Agent steering us away from short sales, foreclosures, etc

[T Brown]

We are just starting out in our buy and hold strategy, and I specifically told my agent that we want to spend around 40k, and are interested in short sales, foreclosures, etc. She showed up for our first meeting with houses above 60k, and discouraged us from short sales because she said it was just too much trouble, she had a client who had to put the utilities in her own name to do an inspection and it was expensive, etc. I have a feeling it's just too much trouble for her and I am willing to put a bit more work into it to save thousands of $. What do you think? Is it really too much extra work and not worth it?
Thanks for your insight.