Just as important (Military relocation notwithstanding) are the reasons for the short sale and the financial situation of the borrower.

I sold my first roofing company down in South Florida back in 2020 and used the funds to relocate my family and live a debt free lifestyle.  

Is there any way I could pursue this deal and work out an arrangement with seller to get one of the units vacant (for example paying for tenants relocation costs)?

As someone who has mostly been a renter due to a lot of relocations, I very much appreciate when a landlord can work with me on lease expiration and not insist that I go month to month just to get more money out of me.

We're relocating and I'm having a difficult time deciding if we should rent out or sell now.

Most strategies are going to be difficult to break into if you aren't willing to do it at a distance and you will be frequently relocating.

My agent talked to theirs and said their company was relocating them and movers would be there tomorrow, so we set up a second inspection right before closing. 

How easy and what is the cost associated with relocating a manufactured home?

Then it was discovered (2 months later) the government document was falsified and did not actually come from their employer regarding re-location. 

Then they would end up paying fair market value for the vacant lots and have to relocate those 5 occupants to habitable, alternative housing (at a cost of $50-$70,000 a piece) for property worth virtually nothing.