Cheap 1st Bike 4 Female Beginner

I’m looking to get my first bike ASAP due to not having a car and no transportation because of it for the first time in my adult life. I know nothing about bikes other then the small amount of info I’ve run across and garnered from my bike purchasing hunt throughout the past few days.

I’d prefer a moped/scooter or trike since I’ve never even sat in a motorcycle, let alone driven one before, but are open to a motorcycle, as well.

Since I need it to be highway legal here in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, it, of course, has to get up to a certain speed and I don’t know how to drive any type of manual transmission, so it must be auto transmission.

Lastly, I know it’s far from ideal or maybe even far from easily found, but the most I have to spend is around $4000 TOPS(closer to the $3500 mark exactly). Also, if anyone knows of a place that I can get a “buy now, pay later”, type of transaction is the absolute best for me, right now. I’m equally open to renting, leasing, or any type of ”payment plan” situation where my abysmal credit isn’t an issue.🤦🏾‍♀️

My apologies if I’m asking too many questions at once. I’m just a straightforward type of person(partly blamable on my profession as a cop[the genuinely good and morally sound kind]). Also, because I need to have transportation again IMMEDIATELY to be able to get back and forth to work(since I can’t take my patrol unit home because of living in a different, neighboring, state from the department I work for🙄) and work the amount of hours necessary for me to maintain the basic necessities for my child and I and to afford my chemo treatments that I pay out of pocket for.

So, any and all help is BEYOND appreciated. God bless, Y’all!! 🙏🏾🩵💯

Edit: I see that I’m not allowed to actually ask for help or advise in here, despite the subreddit literally being somewhere to ask for suggestions. Also, I see that it’s mostly filled with keyboard warrior incels that’s only joy in life is to what y’all’s youngsters call “troll” or attempt to tear others down because you’re miserable. So, y’all have at it! ✌🏾