In terms of housing, its a pretty tough deal.
My boyfriend was just recently hired (took him only 2 weeks of interviews and a small paper trail) and getting him an apartment was a major pain in the ass.
He was looking for a 1/1 between 500 and 650 and managed to find a nice one over by Holyland.
The problem he encountered though were enough for him to say "forget it". Pretty much every apartment management company wanted proof of employment (he literally stated today (traditions), so its not like he had it yet) and there was a salary cap on how much you could make for the size of apartment you wanted.
Also a lot of places would tell you one thing over the phone and a completely different thing to your face.
As for the leases, all 32 different places he looked at... and this is ALL OVER Orlando and Kissimmee, even went as south to Winter Haven. They all only had a year lease and it wasn't until the end of your first year you could have a more flexible lease. (like month to month)
And as for those disney cm discounts, most of them were just for the application fees or something trivial as cable, really sucks.
Anyways, he likes his apartment so far and is prob having fun right now at epcot. (god i miss cm perks)