Best route is you go to CPA and got your number from them.100% Tax Deferral if you don't touch the money for 10 years. 10% tax discount if you plan to withdraw on 2026.

I originally wanted to go straight into apartment complexes but feel like I may need to get feet wet before going into something that may be a little much to start with.

If they discounted the price to factor in the age of the roof, you will have less wiggle room. 

A tax deduction is simply a discount on what you have to spend.

If so, should the buyer expect a discount since the seller doesn't have to pay for 2 realtors?

The topic is when a wholesaler is unable to convince a seller to discount their property the stance on this by wholesalers is to reach out to their realtor partner and send the seller to them.

I have an opportunity to buy a sfh at a very discounted price as part of an estate sale. 3 years taxes are due on the property for a total of about $5,000. 

They have been making it stupid simple for over 20 years to target foreclosures, from the start of the Lis Pendens filing, to the auction. iMapp is built into most of the realtor MLSs, and they DO offer accounts for $100 per month that are just the 'straight dope' property data, without the MLS information included.

Downtown Mount Dora (Lake Co.) in particular is a great STR market which is just 40 mins north of Orlando and still within a quite straight shot to Disney down the SR-429 toll road. 

Some of it is just straight memorization.2.