Salt Lake City | April 9-12, 2024

Where serious commercial real estate investors, operators, and entrepreneurs come to share insights, make deals, and party.

Why should passive investors attend the 2024 Best Ever Conference?

✓ New in 2024: A full day of sessions from LeftField Investors specifically designed for LPs

✓ Learn how to find and evaluate new opportunities

✓ Meet and vet sponsors face-to-face in our Marketplace of 80+ CRE companies and with our special partner hunting and speed networking events

✓ Get better economics on deals (includes free access to Best Ever List directory before the event)

✓ Learn about the latest macroeconomic trends and diverse asset classes

✓ Develop connections with like-minded, high-net-worth individuals

✓ Opportunity to become a founding member of the Best Ever Investor Community

What’s included with your General Admission pass?
See below for more information on the agenda

Access to Best Ever Central with 90+ exhibitors and sponsors
Access to better economics on deals, including our exclusive Best Ever List digital directory
Expert main stage keynotes and economic summit
Access to the April 9 Passive Investing with Left Field Investors, including happy hour, with an Infielder membership
Afternoon concurrent sessions April 10–12 and on-demand after the event
Networking with fellow investors and sponsors
Lunch on April 9, 10, and 11
The Best Ever Party at Squatters Pub in downtown Salt Lake City
Discounted hotel room at the Hyatt Regency

VIEW THE FULL AGENDA HERE

Interested in learning how to move from being passive investor (lp) to a more active role? Check out our Conference Plus and VIP packages.

An Agenda to Help You Grow Your Wealth

See the full program here. Subject to change.

Tuesday
April 9

A full day dedicated to Passive Investors

Join Left Field Investors for a jam-packed day of sessions focused on how to be a successful limited partner, brought to you by experienced LPs and top operators.

This content is included with all BEC tickets, but you must be a Left Field Investor’s Infielder to attend.

Wednesday
April 10

Marketplace open all day

Economic Summit

Pitch Slam

Best Ever Debate

Three Concurrent Tracks to Choose From: Investor, Operator, or Entrepreneur

Partner Hunting (VIP/Conference Plus)

Thursday
April 11

Marketplace open all day

Economic Summit Part 2

Pitch Slam Part 2

Inspirational Figure

Three Concurrent Tracks to Choose From: Investor, Operator, or Entrepreneur

Best Ever Party

See the full program here. Subject to change.

Friday
April 12

Marketplace open in the morning

Pitch Slam Finale

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 experience
for those with a growth mindset.

Every year, BEC focuses on finding a diverse mix of experts to share their insights.
Our 2024 line-up includes…

Jim Pfeifer

Founder, President & CEO
Left Field Investors

Jilliene Helman

CEO
RealtyMogul

J Scott

Partner
Bar Down Investments

Learn more about all of our 2024 speakers >>>

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

Afternoon educational track, specifically designed to address the unique needs of passive investors, operators, and entrepreneurs (no need to pick one, you can jump between all three as you wish)
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, featuring exclusive opportunities to place (or raise) capital
From the Mini Mastermind group you’ll be connected with as soon as you register and 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

Evaluate Deals before you even arrive in SLC.

In 2023, 16 unique pitches were made on the BEC mainstage. At stake: 750K in investment dollars.

For 2024, we’re offering investors a digital directly to read about all of our contestants deals, even those who don’t make it to the main stage.

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:

Get Salt Lake deals and discounts delivered instantly to your phone with the Salt Lake Discount Passport! Just download your passport and be sure to check back regularly for newly added offers.

“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.
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.
We’ve designed three passes to help you get the most out of your time in SLC.

VIP: If you want to learn and connect directly with the speakers who make this conference great, this is the pass for you. From VIP-only breakfasts led by expert speakers to a VIP/speaker party, you’ll get the most exclusive, quality interaction with experts.

Conference Plus: Perfect for entrepreneurs (or aspiring entrepreneurs). You’ll get hands-on learning on how to underwrite and how to do feasibility. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in partner hunting and other forms of networking that will help you grow your business, find deals, and raise capital.
General Admission:
If you’re a well-established operator, bring your team to network, gather intel from the main stage, learn what is going on in the marketplace, and discover how your competitors are looking at deals. (Special group packages available. Email Michaela for details.)
Investors: Learn how to evaluate and find opportunities and then put it all into practice. (Special afternoon track sessions are designed just for you!) You’ll be able to meet and vet a multitude of operators and syndicators in our expo hall, our app, and at the Pitch Slam, without feeling like a fish in a shark tank.