Our stay at Karen's was vert pleasent. Karen was a good host and easy to get in touch with. The place was exactly as in the pictures. It could have been a tiny bit more clean, but it was definitely okay anyway. The neighbourhood is okay, but I would prefer to not walk alone at night. It was very close to the airport, which made it easy to go to or from LAX, but the planes came in over the house, so there were some noise from this - nothing a pair of earplugs coldn't handle, though. The place is quite far from downtown and the public transportation is nearly non-existing, so you should keep that in mind, if you visit LA for the things downtown. Otherwise, it is a very nice and good looking place to stay near the airport.