Am I being unreasonable with communication expectations?

[Ben Ballinger]

I am partnered on my first SFH flip. I provided 100% financial equity, partner is a contractor who was supposed to provide 100% sweat equity. As my partner, is it unreasonable for me to expect to reach him within an hour or so during work hours when the flip is supposed to be his primary priority work wise ATM? I understand not always getting him answering phone immediately, but if I message him at 10am, and call at 11, and then text again at noon, and now it's 4pm and no response, when we have decisions that need to be made, is that reasonable for me to consider that unacceptable? FWIW I feel I should be able to reach my contractor within 1-2 hours time during a project im paying them for. A PARTNER I should be able to reach at least twice as fast, IMO. Thoughts?

[Andrew Michael]

I would expect a timely response and I don't think your expectations are unreasonable.  Contractors are often tricky to work with so I hope the nature of your relationship and responsibilities were clearly stated in your operating agreement.  

If I were you I would address the issue immediately so you two are on the same page moving forward.  These types of situations tend to snowball and get worse if not addressed and corrected early on.  

Maybe the excessive use of acronyms and abbreviations is annoying him.  

ATM, FWIW, IMO....  calm down with that and see if you get a better response rate.