Exhibit 10.5 (i)


                        AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

         AMENDMENT as of January 1, 1996 to the Management Agreement dated as of
January 1, 1995,  between ASSET INVESTORS  CORPORATION,  a Maryland  corporation
(the  "Company"),   and  FINANCIAL  ASSET  MANAGEMENT  CORPORATION,  a  Delaware
corporation (the "Manager").

                                    RECITALS

         A.   The Company and the Manager entered into the Management Agreement
pursuant to which the Manager performs the duties and responsibilities set forth
in the Management  Agreement, subject to the supervision of the Company's Board
of Directors; and

         B.   The Company  desires to engage the Manager to perform the duties 
and responsibilities set forth in the Management Agreement on the terms set 
forth in the  Management  Agreement and this  Amendment and the Manager desires
to be so engaged for an additional one-year term.

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in consideration for the mutual agreements herein set
forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                  1.       Section 9(b) of the Management Agreement is amended 
and restated hereby as follows:

                  (b) Incentive Compensation.  The Company shall pay the Manager
         as  incentive  compensation  a yearly fee, in an amount equal to 20% of
         the dollar  amount,  if any, by which the Company's GAAP Net Income for
         each fiscal year,  exceeds an amount equal to the  Stockholders  Equity
         multiplied  by the Ten Year  U.S.  Treasury  Rate  plus one  percentage
         point.  If the GAAP Net  Income of the  Company is less than the amount
         equal  to the  Stockholders  Equity  multiplied  by the Ten  Year  U.S.
         Treasury Rate plus one  percentage  point,  the Manager shall refund to
         the Company the net year-to-date incentive compensation previously paid
         to the Manager during the current fiscal year, if any.

                  The  quarterly  payment of such  amount by the  Company to the
         Manager,  or refund to the  Company  from the  Manager in the event the
         incentive  compensation  for any  year-to-date  period is less than the
         incentive  compensation  computed  and  paid to the  Manager  as of the
         previous  year-to-date period, shall be computed each fiscal quarter on
         a  cumulative  year-to-date  basis in an amount equal to (A) 20% of the
         dollar amount, if any, by which the year-to-date GAAP Net Income of the
         Company  applicable to such fiscal quarter,  exceeds an amount equal to
         the Stockholders  Equity for such year-to-date period multiplied by the
         year-to-date  Ten Year U.S.  Treasury  Rate plus one  percentage  point
         multiplied by the number of quarters  during such  year-to-date  period
         divided by four; and (B) minus the year-to-




         date  incentive compensation for  the  prior fiscal quarter.   If  the
         year-to-date incentive compensation computed  through  such fiscal  
         quarter of the Company is less than the net year-to-date  incentive 
         compensation computed for the previous  year-to-date fiscal quarter,  
         the Manager shall refund to the Company the lesser of (i) the 
         difference  between the net  year-to-date incentive  compensation  
         computed for the previous  year-to-date fiscal quarter and the net
         year-to-date  incentive compensation computed for the  current  fiscal
         quarter  or (ii) the net  year-to-date  incentive compensation  
         computed for the previous year-to-date fiscal quarter, if any.  Such
         quarterly  payment shall be paid to the Manager,  or refunded  to the
         Company,  as  provided  by, and  subject to  adjustment  under,
         Section 9(e) of this Agreement.  A sample calculation of the incentive
         compensation is shown in Exhibit A.

                  2.       The first  paragraph of Section  9(d)((iii) of the  
Management  Agreement is amended and restated hereby as follows:

                  (iii) for each Series of Non-Agency  MBS Bonds issued or owned
         by the Company or any  subsidiary  of the Company  with  respect to the
         first class of such Series, the lesser of (A) $3,500 annually and 
         (B) an amount equal to $3,500 multiplied by the percentage ownership
         of the Company or such subsidiary of the Company in such Non-Agency MBS
         Bonds,  and for each additional  class of such Series (C) $625 annually
         and (D) an annual  amount equal to $625  multiplied  by the  percentage
         ownership  of the  Company or such  subsidiary  of the  Company in such
         Non-Agency MBS Bond.

                  3.    Section 9(f) is hereby added as follows:

                 (f)    Certain  Expenses.  If the Company  requests  any
         third  party to render  services  to the Company or provide the Company
         with  any data or  information,  other  than  those  services  and data
         required to be rendered and  delivered by the Manager  hereunder,  such
         costs and expenses charged by such third parties,  shall be paid by the
         Company.

                  4.    Section 16 of the Management Agreement is amended and 
restated hereby as follows:

                  "This Agreement shall continue in force until December 31, 
              1996 unless otherwise renewed or extended."

                  5.    Except as amended hereby, the Management Agreement shall
remain  in full  force  and  effect.  In the event of a  conflict  between  this
Amendment  and the  Management  Agreement,  the  terms of this  Amendment  shall
control.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as
of the date first above written.

[CORPORATE SEAL]                       ASSET INVESTORS CORPORATION


ATTEST:

                                         By:
                                            ---------------------------
                                            Name:   Spencer I. Browne
- --------------------------                  Title:  President and Chief
Daniel S. Japha, Secretary                          Executive Officer


                                       FINANCIAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
                                       CORPORATION


                                         By:
                                            ---------------------------
                                            Name:    Kevin J. Nystrom
                                            Title:   Vice President and Chief
                                                     Accounting Officer


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