Our current course of action is to give the tenant a notice of non-renewal and/or cash for keys.

The first and more important step is to learn MN law from a legal source (not BP). 

You mention that networking and utilizing what the speakers said as one of your keys to growth. 

And there are a few other key development/operational details I choose to not divulge.

Something goes wrong they have a small loan in the middle of nowhere taking up a big amount of their time.If you are paying 15% to hard money lender maybe you should source a private lender at say 10% or so.I know most lenders on commercial won't touch a loan under 1 million, some under 2 million. 4.5 to 5% interest are premium rates in today's environment.If you could land a 6 to 7% for loans that small in those locations then likely doing well.

Our members get crowd funded financing through a private source here in Illinois.

Borrowing against your 401K is acceptable source.

I'm discussing options with my new property management company's lawyer, but wanted to crowd-source some opinions from more experienced landlords as well.

The key here is flexibility.

The MLS is separate and between the lockbox keys and MLS access you will pay a minimum of about $100 a month.