There he talks about the core 4.

I really like your strategy on networking with locals it reminds me of David Greene’s advice in his book “Long distance Real Estate investing” where he pretty much says to build your core four and find an investor friendly real estate agent to help find deals in those remote markets. 

For example:1) Appraised value (What the banks feel comfortable lending on based on recent sales)2) Market value (What buyers are willing to pay for the property)3) Assessed value (What the municipality thinks it's worth for tax reasons)4) Zestimate (What Zillow thinks it's worth based on an algorithm they think is right)5) Larry the contractors value (70 Percent of market value minus repairs)6) AVM (Core logics number based on comparable sales and an algorithm they think is right)7) BPO (What a local broker feels they can get for the property...

My jealousy and envy compel me to start scouting the area.

The 1031 does let you use it.But there's an additional component that is also at the core of a 1031 investor's strategy - leverage. 

Has anybody tried either of these services for any of their RE needs? They both seem to offer quite a few services geared towards the industry. I was wondering what services you used, and what you paid for them. The p...

Any sort of manipulation other than a 1031 exchange is going to result in a tax consequence although an installment sale or sale of membership interest of an LLC can spread out some of that.However, I think there's one compelling reason to explore the LLC route anyway if the buyer has good financing capability if they do not want to pursue a 1031. 

There has been an oversupply of condo's in the Calgary downtown core and beltline that has really hurt the multi-family market, so Edmonton is currently more attractive for Multi's.

If it's not your core then take the cream 1031 and run. 

I believe LandlordLocks are UltraMax cores ... keyway is compatible with Kwickset (and some Weiser locks), but is not compatible with Schlage, Yale or {obviously} Abloy.Though LandlordLocks is not presently a cost effective option for us here in Canada, I like them for apartment complexes with interior corridors - the bigger the building, the more they can reduce costs and ease turnover.