UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549




                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT


                Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
                              Exchange Act of 1934

      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 11, 2005

                       MULTI-BENEFIT REALTY FUND '87-1
      (Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)


              California               0-16684              94-3026785
      (State or other jurisdiction   (Commission          (I.R.S. Employer
            of incorporation)        File Number)       Identification Number)


                                55 Beattie Place
                              Post Office Box 1089
                        Greenville, South Carolina 29602
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                        (Partnership's telephone number)
                                 (864) 239-1000

Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
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Item 1.01   Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.


Multi-Benefit   Realty  Fund  '87-1,  a  California  limited   partnership  (the
"Registrant")  owns  a  99%  interest  in  Hunt  Club  Associates,   Ltd.,  (the
"Partnership").  The Partnership owns Hunt Club Apartments, a 200-unit apartment
complex located in Indianapolis,  Indiana ("Hunt Club"). On August 16, 2005, the
Partnership and four other partnerships that own apartment complexes  containing
a total of 1,324 units (the "Selling  Partnerships") entered into a Purchase and
Sale  Contract  (the  "Purchase  Agreement")  with a third  party,  Prime  Quest
Management,  LLC, an Illinois limited  liability company (the  "Purchaser"),  to
sell the five apartment complexes owned by the Partnerships to the Purchaser for
a  total  sales  price  of  approximately   $39,131,000,   of  which  $4,911,500
represented the sales price for Hunt Club. The Purchaser also agreed to purchase
two additional apartment complexes from affiliates of the Partnership's  general
partner  pursuant to two  separate  purchase  and sale  agreements.  Each of the
Selling  Partnerships is affiliated with AIMCO  Properties,  LP, an affiliate of
the Partnership's general partner.

Under the terms of the Purchase  Agreement,  the Purchaser  could  terminate the
Purchase Agreement at any time prior to the expiration of the feasibility period
as defined in the Purchase Agreement,  acting in the Purchaser's sole discretion
and for any reason, upon delivery of written notice to the Selling  Partnerships
and the escrow agent.  On September 23, 2005,  the Purchaser  delivered  written
notice to the  Selling  Partnerships  and the escrow  agent of its  election  to
terminate  the  Purchase  Agreement  pursuant to its terms.  On October 11, 2005
("Reinstatement   Date"),   the  Partnership  and  Purchaser  entered  into  the
Reinstatement  and Second  Amendment  to the  Purchase  and Sale  Contract  (the
"Reinstatement"),  which had the effect of reinstating  the Purchase  Agreement.
The Purchase Agreement and the Reinstatement will be filed with the Registrant's
Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005.

The  Reinstatement  decreased  the purchase  price in the Purchase  Agreement to
approximately  $38,501,000  of  which  $4,551,500  represents  the  sales  price
allocation  to  Hunt  Club.  The  Purchaser   paid  an  additional   deposit  of
approximately  $449,000,  of which  approximately  $53,000 is  allocated to Hunt
Club.  The  feasibility  period  has  expired  and  both  of  the  deposits  are
nonrefundable.  The closing  date is now  anticipated  to be November  30, 2005.
There were no other material  changes to the Purchase  Agreement as described in
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 16, 2005.







                                    SIGNATURE


Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Partnership  has duly  caused  this  report to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                 MULTI-BENEFIT REALTY FUND '97-1


                                 By:     ConCap Equities, Inc.
                                         General Partner

                                 By:     /s/Martha L. Long
                                         Martha L. Long
                                         Senior Vice President

                                 Date:   October 17, 2005