Stuart Leland Rider

Stuart Leland Rider is a commercial real estate developer, commercial general contractor, lecturer, and author. Over the past 30 years, he has successfully developed 785,000 square feet of commercial office space and 625,000 square feet of retail shopping center space, and currently has active projects totaling 350,000 square feet of retail space. As a general contractor, he has managed the construction of one hotel, one paper manufacturing plant, eight restaurants, three office buildings,...See more

Stuart Leland Rider is a commercial real estate developer, commercial general contractor, lecturer, and author. Over the past 30 years, he has successfully developed 785,000 square feet of commercial office space and 625,000 square feet of retail shopping center space, and currently has active projects totaling 350,000 square feet of retail space. As a general contractor, he has managed the construction of one hotel, one paper manufacturing plant, eight restaurants, three office buildings, three commercial subdivisions, and twenty-three miscellaneous buildings. He is the author of: Business Books: From Dirt To Dollars, An Entrepreneur's Guide To Commercial Real Estate Development Published by Stuart Leland Rider - 1999. The Complete Idiot's Guide To Investing In Real Estate, Penguin Books - Editions one and two and Three - 2000, 2002, 2006. The Complete Idiot's Guide To Investing In Fixer Uppers, Penguin Books 2002. Great Big Book on Real Estate, Entrepreneur Press, 2005. The Millionaire Homeowner, Entrepreneur Press 2004. The Great Big Book For Landlords and Property Managers, Entrepreneur Press, 2006. After the bubble a joint venture with Barbara Getty - Residential real estate in the new reality, Published jointly 2012. Fiction: Jenna's Coin, Book One of The Tropical Heat Series Published by Stuart Leland Rider 2012 Before becoming a real estate developer, Rider worked as a construction superintendent and later as a real estate analyst for a major life insurance company in its real estate investment department. His area of responsibility included company-owned real estate (foreclosed properties) and new joint ventures. He continues to be active in real estate development and consulting and offers seminars in real estate development and investment for individuals and groups. Rider lives in Arizona, and in his spare time, he can be found scuba diving or riding his motorcycle as far as possible from his desert home. See less