Thanks for joining us and making 2024 the best ever!

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Why Attend the Best Ever Conference?

Investors

✓ Learn how to find and evaluate new opportunities
✓ Meet and vet sponsors face-to-face
✓ Learn about the latest macroeconomic trends and diverse asset classes
✓ Develop connections with like-minded, high-net-worth individuals
Entrepreneurs

✓ Engage with other sponsors from multiple asset classes across the U.S.
✓ Discover how to build your CRE business, find the right team, and compete in the marketplace
✓ Network with LPs, capital raisers, and lenders of all sizes
✓ Build a network of vendors for every aspect of your business
Operators

✓ Gather insights and strategies from industry-leading economists
✓ Find organization-wide education opportunities on investor relations and asset management
✓ Get firsthand insights on asset trends, debt & equity structures, and acquisitions forecasts
✓ Engage with the market-leading owners, brokers, and operators in the industry

Best Ever Commercial Real Estate Conference

If you want to sit in a big hall all day being told about the latest bootcamps to attend or why you have to invest in the 1 deal the speaker is selling, there are countless other events to attend.

The Best Ever Conference is Different

Join us in SLC if you want to share ideas with other high-net-worth individuals. If you want to get better economics on deals. And if you relish the idea of being able to vet operators and deals face-to-face.

Creating opportunities for more collisions between operators and investors is what we do best.

Elite content. Elite people. Elite experience.

The Best Ever Conference was born with a simple goal: to bring together an elite group of CRE investors to grow their relationships and portfolios year after year.

We will always strive to be the most resourceful, most fun, and most productive CRE conference — one that people enjoy and look forward to attending.

Join us as we embark on the eighth annual three-day event where we seek to gather the knowledge, strategies, and innovations to be the leaders of today and tomorrow.

An exclusive conference experience for those with a growth mindset.

Innovative, thought-provoking content and networking to help you succeed

Different tracks, specifically designed to address the unique needs of investors, operators, and entrepreneurs
Speed networking to connect accredited investors with operators
An economic summit — featuring leading CRE economists — giving you a unique look a the macroeconomic climate and what you can expect in the coming year and beyond
All new voices every year sharing insights and innovations on diverse strategies and asset classes
A Pitch Slam, overseen by Verivest/ Fairway America, featuring exclusive opportunities to place (or raise) capital
From the Partner Hunting to the Best Ever Party to discussions in the expo hall and in the app, this is the #1 event for passionate, experienced CRE investors to share ideas and partner

Learn from diverse, leading voices like…

Vicky Schiff
Avrio Real Estate Credit
CEO

Joe Fairless
Ashcroft Capital
Co-Founder

John Chang
Marcus & Millichap
Senior Vice President, National Director Research and Advisory Services

Learn more about all of our 2024 speakers

Collaborate and Play in a Winter Wonderland

Salt Lake offers much more than world-class service and stunning scenery (though we are pretty proud of those). Salt Lake City has become an exciting foodie destination with a diverse and lively nightlife scene. And with Salt Lake's museums, festivals, incredible shopping, and awesome live music venues, you won't even dream of hanging out in your hotel room during your downtime.

What happens when you find so many fun things to do that you can't fit them all in? You turn that business trip into a vacation and add a day or two to your stay (it's called a bizcation).

A few things we think you might enjoy:

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“Excellent choice of hotel, and the amenities are awesome. I like how restaurants are within walking distance.” —BEC 2023 Attendee

The Hyatt Regency

Opened in October 2022, the Hyatt Regency is less than 20 minutes from the airport, yet right in the middle of all the best restaurants, bars, and culture in Salt Lake City.

Better yet, it's a mere 40-minute drive from Park City Mountain (the largest ski resort in the U.S.), so you can extend your trip and head to the mountains with all your BEC friends.

But here’s the best ever reason to stay at the Hyatt: You'll be in the middle of all of the conference action. You never know who you might bump into at the coffee shop or on the elevator…

What Others Are Saying

“The BEC community was like none other that I have experienced in my professional life. I have attended conferences in the past, but I have never attended a conference where over 1,000 attendees were so eager to meet and collaborate with one another. If I had to summarize the whole conference in just one word, it would be ‘thoughtfulness.’ Well done!”

—Lili Tseng
Real Estate Investor: Multifamily, CRE, Syndications
“The best part about the Best Ever Conference was being in a room full of the most high-caliber attendees. Sure feels like anyone who is in the real estate space is here at the Best Ever Conference!”

—Leka Devatha
Real Estate Developer, Broker, and Host of #RealEstateAtWork
“I totally loved it! It was an amazing experience to network and find new investor leads. I strengthened many bonds I already had with investors and other operators. If you are not attending, you are greatly missing out!”

—Don Spafford
Partner/Integrator/Investor Relations Specialist
Beyonder Holdings

FAQs

In 2023, more than 1,000 investors, operators, and syndicators joined us in SLC. More than 85% identified as accredited. And they came from a range of companies, including Rise48, DLP Capital, and BiggerPockets, just to name a few.
Over 95% of attendees have completed or worked with a company that has completed a commercial real estate deal within the last 6 months.

The one thing we hear over and over from attendees is how the people who come are both high-quality and highly collaborative. People come to share ideas. To meet new people. To make deals.

Plus, we have no skin in this game except to help you, the investor. The event was conceived by Ben Lapidus and Joe Fairless when they couldn’t find an event that they would want to attend. One that was not a sales pitch, but merely a place where those passionate about CRE could get together year after year to build relationships and their portfolio.

Plus, our team is wholly dedicated to making sure each person who comes has the Best Ever Experience.