Just have to be paitient. I’d say it is worth it. There seem to be alot of active buyers, yet buyers avoid short sales. So, if you are in the short sale market, there is likely less competition.
My parents closed a short sale a couple months ago. It was about 5 months months from offer to acceptance, and another long month to close.
Only thing to be careful about is the 5 month price drop.
I think you can put offers in on multiple short sales at the same time, so that helps (as a realtor about that one).