The more you can find same/same the easier you might find it.Your age plus or minus a few yearsYour genderYour political leanings (if any)Your similar job typesSomeone from your gym, dance class, yoga, baby tumbling, etc...Introverted or extroverted like you.No scary baggage (creepy stalker Ex's).Same alcohol patterns (abstinence all the way to drink them under the table).Same age kids.etc...and Pluses:Cuts hair and can give discounted hair cuts at home, and etc...Fun to talk to.Same religious leanings.etc..Good Luck!

I'm sure you have plenty of time. )I have a many stories about my high school years, I'll just say I was an extroverted jock with little inclination toward studies.

Introverts outnumber extroverts 51% to 49%.There are plenty of strategies and niches that are great for more introverted personalities; the key is finding your niche and partnering with others who can compliment your strengths and weaknesses.  

Extroverts certainly have their advantages, but you can learn to be a better networker and negotiator.

I talked with a close extrovert friend who has been in sales looking for a change who is a great counter to my weaknesses in that area, I put together an entire business plan paying us a salary with me as owner and him as an employee with benefits, complete with all the numbers/stats from my real estate market showing we could reasonably break even in just 3 years, and in the last two weeks I had started just walking into credit unions and banks trying to see what my options would be for a hybrid loan to replace the hard money lender portion as I had heard someone do on a podcast...And it's made the whole thing start to feel very close!

What is your personality, are you an extrovert?

Dress nice, practice talking if you aren't an extrovert or aren't good with social skills.

@Avery Gilmer, talking to neighbors must be for extroverts, because that is something I have never actually considered.  

Extroverts do get more out of office culture, but I think what COVID-19 has taught us in RE is that working in an office environment in real estate is wholly unnecessary.

As I continued to put myself in networking settings, I came up with a few ways to help get higher returns on my time invested, and I came up with some tricks for when I wasn’t feeling very extroverted.