Note 4 - Notes Payable	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Notes
Note 4 - Notes Payable	Note 4 – Notes Payable Two of the Partnership's three remaining investments involved purchases of partnership interests from partners who subsequently withdrew from the operating partnership. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Partnership is obligated for non-recourse notes payable of approximately $2,341,000 and $6,070,000, respectively, to the sellers of the partnership interests, bearing interest at 9.5 to 10 percent annually. The Partnership recognized interest expense of approximately $408,000 and $566,000 for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Accrued interest is approximately $5,750,000 and $15,215,000 as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. These notes matured between December 1999 and December 2004. These obligations and related interest are collateralized by the Partnership's investments in the Local Limited Partnerships and are payable only out of cash distributions from the Local Limited Partnerships, as defined in the notes. Unpaid interest was due at maturity of the notes. Both of the notes payable have matured and remain unpaid at December 31, 2012. In 2005, the Partnership entered into an agreement with the holder of the non-recourse notes payable collateralized by the Partnership’s investment in five Local Limited Partnerships with notes payable in which the note holder agreed to forebear taking any action under these notes pending the purchase by the note holder of a series of projects including the properties owned by ten of the Local Limited Partnerships. As discussed in “Note 3”, these ten Local Limited Partnerships sold their respective investment properties to the note holder during the year ended December 31, 2012. In connection with these sales, non-recourse notes payable of approximately $2,329,000 and associated accrued interest of approximately $6,036,000 were extinguished. The sales of Oakwood Park Apartments I, Oakwood Park Apartments II, Richards Park, Birch Manor I and Birch Manor II had no impact on the Partnership’s notes payable outstanding. As discussed in “Note 3”, the holder of one non-recourse note payable extinguished the note payable of approximately $1,400,000 and associated accrued interest of approximately $3,837,000 in connection with the Partnership’s sale of its limited Partnership interest in Aristocrat Manor to the local general partner of this Local Limited Partnership. There were no principal or interest payments made on these notes during the years ended December 31, 2012 or 2011. The Partnership has agreements with the non-recourse note holder for the remaining two notes payable in which the note holder agreed to forebear taking any action under these notes in order to permit the Partnership to negotiate the sale of its limited partnership interests in these Local Limited Partnerships to the local general partner of the respective Local Limited Partnerships. These sales are expected to close during 2013.

Note 4 - Notes Payable

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Note 4 – Notes Payable

Two of the Partnership's three remaining investments involved purchases of partnership interests from partners who subsequently withdrew from the operating partnership. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Partnership is obligated for non-recourse notes payable of approximately $2,341,000 and $6,070,000, respectively, to the sellers of the partnership interests, bearing interest at 9.5 to 10 percent annually. The Partnership recognized interest expense of approximately $408,000 and $566,000 for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Accrued interest is approximately $5,750,000 and $15,215,000 as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. These notes matured between December 1999 and December 2004. These obligations and related interest are collateralized by the Partnership's investments in the Local Limited Partnerships and are payable only out of cash distributions from the Local Limited Partnerships, as defined in the notes. Unpaid interest was due at maturity of the notes. Both of the notes payable have matured and remain unpaid at December 31, 2012.

In 2005, the Partnership entered into an agreement with the holder of the non-recourse notes payable collateralized by the Partnership’s investment in five Local Limited Partnerships with notes payable in which the note holder agreed to forebear taking any action under these notes pending the purchase by the note holder of a series of projects including the properties owned by ten of the Local Limited Partnerships. As discussed in “Note 3”, these ten Local Limited Partnerships sold their respective investment properties to the note holder during the year ended December 31, 2012. In connection with these sales, non-recourse notes payable of approximately $2,329,000 and associated accrued interest of approximately $6,036,000 were extinguished. The sales of Oakwood Park Apartments I, Oakwood Park Apartments II, Richards Park, Birch Manor I and Birch Manor II had no impact on the Partnership’s notes payable outstanding.

As discussed in “Note 3”, the holder of one non-recourse note payable extinguished the note payable of approximately $1,400,000 and associated accrued interest of approximately $3,837,000 in connection with the Partnership’s sale of its limited Partnership interest in Aristocrat Manor to the local general partner of this Local Limited Partnership.

There were no principal or interest payments made on these notes during the years ended December 31, 2012 or 2011. The Partnership has agreements with the non-recourse note holder for the remaining two notes payable in which the note holder agreed to forebear taking any action under these notes in order to permit the Partnership to negotiate the sale of its limited partnership interests in these Local Limited Partnerships to the local general partner of the respective Local Limited Partnerships. These sales are expected to close during 2013.

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