All tortoises are fine living alone and have no need or want of "company". Keeping multiple tortoises in one enclosure is a matter of convenience. At least some species can and do live communally in some way or other in the wild, and most will do fine in groups in large captive enclosure too. With most species, care has to be taken to have only one adult male in a group of two or more females. In some species, in extremely large enclosures, multiple males can live in together with a group of females.I'll have to look through the forums Resources for where to buy a tortoise. 700$ or less sounds good. I'm only looking for a single pet tortoise for now, perhaps in the future if i have more land and resources I'd consider multiple. I was under the impression that all tortoises are happy to be solitary, do Burmese stars prefer Companions? Also wanted to say thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions, I really appreciate it.
If breeding is the intention down the road, I know of several people who are of the opinion that its best to raise them in groups from babies because they can be a bit socially "retarded" if raised alone their whole life and then added to a group for breeding later. We find that they generally get along better later if raised in mixed groups from the start.