My brokers position is generally to pass the transaction to a more suitable agent and split the commission.

Are there any ways to control and    Invest in a property I'm living in then sell for a profit in two years when I'm ready to buy a more suitable house?

Give her a non-renewal notice, now, real early, with added notation that you would accept her vacating notice early if she finds something suitable for herself earlier.

Suitable for an owner occupied situation.

the opportunity for the individual small to medium sized investor in commercial properties is in those properties not considered suitable for institutional ownership.

I like the concept of the tax lien but the details and complexity make it not suitable for individual investing.

Protect your investment first, negotiate a new lease & new rate if it suits your situation with the two remaining with the exact terms you want OR insist they collectively remain liable for the remainder per the lease unless they provide a suitable replacement acceptable to you.

You should be compensated for sourcing the deal, and setting up the rental, coordinating purchase, rehab, furniture and furnishings, utilities accounts, etc, etc.And then separately compensated for ongoing property management, of a property that has been set up as a suitable rental. 

"Any notice provided for in this chapter shall be served either (1) by delivering a copy personally to the person entitled thereto; or (2) if he or she be absent from the premises unlawfully held, by leaving there a copy, with some person of suitable age and discretion, and sending a copy through the mail addressed to the person entitled thereto at his or her place of residence; or (3) if the person to be notified be a tenant, or an unlawful holder of premises, and his or her place of residence is not known, or if a person of suitable age and discretion there cannot be found then by affixing a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place on the premises unlawfully held, and also delivering a copy to a person there residing, if such a person can be found, and also sending a copy through the mail addressed to the tenant, or unlawful occupant, at the place where the premises unlawfully held are situated.

About 10% of franchises are funded in this manner.In real estate, a suitable business would include new development and flipping.