My response to that would be "no one gets a paycheck their first day on a new job, aside from a signing bonus", and those signing bonuses often have tenure requirements for the payout.

I did sign up for the 1-day webinar with Ted Thomas for $47 and found it interesting, but he does have an upsell to join his course. 

or do i have to sign a month-to-month agreement? 

This is a very common practice and it would be much more rare for an insurance company to not inspect a property after signing a contract.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Bandit Signs in El Paso: "5 acres land for sale. 0 down.

The house currently in question, the manager said he had an older couple apply, but they were on fixed income and wanted to sign a two or three year lease so they knew they wouldn't have to move or incur additional expenses.

I am not signing a new lease with her.  

The last tenants at one of my SFH rentals were comfortable securing the property remotely based on the photos and video tour, signed the lease electronically, and sent all move in funds to me electronically before they moved to the area.

Orlando is a killer market for sure but starting to show signs of saturation..