My goal would be to fix it up, rent, refi aka BRRR.

Looking for investors and like-minded entrepreneurs to help me realize these goals.

Send me a message with your contact info and we can discuss more about your criteria and goals. 

There are some things they have in common, others differ.

The other bit of my question is whether anyone's opinion is changed at all by the commonly held idea that the market may be topping out a bit.

Also as Dave mentioned, the easiest way to bring in a partner is to acquire the new property in a tenants-in-common (TIC) legal structure, which would allow for the 1031 exchange.  

Any suggestions on common sense banks would be appreciated.

Your goal is to get consistent yield while the syndicator wants to stabilize the asset and exit within a few short years because that's when s/he gets paid.

In fact, there is one being offer by DIG outside Philly this Sat (October 8th).As for plumbing and utilities, this is quite common and just estimate $1000-$2000 for plumbing and $6000 as a contingency for HVAC.

As far as how many to buy it depends on your goals.