First of, communicating with Jim is easy. He responds to your text in a timely manner. The location of his place is good. Close to a metro which is good to travellers who doesn't have a car. It is close to good restaurants and downtown LA. Quiet at night except for the dogs barking. The stairs didn't bother us. It's good exercise, the way I loom at it & it has enough light if you come home late. The cons, the place is not as clean as we have expected it especially that the reviews are good. The bed/ pillows are not as comfortable. So if you have back problems, it's not the best. The place is also cold. We are from Canada and we felt the coldness, maybe because of the floor. But that was all tolerable. Another thing that bothered as was the dog/s running around. If you are tired and want to have a good sleep and u hear dogs running late at night or early in the morning is not quite a pleasant thing. Would be nice if they mentioned that because we did not expect that. Overall, it wasn't a bad experience but because I have been using airbnb for a while I think his place could be better. Thank you.