If real estate is your forte then clear title is of utmost.

Looking forward to reading about how you intend on retaining your "crown" - there's a lot of competition for that Title!

I ALWAYS go through a title company for a clean marketable title.

That being said, I would just try a white pages search using the name of the person on the title with the county recorder.

Not sure about Carol county but in P.G. county and AA county Maryland you can get a sale date in 3-6 months but then it takes the court 12-18 months to ratify the sale after the auction and for you to get title.  

I'm getting homes under contract but my title company bailed on me!

The title sounds like the opening sequence of a Real World spinoff.

What should I do to start the process of getting the property into my name, such as title and everything? 

Make sure the title company understands what your intentions are and how you are being paid your assignment fee.This is a great business, but be careful, you are dealing with sellers who usually have problems and outstanding liens not disclosed to you.As a Baltimore auctioneer, you may want to research public auctions, call on expired listings and run ads to find that great equity based property that will put lots of cash in your pockets, so have some BIGGER POCKETS.

As Michael has said, there's Hocker and Associates, who do both law and have a title company.