Cons are that short sales can be complicated transactions to complete, timely, and you may be left in the dark as a buyer with poor agent communication.

I want them to see what it looks like to take a shot and they've got to see me speak on TV & stage, win awards & praise and they've seen me come home of stories of dead bats falling out of ceilings, cleaning up dog crap in dark basement corners, sucking out water from flooded basements for hours, bloodied, bruised, ect. ect. ect. and now be served with papers. 

I sat through a mind numbingly boring 2 1/2 hour meeting, shadowing a buyer's agent, just to learn one thing.

(Long time home owner but this would be my first rental so I'm on the edge of the diving board, looking down into that deep dark pool.) 

I do have dark brown LVT and brown cabinets.

Termites love dark, moist, humid place with wood.

I had one family that committed, paid an ap fee etc, was approved, then couldn't come up with the moneyAnother committed, paid the ap fee and background, then went dark on me, finally he said he bought a houseAnother committed, paid the ap fee, paid a deposit, then backed out because they didn't want to commit for a yearFinally got someone who was johhny on the spot about everything and she lives there now paying rent. 

they get done but not without a lot of frustration and a serious amount of OOS investor having big cost over runs or work never done or put down the 1/3 and the contractor just goes dark and you flat lose the money. these are the realities. 

It wasn't dinner time I have no idea why she would have someone in my house not at dinner time, I think I should drive by and check things out under cover of darkness and spy on what she is doing. 

And its hard to see a house in the dark.