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<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains summary financial  information  extracted from the Forum
Retirement  Partners,  L.P. Condensed  Consolidated  Balance Sheet and Condensed
Consolidated  Statement  of  Operations  as of and for  the  nine  months  ended
September  30,  1997 and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by  reference  to such
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        Forum Retirement Partners, L.P.
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