Quote Originally Posted by WesleyTF View Post
IMO the best way to go would be to establish yourself with solid morphs that are on the lowish end of the price spectrum. This way, you can build a solid reputation by putting plenty of good snakes into the buying demographic. Pick up some nice cheap female morphs--spiders and pastels are about as low as they CAN go in price--practically competing with norms on price--and use those as your base breeding females. Pick up a few neat males that will co-mingle nicely with the female morphs you've chosen and build up from there. I'd develop a solid 5-10 year plan, with the production of lots of mid-low level morphs for your first few years to build your rep, then slowly ease yourself into higher-end morphs as these start producing.

I would imagine that with 20k, the easiest way to get a killer deal would be to find someone who wants to quit breeding who is selling their entire set-up at a major loss. Just make sure you don't get a bunch of neglected snakes/gear...
Well as far as reputation goes I don't think I'll have a problem. I work with a highly reputable breeder.

We've already been working on ball python plan, we just need the right morphs. Our current breeders, Phantom, Spider, Pastel, Mojave, Normals, and a few undisclosed morphs.

Now with $20k we want to get a nice project going. Would be nice to maybe produce a new designer morph.