You mean that I not going to have track on expanses without property management ? 

Columbus has seen great appreciation with many new jobs being created from large expansions by companies such as Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide Children's hospital and Wexner Medical Center.

Check out the SLC airport expansion.

And $190M in facility upgrades2) In Downtown the Mass Ave district has been revamped and would probably be unrecognizable to you today: converted Coca-Cola bottling plant to a beautiful Art Deco hotel, movie theatre, food hall, fine dining...that's just one block3) IU Health (near Northside) announced in January a $4.3B expansion, making it the largest of its kind in the United States history4) Elanco - a subset of pharmaceutical giant, Eli Lilly (also HQ here) - broke ground last summer on their project, which will employ 100k people, valued at $160M.Indianapolis is no longer the sleepy "Nap Town" that you remember from the 90's.

@Kelly Byrd There was a theory playing around in my mind before when I considered expansion in NV because of a potential project.

So you can have a smaller cash reserve per property to allow for expansion, if that is your goal. 

Michael, thanks for the reply, I'll look into the expanse tracking and continue with QuickBooks for basics.

Rocky soil or expansive clay?

I was hoping to pick up lower cost condos / townhomes as single family homes around here are a bit pricey.So far, I've read books, blogs and just recently began listening to BiggerPockets podcasts (which is what brought me here to this expansive resource!).  

I also developed a wish list as to the characteristics of the name - have meaning for me, have meaning for my renters, end in "properties", it could not be confused with other areas or businesses, it could not be tied to my current location (Denver), it needed to allow for expansion and change and a few more.