Questions 2: My goal is to get into owning properties that I rent out, single family units at first to get the hang of it, then moving on to multi family units.

I would hang on, if you have positive cashflow.

We are wanting to increase the number of concurrent projects which necessitates using GCs in addition to our own crews.

There's lower hanging fruit out there.

I hang out/play with my son and wife from the time I get home from work (~5:30 PM) until they go to sleep (~9 PM).  

I'd rather network with people who know what they are doing and can help me instead of hanging out in a room with a bunch of tire kickers who have no clue what happens next.Trust me.... you will indeed have a litany of questions once you start your first deal.

Any other hang ups? 

Hang out successful people that have done or are doing what you want to do.  

I work at a relocation company and they’ve agreed to reimburse me for the courses and I can hang my license here too.

In this case, you would need to hang your hat under a broker that is ok with this type of activity (which may be a challenge) and then have that managing broker advise you on how you should transact these interactions.