a share built on a cost basis. Keep the rest working elsewhere. Pay only when you stay. Know exactly how and when the capital comes back.
iii · Step Across
The same capital, two markets: Cabo in February, Park City in July. Two homes you chose, on two staggered five-year cycles, with proportional participation in both — and no dues in either.
And the fourth buyer
Sole possession isn't excluded — it's a different door into the same methodology. OCHO curates whole-home development: the same at-cost discipline, the same purpose-built design standards, the same A-to-Z management, delivered to a single owner. Every buyer fits the model. What changes is how many doors are on it.
OCHO provides no guaranteed returns, cashflow, or income; ownership should primarily be viewed as a lifestyle purchase. All figures illustrative.
Section III · Design & Architecture
We design and build luxury homes in world-class destinations — purpose-built for vacation use, multi-family living, and the way people actually travel today. Floor plans that accommodate multiple families. No one draws the short straw.
Every adult enjoys a full primary suite experience — privacy, comfort, premium finishes.
Its own destination for kids and teens.
Sauna, steam, cold plunge, and massage space.
Fire pits, shaded dining, the spaces where memories happen.
Required in every OCHO residence, without exception.
For repeat-stay convenience and seamless arrivals.
Section IV · Where We Build
Every market must meet all eight OCHO criteria: long-term appreciation, year-round appeal, demand fundamentals, lifestyle depth, rental strength, multi-season activity, generational appeal, and market resilience.
Desert Meets Ocean
Desert-meets-ocean luxury at the southern tip of Baja. Year-round sun, world-class fishing and golf, direct global demand.
01 · Rolling Hills
Pacific Ocean-view estate with rooftop hotel-style pool, golf simulator, theatre, and indoor pickleball.
Floor plans · Share pricing · Availability — shared privately
02 · East Cape
Direct oceanfront homes near the legendary Shipwrecks surf break — one of the most storied points on the East Cape.
Floor plans · Share pricing · Availability — shared privately
Four-Season Mountain
World-class skiing, summer trails, boating, and golf — 35 minutes from Salt Lake City International.
01 · Old Town
In-town residence with unobstructed mountain views, two blocks from the Main Street lifts, dining, and après scene.
Floor plans · Share pricing · Availability — shared privately
02 · Oakley
Riverfront lodge fifteen minutes from Park City and the new Deer Valley East Village — surf boat, UTVs, snowmobiles, e-bikes.
Floor plans · Share pricing · Availability — shared privately
On the Horizon · Land Wanted
We're actively seeking premier lots in these communities. Own land in one of them — or hold a lot in another exceptional market? Let's explore bringing it to the deal.
Section V · The Ownership Experience
People buy a vacation home because they imagine a feeling — arriving, unwinding, connecting. OCHO is designed so the feeling arrives at the door, and the operational complexity of owning a home doesn't follow you in.
The house is spotless. Groceries can be pre-stocked. Your personal items move from private owner storage into the home. Temperature, lighting, and music greet you exactly as you prefer. You walk in and exhale.
A predictable annual number of nights, equal opportunity for peak periods, real-time availability, and simple guidelines that support group harmony. Travel without competition.
Costs align with your usage — and only your usage. Your nightly fee covers housekeeping, utilities, maintenance, management, reserves, and the future refresh budget. No annual dues. No special assessments. Just clarity.
OCHO homes are meant to be shared. Bring family. Bring friends. Bring grandparents. And yes — bring the dogs (under 100 lbs, with prior approval). Multigenerational living, without compromise.
Maintenance, landscaping, cleaning, inspections, vendor oversight, pool and spa service, preventive care — all of it. You never receive a call saying "the AC is out." That is our job, not yours.
A five-year hold, a 15% minimum net ROI floor before sale, extensions only if the market requires, transparent sale management, and a performance-aligned promote. Your capital returns to you efficiently, proportionally, and cleanly — with no guarantees implied, and lifestyle first.
The Reside Experience
The point of a vacation home was never the home — it's the people in it. Every OCHO residence is engineered for gathering, and because the structure saves on the acquisition and the carry, it leaves more room for experiencing — and living — well off.
Included · In Every Stay
The parts of a great trip that usually get lost in the hustle — designed into the home and the arrival, at no added cost.
À La Carte · When You Want More
Hotel-grade services on the same principle as ownership itself: pay only for what you use, arranged through OCHO's management team, priced transparently, never bundled into dues.
