You will appreciate how easy it is to walk to the 12th Street Bart station and the many good restaurants within a block or two. Hong met us in person to help us get started on our short stay in Oakland including storing our bags early and supplying bottled water! He is a very kind host and communicated very well. The room was true to the photo (not fancy, but a very good value). It was clean and with good internet service. The house is about one block from an up and coming neighborhood near the convention center - like many cities in this area, there are homeless on the streets and parks but we felt safe and the only time we were approached by a homeless person was in a much fancier neighborhood later in the day, never around the house.