In the case of commercial apartments, do you find that odd layouts drive tenants away or that they can be ignored depending on the quality of the rest of the apartment?

Use the rest to begin the rehab and have some pocket cash. 

You now have the upper hand on the rest of the sellers in the market because you are offering terms making it easy for the buyer:) You are the bank in these deals...

To their credit, they made it right and as they say, the rest is history.But I digress.

If you want to lighten the look, just paint it a neutral color.As for the rest of the finish-out, if this mobile home is targeted at affordable housing, then you want to give the illusion of luxury without using expensive materials.

I figured worse case scenario, he backed out and I get to apply the $200 towards lot rent and sell it to someone else + pro rate the rest of the rent.

I said that the price was 4500, I was already discounting it a thousand dollars, and that's the most I could do but I could take less and he can make payments on the rest if he the dollar amount was an issue.

Seller is financing 50% of the deal and I have to come up with the rest.

First off, you can rest easy knowing that many of the rental laws don't apply to this situation.

I believe the court is going to protect their living expense then the rest will be the monthly payment send to me.