ITIN application for rental income access with management

[Erin Wilks]

Hi Bigger pockets team

Foreign investor with a triplex in Georgia, currently applying for an ITIN at the request of my management company. They are collecting they rents and won't release them to me until I have my ITIN. Some one said that I should be just getting the rent paid directly to me from the tenants and just pay the management company their fees. 

I'm in the process of getting my ITIN application submitted and I have never done this before so I am unsure of the best course of action. Does anyone have any advice? is the ITIN an essential/ non negotiable when it comes to property management companies in general? 

Or can I be going about this differently?