Another factor that helps keep supply down and prices up. 

If they can’t supply that, you know all you need to know.Avoid those requiring some silly “contract”.  

Very expensive and very limited supply of non A class apartments. 

-any new supply coming online in 3 mile radius?

@Dylan BowmanNo, it’s normal for a tenant to pay for things they break like the sprinklers, and the post office should supply the tenant a means to get mail free of charge.

@Sharon Miller It's supply and demand.

Determine the level of demand currently for the field your considering along with the supply of workers.

In case the tenant goes sideways on you, their caseworker (be aware they're over-worked) can pull their voucher since there's 10* (maybe exaggerating) the demand as supply.

A key flaw your making in things is associating various markets unto each other, and things just are not that simple, the economy and GDP, stock exchange, commodities market, forex and real estate market have connections but are not tied unto each other and what affects one may affect another in various different degrees, or not at all. 08/09 collapse was a combination of bad speculative trading meet over-supply of real estate with a gravy coating of capital contraction.

Unless you are supplying the furniture, there’s no reason for you to be concerned about their claws and scratching.