The RTO Show: "Let's talk Rent to Own"
The RTO Show Podcast is the podcast for the rent-to-own industry, hosted by Pete Shau, an industry insider with more than 20 years of experience in RTO operations, sales, leadership, marketing, and store growth.
Each episode brings candid conversations, practical insights, and real stories from the people shaping the RTO community, including operators, vendors, association leaders, store teams, industry veterans, and innovators helping move rent-to-own forward.
Pete’s conversations are built for seasoned veterans, newcomers, owners, managers, vendors, and anyone who wants to learn from the shared experiences, hard-earned lessons, and fresh perspectives inside the rent-to-own industry.
From lead generation, lead management, customer behavior, store traffic, door swings, sales process, collections, training, recruitment, and leadership development to technology, CRM integration, mobile-first shopping, Google ranking, Facebook ads, video marketing, advocacy, APRO, TRIB Group, RTO World, LegCon, and the future of the rent-to-own business model, The RTO Show helps listeners understand what is really happening in RTO.
If you work in RTO, serve the RTO industry, or want to better understand the people, challenges, trends, and opportunities behind rent-to-own, The RTO Show Podcast is your insider’s guide to the industry’s pulse.
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The RTO Show: "Let's talk Rent to Own"
Latest Episodes
From Shed Builder to AI Native Rent to Own Software
The rent-to-own world is getting a new kind of software story: not a generic tool “bent to fit,” but platforms built from inside the workflow. We talk with Jason Graber, CEO of Shed Suite, about how he went from building sheds on the factory fl...
Unlocking Capital In Rent To Own
Money problems in rent-to-own rarely show up as one big issue. They show up as tighter cash flow, higher customer acquisition costs, and a growing pile of skips and charge-offs your team does not have time to chase. So we brought in two people ...
Grow Slowly, Learn Fast: A Rent-to-Own Owner's Playbook for Starting and Scaling
Carson Hostetler never planned a career in sheds. He moved to Texas for a job that fell through, started selling sheds online through his brother's connection, and later joined a young shed manufacturer as a salesperson. The founders were aroun...
How Rent To Own Turns Renters Into Homeowners
Mortgage rates jump, home prices stay high, and suddenly “just buy a house” sounds like a joke. We wanted a real alternative, so we brought on Jen and Joe De La Fave to explain how rent-to-own homes can work when it’s built around clear terms, ...
How Rent To Own Powers The Portable Shed Industry
AI is already “explaining” rent-to-own to your customers, the media, and regulators, whether we like it or not. If we don’t publish accurate, industry-authored information, the internet fills in the blanks for us and those guesses can turn into...