Four colleagues and I were in town for a conference at the Oakland Downtown Marriott. Michael's place was nearby, and with two apartments could accommodate us at a better rate than the hotel. Both units were furnished almost identically: very clean and stylish. One of my colleagues even remarked that it felt like staying in an IKEA showroom. The kitchen was huge and very functional (even if most of the drawers were empty, and it took a while, at least for me, to find the cups!). The one minor issue we had was with the lockbox/front door. Each unit had two sets of keys, but the lockboxes weren't well labelled so we ended up returning one set of keys to the wrong lock box. We were also concerned that it seemed like you needed a key to unlock the front door from the inside, which seemed like it could have been a fire hazard if one of us had accidentally locked the others inside. Other than those minor issues, this place was very straightforward, and Michael was very responsive/communicative via direct message.