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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Guest

Shannon and Cythia Strunk

Shannon Strunk is a co-owner of Baber Strunk Enterprises and an RTO Legend with nearly four decades in the rent-to-own industry. He began in 1987 as an account manager at Baber's Inc. in Pascagoula, Mississippi, rising through the ranks as store manager, regional manager, and operations manager before becoming an owner. A defining early moment — a customer telling him she'd "never own the laundromat" — revealed to Shannon the dignity and access RTO provides, anchoring his lifelong commitment to the industry. Shannon has served on the APRO Board of Directors, is a veteran of the APRO Legislative Conference, and received the APRO Lifetime Achievement Award at RTO World 2024. His parent company also includes three RNR Tire Express franchise companies.

Guest appearance on:

From Small Markets To 50 Stores: How Shannon & Cynthia Strunk Shaped RTO