Exhibit 32.1

                            MAXUS REALTY TRUST, INC.

              CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In  connection  with the  Quarterly  Report of Maxus  Realty  Trust,  Inc.  (the
"Trust")  on Form  10-QSB for the period  ending June 30, 2005 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, David
L.  Johnson,  Chairman,  President  and Chief  Executive  Officer  of the Trust,
certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

     (1) The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and results of operations of the
Trust as of June 30, 2005 (the last date of the period covered by the Report).


/s/ David L. Johnson
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David L. Johnson
Chairman of the Board,
President,
Chief Executive Officer
August 12, 2005
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