Do you already have a site set up and are just switching over to vbulletin or are you setting up a new site altogether?
If you are starting a new site I would suggest that you:
Buy vbulletin 4.0
Install vbulletin 3.8
Set up your forums and post as many threads as you need to (mainly stickies and such)
Get a list of all the mods you want to install and download them
Find a theme you like
and if by then there is still no realchat integration you can either install realchat on your 3.8 OR you could just pay someone to make an integration mod. This will allow you to at least get some work done in the meantime - seems pretty useless to build a whole 3.8 site if you plan to upgrade soon. Just my 2 cents.
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