Thinking About Buying a Short Sale? Read This First

(Image credit: Kristen Curette Hines/Stocksy) Many buyers, especially first-timers, are enthralled by the prospect of buying a short sale -- and it's not hard to see why. Bottom basement sale prices make these transactions seem like a no-brainer. Unfortunately, most of the time, these too-good-to-be-true deals also come with a huge catch.