cats come with personality and you really can't say if it is better to chose male/female, young/old. we also always had cats outdoors and/or indoors.
i'd also recommend having something to scratch on and to educate them to use it and not your furniture. we don't have high priced couches and replace them every five years or so.
usually you don't have to train a cat to go to the litter box but when they do their stuff outside the litter box usually something is wrong (oftentimes inside them either physical or psychosomatic).
we love our two sweeties. one is middle long haired (a mix of angora and the usual one) and one is short haired. the short haired has waaaaay worse hair than the middle haired. the short hairs weave themselves into every fabric and are hard to get out again.
don't think that this is always the case but you really can't tell from the start.
we have two because our tomcat is/has been a bit tricky but after we had the second one he got more relaxed.
especially when they will stay indoors it may be good to have two.
but some are especially happy when they are alone. the shelter will know.
have fun with your kitty :-)
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