$2000 is for the current apartment, which is nice and we really have no complain. If we do not buy, then we probably won’t take the trouble to move into a rental house. Yep, I should have used $2000 instead of $2800, but to be fair with comparison, it has to been about $2800 to rent a similar new house of similar size or smaller size in 4S ranch.

but I consider other expenses mentioned by no_such_reality like decoration/furnitures necessary and “good” expenses, since they’re part of owning a house/even renting a house, and do improve life quality.