[olddog]

If you find something close to what you think you want, yet you are still not sure on exactly what you want all the many details to be, you are where I once was. To some degree I still am. I finally looked at it this way. Buy something close that you will not be unhappy with. Modify the things you want to change. You will find out with simple modifications just how well you think you would do building your own. You will also learn that some of the things you thought you wanted is not as important, and some things that you never thought of are more important.

I think there is no better way to figure out what you want than to own one, maybe two or three. If you buy them right and don't pile a fortune on changes, you should be able to sell it at minimal losses and try another. In this economy, you might even make a small profit in a couple years.

If you are certain of what you want and want it now then go for it. Just realize if you are wrong, you will take a bigger loss when you sell it.

In short, its kind of nice to date a few women and learn what you do and do not like, rather than marrying the first one you meet just because she is a virgin.