At Ed's place, you're primarily paying for the location. It's close to the beach and the major La Jolla attractions are walkable. There's street parking that doesn't have a time limit, as well as a parking space for the unit. Overall, the unit is shows some age but is clean. It has the basics but isn't luxurious. The physical unit worked great for what we needed.
That being said, there seemed to be a dispute between Ed and his wife and another one of their Airbnb tenants in the building, seemingly about the tenants having a dog that wasn't allowed. Their Airbnb reservation cancelled and refunded but they were refusing to leave. This all came to a head around 10:30 pm and resulted in so so much yelling and a vocabulary lesson that our daughter really didn't need. Between the yelling, the honking and extended debrief with the neighbors this went on for entirely too long. It's not all Ed's fault but it certainly wasn't ideal.