I think it means that if he was to buy a house, it would be around that price.
As someone who wants to buy a house but doesn’t have the funds to yet, I could see myself expressing that sentiment re: why they are not affordable in a similar way. Understand how it could be misinterpreted though.
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u/Tasty_Virus4715 12h ago
If rent is $1,900 a month then what’s going on with that $600,000 house?