yeah its Mayas father.
And Maya is a local, they live near college, she said that in the first encounter with her that she was many time on campus and knows it cause they live near by.
Cant really remember if its mentioned what the job of her father is, but its definitly him in chapter 8 buying rustys car. So he is obviously a car salesman... maybe even own the business?
Josys family lives far away, like MC too... need some hours drive by train/car. And we saw her dad in episode 5... btw nice guy, wouldnt hurt to see him more often, visit Josy or maybe MC+Josy visit him, show him they are a couple and such... of course, more Neil is a must too.
I only played it ONCE in a playthrough to fail the mansion game on purpose just to see the outcome. After seeing it i decided there is nothing much to it, and every other playthrough i just finished the minigame and to be honest... it was kinda pointless in the end, its not even a challenge to manage it, really, you just CANT fail this game if you play it that is... but saying its pointless, i enjoy it anyways... added some depth to the whole game i think. But it could be way more challenging i think so there would be a possibility to "fail" the thing... cause no matter what, if you "try" to manage it, you will...