Usonia Partners – Senior Acquisitions Associate
Real Estate Private Equity | Manufactured Housing
Saratoga Springs, New York (In-Person)
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Firm Overview
Usonia Partners is a vertically integrated real estate investment firm focused exclusively on the acquisition, operation, and repositioning of manufactured housing communities across the United States. The firm targets institutional-quality opportunities and scalable value-add investments in markets supported by durable demand drivers, limited affordable housing supply, and strong long-term demographic trends.
Our investment strategy centers on acquiring high-quality manufactured housing communities with opportunities to drive NOI growth through operational improvements, occupancy optimization, infill, utility recapture, home sales programs, expense rationalization, and disciplined asset management. The platform is actively expanding through both direct acquisitions and strategic industry relationships, with a focus on building a best-in-class manufactured housing portfolio.
Usonia operates in a highly entrepreneurial environment with direct exposure to acquisitions, capital markets, operations, and investor relations. Team members are expected to think like owners, operate with accountability, and contribute meaningfully to the growth of the platform.
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Position Overview
Usonia Partners is seeking a Senior Acquisitions Associate to join our Saratoga Springs office. This individual will work directly with the principals and play a critical role across sourcing, underwriting, due diligence, financing coordination, and transaction execution for manufactured housing acquisitions nationwide.
This is a high-responsibility role within a lean and rapidly growing investment platform. The Senior Associate will have direct exposure to brokers, lenders, equity partners, operators, and ownership while helping execute the firm’s acquisition and portfolio growth strategy.
The position is designed as a long-term seat within the investment team, with meaningful upward mobility and increasing responsibility based on performance and contribution.
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Core Responsibilities
• Source, evaluate, and underwrite manufactured housing acquisition opportunities across the United States
• Build and maintain detailed acquisition, financing, and sensitivity models
• Analyze historical operating statements, rent rolls, utility structures, home inventory, and occupancy trends
• Evaluate market fundamentals, competitive supply, demographic trends, and long-term housing demand drivers
• Assist in structuring debt and equity capital stacks for acquisitions
• Coordinate due diligence efforts with third-party consultants, lenders, legal counsel, surveyors, engineers, and property management teams
• Prepare investment memorandums, lender packages, and investor presentation materials
• Identify value creation opportunities including occupancy growth, infill expansion, utility recapture, rent optimization, POH-to-TOH conversion strategies, and operational efficiencies
• Manage acquisition pipeline tracking and transaction timelines
• Participate in negotiation and closing processes
• Develop and maintain broker, lender, and industry relationships
• Monitor manufactured housing industry trends, financing markets, and transaction activity
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Candidate Profile
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, real estate, business, or related discipline
• 2–4 years of real estate acquisitions, underwriting, or investment experience required
• Direct experience with manufactured housing, multifamily, self-storage, or other income-producing real estate preferred
• Prior experience coordinating agency debt financing is a plus
• Strong financial modeling and quantitative analysis capabilities
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to independently assess investment risk and evaluate complex transactions
• Highly analytical, detail-oriented, entrepreneurial, and self-directed
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment
• Experience utilizing AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, or similar platforms to enhance research, underwriting, and productivity preferred
• Demonstrated integrity, accountability, and ownership mentality
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Compensation & Benefits
• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience
• Performance-based bonus tied to acquisitions and overall contribution
• Direct exposure to principals, lenders, and institutional capital partners
• Meaningful long-term growth opportunity within a rapidly scaling platform
• Entrepreneurial and highly collaborative work environment
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Interested candidates should submit a resume and relevant transaction experience to Maxwell Dowd, Director of Acquisitions at mdowd@usoniapartners.com
