Transitioning into our real estate biz, along with supplementation from investment properties would be ideal by the timeframe given would be ideal, but might be too aggressive.

I'm sure you appreciate that he's taking good care of the house and doing small improvements, but as you said your costs are going up and you shouldn't be expected to supplement his living there.  

You can wait to refi and save some cash-flow to supplement the refi money for the next deal if you need to.

To those in the BP community who took the leap what have you been doing since leaving your w2 job to help supplement your lifestyle on top of your investments/flips?

I would never voluntarily supplement any tenants rent given the legal ability to charge full market rent immediatly.

If your supplementing the guys income by free rent a free meal is the least you could do .

I also intern at various firms throughout each year to help supplement my costs of living.

If you have a market in mind, the best supplemental data for daily and occupancy rates is going to be to reach out to a STR property management company and see what other insights they can provide.  

I think the wall units look cleaner but were not sure if they were as effective as the baseboard).On top of that was wondering if you would recommend the hydronic baseboard units or the standard convection heaters.I also noted your in NY are you using these to solely heat a house or as supplemental and do you feel they could adequately provide heat to a house in the NE during the dead of winter.

It’s great if your dad can help, but what if something changes in his financial situation that keeps him from being able to supplement your payments in the event of a downturn?