I am no longer a licensed mortgage broker, however, I was a lender for 11 years prior to getting my real estate license. 

Learning things like the real estate vocabulary, sales scripts/tonality/processes, KPI's, acquisitions, evaluating deals, etc.

I am very new to this whole real estate world, and would not even know where to start when it comes to this type of financing.

Our business real estate coach has also shared that the entire US is like that in almost all the markets.This is the first time this has happened to me.What are the recommendations?

“Buy real estate and wait, don’t wait to buy real estate.”

I attend Real Estate industry related business meetings monthly at the local Realtor's Association in Colorado Springs and the insurance agents who attend have all attested to drastic premium increases over the last year...  

We have had many real estate flippers take the fortune builders course .

Contrary to what you may hear, I do believe that you should have properties in LLCs, for reasons I won't get into here, but let's say I sleep well at night having full first-hand knowledge of litigation procedures and knowing that if my real estate endeavors fail, it won't be due to collapse from liability.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

If you want to brush up on PML, I suggest you check out my book Lend to Live: Earn Hassle-free, Passive Income in Real Estate with Private Money Lending available on the BiggerPockets book store.