My wife is currently doing my bookkeeping (she’s Very organized!)

Set up a local community housing development organization in partnership with an existing organization to get started. 

This includes only using paper applications, which is difficult to organize and also a security issue as you will usually have tenants social security numbers on the applications.

I'm not a real estate investor, but I have begun doing some reading (The Book on How to Invest with No or Little Money Down, Rich Dad Poor Dad) and these have got my brain sold that this is something I would like to do.

I work for a large organization and submit travel expense reports all the time.

It is well organized in chapters and details are well explained with examples!

From there after you've got a few deals under your belt your business will organically progress into other areas of interest and you can go from there. 

CCIM introduces below the NOI line analysis taking into account debt and taxes since individual investments are based upon below the NOI analysis as each investment/investor is different.Both organizations provide a wide variety of courses that can help grow your knowledge of a variety of topics depending upon your educational interests.Another CRE appraisal educational option is the American Society of Appraisers but I don’t have any personal experience with those courses.

What you are referring to is if you structure your LLC as an S-Corp, the net profit of the organization flows through to your personal tax returns and is taxed at the personal income rates. 

You will file your Articles of Organization there and pay a filing fee.