Rent-to-own professionals will experience a world of difference at next year's industry-wide RTO summer convention. APRO and TRIB Group are joining forces to present RTO World 2018: The National Rent-to-Own Convention and Trade Show, August 21-23 in St. Louis, Missouri. The two organizations are collaborating on a single event that will be unlike any other in the history of the RTO industry, combining the unique assets that each group brings to the table.

Another Meeting of the Minds is in the books, and this one will go down as one of the most successful. But before we talk numbers, let's revisit some of the events that make this meeting a value to all who participate.

APRO Congressional Grassroots Instructions

If you have never met with or contacted an elected official then you may be intimidated by the process and politics of the U.S. Congress. But, in reality, the U.S. Congress is there to listen and help you. You will quickly find the political process to be easy and rewarding because you are there to talk about passing federal legislation that will secure your job, your business and your family. Most likely you will meet or communicate with Congressional staff which is very important as they will advise the Congress person whether to support rent-to-own or not.

The Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act Defines the Rent-to-Own Transaction as a Lease

The rent-to-own transaction provides millions of consumers with a flexible, debt-free opportunity to acquire household products-customers can return the product at any time, for any reason, with no penalty. There is no other transaction like it in the marketplace; however, rent-to-own is the most widely used transaction undefined at the federal level. While 47 state legislatures define rent-to-own as a lease, the U.S. Congress remains one of the last arenas to define the transaction. A federal rent-to-own lease definition will remove uncertainty for rent-to-own owners to expand their business providing jobs in their local communities.