Making second-home ownership reachable
Most people don't need a whole second home. They need a few weeks a year in a place they love — without the full price tag, the empty months, or the maintenance headaches that come with sole ownership.
Our story
divieight began with a simple observation: fractional ownership has existed for decades, but it has always been slow, bespoke, and reserved for people with lawyers on retainer. Every deal was rebuilt from scratch — a new entity, a new agreement, a new set of assumptions about who pays for what.
We set out to standardize it. A home is divided into eight equal shares. Each share carries the same rights, the same obligations, and the same documentation. Sellers can exit fully or retain shares and stay in the home. Buyers can own the portion they'll actually use.
The result is a process that scales: one listing flow, one legal structure, one transparent record of every step from intent to closing. That's what makes fractional ownership something a normal household can actually do.
Why divieight
Vetted Co-Owners
Identity, funding, and disclosure checks run before anyone joins an ownership group — so every share is held by someone who cleared the same bar.
Automated Legal Structure
Each property is held in its own purpose-built entity with standardized operating agreements generated directly from the listing.
Transparent Commission System
Fees, platform enrollment costs, and agent commissions are shown up front and calculated from the same numbers everyone sees.
SOC-2 Aligned Audit Trail
Every meaningful action — identity submission, listing changes, signatures, payments — is written to an append-only record.
The team
A small group from real estate, fintech, and compliance backgrounds.
Amara Whitfield
Co-Founder & CEO
Daniel Reyes
Co-Founder & Head of Product
Priya Raman
Head of Legal & Compliance
Marcus Hale
Head of Real Estate Operations