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Take advantage of the many rent to own business opportunities for starting your own business

The rent to own industry has grown by leaps and bounds since it began in the 1960's. Since then, it has become a multi-billion dollar industry that has weathered even the toughest of economic times. It has many opportunities for customers as well as owners. Consider these rent to own business opportunities:

  • Focus only on your business. The rent to own business has opportunities for you to own a franchise and free up your time to focus on your store instead of worrying about vendors and advertising
  • No focus on credit checks or lengthy contracts. Our customers appreciate the flexibility rent to own offers because they can simply bring merchandise back at any time with no financial obligation
  • The rent to own business is extremely welcoming to all entrepreneurs looking to start their own business
  • Begin with an already established and successful business plan. You may join organizations like ours to find more information about the rent to own industry and network with other rent to own small business owners like yourself
  • Your rent to own business may focus on one type of merchandise to occupy a small market niche, or diversify to maximize your customer base. You have many choices in the rent to own industry.

There are many business opportunities in the vast and diverse rent to own industry. Customers appreciate the fact that they can go home that day with brand new merchandise without lengthy credit checks or having to sign on to long credit agreements. Rent to own allows people the opportunity to get what they need for either the long or short term. If you are interested in the many business opportunities in the rent to own industry and would like more information, we have all the information you need on our site.



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RTOHQ: The Magazine
RTOHQ: The Magazine is the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations' award-winning rent-to-own industry magazine, and it's available here.

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RTOHQ: The Magazine’s upgraded digital format

APRO's new, mobile-ready magazine is now available in addition to our print edition. The digital format provides the same informative content as our printed magazine, but also offers tools to make the reading experience more enriching. Access the table of contents page with one click or tap. Get additional information from advertisers by clicking on the links in their ads. The interface is easy to navigate and requires no special app—read our magazine on your computer, digital table or smartphone. Click here to access the digital version of RTOHQ: The Magazine March-April 2012.

 

 

A New Rent-to-Own Experience

by Neil Ferguson

Here’s the lowdown on APRO’s 2012 Convention and Trade Show, July 24-26 in Memphis. The RTO industry’s big event will offer many valuable experiences, including insights on how to turn your stores into “experiences”–the good kind for consumers

 

Who Is Your Competition?

by Bill Keese

In order to expand your customer base, you can learn a lot by observing your competitors. But first, you need to figure out just who they are. If you think your only competition is the rent-to-own store down the street, you’re not considering the bigger picture. APRO’s executive director offers a big-picture perspective.

 

A Review of Online Customer Complaints

by Ed Winn III

While rent-to-own companies have not cornered the market on negative reviews posted on consumer complaint websites, it’s no surprise that there are cyberspace beefs against RTO. APRO’s general counsel reviews some of them in search of a pattern and he considers appropriate response to online complaints.

 

Rent-to-Own Families, Part VIII

by Kristen Card

Our series of family-run rent-to-own businesses continues with profiles of the Homeiers in Kansas and two Texas-based sets of kindred colleagues, the Spangles and the Weisblatts.

 

 

Future issues of APRO's magazine will be available in this same new format. Click here to access past issues that are not yet archived in the new interface.

 

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