Comments by "Tomika Kelly" (@TomikaKelly) on "CNBC Make It" channel.

  1. The point IS for him to have communal living. How would he accommplish that in a 1 bedroom? 🫠
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  2. "Your 20s are cricitical to setting up your life." Me reading this at 32...😫🥴 Brooklyn born. I LOVE NYC, but I would never live there. It would lose all of its allure if I had to do that rat race that mst New Yorkers have to do just to get by.
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  3. And what's crazy is $50k a year is actually living high on the hog in some places like NC where you can get a 3B/2.5Ba for $900 a month.
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  4. Happy to hear that sis! The most important thing is to have a Guest count that you can manage, be transparent about what you can and cannot afford, and hire a coordinator for the day of.
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  5. It depends on what you care about. If you care more about vacations then yes you should spend that way. If you care more about weddings then you should spend on a wedding.
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  6. My parents spent $50k and made it to their 35th wedding anniversary. (36 this year.) My mentor and her husband's parents spent over $100k on their wedding and they were married for 30 years before her unfortunate untimely passing. Turns out, making a marriage work is more about the individuals involved than the money spent on a wedding.
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  7. Why would you be inviting people you barely know to your wedding in the first place though?
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  8. There are people in poly relationships who are asexual though...
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  9. How can we see an update?
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  10. 🫣They seem happy. I wish thwm the best. I can see things getting ugly and complicated if their foursome doesn't work out.
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  11.  @urbanflight820  I was SHOCKED when I went to NYC back in 2016 and saw White folks in BED STUY. BED STUY!! They probably got an artisan Mayonnaise shop in Brownsville or sumn like that by now.
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  12. He WANTS to live with other people, so how is he getting ripped off if he's getting what he paid for and wants?
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  13. My parents spent today's equivalent of $50k on their wedding. They've been together for 35 years. Turns out correlation isn't causation and making a marriage work has more to do with the two people involved than what they spent on their wedding.
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  14. So after you get your own studio for $2100, how much would you then pay for utilities, wifi, laundry facilities, weekly housekeeping, and a gym, which he gets included in his $2100 rent?
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  15. That major city is likely not NYC so the price isnt comparable.
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  16. You're doing amazing, sweetie. 🤎
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  17. ...but we dont know what it costs to maintain the building, maintain the amentities, insurance, permits, staff/crew, property tax, etc. Im sure the landlord is making a profit, but we dont know what his expenses are.
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  18. ​@hvaandres 💯While this is an EXCELLENT analysis, market saturation, timing, and socio-economic/geo-political factors play a MAJOR role in your POV. 😬That same teacher who could create online courses might've flourished in 2014-2016, but in 2025, she'd likely face the same struggle that many of her peers are facing. 🥴Blue collar Gen-Z workers can flourish in 2025, but had they come of age around 2007-2011 when many Millennials did, they would've been out of work OR they never would've even considered blue collar work.
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  19. She's so grateful and positive! 💝
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  20. The one that she currently has right now that is affording her that lifestyle
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  21. Ive been to South Carolina several times before. Its not the same as NYC, so how is that even a comparison?
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  22. ​ @oliviae369  I think the difference is that you arent placing a huge emphasis on finding and building a community the way he is, therefore you see 23 roommates as an inconvenience while he sees it as a networking opportunity.
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  23. They have a weekly housekeeper. Other than that, sure everyone is just expected to pick up after themselves.
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  24. You're only 20, kid. You've barely made any (independent, adult) decisions in your life at all, lol.
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  25. The space is beautiful, but for $2100 a month I might as well pay a mortgage. 🥴
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  26. Lasik and dental coverage are elective as well. If your vision or your teeth are interfering with your life in a way that's hazardous to your health, then your regular health insurance will cover the problem.
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  27. As an American, this is completely normal. 🤷🏿‍♀️😬
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  28. Does anyone know which seller makes the mask at timestamp 10:50 ?
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  29. Not I. 🙅🏿‍♀️
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  30. 😬I think it makes people uncomfortable to admit how much timing plays a role in our lives, because timing is out of our control. 🤨Millennials are one of the largest living generations, and most were encouraged to go to college by their Boomer/early Gen X parents BECAUSE the trades were so demonized by society and demanding on the body while white collar work was revered. When you send all of the largest generation to get a degree, you over-saturate the market, which is what we have now. As a result of white-collar oversaturation and blue-collar retirement, the trades have lost candidates, which is why Gen-Z is able to fill in that occupation gap and find it beneficial. If this trend continues, the trades will soon become over-saturated as well. 🥴Had the current Gen-Z blue-collar worker started out working around 2007-2010, they'd be SOL like a lot of peak-to-young Millennials are. Had a lot of current entrepreneurs started their companies around 2007-2010, they'd be assed out like early-to-peak Gen-Xers were around that time. If these blue-collar trends continue, should the youngest of Gen-Z (or even elder Gen Alpha) try to make a lifelong or even just comfortable living out of trade work, they WILL go belly up like a lot of manufacturing/factory working Boomers did in the 1980s-1990s. 🙄(Now, obviously, two things can be true at the same time: We should do everything we can to create the best outcome for ourselves, AND outside forces play a significant role in our lives.)
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  31. I LOVE this for her!! 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
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  32. Should've chosen a STEM or Healthcare field...😬
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  33. There are 4 kitchens, 1 on every level.
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  34. Its only 2 people per bathroom.
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  35. There's been a case where 3 fathers have signed a birth certificate in a polygamous relationship.
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  36. The price isn't steep. When you calculate rent plus the cost of those utilities, you'll end up spending way more than $2100. The price is actually very fair. I just wouldn't pay $2100 to rent anywhere because, to me, that's mortgage money.
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  37. Best, most logical comment on here. 💯
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  38. I live in a major city near her. Our MORTGAGE is $2600 a month, and we will eventually own the place. She will never own her apartment...
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  39. If they went and got an apartment wouldn't thwy still be paying down someone's mortgage without owning via rent?
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  40. I live only 30 mins away from her with 2.5x the space, 3 more bedrooms, and 2 more bathrooms, for $1500 less per month...
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  41. His rent includes weekly housekeeping, gym access, wifi, utilities, and laundry use. By the time you add that onto a $2100 studio youve gone far more than just $2100.
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  42. No, it's because Gen Z identified an obvious and glaring gap in the market. 🫠 As this trend continues, this market will become oversatured as well, and we'll be back at this exact same point having this exact same discussion, but about a different generation and different types of jobs.
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  43. He wanted to meet other people and build a community. Was he supposed to do that from a 1 bedroom?
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  44. If your date has a 1 bedroom or they own a house then why not just go to their house? If not, then they have no room to judge.
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  45. I live in Broward and have yet to see them. I gotta check them out. Are they called Cohabs?
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  46. Good!
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  47. As a fellow industry peer and someone who also owns a floral design business, trust me, BOTH are needed. Idk how old you are, but at 35 I am beyond grateful to be able to rely on both. Only having one or the other would be quite dreadful and anxiety inducing.
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  48. I feel her pain. Been there in different ways so many different times.
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  49. 🙄The average person who encouraged youngsters to go to college couldn't have predicted that the cost of college or the cost of living would rise so astronomically or that the number of college degree holding candidates would cause oversaturation. They were simply advising you to do what was best, at THAT time, with the knowledge and experience they had acces to...
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