EXHIBIT 21


                                  Subsidiaries

dPi Teleconnect, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company


Action Rent-To-Own Holdings of South Carolina, Inc., a South Carolina
corporation


Rent-Way of Michigan, Inc., a Delaware corporation


Rent-Way of Tomorrow, Inc., a Delaware corporation


Rent-Way Developments, Inc., a Delaware corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary
         of Rent-Way of Michigan, Inc.


Rent-Way of TTIG, L.P., an Indiana limited partnership, the partners of which
         are Rent-Way of Tomorrow, Inc. and Rent-Way Developments, Inc.