Hi, sphoenix, welcome to the forum. There really aren't any good shortcuts to finding jobs in your area. My best advice is to sign up with as many companies as you can to give you a good base of potential shops. The blue link below, Official List of Mystery Shopping Companies, leads to a great list of legitimate mystery shopping companies you can sign up with. The more companies you sign up with, the better. Many posters here are signed up with 150+. If you have not yet signed up with Market Force, you should consider them. They seem to have shops everywhere and they are a good training ground for new shoppers.