The free sites should only be used as a reference as they are not completely accurate all the time.

@Anthony Thompson is RISE the same as the one National Grid refers you to? 

Reference HUD SFH 4000.1Hope this helps!

For future reference and for everyone else you should get an estoppel certificate from the tenants.

Let's say I'm willing to put the house under contract, where do I go and how do I do that (referring to paperwork) do I go to a title company?

See this thread for reference: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

Most agents operate buy word of mouth so if there a good agent referring them to friends and family goes a long way.

I've had several local referrals that didn't pan out, the search here on BP returned no one, can anyone out there refer someone before I just start randomly calling/emailing architects in the local directory? 

I do and will have an underlining mortgage on the properties (Wraparound mortgages)The question does anyone have a great real estate attorney (Houston) that they can refer to me that can help me with this?

I have some title companies I can send you as a reference.