Take what Deborah said to heart, now. I ended up with nearly a dozen ball pythons within my first year and have been thrilled with all of them (2 are rescues, one was my first bought as a pet, and the rest I had breeding plans for). Unfortunately, life happens when you don't expect it. My husband and I are now expecting a baby, and I will have neither the time nor the space to manage a breeding collection and will probably have to get rid of more than half of my snakes.
Baby steps won't hurt, rushing into something and finding yourself unprepared very well might.