I recently purchased a duplex in Elberta, MI.Duplexes are currently allowed by right in all zones in the village. 

If you're specifically wanting to focus on the Eastern Kansas side that is within the KC metro, Johnson County would be a great starting point to look into (Overland Park, Mission, Roeland Park, Olathe, Prarie Village, Leawood, Shawnee to name a few).

It is a very unique property on the edge of German Village/Marion Village in Columbus Ohio, which is a fairly trendy rental area.  

Googling one owner at-a-time, FB'ing them, tracking them down on LinkedIn, et al, is a mind-numbing task, with some owners taking days to track down to some small village outside Tokyo (actual example), or staying awake until 3AM so that I may possibly catch the owner right before their lunch break, halfway across the globe.

the village had affidavit items which said I had to put mortar on the missing parts of the decorate stone on the exterior (bad 70s decorative stone) and I thought he said this could be waited until the spring.

I actually have one crazy village that requires me to get an occupancy permit every time the renter changes.

Hi guys,I would like to put my first offer on a deal I found in Charles Village, Baltimore, MD and I would like to get your thoughts about it.It's a SF located 2 blocks from John Hopkins University and 1 blocks from Med start union memorial hospital.It's a 4 BR 1 BA 1,620 sqft property. $5K tax per year.The seller is asking around $250K for the property.

I involved the village and they sent out an inspector to investigate but the tenant never let the inspector in and just last weekend sent me a notice that they will be moving out at the end of April.

It's really tough to get a full-time job in that field here so he came to the village to get experience as a volonteer firefighter (the building is in a 1 000 inhabitants village).

This property is located south of Southern Orchards and North of Vassor Village, for reference.