My parents have a small portfolio of single family homes that have all been paid off this past year leaving them with about a 1.5 million in equity and have HELOC's are in place on a few of those properties.  

I see them paying anywhere from $450+utilities to $700+utilities to rent rooms without a pool compared to paying $800-$1200/mo for 4/4 apartments.Some students who rent rooms come from families with money so their parents can co-sign as well.

It is basically impossible for anyone here to afford real estate except for wealthy overseas investors, those who had houses handed down to them from their parents/family, and the top 1% of income earners. 

While home ownership is usually associated with stability and security to many, that stability and security can be a double edge sword become if your circumstances change.When our parents and grandparents bought their homes, they probably expected to stay in the same area, near their families, working for the same employer for most of their life.

By adding you on title during his life, you could be subjecting yourself to larger capital gains later down the line than if you inherited the property.3) property tax issues - does your father have any parent-child exclusion left so that the property is not going to get reassessed partially as a result of this transfer? 

I was assured by both the former owner and my RE agent that he was a reliable tenant and was just waiting for funding from his parent company in South Africa.

@Joe Funari Hey Joe, I am actually looking to house-hack here in DFW as I move out of my parents house (just graduated college in December).

I have so much respect for my parents and grandparents generations as they did not have the world at their fingertips like we do today.

My parents sold a property with a solar system on the roof, and now the new buyers, are demanding the go to mediation in regards to who owes for the repairs.Thank you @sandratatum

My parents saw the homes being built in 1926 and this is not the case.