Short sale opportunity with liens

[Mike Nelson]

I found a house down the street with me that is a short sale but the agent said it has city code violation liens on it. She said she is waiting to here back from the lender about how much they will cover the liens for to approve the short sale. So my question is, when making an offer I plan on making one for a clean title, i dont care whether the bank pays all the liens are not, i want them gone! is this the right way to go about doing this!? If not , then my offer will be based on them not covering all the liens, is this some strategy of theirs?