It can potentially help with asset protection by having a separate entity, but it doesn’t help from a tax perspective.

Curious as to opinions on this situation, there may not be a 'right' answer but sometimes others' thoughts help open up new ways of thinking.

We're going to furnish the property and I was wondering if anyone has done this, and if so what credit card do you recommend?

Thanks for that information that has no help at all.

A lot of the risk can be mitigated by just doing the homework and moving slow.Hope that helps!

You can repeat this process with another property, continually building your portfolio.I hope this helps!

What are ways I can do this without paying any service for a landlord portal?

I don't think your second idea is bad to ensure things are found and documented.I ended up qualifying for a SBA disaster loan that helped when FEMA would not do anything since my properties are under a business.  

This means a potential all cash deal, which is a huge waste of money. 

Even in the classifieds, I don't think this is a place you will get anything more than pitches from listing it.