They contact you outside of Airbnb asking for more info which puts up a red flag for me, but they turned out legit. I just used airbnb to communicate anyway. The door opening procedure was a little different, but once you get it once, it goes fine. VERY IMPORTANT - the location of the place is good (I'd say it's less than 1/2 mi from grassy knoll giver or take, but if you think the spot you are shown on the map is approximate center of the apt, you are incorrect. The location used on airbnb had me thinking I'd be across the street from the hotel where I was attending a conference while it was 0.7 mi so I was walking around 2 mi a day minimum. It wasn't too big of a deal because I need the exercise, but I did get caught in the rain once and was drenched by the time I got to the opening program for the day and I was being photographed for an award. If you are someone with walking issues, just go the traditional route and get an actual location that you can count on instead of an 'approximation'. The building itself was kind of plain looking and it was situated very close to quite a bit of homeless area. There was a lot of excrement that definitely appeared human around the area. If you've spent time in cities, then you are likely used to that, but if you aren't, you might be more comfortable staying in a hotel. The smell mentioned in several of the comments is accurate. I'd say it's a bit of an astringent odor I guess. That's not completely accurate, but it's an odd odor and hard to pin down. I suspect it had to do with the floor treatments? The building had some trash in it and the room wasn't what I'd call clean upon arrival. It wasn't dirty either, but I did find used dental floss in the bathroom floor when i walked in. I'm pretty tolerant and go camping regularly so it didn't affect me too much. All the basic utensils are there, and TV works fine. Furniture is like the cheap stuff you see in discount warehouses or similar. It's not terribly comfortable. There is an additional futon that you could sleep someone shorter on, but it isn't comfortable. The apt itself is quite large. IMO , with a slightly modified floorplan it could have been a 2 bedroom. I wouldn't stay there again, but that's not to say it's a bad place, it's just that it wasn't quite what I had hoped for after reading the description and looking at the pics. It does have a great view of the building that displays all kinds of lights and stuff all night, and the ball thing that's beside it, but it's not quite the "luxury loft". It's more of a old building transitioning into loft apartments and feeling some growing pains along the way. All in all, it's pretty average. In general I find I prefer the Airbnb places that are run by the owners themselves because these that are run by companies always seem to fall a bit short of the hype they put in their description.