Recommend me a light modifier!

Umbrellas are quite reasonably priced and readily available. They are a great way to get started with lighting too. I don't have much use for the gold lined, but the silver lined and the translucent version are a great addition to your MS300. Even though I now have a fully equipped studio and many sizes and shapes of soft boxes and a dozen or so studio strobes of different sizes, including some MS300's, I still like the results that I can get with umbrellas and I go back to using them for certain shoots. With a little experience, you will get very good with just the umbrellas as your modifiers. I also have a pair of 32" or so Godox octal soft boxes that still get used frequently, and these have been around for years too, and I still like the results that I get from them. Both are a great way to get started in studio lighting, then grow from there as needs and available budget allow.

Charley
 
100-120cm umbrellas (cheap ebay / godox) are perfect starting point as they offer great light at nominal cost and setup time.

120cm octa is just about doable indoors, and while smaller will fit better light won't be the same. So you likely want both. You will end up with a lot of different ones over time.

I have to say big godox deep umbrellas are also worth the extra expense. 120cm for interiors / or indoor portraits, and 150 cm silver for anything outdoors.
 
It depends on what you shoot and how you want to light it.

That said, you can do an awful lot - especially in a small space - with a standard 7" reflector, a grid & a large white diffuser/reflector panel

After that I'd want a 140x30(ish) strip box with a grid, an incredibly versatile tool which doesn't take up too much space.
 
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