Service availability varies by residence and market. OCHO provides no guaranteed returns, cashflow, or income; ownership should primarily be viewed as a lifestyle purchase.
New · A Second Path
Sometimes the resort experience already exists. OCHITO applies the OCHO model through selection rather than design: we identify highly amenitized premier developments in markets we believe in — resort-grade pools, spa, fitness, beach or ski club already in place — and select the best residences within them, negotiated below retail. Same eight-owner structure, same pay-per-use economics, same professional management, same defined exit.
OCHO designs and builds. OCHITO selects. Only an OCHO Residence is purpose-built; every OCHITO Residence is chosen — a premier, highly amenitized development and the best residences within it, screened against the same market criteria, quality standards, and ownership protections.
Section VI · Partners
For Landowners
If you hold premium resort-market land, OCHO offers a third path alongside selling outright or self-developing. You and OCHO agree on the land's contribution price, the land enters the single-asset LLC, and you hold a 1/8 share in the finished residence — with cash settling the gap, either direction.
For Realtors
Give your clients a category that finally makes sense — and get paid real commissions, cleanly and transparently. One residence means up to eight separate commissionable transactions.
Section VII · One Model, Many Price Points
Most luxury models start where most buyers stop. OCHO starts where it makes sense — and scales to where the demand lives. Current offerings span a real range, with the model performing the same at every level: same structure, same rigor, same protections.
Entry · from
$150K
per owner
Mid
$300K
per owner
Premium · to
$500K
per owner
Why this matters
Same eight-owner structure. Same A-to-Z management. Same defined exit. Same OCHO standards. What scales is the destination, the program, and the type of residence the model can build around — and with OCHITO, entry pricing can open below the flagship tier.
Where demand leads
Owner demand at a given price point and destination is what shapes the OCHO pipeline. Different price tiers serve different buyers, different lifestyles, and different reasons for owning a resort destination home.
Questions · Answered Plainly
A 1/8 membership interest in a dedicated, single-asset LLC that holds title to the property. This is real property ownership — not a timeshare, not a subscription, not points. Ownership can be structured through trusts, LLCs, or individuals.
No. All OCHO and OCHITO residences are 100% debt-free, which eliminates foreclosure risk and reduces financial exposure for owners. Each home is its own fully independent LLC — no cross-liability, no shared exposure, no pooled operations.
No. OCHO uses a usage-based cost model — you only pay for the nights you stay. The nightly fee covers housekeeping, utilities, management, maintenance, landscaping, pool and spa service, reserves, and the future refresh budget before sale. No assessments, no surprises.
Each owner receives a balanced allotment of pre-reservable nights each year — currently 44 — distributed across peak, prime, and regular seasons through StayFlow™, with equal opportunity for high-demand dates and real-time availability. Owners may also purchase multiple shares in one home or across residences.
The ownership group selects one of three rental tiers: owner-only, last-minute rentals within 30 days, or full rental optimization. Rental income is never distributed as cashflow — it is used to reduce usage fees, offset operating costs, strengthen reserves, and maintain the property. This preserves real-property classification.
At year five, owners vote whether to sell. If projected results exceed the 15% net ROI floor, the home is sold; if not, owners may extend one year at a time until reasonable conditions exist. Owners receive their full capital contribution plus their pro rata share of net proceeds after OCHO's performance-based promote (applied by band: 10% on gain up to 15% net ROI, 12% from 15–20%, 15% from 20–25%, 20% above 25%).
No return is guaranteed. OCHO provides no guaranteed returns, cashflow, or income, and ownership should primarily be viewed as a lifestyle purchase. Our model is built on real estate fundamentals — day-one value from at-cost development and long-term market appreciation potential — but it makes no investment promises, and any figures shown are illustrative only.
One factor of eight. An OCHO Residence is purpose-built — designed by OCHO from scratch, with every design standard mandatory. An OCHITO Residence is selected — a highly amenitized premier development, with the resort experience already in place, and the best residences within it chosen by OCHO for position, view, floor plan, and value. Every listing states exactly what the development provides and what the residence provides. The other seven factors — LLC structure, spread to owners, appreciation, pay-per-use, StayFlow™, defined exit, aligned incentives — are identical.
OCHO oversees all operations: turnover, maintenance, rentals (if enabled), pre-stocking, inspections, vendor oversight, and sale preparation. Owners hold voting rights over usage tiers, exit timing within parameters, and capital improvements.
Yes — with prior approval, for dogs under 100 lbs. Breed and behavior restrictions may apply for safety and property protection.
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