It seems like every town I look in has such strict regulations where you need to owner occupy your unit. 

I've been looking primarily at deals that offer owner financing or are otherwise open to a creative deal structure.

I kindly ask for 5 minutes of your time to fill out this questionnaire on tenant evictions.Landlords often face risks when leasing properties since the cost of evictions can leave a huge burden on the owner when accounting for legal fees, court costs, financial damages, property damages, and lost rent.

I'm unsure what the right path is, but I've been reading about investing in owner-occupied, multi-family properties.

How can they charge me a yearly contract that even though I’m gonna sell the house and I’m no longer the owner after April??

If a home owner's appliances broke, they'd deal with it. 

There is also a line that states owner or agent who can make decisions, but no mile radius from what I'm aware of.

I have toyed around with the idea of buying raw/vacant land, and running the site planning thru my firm, then selling that shovel ready land for a profit.

We obtained a list of owners from CoStar in the desired locations and began making calls.

My landlord believes it since she's the owner she doesn't need to announce that she's coming over feels she can do anything she wants and she deliberately rents to people who are in situations where it's difficult for them to find places to live.