Plus the 20%-30% more in gross revenue just goes towards utilities, furniture, etc.

Utilize financial analysis and market research to make informed investment decisions.

And THEN, the same $1 fee is required when doing a transfer to pay me their utility bills, so then I discounted those by $1 too.

From what I can tell, the extra equity on the house could be utilized to provide better ROI.  

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

I doubt including utility fees in in the PMA.

if you are going to do things like include utilities, or have an off street parking spot, other amenities etc, there's no reason in my mind you couldn't "charge a premium" for a premium unit/service. 

For further context, we are trying to have him be the name on the loan because he would be able to utilize his first time home buyer loan to take advantage of the lowered offered interest rate.

We have a few parks and we utilize both options.

Each are great strategies to access capital and each has its pros/cons for utilizing the strategy in the best way.