I found a property for a fix and flip that turned into an opportunity to buy 4 pieces of property (including two abandoned homes) attached to about 100 acres of land.

So building a solid and trusting connection between the realtor and investor can benefit the agent by repeat business with a known and qualified buyer/seller, and for the investor, gives you an inside source for deals and a trustworthy "eyes and ears" for what type of deals the investor is looking for!

They will be your eyes and ears with everything in the property.

For those reasons alone it's worth the money and piece of mind. 

Those process gave me a piece of mind.

Well worth the money, lack of maintenance, marketing and piece of mind.

If I chose a 40$ per square foot granite vs.an $80 per square foot granite why should the contractor make more money just because I picked out a more expensive piece ofgranite.

Or does the LOC go away and I need to re-apply for a new LOC on it, or can I now go buy another home with that 50K LOC plus any extra eared via the refinance?

They can't tell you specifics but if you talk long enough you can put the pieces together. 

But due to Harvey, even my best contractors were overloaded with fat margin work from insurance companies and non-investors from Houston to West Louisiana - I was SOL and on the search for a new crew.Lucked out a couple weeks later and was able to assemble a small crew to help with all the finishing bits and pieces.