Dear Prospective Reconvener,

I have whole drawers of business cards from people I met at real estate conferences, spoke to for 10 minutes, and then never spoke to again.

10 minutes of “what do you do?” “what do YOU do?” “where are you from?” “where are YOU from?” isn’t how you make relationships.

So, how do you make them?
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Our recipe:
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1. Put you in a group of real estate people successful enough to have both the time and the money to spend a few days focused on nothing but relationships and learning
2. Introduce you to the subset of those people whose interests most closely mirror your own
3. Arrange for you to meet those people repeatedly, over the course of several days, in a variety of contexts designed to facilitate long, in-depth, one-on-one and small group conversations

We begin Tuesday, 9/24, with late afternoon cocktails. At that time of day (Golden Hour), in that place (the lawn of a private club overlooking the Pacific), the vibes are perfect.

After cocktails, we head in to dinner. But this isn’t a normal conference dinner, where you’re nervous and hoping dumb luck seats you next to someone relevant. Instead, I hand-curate your table of ~eight, based on questionnaires everyone completes in advance, so you’re sitting with other operators and investors interested in the same asset class(es) and/or market(s) as you.

On Wednesday, 9/25, in the morning, before the formal content begins, we have a selection of informal activities (walk on the boardwalk, ocean plunge, women’s breakfast, etc.) designed to give you a chance to get to meet more of the other attendees, plus a light breakfast including Sidecar Doughnuts, great coffee, and Erewhon snacks.

Rest of Wednesday:

• One main stage conversation (this year, we have reduced the length, to make time for audience Q&A)
• First Breakout (an interactive discussion led by moderators with deep experience; you’ll choose yours from a list of several options)
• Hand-curated lunch (I’ll match you with a new group of ~three people you should meet, give you a list of lunch options and some $, and send you off to sit, eat and chat)
• Another main stage conversation (with Q&A)

(In addition to giving you inspiration and ideas for improving your business, our aim with the Breakouts and audience Q&A is to give you a platform to make your interests known to the group, so that others with similar interests can come find you.)

Based on feedback from last year, we’re leaving the roughly three hours following the second talk open, so the introverts can recharge, the busy can work, and the extroverts can hang some more.

Wednesday evening is the blow-out dinner. We’ll do a cookout on the beach, at sunset, with a great bar and some fun surprises. Unlike last year (when we went for it on the Santa Monica Pier), this year’s dinner is designed to facilitate deeper conversations: We’ll have plenty of tables and seating and the venue will be reasonably quiet.

On Thursday morning, 9/26, we’ll have more optional, informal activities and another light breakfast, followed by a second round of Breakouts and two more main stage conversations (with Q&A).

Then, after the last main stage talk wraps around 1:00 pm, we’ll head outside for our famous Taco Truck Lunch. As always, we’ll have some of LA’s most interesting food and beer, and spouses / partners / families are welcome to attend.

By the time Reconvene ’24 ends in the middle of the afternoon, you will have a bunch of new people (dare we say “friends”?) you can call when you have a deal, need capital, need advice, and so on. And they will have you.

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Kind Regards,
Moses Kagan