If the property is non-residential you should consider a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment to provide some potential liability protection associated with past uses such as oil tanks or use of solvents, etc.

Now flip the script and say you purchased a coin laundry facility where it was open 24/7. 

There is also an Amazon facility coming to BS along with the schools being top rated. 

This property in NC is beautiful, located only a couple of miles from the new Wolfspeed project (5 billion investment, lots of workers needed) and less than 10 miles from the new Vinfast facility.

If you decide to paint, which is what I would do in your situation, if you ask for a glossy outdoor porch paint (oil based) it will go on nicely and leave a smooth surface that is easy to clean.

That and the assisted living facilities.

One day someone let the oil burner run out in the winter.

He sold old time songs on CDs and Essential Oils on a Harlem Street.

For example put up a fence or barn and have a housing facility for horses for the community.

Now we have an oil tank underground that the owner has to pull out.