3 Months is good number but it also depends upon your personal finance especially earnings situation. if you are not totally remote you should be able to rent it in 1-3 months.

I'm thinking of using the equity in my home to finance an investment property when I find it. 

Cool opportunity you have their the most important dynamic to your deal is the NOIif you have a manager it does show a professional approach to managing the asset but that does not mean value will be more because of it.So to show more value you would need to add value to property tenants by improving the property in such a way that it increases the rental revenue to increase the value also depending on how you structure the deal upfront and the financing can play a key part in getting this deal the max value

As noted above financing and terms can make a big difference, initial 1-2-3 year cash flow can be improved by utilizing a seller concession towards an initial interest rate buy down.

one thing to note is that interest rates on DSCR Loans (very common option for STRs) in Alaska are going to be a bit higher than most other states since the state has a prohibition on charging prepayment penalties (one thing to note if you are exploring this as financing option)

How did you finance this deal?

Hi all…I’d love to hear some strategies about financing when starting off.

Through a standard real estate app, through a realtor How did you finance this deal?

Many of my clients are now re-financing and buying larger multi-family.  

Ideally, I would need the cash for only 14-15 days, though I am open to longer terms if more favorable for the investor/lender.To finance this acquisition, I've already secured a loan at 70% LTV and plan to contribute $500,000 of my personal funds towards the down payment.