I can get really wordy on moving here but I'll keep it brief but feel free to ask me anything (private convo is ok also if you need to get specific and don't want it public)..
I recently moved here (moved in april 4th). I had the luxury of a company with great remote employee culture and I was remote already so it didn't really matter where I lived I just had to take some time off and move..
Places to live was the most confusing and uncertain part of the move. I just didn't know the area even though I could tell you every place on disney property that a tree has changed.. My ultimate choice was to ask on this forum for where I should be looking at places to live. That thread can be
found here and still very valid answers and a lot of info on where to also not live.. When it came down to it with both a trip to see the areas about 6months ahead of time and a 1 month ahead of time trip to actually secure a place to live I still had no clue what was the place I wanted. I decided I needed to learn more of where I wanted to be, what I actually did and what that stuff was located, and if I could even handle the weather when I can't escape the heat that I avoid taking vacations in. So the answer was simple, found 3 areas that I liked enough to try and decided to rent... I strongly recommend you look for a place based on your work and daily life needs, don't go next to disney where it's more costly when your heading to universal all different hours and in all different traffic day and night...
securing a place to live I did in person, I wanted to see the neighborhood before I signed off. I used the websites to get some rental company and general idea of what was where for how much.. I lined up some places, came down and same day secured a spot (it's roughly outlined in my feb 2015 trip report, link below including some more info on the move and post move.). What I found is places that are good rent really fast (hours, not days). You need to be ready to secure a place you like really fast and generally they are ready to move in right away or very close so be ready for the cost of having that place and whatever arrangements your doing while looking/before moving..
Now I'm here for 6 months later, renting was the right thing to do.. This place is meeting my goals which was certain things I needed being remote and working from home.. Things in certain walking distance and close to where I like to hang out and play. i'm very happy in my day to day life, I'm understanding how floridians deal with this heat (they don't, floridians just have working A/C where the rest of the country doesn't and they know how to go from a/c to a/c with minimal outside effort
). After new years the serious thought on are we going to buy near here, rent another year and explore central florida more or buy/rent elsewhere to try that. Talking to others here for under 3 years, many rented in 2 or 3 areas before committing to a house purchase or long term location.
So that's finding a location to be, finding a place and what worked for me in a high level nutshell..