Exhibit 99.2


                    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 March 31, 2003, as filed with the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I,
Patrick W. Keene, Chief Financial Officer 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/ Patrick W. Keene
                               Patrick W. Keene, Chief Financial Officer
                               AEI Fund Management XVII, Inc.
                               Managing General Partner
                               May 12, 2003