Freshlybaked,
Here is how busy MSers found their shops: first, sign up with the 15 most discussed MS companies (list at bottom of page); next, on any day when you want a shop but do not hove one, sign up with 10 more MS companies (MSCs) from the list of nearly 200 that is also at the bottom of the page. Next, remember that as a newbie, many MSCs will not show you their more advanced shops until you have proved yourself by getting high marks for their less well paid shops. So you really have an "apprenticeship" to earn access to better paid or more popular shops.
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.