If you do a web search for that style of house, earth tones were the colors most often used; that helps to explain the roof color. 

Each unit is 1bedroom shotgun style around 650sf.

It's going to be an open house style showing done by my daughter and I will be doing the behind the scenes screening work.

Not shot gun style..

Putting an offer on a SFH, 3/1 ranch style in a decent neighborhood.  80k purchase.  

Jay Hinrichs wrote a free ebook on doing this out of state style.

That's 3 weeks from now almost and he hasn't gotten the notice.If this goes to court I see the judge letting the tenant keep the deposit and then giving tenant probably a few more weeks to find a suitable place to move to.Whatever you do you must not impose your will or do a self help eviction because you want to meet this September 8th deadline.If you planned on moving in you should have had it a condition that the place be delivered with one unit vacant before closing.

I will flat out tell the buyer that it is up to them how THEY decide to act on the property, and in the meantime continue to show them other suitable properties.

The kitchen will be brought to present day from it's current mid 80's style right after that. 

Just get it sold and move on.As and aside, I love that style of house.