Location is AMAZING. We could walk to all the main attractions and a ton of restaurants and bars. The space was clean, nicely decorated and had amenities like shampoo/conditioner, bodywash, hand soap, extra towels, kitchen supplies, etc. Lots of board games and DVDs if for some reason you decide to stay in instead of exploring the city.
With the incredibly central location does come street noise from the bars, and on Friday night there were a group of guys on the street yelling from 1:30-4:30am. I'm not sure if this is a regular thing or if we were unlucky, but if you are sensitive to noise I'd bring earplugs just in case. The location is totally worth some extra noise though.
We didn't need to contact Ryan at all during our stay. The check in process was very easy with the unique code given to us and check out was similarly pain-free.
Overall a great base for exploring Austin!