Austin Allison: Cracking the co-ownership code

Power House

This week on the Power House podcast, Clayton Collins sits down with Austin Allison, the CEO and co-founder of Pacaso, a co-ownership marketplace for luxury vacation homes with over a billion dollars in transactions across 40 destination markets.

In this episode, Austin shares the lessons from building and scaling successful real estate businesses. Clayton and Austin also discuss the hard-to-sell mortgage model behind co-ownership and how, even in a complicated macro environment, Pacaso is addressing the growing affordability problem by offering fractional ownership of high-end vacation homes.

Here's what you'll learn:

• How surrounding yourself with the right people drives success
• Why understanding your Total Addressable Market (TAM) and a strong monetization strategy are crucial to survive and thrive
• How the co-ownership model addresses affordability challenges in real estate
• How Pacaso is working to make the American dream accessible to more people

Related to this episode:

• Austin Allison | Linkedin
• Pacaso | LinkedIn
• HousingWire | YouTube

Enjoy the episode!

The Power House podcast is a show about leadership, markets and entrepreneurship in the housing industry. Each Thursday, Clayton Collins speaks with CEOs and founders from the mortgage and real estate sector to reveal how housing executives think about business growth, operational strategy, and leadership. The Power House podcast reveals the full picture through the stories of the industry’s most impactful leaders. Clayton Collins is the CEO of HousingWire, and the Power House podcast is produced by HousingWire’s Content Studio. Initially launched in 2019 as the Housing News podcast, the show was relaunched as Power House in 2024.

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