I wanted to update you on my progress with the Webchat / python3 issue. Again thank you for your input. I was able to install Webchat successfully.
However on my install, there was no?~/.conf/pip-.pip.conf file. Specifically no .conf folder but rather a .config folder. In the .config folder there was no pip.conf file, so I opted for the global solution you suggested - add "break-system-packages = true" in the /etc/pip.conf file. This was the fix for me.