Highly recommend as a place to stay-firstly the apartment is in a standalone building so it is really private. Its very stylishly decorated and was spotlessly clean when we arrived. Due to what felt like a million traffic problems we arrived in the wee hours and we had no problem getting into the unit. There is plenty of parking in the area and its very walkable-the houses are gorgeous and it really feels like a community. Also, I think we scored on location-we were very close to Alberta Street -full of hip restaurants and shops. Julie also provided extensive amounts of tourist info, maps etc and made sure we knew about the street fair that was taking place while we were there. She was very easy going and right on top of her communication. Transit was just a few blocks away-we took the bus a few times and uber when we were too lazy! We really lucked out over all. Would also really recommend Portland in general as a place to visit-I hadn't been in a few years and it is well worth a few days time. So many things to do-we checked out all the neighborhoods, hit Powell Books, and did the requisite tourist multiperson bike ride through the brew pubs. It might be the friendliest city I've visited yet!!!