If you hijack the GC built in profit then most of the time the  GC will have no choice but walk away.

The fact that the sale of your Relinquished Property and the purchase of your Replacement Property closed on the same day is generally not sufficient to satisfy the requirements of structuring a 1031 Exchange transaction.

If you are able to come up with the down payment for using the rest of your entitlement and your current home stay afloat, then that would be a solid choice.

Your choice...

The way I think, the Carolinas is the better choice.

I also learned of the self-sufficiency test.

As others have mentioned, her initiation of payment on the 30th should be sufficient to meet due date requirement. 

A number of people have advised me that simply pulling an Alberta real estate purchase contract from google is sufficient documentation to purchase from the seller.

Property acquired for personal use such as a Primary Residence, Second Home, or Vacation Home will not qualify for 1031 Exchange purposes.You could acquire a Replacement Property with the intent to hold it for rental or investment purposes, and then after a sufficient period of time decide to change your intent and convert the property into a Primary Residence.

@Ali Boone to get started I am looking to House-hack as I do not have sufficient down payment to do otherwise as of yet.