Creative Financing for a Short Sale Help!

[Matthew Allison]

Hey Everyone, I received call from my agent that the property I put a bid on to purchase is now in default and a short sale is occurring. We were told that we would have to offer a minimum amount, which is more than we originally offered (have to pay the list price). Does anyone have suggestions on how to pull off something that would allow us to pay less for the property like we originally intended to do so? (Seller financing?)