I don't see either the state moratorium or the CDC one preventing this, but have no idea what the courts and Sheriffs are actually doing.Our leases default to MTM after a year.  

Which prevent them from being a "use by right" on someone's land.

Nothing can prevent that. 

Personally, I'd rather fix as much as possible to prevent near-future problems by doing only a spot repair.Congratulations on finding your first!

No biggie for me to create unnecessary friction.

It's possible to get into a duplex with an FHA loan and only 3.5% down, but the monthly cost of that mortgage will prevent you from moving out anytime soon and cashflowing.

Has there ever been a more dramatic effort by local authorities to prevent eviction?

@Steve Morris I saw a video in which the guy said that if you get them to sign a memorandum and they tried selling to someone else that you could file it at the courthouse and prevent them from selling to someone else, and so I was just curious as to whether that was an option that any real estate investors participated in.

The actual verbiage is here:  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/04/2020-19654/temporary-halt-in-residential-evictions-to-prevent-the-further-spread-of-covid-19

The builder is offering to rent my home so they can use it as a model home for 18 months.. this would prevent me from fully moving in and meeting the owner occupied status.. this is going to be our forever home so if I changed all bills, dmv, work, bank account and insurance to show this is my primary and move into the garage while renting the rest of the house to the builder.. would this meet the owner occupied requirements?