Exhibit 99.1



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


In  connection with the Quarterly Report of AEI Real  Estate
Fund XVII Limited Partnership (the "Partnership") on Form 10-
QSB  for  the period ended June 30, 2002, as filed with  the
Securities  and Exchange Commission on the date hereof  (the
"Report"),  I,  Robert  P. Johnson, President  of  AEI  Fund
Management XVII, Inc., the Managing General Partner  of  the
Partnership,  certify,  pursuant  to  18  U.S.C.  1350,   as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

     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
          Partnership.


                              /s/ Robert P Johnson
                                  Robert P. Johnson
                                  President of
                                  AEI Fund Management XVII, Inc.,
                                  the Managing General Partner
                                  August 6, 2002