Although home prices are lower than on the northern Outer Banks, rents may be just as high, if not more. For instance," Jones said, "we just sold a free games house in Rodanthe for $1,100,000 that would bring us about $130,000 in rent in 2022." Real estate agent: "Hatteras Island, for the most part, is still like the Outer Banks you remembered as a child; less residential and commercial development and more beach." Broker Randy Jones from Howard Hanna Outer Banks Realty, Luxury Portfolio International, came to that conclusion.