Couple things... what are you considering to be "near" you? I always strongly recommend getting a shelter bunny. I've got nothing against breeders (and actually got my two girls from a breeder due to a lack of shelters in the area) - it's simply that a shelter bunny will save you a lot of money in the long run.
Female rabbits NEED to be spayed for health reasons (unless they're part of a breeding program, obviously) - an unspayed bunny has *half* the lifespan of a spayed one because of how prone they are to cancers of the reproductive system. While neutering also lowers reproductive cancer risks in males, those risks are very low to begin with so it's not an absolute must... however, an unneutered male can be really unpleasant to have around (in particular, because most spray... and they can spray urine 6+ feet in the air, plus some of them like to aim for faces!).
Neuters are less expensive than spays, but neither is particularly cheap (and finding a very experienced vet is crucial due to the risky nature of putting a bunny under anesthesia and, with spays, also due to the difficulty level of the surgery). I payed around $450 for two spay surgeries plus take-home pain meds (and $30 each for the bunnies at the breeder). Shelter bunnies are more likely to be in the $60-100 range but will already be spayed/neutered. In retrospect, I could've saved myself over $300 if I hadn't been too impatient/impulsive to drive up to Austin (45 minutes away) where they have bunny shelters. On the plus side, my girls are such adorable little naughties that I could never bring myself to regret "wasting" money by not going the shelter route - my boyfriend and I both feel like those specific bunnies were meant to find me (and later, to find him vicariously)
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I recommend shopping around for a really qualified exotics vet who does bunny spays/neuters and getting a price quote from them for each gender. If you're ok with knowing you'll face that expense later, then go for a breeder... if you'd rather not spend that money if you can avoid it, then it might be worth driving an hour or more away to get to a bunny shelter. If you do go with a breeder, knowing the spay and neuter costs ahead of time will let you make an educated decision regarding whether you can look at bunnies of both genders or you need to limit your search to males.
If you do go through a breeder, I urge you to be picky about who you buy from - please don't support an irresponsible backyard breeder! There's a lot of them out there, but there are also a LOT of reputable breeders who breed to "improve" the breeds (which means they strive to produce rabbits as close to the breed standards as possible while also placing a very strong emphasis on breeding for *healthy* rabbits without genetic issues)... as opposed to some clueless person who's breeding because they "want cute babies" or think breeding (pet) rabbits is profitable (which it really isn't if you're doing it right and providing proper care). As others have mentioned, rabbit shows are a great place to find the kinds of breeders worth buying from.
The one other perk of adopting an adult bunny is that you don't have to go through the awful "teenage" phase where they get all hormonal prior to being fixed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rabbit_breeds gives a good general idea of how big (weight-wise) different breeds get... however, it tells you the breed standards (for show-quality rabbits), which can be misleading when it comes to dwarves. For example, Hollands are listed as weighing 2-3 lbs and lionheads as weighing 2.53.5 lbs. My lionhead weighs in at just under 3.5 lbs... but my Holland weighs 4 lbs 12 oz, which is in the "Mini lop" range (4-5 lbs). This does NOT mean I was misinformed about her breed and she's actually a Mini, though.
The dwarf gene is odd - it's dominant (meaning a rabbit only needs one copy to be the proper "dwarf" size for their breed)... but you can't breed dwarves in a way that results in 100% of the offspring having the dwarf gene because that would require both parents to carry two copies of the dwarf gene. If a rabbit has two copies of the gene (meaning no "normal" copy), then they're "peanuts" - a genetic defect that causes them to be incredibly tiny and is lethal (they typically die by the time they're a few weeks old).
That means that adult dwarf rabbits always only carry a single copy of the gene. When you cross two dwarf rabbits, they each have a 50% chance of passing the dwarf gene and a 50% chance of passing the normal gene - this gives their offspring a 25% chance of getting two dwarf genes (a lethal combo), a 50% chance of being dwarves and a 25% chance of getting two normal genes and NOT being dwarves. A "dwarf" breed rabbit without the dwarf gene is still the same breed (meaning my Holland is still a Holland) but is automatically unshowable.
Regarding Hollands...
Different breeds of the same animal can have different fur (and dander) types, making it possible to be irritated by or even allergic to the fur of some breeds but not others. For example, I inevitable regret it if I let certain types of short-haired cats get near my face but have no problems whatsoever with long-haired cats.
I've had my nose itch incessantly after grooming my Holland and getting her fur on my face and my boyfriend was having mild allergy-type symptoms whenever he so much as held her until he started taking a once-a-day OTC allergy pill so that he could appreciate what a cuddle-bunny she grew up to be. Neither one of us has EVER had any problems with my lionhead. Gaz (my Holland) also sheds explosively pretty much year round and her fur gets EVERYWHERE. I can dust and clean and in less than a week, the entire bunny room is coated with a layer of her fur again. Nala (my lionhead) rarely sheds outside of molts.
I'm not recommending against a Holland necessarily - I love my little loaf to death - but the nature of their fur type is definitely worth noting.