What is the ideal living space flooring for a high end rental?

[David Easley]

My wife and I are planning to move across town and turn our current house into a rental. The rental market in our neighborhood seems to be strong and it is higher end so should have solid tenets. Unfortunately (or not) we had a water leak that damaged our hard wood floors and will require them to be replaced on the insurance companies dime. Open concept floor plan. Flooring covers foyer, dining room, and living room.

Question: This neighborhood will demand hardwood or an equivalent.  Thoughts on the ideal flooring for a high end rental house? Alternatives to HW? Colors/types of hardwood that will hold up well?

[JD Martin]

A good quality hardwood is hard to beat. Good quality would be: tight grain, older growth wood if possible, harder species, Ionger (but more narrow) planks. Ideally, you want a very hard wood that resists water and scratches naturally by virtue of its nature, and then you get a good quality polyurethane on top of it and you are golden. 

I have original hardwood floors in some of my rentals that are approaching 100 years and still look fantastic. You're unlikely to find any laminate or similar that's going to beat that.