Austin is CEO of Pacaso and co-founded the company with Spencer Rascoff (co-founder and former CEO of Zillow) to make the dream of second home ownership a reality for more people after experiencing the profound effect it had on his own life. Pacaso is Austin’s second startup. In 2009, he founded dotloop in his hometown of Cincinnati, a company that created software to seamlessly manage real estate transactions. Zillow acquired dotloop in 2015, and Austin continued to run dotloop as a Zillow executive until 2018. Austin started selling real estate at the age of 18 and worked in residential and commercial real estate for a decade.

(01:38) - Housing market update

(05:26) - Rise of fractional investing & ownership
(9:06) - Feature: Pacaso - Luxury vacation home ownership, elevated. Join Pacaso’s growth and become an investor of a venture-backed company at Pacaso.com/invest

(13:52) - Pacaso's Reg-A offering

(16:16) - Pacaso vs. timeshares vs. shares of Hotel companies

(21:38) - Property management & owner benefits

(26:27) - Community impact & housing affordability

(29:39) - Pacaso's Business Model
(35:22) - Feature: Blueprint - The Future of Real Estate 2025

(36:12) - Reg A investments, transparency & compliance

(53:41) - Collaboration Superpower: Steve Jobs

💚 Learn more:
➡️ Visit Pacaso's site
➡️ Austin Allison on LinkedIn

💚 Feature:
➡️ Pacaso - Luxury vacation home ownership, elevated. Join Pacaso’s growth and become an investor of a venture-backed company at Pacaso.com/invest

➡️ Blueprint - The Future of Real Estate - Register for 2025: The Premier Event for Industry Executives, Real Estate & Construction Tech Startups and VCs, at The Venetian, Las Vegas on September 16th-18th, 2025.

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