I've been on airbnb for five years and my 3 months at Ra's place was the best airbnb experience I've ever had. the location is amazing, you can be on a ferry to the prince's Islands in minutes. you can be at Hagia Sophia in ten minutes. you can walk to taksim square in ten minutes. I was able to see so much of istanbul because of how easy it is to get around from the apartment. The actual apartment is thoughtfully laid out. there's a ton of storage in the apartment that easily fit my 3 bags of luggage. the building is very secure, never worried about my valuables. I had reached out to Ra for many things, from trivial to important, and he always responded quickly and always helped. for example, I couldn't get in when I first checked in and it was completely my mistake, but he had someone help me within minutes. I can only summarize this by saying that I felt I was at a really nice hotel and was frankly sad to go.