The reason I consider the lawyer earlier, because the tediousness between attending court/work as Ned mentioned earlier. 

As Ned said, laws vary state to state.

It will take a whole lot more people to be in that "irrational exuberance" bucket to unbalance the economy, unless of course a major event on geo-political level (such as N.

Still gotta screen as @Ned Carey mentions.   

You can find them here on BP (set up an alert for "Baltimore", as Ned suggested) or by networking with other investors at meet ups and asking for referrals.A good investor agent should be skilled at understanding ARV and pulling accurate comps, be able to see the potential in a home instead of focusing on its current condition (which is why investing/construction experience is so important), and have a strong network of wholesalers to help locate off market deals.Gabriel is correct in saying that an agent will want to vet you as much as you will be vetting him.

As Ned mentioned lots of great people to network with in the area and also several meetings as Christina mentioned.God Luck with your investment goals.Sara

As Ned observed for MD, CA I believe is the same, an entity needs to be represented by an attorney.I wonder if he was signing as an individual or in the capacity of the entity he owned?  

As ned mentioned, this is a great site full of lots of people being successful in many different niches.

@Jean Bolger  Same as Ned, I thank you for the details and hope to soon read more of how this venture has turned out for you.

There are paid sites out there like Realty Trac that can give that information, but as Ned C stated it's probably an estimate based on how long the seller lived in the property.