Your employees are members too!
Safeguard Our Industry with Federal and State Legislation
Whether the rent-to-own industry is being vilified by powerful politicians or an aggressive government agency, our business will always be a potential target. Only APRO and its members’ work to educate lawmakers about how RTO benefits consumers has kept rent-to-own viable for decades.
Please join the hundreds of APRO rental dealers from across the country in Washington, D.C. for APRO’s Annual Legislative Conference, where you will meet with your U.S. Representatives and Senators to tell the rent-to-own story, and protect and promote our industry.
Recruit New Customers with Market Research and Action Plans
APRO’s research is available exclusively to APRO members, these reports detail what rental dealers must do to thrive within an ever-changing marketplace.
Sharpen Your Competitiveness with Awesome Learning Opportunities
Additionally, APRO’s RTOHQ Live Learning Center offers members an online library of video and audio recordings from live educational sessions, accessible to you and your employees year-round.
Connect with Colleagues through Networking Forums and Social Media
The networking and camaraderie that naturally occur through APRO give members a chance to connect, share information, strengthen ties, and build lucrative business relationships, partnerships, or alliances, as well as lifetime friendships.
Stay Updated on Emerging Trends and Industry News
Your APRO membership helps you keep current on industry-impacting issues. Through its award-winning magazine, regular e-newsletters, and large social-media presence, APRO provides timely access to news or developments with the power to affect RTO businesses.
RTO Today delivers twice-weekly trending and other important news straight into your inbox.
RTOHQ: The Magazine provides in-depth articles and competitive insights quarterly for all levels of rent-to-own employees.
APRO’s website is the most comprehensive source of RTO-related industry information.
Engage Your Communities with Improved Public Image
APRO members have access to meaningful marketing studies, with results and recommendations you can use to help keep your current customers happy and to reach the 40-million potential customers who fit the rent-to-own demographic.
Through APRO’s Educational Scholarship Foundation, APRO members support dozens of annual scholarships for spectacular students who are either the children of APRO member-company employees, or employees themselves.
And should you ever face negative coverage of your business or our industry, APRO’s media relations team can help you navigate such attacks with maximum positivity and minimum profile.
Expand Your Options with Members-Only Offers
APRO’s legal advice is a member benefit with both RTO-specific and wage & hour attorneys available for guidance. Email legal@rtohq.org or call us at 800/204.APRO with your legal questions.
APRO assists members through our Charitable Foundation funds. The Disaster Relief Fund helps member-company employees recover from natural disasters while our scholarship fund provides assistance to rent-to-own member employees and their children to further their education.
Finally, APRO Member Business Statistical Surveys are excellent banking and investment tools available to APRO members only. These statistical surveys – which help industry outsiders understand RTO finances – are the only studies of their kind available for rental dealers to use for loans, growth, and investor relations.
Current APRO members have access to the materials and resources below.
If you are a member, you will need to login to view the online content. All other member content can be requested by emailing info@rtohq.org.
All staff at APRO member companies are eligible for APRO membership. Not sure if your company is an APRO member? Check our APRO online Membership Directory.
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