Let’s say the State buys a home at tax sale, then I buy a house straight from the State, does that entitles me a tax deed to avoid the 3yr wait?

Straight time, no mark-up.

I would attend meetups locally and get to know other people who are a few steps ahead of you. 

im going to ahead & start the credit union route. 

What I answered was completely appropriate to help an investor to see if she wanted straight passive income, which could work that way, or if she wanted to learn.Incidentally, when you are working for a business that does turnkey and then hit the turnkey questions saying what you do, it's not really the intent of most questions.

Going to look at it this weekend and knowing this ahead of time and got a few documents from the relator about the condition of the home and it seems like it's in okay condition.Knowing what I know, what is a good offer for this property?

I always tend to jump ahead without defining concrete goals and create a plan.

Save / invest / reinvest > 20% of your gross income and you'll be ahead of most people.

Single-family home sales fell 20.2 percent year-over-year, with 6,671 units sold, marking the second straight month of declines fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic;The Days on Market (DOM) figure for single-family homes grew from 54 to 58 days;Total property sales dropped 20.7 percent, with 7,917 units sold;Total dollar volume dove 25.9 percent to $2.23 billion;The single-family home average price fell 7.4 percent to $298,199, the first decline since January 2018;The single-family home median price was statistically flat at $249,000;Single-family homes months of inventory was at a 3.5-months supply, down from 4.1 months last May and below the national inventory level of 4.1 months;Townhome/condominium sales dropped 36.0 percent, with the average price down 2.3 percent to $206,146 and the median price up 2.9 percent to $175,000;Single-family home rentals jumped 11.9 percent with the average rent down 2.8 percent to $1,822;Volume of townhome/condominium leases fell 4.6 percent with the average rent down 4.6 percent to $1,586.Source: HAR

Just as a heads up, I know lenders who offer 100% financing, but even then many investors don't realize how much they're going to have to pay leading up to and including closing.