Once you do find your aircraft, I can only echo the advice about appropriate coaching ;-) but also ensure you contact your local LAA engineer to ensure they give you a proper appraisal of the aircraft you're about to spend your hard earned cash on.
Suitable types for the money are Jodels, Condor, Emmeraude. Easy to fly and convert onto with fairly benign characteristics and great first tailwheel aircraft for you to build confidence. The Kitfox is fairly lively for a first tailwheel. Find aircraft owners at your local LAA strut or fly-in, who will be only too glad to offer advice and assistance.
If you've never owned an aircraft before, my advice would be to buy a share and keep it for a year. You won't lose any money on it, and you will learn a lot. Then re-consider what you want, and it won't have cost you much: you will have had loads of fun in the process at minimal cost.
Contact LAA Head Office for a copy of LAA Today, which contains lots of advice to newcomers.
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