One of the best things about Hive
Hive posts can't be deleted. Simple to say but generally underappreciated. In many cases having a record which is permanent and unchangeable is really important. One of those cases is when I'm keeping track of expenses for a mortgage I have been delegated to look after between family members.
Now this account was originally going to just support the BBH project. However, I need to track data for a mortgage I'm responsible for. Then I thought what if I use my little interest payment from that obligation to fund the account. Then show how even little amounts of money monthly can support a project and eventually even support HIVE in general. 
In addition to that I wanted to buy 558 EDSI tokens to get a regular income of HIVE with which to build my HP and delegate to the project and use to support his node for witness. Unfortunately I wasn't able to buy that many EDSI at a good price so I only got 200 or so EDSI tokens. The rest? It went to HBD which I'll stake for the monthly income
But this will be funded by real world income
Now here is the twist. I'll be using HIVE to serve as a safe place to keep data on a mortgage I'm watching over with power of attorney. Something that is not a usual thing on HIVE but hear me out.
I watch over a mortgage account. I accept the payments monthly. I calculate the interest for the mortgage holder. I need to keep track of money that is re-advanced. It is to be transparent because as power of attorney I need to make sure everything is tracked. Putting the monthly details on the blockchain mean that it is there, I cant change it, and anyone can see what I'm doing.
No forgetting what filename I put the spreadsheet on. No having to dig a file out to send to the mortgage holder or mortgage payor. If I make it public I can just give them the URL (or even just the username) and then they can see everything. Done.
Now I'm doing this for family and I'm not really charging anyone money to do it. There is interest that comes in every month for the money in the account. It is in the contract details that I get to keep all of the savings account interest as "payment" for services. Honestly most people would keep the money in a typical banking account and get virtually no interest and probably have a monthly fee to pay in addition.
I'm too cheap for that so no fees and 2.25% interest means I have a little something to invest monthly on HIVE.
Here's how I hope the money flows
Income from savings account--> EDSI
EDSI weekly income--> Hive
Hive-->BBH tokens
BBH tokens-->swap.hive
swap.hive-->GLD
GLD tokens--> Fiat investments (likely in a diversified REIT fund)
REIT Income--> Hive (HP)
Yes. It is a long chain but I'm curious how it will work over the months and years to come. If
The section below is mainly for record-keeping, but it also shows how I’m structuring this system in practice. Your welcome to look and who knows maybe you will find a use for the permanent nature of HIVE posts rather than just using them to share ideas.
The Mortgage Details
Originally I was going to keep an exact ledger....But a little real world caution came in and told me.... Maybe I don't want to include exact numbers. Instead I'll keep exact numbers and details off chain but put reminders and placeholders here so I can show that : Yes I'm watching and Yes I can keep track of what happened by checking the bank account and previous records.
End of March 2026 : See Mortgage statement for Balance
Prepaid Tax :
- April 2026 -- Verified tax coming due and made lump sum payment
- April 2026 -- Lump sum payment made
- April 2026 -- Monthly payment increased to more closely match yearly estimated taxes
Payments on account :
- None yet. Biweekly payments continue as before
Readvances
- April 2026 -- None advanced. One discussed. Likely to happen early April.
Cash reserves in account
- Goal : 37.5% of desired reserves
Current Balance : Paid off in 14 years, 9 months
If no change to current payments.
That's it for now
It will be interesting to see what the future holds for BBH and his goal of becoming a witness. I'm looking forward to posting monthly to show how things change over time and to make sure I get an indelible record of how I'm looking after the money I'm entrusted with.