In his mind he literally deserved to be the owner. 

It will add about $50ish maybe $100 to your closing costs but it will give you both piece of mind.

I am going to be on a stay at home vaca soon and with out sounding desperate "<<<<< is noob" was wondering if anyone in the SLC area wanted to meet up for some coffee or lunch or something looking to pick the minds of some experts already meeting a guy on monday but the more friends the merrier:) message me or comment below thanks in advance  

If you buy with multiple exit strategies in mind it is hard to go wrong there.

Also keep in mind, if you plan to use leverage in your investing strategy, checkbook IRA may get hit with paying taxes on UDFI.

But it is in the city of Lowell, right near downtown, so I assume there are a lot of people that wouldn't mind walking to work?

My school was planning rapid growth in the next six years so much so there was a question of where would the student body live in my mind.

Would you mind sharing the lender you used so i can speak to them and see how they did it?

Invest in your mind first. 

It's easy for the investor to let a property go and be (out of sight,out of mind).You might want to look at partnerships with local investors in the U.S. or crowdfunding stuff it you are allowed to buy in.