How much do you want to spend, is it emb only
I started out on a brother pc3500, and enddd up in the casket business using a tajima 15 needle.
I k ow happy makes a 6 needle for home use. That means you can put six diff. Threads on the machine at a time, usually program up to 99 color changes at a time, so you can walk out of the room, come back an hour later and your design is done ( the 15 needlee i worked on held 15 colors, i punch in the colors, up to 99 color changes go to lunch come back andit was done).
Very quickly, you'll want more colors, designs and the ability to manipulate your designs and lettering.
keep all this in mind,because aftter family and frieds fi d out you have the machine, they will all want someething. Good luck