Sounds like you are less of an introvert or an inner extrovert fighting to come out. 

I agree with @Doran Summers and would add that you can find good ones by either asking for references in your local REIA or if you feel very extroverted you can go early to a Home Depot with a box of donuts and get a few contractors talking to you.

I have found that even as an extrovert I make better conversations if I "simulate" what I will be doing before I do it.

@Derek Gold - I am a lifetime introvert that was able to successfully find his inner extrovert.

I am an extroverted Civil Engineer - I know, crazy right? 

I'm also an extrovert and am rarely happy with the amount of networking time allotted, but that may just be me. 

If you are great with people and enjoy talking to people (extrovert) then your choice of strategy would be different than an introvert would rather limit the amount of time spent talking with people.

I'm an extrovert in person, and I have no shame to talking to new people, but I think the issue is just being on the phone, and getting stuck on questions I need to ask the person I am talking to.

Not saying extroverts can't do it, but introverts do it way better because they prefer not talking and watching.    

After going through all the replies to this post, it seems to be a recurring pattern that people start here to achieve financial independence only to learn that RE investing offers such a plethora of ways to make a living that can appeal to all types of personalities (introverted, extroverted, narcissistic, obsessive-compulsive *haha) and in the end they find they would prefer to continue down the RE path.I wouldn't say so much that people here on BP get 'stuck in the cycle' as much as people here on BP end up discovering something about RE that they are truly passionate about - it's a beautiful thing!