RTOHQ: The Magazine, Spring 2018
52 RTOHQ The Magazine M y first rent to own partner and mentor Fred Pearson once advised me to hire a racehorse and let him run in other words find the right person for the job and let them do it says Geron Vail Founder and President of FAN Sales Leasing dba Aarons in Fayetteville Arkansas Ive learned through my various professional relationships to partner with racehorses and let them run and its proven very beneficial for me What modest measured Vail doesnt mention is how selecting winning racehorses is an exceptional skill set unto itself And hes got it in aces Over the past 21 years Geron Vail has built a solid prosperous RTO company with FAN originally an acronym for Furniture Appliances Now and has also invested in many other business endeavors from oil and banking to cars and utilities from check cashing and tax filing to frozen food and vending machines Some have turned profits a few have turned bad But Vail is what one might call an entrepreneurs entrepreneur not afraid of taking risk but talented at calculating it outstanding at the startup phase yet equally extraordinary at long game wins and able to pick himself up dust himself off and get back on the horse ready to ride again whenever failure unexpectedly bucks him off APRO Spotlight Geron Vail THIS ARKANSAS SELF STARTER GOING STRONG WITH BOTH AARONS AND RNR TIRE EXPRESS FRANCHISES HAS DISCOVERED THE SECRET TO HIS SUCCESS IS ALSO WHAT HE VALUES MORE THAN WINNING RELATIONSHIPS BY KRISTEN CARD PHOTOGRAPHS by JOE WITTKOP
You must have JavaScript enabled to view digital editions.