Yes it’s ridiculous. An industry wide problem is property managers are not required to be accredited/qualified and many owners assume they are, and that they have all owner’s best interests in mind – which is actually what the legislation (in Qld, at least) required of them, and is usually repeated in their contract. The big issue is they latch like a poddy calf to a bottle sticking like glue to the committee who ultimately proposes they are hired or fired whenever their next contract is due for renewal at the next owner’s AGM. Know your legislation and push back up to the point of judication is my general approach and recommendation. You don’t need be friends and if you were they surely would have already acted friendly in the first instance to avert the problem at hand. Good luck.