My boyfriend and I were in LA visiting some friends this weekend and stayed at Erika and Asa's place. The place is an in-law unit that's in the backyard of what I assume is their normal house. We didn't actually run into the owners but I think it's very possible you could, which is fine with me but just that visitors shouldn't be expecting a completely private Airbnb.
Checking in was super easy, they had an electronic keypad lock system in place with clear instructions. We forgot toothpaste and were pleasantly surprised to find a bag of travel size toothpastes available for use, along with plenty of shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. There were also way more towels than we needed (which I appreciate!) and even extra blankets which I used to curl up on the couch and watch The Office episodes at night when relaxing.
If you're traveling in the winter, the apartment also has 2 old school heating units in the bathroom and living room area which kept us pleasantly warm at nights. Overall I really enjoyed the Airbnb, felt like the value was good for the amount of space we got, and Silver Lake is a really nice neighborhood with lots of bougie brunch and coffee places that we were able to check out during the day. The neighborhood is also only 15-30 minute drives from Downtown LA and USC.
The one thing to mention that I didn't love about the apartment was that it's located on a super super narrow street that barely fits single cars. If you have a medium to large car you will probably have a hard time driving on this street. There's a parking spot provided also but it's pretty small and sometimes the person living across the street would park their car in front of their garage and we'd have to do a million point turn to get out of the parking spot. Not enough to make the experience bad, but I wanted to point it out still.