Trust Rent to Own Products for a Fast Home Sale

In the competitive housing market, companies are always looking for new ways to keep a competitive edge. Home owners, home builders, real estate agents, and interior designers alike agree that rent to own products finish off a house and create a warm, soothing environment that is sure to entice homebuyers.

We live in a fast paced business world; every week individuals, couples, and families are required to relocate before the sale of their home. This leaves many beautiful homes designed with log home plans to luxury home plans empty and void of character. Many real estate agents recommend rent to own furniture to their clients to ensure a quick sale and the highest closing price possible. These trusted men and women emphasize the fact that an empty house will not sell as quickly as a furnished house. When potential homebuyers walk through the doors of a furnished home, their imagination is often spurred with thoughts of family gatherings and togetherness.

Ranch home plans are increasingly popular in the southwestern part of the United States. The hard earth and soil provide a solid foundation for spanning brick and adobe houses. Rented leather couches in soft tones are often used to emulate the dramatic backdrop of the surrounding mountains; rented patio furniture creates an aura of rest and relaxation to take in the dramatic vistas. For a home in this area that offers luxury house plans, some real estate agents, sellers, and builders obtain the services of an interior decorator to polish a room full of rented furniture. From soothing music playing on a rented stereo system to an antique Indian vase in the entry way, it is most certainly the small touches that make million dollar deals a reality.

Bungalow house plans are a common fixture in the bay area real estate market. These designs reflect the infamously hip vibe that the San Francisco area is known for among visitors to the area. Leafy gardens and brightly colored homes leave future homebuyers with a relaxed feeling, but without furniture to match the surrounding foliage and green a sale could easily be lost. Rent to own couches in lightweight fabrics and large flat screen televisions that blend into the natural order of the home are popular rental choices for this particular house design. In addition, rented wood dining room sets create an ambiance where future homebuyers will envision entertaining guests . Many will even go so far as to fill the kitchen with rented stainless steel appliances to highlight certain features of a kitchen like a skylight or an island.

Many families have found that they were able to get their asking price or close to their asking price as a result of investing in the short term cost of rented furniture. Whatever style of home you're putting on the marketplace, sellers, real estate agents, and homebuilders are in agreement that rented furniture offers sellers a much-needed competitive edge in the marketplace.

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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.

Complete issue of RTOHQ: The Magazine | June - July 2008
Download the entire June- July 2008 issue of RTOHQ: The Magazine by clicking on the link above (PDF file size is approximately 11 MB). by APRO

 

The Connectors
By Kristen Card
Taking into consideration APRO’s 2008 Convention theme, “Rent-to-Own Connections,” we debut RTOHQ: The Magazine with a series of profiles on some of those in our industry who use their insights about rent-to-own and their abilities of persuasion to connect with members of Congress: Congressman William Lacy Clay, Steve Kruse, RSSS’ Ellison Crider, Missouri’s Mighty Cs (Larry Carrico, “Tiger” John Cleek and Dan Cole), Lyn Leach, Bryce Company’s Bryan Collins, Tom Bernau and Benefit Marketing Solutions.

 

Identity Theft in the Rent-to-Own World
By Ed Winn III
These days, businesses are being held more accountable for the records they keep and the safeguards they use to protect them. Should your customers’ personal and financial information fall into the hands of thieves, you might be liable for the damages caused.

 

APRO’s 2008 Convention Education: Your Gateway to New Ideas
The education schedule at APRO’s 2008 Rent-to-Own Convention and Buying Show in St. Louis has been revamped to provide an entire day of great ideas that you can take back to your stores. Check out the complete schedule and seminar descriptions in this issue.

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