Need advice..Lighting experts please read

[AberyClark]

I'm doing a paid real estate shoot and an architecture shoot (mostly Dr's Offices). I plan on buying a low cost light set (maybe 2 with umbrellas). Some say use strobes...some say Tungsten. I do not have much experience with strobes, except for my hot shoe strobe unit. I rarely use it. Anyway, I also use exposure blending with decent success without any extra lights. I want to have a light set around in case I need it. Please suggest TYPE of light. I would use the lights probably to bounce off white ceiling or umbrella to have a soft flooding effect. ANY lighting advice (position, placement, point direction, etc..would be beneficial)

[freebird]

I would think a studio light / stand be lil much in Dr office if its small rooms like I'm thinking A speedlight bounced or off camera sitting on the supplied stand would be perfect I would think for that .

If its lobbys , thats different story. Big umbrellas for xtra coverage would be nice.

[PhotosGuy]

I also use exposure blending with decent success without any extra lights. Maybe you should consider this:
Light painting (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=469521)

[AberyClark]

I like the light painting technique. I have been experimenting with HDR and Exposure blending as well. I will take a light reading from the darkest spot in room and the brightest (generally windows) and take multiple exposures between those readings and then blend. I get some nice shots. But, I would like to experiment with lights as well

[AberyClark]

I heard one method is to point lights into white umbrella and point umbrella (instead of the reverse umbrella lighting) at ceiling (white) to flood area softly.

[AberyClark]

Any other opinions..I'm leaning toward smaller flashes mounted on stands

[jcolman]

I've used two or three speedlights either bare or fired into a beauty dish with success for lighting interiors. The key is to adjust the power of the light from your strobe so that the strobe doesn't totally overpower the ambient.

As you know, you control the amount of light from the strobes to your sensor with your aperture and control the ambient light with your shutter speed.