Trying to do it Matrix style, if a book is best I will go that route, if there are good sites that give you the cliff notes version that's fine. 

Lastly, there is a loft style space above the garage that could accommodate a studio (no bathroom however).

For curtain rods we get inexpensive "lock seam" curtain rods that are style-neutral and can be found at home depot or amazon.  

The most important question for me that I would ask at the end of each of the interviews was "is this a family style brokerage, where everyone helps each other out and wants everyone to succeed, or is it more cut throat, in which it's every agent for themselves?"  

I will add the fact that there are things you need to keep in mind when it comes to the HOA fees, Never go with high-rise buildings because those common area fees paid by the HOA will kill you, I typically look at Garden-Style or 4 stories and below, I do have one property that's in a 7 story building but the fees were still fairly low. 

Fixer upper style will not work here right now and I live and work in the Cy-Fair area.

Compound that tax free over 20-30 years and we ain't talking chump change.

Or accordion style blinds that are easy to position in place. 

Not sure where to start for fix and flip styles homes.

In regards to modular, I actually have been developing a fourplex that I plan to build several of in Spokane Valley, in a modular build style with Champion Homes out of Weiser, Idaho.