Quote from @Faisal Tahiri: Sellers throw NOI out there to fool people that don't crunch numbers.

We have a substantial inventory crunch still, so banks do not need to sell under market value to get them off their balance sheets.

If you prefer, you can really crunch the numbers and come up with a more specific calculation for each situation, but I think you'll find 50% is sufficient most of the time.

Still crunching numbers to see if it makes sense.

The numbers I crunched so far yielded not so good cash flow.

Be careful though and crunch your own numbers.

This one definitely seems appealing from a bird's eye perspective and it seems like you can make the numbers work when you really crunch everything together...

That wa an unusual year, but I always make good money and pay around 10% in taxes.I would crunch the numbers to see how it works with you staying in your rental and renting the entire investment, then evaluate it with you living there to see the difference.Let us know how it goes!

We're hitting now at the crunch of personal debt to personal savings being heavily mismanaged.

This translates to additional pressure on the REIT's (and their liquidity crunch) that will continue to rise in the coming months.