As a few people on here might know, I'm a BP noob who decided to go straight for the big leagues, and the first BP I purchased was a pied 100% het lavender albino female.

I'm starting to organize my apartment and finances to pick up her mate in the next 6 mo-1 yr or so, and I'd like to plan.

Not sure if this should be under breeding instead, as I have morph price questions, but of course mods feel free to move.

1. How much you guys think dreamsicles go for these days? If I make back the money I initially invest I'll be more than pleasantly surprised. I'm not doing this to make money so much as to produce the coolest snakes possible, but I need to gauge pricing/potential market softness in figuring out how much to pay for the male.

2. What genetic makeup should I go for? This relates back to question 1 in that overall pricing may determine what I decide to pick up.

As I understand it, if I got an actual dreamsicle male, my whole clutch is guaranteed to be either dreams or full het for the relevant genetics. Of course, that is the most expensive option. I believe I could also pick up a male with the same traits as my female, which would be a lower chance at dreamsicle production (and--am I wrong--wouldn't produce all 100% hets?) or possibly a non-pied het lavender albino male, which would be presumably the cheapest and least productive option.

WWYD? I figure my female is probably a bit over a year away from breeding, so I figure if I get a very young male soon-ish they should be ready around the same time.

(or, optional question #3, should I just go for an adult male when my female is ready? Is there much advantage to that, proven breeder-ness aside? I like the idea of raising my own normally but business is business.)

Sorry if this is a bit scattered.

And yes, I know it's ridiculous for a noob like me to be working with snakes this expensive but if there is one thing I am, it's ridiculous.