Hello All,
First off - LONG POST, SORRY! I was hoping to pick the forum's brain on what some good/fun morphs would go well with the bp's I already have. So background - I have a Male Spider - Monty (shh, I thought it was clever) and a Female Pastel - Misty, these are my first two snakes and I don't plan on ever getting rid of them. In addition to my Spider and Pastel my friend/roommate has a female Spider Yellow Belly (Just verified she is in fact yellow belly).

My Goal: 1. Build up a sweet collection of awesome (in my opinion) morphs that I want while... 2. Creating positive cash flow from the projects I am working on year after year (I am not looking for tips on breeding, just options for cool projects).

Initial Project: Get bumblebee (I want!) and another pastel to work towards a Super Pastel. Then a Killerbee (keeper). Once I get the Killerbee I can breed him/her to a Pastel and get 25% equal chance of either Bumblebee, Killerbee, Super Pastel, or a Pastel. Selling just that clutch every year seems like a solid starting point, considering the price of most of them is more than I could hope to make extra in a year for doing a hobby I enjoy with animals that I love. They are also cheap enough that it will be relatively easier to find buyers while still being profitable. If I am lucky this project will come to fruition in 3-4 years (I don't know if my Pastel gal will be large enough come breeding season). I will also breed my Spider with my friends Spider initially until other options open up. We spoke about terms - 50/50 sales and half price purchases to each other for keepers.

After thinking about how long it will take to get to that point I thought I should look into other options. I am thinking about purchasing a Fire. I want, no, need a Black Eyed Leucistic. I figured if I get a Fire Male I can breed him with another female pastel, that I will no doubt end up getting, and maybe get a firefly which looks pretty cool. I would also breed him with my friends spider just to have more options for which bp(s) to keep to go after the BEL. If I can also catch a yellow belly in there that interests me I will work on going for an Ivory in the background.

So what do you think of my plans? Do you think I should check out another morph instead of a fire(I liked fire to begin with - enhancer and all - and I pretty much stopped looking after I saw the BEL)? Any ideas for what my friend should get for his next bp (he wants one and is saving up some cash) that would mix well with my plans above? Anything I might be missing? There are so many things to consider!

If you made it this far thank you, I appreciate any insight you have!