HAHAHAHAHA 500 for rent that's what I pay for my space in an rv park. Even the tiniest studios are 1,500 out here now, your lucky if you can get a roommate for 700 or so :( it wasn't always like that but thats why I had to retreat and go live in a shed on an island and save up my money o.O That sounds like the shittiest landlord ever. Obviously as long as he had someone still willing to pay some money he wasn't considering putting any money back in o.O no wonder it was condemned...
I feel you on the laundry issues though. I still haven't gotten a washer/dryer of my own yet, and even though the park has it's own laundry room it's still not super close and only has 4 machines that are ALWAYS full, and because of that you have to be there the second your stuff is done or people just empty your wet clothes onto a table thats in there, making me feel like I should just wash everything all over again >{