Management authorization threshold

[Sherry Solomon]

i’ve been going back-and-forth with someone about this and I’m trying to figure out:  what is a reasonable figure for an investor to told her property manager that they can spend on repairs without specific authorization? The investor in my situation wants to say $200,  And the property manager is going ballistic, saying he can’t work this way, He needs to be able to do what he has to do for anything $500 or less.  The manager in this situation runs a huge operation and he’s not just making up numbers left and right. 

Which number is realistic and responsible?