Selling a home to an 18 year old - or their parents?

I'm surprised I haven't seen a building like this up for sale earlier - UFlats is a new building opening this fall by the Days Inn on campus that will be condos for sale. Pitching it that buying is cheaper than renting plus the unit will appreciate so much you'll be rich when you graduate and sell it.

I wonder if they're built so shoddily that they'll look like crap like the UV does now - drive by to see that all the first floor retail is closed, and it sort of looks like the projects. Not Cabrini Green projects, but nice projects.