Buying a short sale

[Jaqueline Sanchez]

I recently found out that my mom is selling her home of 10 years. She fell back on a few payments and is now doing a short sale. I really thought about buying the home, but she is out of state and I know nothing about short sales.  I hear it's very complicated, but maybe there's another way of doing this? Since I am her family? The home is very big close to a school and since she is out of state, I was thinking she could be my PM. Any input on this? This might be my first deal by the way. Hoping I can actually go though with this?