#1 tip: RESEARCH THE AREA YOU MOVE TO.
Southeast DC has a *lot* of sketchiness, so you need to know what you’re getting in to. RoDeece is an amazing host, his assistant Rob is absolutely wonderful, but I still ended my stay early because of an incident in the area. If you are okay staying in an area that is known to be very unsafe, that’s your call, but you want to go in eyes wide open (unlike me). My other roommates who had spent a long time in the area reported no issues. The place itself is great, RoDeece is fantastic, but the one big consideration is how safe/unsafe of an area you want to be in. Don’t trust me, do your research. Please.