Track down the owners by going to the county websites with the suspect property address and mail the owners a letter saying you want to buy their house.

From going through different websites it seems like I need to have a property in contract before pursuing the loan. 

Otherwise, check references, search sites like www.AVVO.com or Lawyers.com, their firm's website should be maintained and provide specific resources on topic (this is a good indication that the attorney is tech savvy and more likely to check their emails), you can also see if they are active and have good support on social media sites such as linkedin.

Ok, I also posted this on a mom's website, and some replies were saying to hire a mommy's helper / babysitter / nanny to assist me with the baby during my real estate "business hours".  

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A general rule of thumb if it is on craigslist or a website it is junk.

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Antony I used to just go to the town website and get all the info, but that site is very help and all in one spot Thanks.