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                                                                     EXHIBIT (a)

                            AGREEMENT OF JOINT FILING

         Apartment Investment and Management, AIMCO Properties, L.P. and
AIMCO-GP, Inc. agree that the Schedule 13D to which this Agreement is attached
as an exhibit, and all amendments thereto, shall be filed on behalf of each of
them. This agreement is intended to satisfy the requirements of Rule
13d-1(f)(1)(iii) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Dated: September 29, 2000
                                        APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND
                                        MANAGEMENT COMPANY


                                        By: /s/ Patrick J. Foye
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                                            Executive Vice President


                                        AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.


                                        By: AIMCO-GP, INC.
                                            (General Partner)


                                        By: /s/ Patrick J. Foye
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                                            Executive Vice President

                                        AIMCO-GP, INC.


                                        By: /s/ Patrick J. Foye
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Executive Vice President