A lot of people seem to be giving good reviews, so maybe I just caught Shir on a bad day, but I'll never be going back. I would gladly spend twice the money to stay in a place where I can expect courtesy, reasonableness, and mutual respect. She threw a fit over my basic inquiries, such as how I was going to obtain keys to the apartment once I arrived. She later stopped communicating with me and invited me to cancel the reservation. So I contact Airbnb to unwind our agreement so I could quickly find a hotel or another option, which would likely have costed me about double what I was paying Shir. However, unless I was willing to let her keep 80% of my initial payment, in order to cancel the reservation, she refused to allow the cancelation to go through. Nevertheless, she continued to ignore my attempts to contact her and settle the most basic of issues, such as whether there would be anyone else in the apartment while I was there, etc.
Fortunately, her boyfriend took over from then on, and we were able to communicate in a very respectful and professional manner. There were problems with the apartment, like a dirty shower/tub, rainwater streaming into the apartment through the window, etc., but Shir's lack of respect, reasonableness, and professionalism were my biggest issues. When I pay to stay at a hotel, I expect to be treated with respect with I ask simple, reasonable questions, such as the conditions I'll be staying in, whether others will be staying there too, how I'll obtain initial access to the property, a key for subsequent re-entry, etc.
Ugh, what an overall ugly experience.