Content Library

The Content Library is your go-to feed for everything BPOA publishes—from blog articles and webinar playbacks to announcements and member newsletters. If we’ve written, posted, or recorded it, you’ll find it here—organized by date, not topic. 

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Guide to Accessing Rental Units
Guide to Accessing Rental Units

California landlords can enter a tenant’s residence with a permissible purpose and with proper 24 hours’ notice, but sometimes this becomes a cat-and-mouse game. Landlord attorney, Daniel Bornstein, offers expert guidance on asserting your right to enter while respecting your renters' rights. Continue Reading

Postedby Daniel Bornstein
Date posted08/1/2024


August 2024 Issue
August 2024 Issue

New Housing Demolition Rules in Berkeley; SF Supervisor Wants to Ban an Algorithm; Biden to Propose National Rent Cap; Free Lawyers for the Evicted in LA County; 2128 Oxford St. to Get 26-story Building; Editorial; Coalition Corner; Document Retention Guidelines; Landlording with Mark; CalRHA Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted08/1/2024


Streamline Your Document Management: Retention Duration Requirements, Digitization, and Storage
Streamline Your Document Management: Retention Duration Requirements, Digitization, and Storage

Confused about how long to retain rental applications, leases and other documents pertaining to your rental property? Burdened by heavy boxes and file cabinets full of paper documents? This article provides retention mandate guidance and offers digitization and storage options to enhance efficiency. Continue Reading

Postedby Tiffany Van Buren
Date posted08/1/2024


July 2024 Issue
July 2024 Issue

In this issue: People's Park is a Go; Golden Gate Fields' Fate is Up in the Air; Local Renters Holding on to Homes for Years; Nicholas Kristof on Liberals & the West Coast; I Love SF But I Had to Leave; Editorial; Coalition Corner; the Nuts & Bolts; Event Calendar; Landlording with Mark Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted07/1/2024


2024 Security Deposit Law Change
2024 Security Deposit Law Change

Starting July 1, 2024, California has decreased the amount you can charge a tenant for the security deposit. Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted07/1/2024


Crafting the Perfect Internet Rental Listing
Crafting the Perfect Internet Rental Listing

Guidance on writing internet marketing ads for your rental units! Continue Reading

Postedby Tiffany Van Buren
Date posted07/1/2024


Managing Through Declining Rents
Managing Through Declining Rents

If you had trouble finding the continuation paragraphs of our President's Message in the July 2024 issue of the newsletter, we have it here, in full, for your reading pleasure! (for those who prefer to follow along in print, it continues on pages 13 & 17) Continue Reading

Postedby Dan Lieberman
Date posted07/1/2024


CalRHA Digital Magazine: Vol. 3 Issue 7 - July 2024
CalRHA Digital Magazine: Vol. 3 Issue 7 - July 2024

What's happening this month? Take the Survey; Boosting NOI with Solar PPAs; Laws Targeting Homelessness, and more... Continue Reading

Postedby Therese Twomey
Date posted07/1/2024


Recorded Webinar: Internet Rental Marketing Workshop - Create Listings Like a Pro!
Recorded Webinar: Internet Rental Marketing Workshop - Create Listings Like a Pro!

A playback recording of our June 12, 2024, presentation hosted by our Intellirent partners, Kara Hohne and Kathleen Castro Continue Reading

Postedby Kara Hohne
Date posted06/12/2024


June 2024 Issue
June 2024 Issue

Oakland Rents see Steep Decline; 4-way Face-off Coming for District 4 Seat; Concord Rent Control Ordinance Takes Effect; Costa Hawkins Initiative Opposed by Top Dems; CalRHA Legislative Update; Berkeley Homeless/Unhoused Population Drops; Landlording with Mark; Editorial; Coalition Corner; Events Continue Reading

Postedby BPOA Master
Date posted06/1/2024


Managing Tenant Maintenance Requests
Managing Tenant Maintenance Requests

Responding, Prioritizing, and Other Considerations Continue Reading

Postedby Tiffany Van Buren
Date posted06/1/2024


CalRHA Digital Magazine: Vol. 3 Issue 6 - June 2024
CalRHA Digital Magazine: Vol. 3 Issue 6 - June 2024

What's happening this month? Opinion: Passing AB 2498; Gonzalez v. Inslee; Solar for Multi-Family Homes, and more... Continue Reading

Postedby Therese Twomey
Date posted06/1/2024