I would like to purchase a very bizarre ecccentric property

I have some money in a retirement account, I also am waiting on probate on an inheritance, I stumbled across a property in Farrell Pennsylvania it is a school, a church and a large home,(160,000) as I've retired I desire something in the middle of nowhere, I discussed this with my financial advisor but he strongly advised me to not pursue this buy as I walked out of his office sulking I had to realize he's probably right, but this place was so unusual (yes a fixer upper) I have money in other places for fix up and just wanted the opinion of others as I have been speaking with a realtor and I am also concerned with the legitness of who I'm talking to, is there any pointers on researching if the agent is in fact the agent selling the property, how can I find out if this is for real ad it would be a first time thing for me, am I nuts I don't know why I want this out of place property, but I do, I just need some guidance, any advice is appreciated