You may make that a term of the lease and not rent to someone who does not agree to pay that way if you wish.You incentivize tenants by providing quality housing and responding to repair requests promptly.

Its a job / population growth story w/ a lot of diverse industries and good quality of life at a reasonable cost that will continue to attract businesses to move here.  

I suspect there is more demand vs. supply for the cheaper units vs the top end, but there are other considerations, such as quality of tenant and property values.  

@Brad FausettHere are some quality inspectors that many of our clients have used in the Cleveland area.

- How's the tenant quality ?

So, I would recommend finding some quality cash buyers in your area and talking to them about what they want and more importantly what they are will to pay.  

Regardless of the quality of the house inside, you must know what similar houses around the area sold for.

If you're 30 year outlook doesn't include any appreciation, it seems it would likely not be in a high quality area.

In my former realtor life, I easily sold well over 100 nice higher end homes every year-- because I FOCUSED.I developed a very organized system ( felt like McDonalds as far as processing the client on-boarding-training then find it-buy it-close it part of transactions).I chose my top 10 favorite parts of the Greater Charlotte MSA and I think clients were drawn to my success, in depth knowledge of each area.The best part with a focused system is it permits quality time with clients.If you will focus , develop your system --and perfect your support team of professionals, nothing can stop you and money just comes!

Finding a good quality contractor will obviously be key, but also verifying everything they are telling you will be important.