Thanks for the response, @Hoopster. Definitely gave me some extra things to think about.
My initial pick was this board (https://www.microcenter.com/product/633623/B560M-PLUS_TUF_Gaming_WiFi_Intel_LGA_1200_microATX_Motherboard), it seems to cover all the other bases. It has the m.2 PCIe for NVMe SSD. I would much rather have it set up in a way so I cna leverage all the SATA ports for HDD installation, and this one has a total of 6 SATA III.
I am not a power user as some of the guys here, I am just looking for a server to run maybe a couple of VMs, some docker stuff, and a backup station for the PCs in the house along with your standard media storage and download stuff. Max of maybe 3-4 users. So if there is a better recommendation than this MOBO, I am all ears and grateful for your feedback.
Cheers