How often do you want to hear from property management?

[Angela Gilltrap]

I've worked with quite a few property managers but lately, I'm getting inundated with multiple phone calls a day and up to 10 emails from property management about non-urgent matters. Our agreement states they can spend up to $1000 without contacting me. While it's good to be kept in the loop, I feel this increasing barrage of contact is excessive. I want to work on big picture stuff and I can't do that if I'm being dragged into the day-to-day. We have a once a month in-person meeting and I'm happy to chat once a week at a designated time. What are your thoughts? How often do you want to hear from property management? At what point do you end up paying to manage management?