“My editor from Penguin Random House emailed me recently … she no longer lives in New York! A life-long Manhattanite, the pandemic has forced her to moved out to a small town because … why pay Manhattan prices if you don’t need to be there?” writes Millennial Revolution.

Jerry Seinfeld: “People who have left New York for Maine, Vermont, Tennessee, Indiana. I have been to all of these places many, many, many times over many decades. And with all due respect and affection, Are .. You .. Kidding .. Me?!”

Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, a Japanese physician, lived to be 105 years old.

He advised the Japan Times, “There is no need to ever retire, but if one must, it should be a lot later than 65.”

Also, on doctors: “When a doctor recommends you take a test or have some surgery, ask whether the doctor would suggest that his or her spouse or children go through such a procedure. Contrary to popular belief, doctors can’t cure everyone.”

“Raising children is expensive, but that hasn’t stopped Nic and Court from keeping their annual expenses below $25,000, even with a 2-year-old daughter,” reports Alesandra Malito.

“Of course, they do still buy clothes and toys for their daughter, Finn, but much of those purchases are secondhand or hand-me-downs. The car seat for their daughter was new, but otherwise they often rely on online community groups to find families who want to get rid of stuff their babies never or barely used.”

“Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will soon start charging a 0.5% “adverse market fee” for refinanced mortgages in response to the extra risk due to the coronavirus pandemic,” reports LifeHacker.

“Although the new refinance fee was originally scheduled to go into effect on Sept. 1, the Federal Housing Finance Agency delayed these plans in a press release last week. According to the release, the new fee won’t take effect until Dec. 1—and won’t include refinances below $125,000. Fannie Mae’s HomeReady and Freddie Mac’s Home Possible mortgages are also exempt.”

“Some of the latest [blogs] are no longer doling out sensible financial advice, but are instead advocating picking stocks and day trading,” writes Jim Dahle.

“They read like a cocktail party conversation, only talking about their winners, sharing carefully crafted screenshots demonstrating success, inspiring Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) while using carefully crafted disclaimers to try to absolve themselves of moral responsibility for the acts of their readers.”

“Recently, there’s been some discussion in the FIRE community about a controversial post written by Sam, a.k.a. “Financial Samurai,” claiming that … we now all have to scale back our early retirement safe withdrawal rates to… wait for it… only 0.5%!” writes Early Retirement Now.

“0.5% seems a bit crazy low to me.”

“The 0.5% number relies on several mathematical, financial and just plain logical flaws”

From a blog post: “We are thrilled to announce that #FinCon2021 will be taking place September 22-25, 2021, at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas!”

FinCon ultimately chose to cancel this year’s even in Long Beach after deciding “it is simply impossible to hold #FinCon2020 as scheduled and cancellation is our only option.”

But, FinCon2022 will be held in Long Beach, CA.

“On August 12th, 2019, I walked out of the hospital as an employee for what may very well be the last time,” says POF.

“I can be as lazy as I want to be, but so far I’ve chosen to do things like train for half-marathons, do daily sets of pushups, situps, and dips, and maintain a pretty busy publishing schedule here on this website.”

“I will also say that true 100% retirement may not suit me well. Intellectually, I know we don’t need more money, but I also know that I always have, and maybe always will, enjoy making money.”

Larry Swedroe: “Just finished Steve Vernon’s Don’t Go Broke in Retirement. Good little book for DYIers providing the guidance on how to make your savings last.”

On Amazon, Don’t Go Broke in Retirement by Steve Vernon.

Happy 90th birthday, Warren! pic.twitter.com/8nH2EulTR4

— Bill Gates (@BillGates) August 30, 2020