Without Risk There's No Reward: Tales, Trials and Truisms from the Amazing Life of a Pioneering Southern California Developer

Bob Mayer has built a stunning edifice, shaped by his own experiences as a builder, a banker, a businessman, a hotel and casino operator, and a world-class real estate entrepreneur. From his modest beginnings as a day laborer amid the post-war Southern California housing boom, to his years as the region’s largest developer of multi-family residential housing, WITHOUT RISK recounts a true American Dream come true. In colorful vignettes, Bob shares many of the amazing and outrageous anecdotes he has collected over his fifty years as a successful real estate developer. Acclaimed for building some of the most luxurious properties along the Pacific Coast, Bob, in these pages, builds “story” upon unforgettable “story” to construct a personal history high-rise that will delight and astound you. Today, Bob Mayer enjoys the widespread re-spect and admiration of his industry and his peers. After reading “WITHOUT RISK THERE'S NO REWARD,” you will undoubtedly feel the same way.