Installing RVM with space in $USER

Installing RVM with space in $USER

So I've run into a bit of a problem. I've found many similar problems with
spaces in $HOME, but the fixes do not apply to spaces in $USER - so I'm
posting a question here.
Due to regulations at work my username for my workstation consists of
+space+ (cannot be changed), for instance: John Doe
This is my $USER:
$ echo $USER
john doe
When I try to install rvm I get the following error:
It looks you are one of the happy *space* users(in home dir name),
RVM is not yet fully ready for it, use this trick to fix it:
sudo ln -s "/Users/john doe/.rvm/" /john doe.rvm
echo "export rvm_path=/john doe.rvm" >> "/Users/john doe/.rvmrc"
However, when I try to run the first command I get the following error:
ln: doe.rvm: No such file or directory
And if I attempt to run
sudo ln -s "/Users/john doe/.rvm/" "/john doe.rvm"
I get:
ln: /john doe.rvm: File exists
Any help would be tremendously appreciated :-)
Edit
sudo ln -s "/Users/john doe/.rvm/" /john\ doe.rvm
yields
ln: /john doe.rvm: File exists