FOURTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT


          THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is
     executed as of December __, 1993, by and among GENERAL ELECTRIC
     CAPITAL CORPORATION, a New York corporation ("Lender"), MXM MORTGAGE,
     L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("New Borrower"), and MXM
     MORTGAGE CORP., a Delaware corporation ("Old Borrower"; New Borrower
     and Old Borrower being herein together sometimes called "Borrower"),
     on the following terms and conditions:


                                    RECITALS:


          A.   Lender and Old Borrower entered into that Loan Agreement
     dated June 17, 1991, as amended by letter amendment dated August 22,
     1991, as further amended by First Renewal, Extension and Modification
     Agreement (the "First Modification") dated June 17, 1992 among Lender,
     Old Borrower, and Maxxam Inc. and Maxxam Group Inc., and as further
     amended by Loan Increase, Extension and Modification Agreement (the
     "Increase Modification") dated December 30, 1992 among Lender, Old
     Borrower, Maxxam Inc. and Maxxam Group Inc. (said Loan Agreement, as
     amended, being herein called the "Loan Agreement"), pursuant to which
     Lender has agreed to make a loan to Borrower (the "Loan"), as
     evidenced by a $115,220,000 Promissory Note dated June 17, 1991, (the
     "Original Note"), and a $17,740,000 Promissory Note dated December 30,
     1992 (the "Increase Note"; the Original Note and the Increase Note
     being herein together called the "Notes"), each of the Notes bearing
     interest and being payable to the order of Lender as therein provided;

          B.   Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms in
     this Agreement shall have the same meanings assigned to such terms in
     the Loan Agreement, and, as applicable, in the First Modification and
     the Increase Modification;

          C.   Taking into account releases of collateral, the indebtedness
     evidenced by the Original Note and the Increase Note is secured by,
     among other collateral, the following:  

          (1)  the following instruments styled First Deed of Trust and
     Security Agreement (collectively called the "First Lien Deed of
     Trust"):

               (a)  that First Deed of Trust and Security Agreement of even
     date with the Loan Agreement, executed by Old Borrower, recorded in
     Volume 5091, Page 0751, et seq., of the Official Public Records of
     Real Property of Bexar County, Texas [Southwest Medical, Redondo
     Place, Med Centre Pointe, Nacon Plaza], under Film Code No. 037-

     
     12-1689 and corrected and refiled under Film Code No. 038-03-0657 of
     the Official Public Records of Real Property of Harris County, Texas
     [Spring Valley, Westminster], in Volume 727, Page 416, et seq., of the
     Deed of Trust Records of Midland County, Texas [Oak Ridge], and in 
     Volume 10293, Page 1892, et seq., of the Deed of Trust Records of
     Tarrant County, Texas [West Lake Gardens];

               (b)  that First Deed of Trust and Security Agreement dated
     November 5, 1991, executed by Old Borrower, filed for recording in the
     Office of the County Clerk of Harris County, Texas under Clerk's File
     No. N403252 and recorded at Film Code No. 006-52-1287, et seq., of the
     Official Public Records of Real Property of Harris County, Texas
     [Richmond Square]; 

               (c)  that First Deed of Trust and Security Agreement dated 
     February 4, 1992, executed by Old Borrower, filed for recording in the
     Office of the County Clerk of Harris County, Texas under Clerk's File
     No. N527998 and recorded at Film Code No. 014-55-1789, et seq., of the
     Official Public Records of Real Property of Harris County, Texas
     [Westchase]; 

               (d)  that First Deed of Trust and Security Agreement dated
     May 5, 1992, executed by Old Borrower and recorded at Volume 5356,
     Page 1511, et seq., of the Official Public Records of Real Property of
     Bexar County, Texas [San Antonio Imaging]; and

               (e)  that First Deed of Trust and Security Agreement dated
     September 7, 1993, executed by Old Borrower, recorded at Volume 5792,
     Page 1933, et seq., of the Official Public Records of Real Property of
     Bexar County, Texas [Pipers Creek, Shadow Valley], filed for recording
     in the Office of the County Clerk of Harris County, Texas under
     Clerk's File No. P442690 and recorded at Film Code No. 169-55-3591, et
     seq., of the Official Public Records of Real Property of Harris
     County, Texas [Westbrook, Colonies], and recorded at Volume 11231,
     Page 0137, et seq., of the Deed of Trust Records of Tarrant County,
     Texas [Bentley Village];

               each such instrument encumbering the real and other property
     described therein (the "Real Property"); and 

     
          (2)  the following instruments styled Assignment of Rents and
     Leases (collectively called the "Rental Assignment"):  

               (a)  that Assignment of Rents and Leases dated of even date
     with the Loan Agreement, executed by Old Borrower and recorded in
     Volume 5091, Page 0826, et seq., of the Official Public Records of
     Real Property of Bexar County, Texas [Southwest Medical, Redondo
     Place, Med Centre Pointe, Nacon Plaza], under Film Code No. 037-12-
     1762 of the Official Public Records of Real Property of Harris County,
     Texas [Spring Valley, Westminster], in Volume 1085, Page 176, et seq.,
     of the Deed Records of Midland County, Texas [Oak Ridge], and in 
     Volume 10293, Page 1967, et seq., of the Deed of Trust Records of
     Tarrant County, Texas [West Lake Gardens], Texas;

               (b)  that Assignment of Rents and Leases dated November 5,
     1991, executed by Old Borrower, filed for recording in the Office of
     the County Clerk of Harris County, Texas under Clerk's File No.
     N403253 and recorded at Film Code No. 006-52-1312, et seq., of the
     Official Public Records of Real Property of Harris County, Texas
     [Richmond Square]; 

               (c)  that Assignment of Rents and Leases dated February 4,
     1992, executed by Old Borrower, filed for recording in the Office of
     the County Clerk of Harris County, Texas under Clerk's File No.
     N527999 and recorded at Film Code No. 014-55-1816, et seq., of the
     Official Public Records of Real Property of Harris County, Texas
     [Westchase];

               (d)  that Assignment of Rents and Leases dated May 5, 1992,
     executed by Old Borrower, recorded in Volume 5356, Page 1538, et seq.,
     of the Official Public Records of Real Property of Bexar County, Texas
     [San Antonio Imaging]; and

               (e)  that Assignment of Rents and Leases dated September 7,
     1993, executed by Old Borrower, recorded at Volume 5792, Page 1961, et
     seq., of the Official Public Records of Real Property of Bexar County,
     Texas [Pipers Creek, Shadow Valley], filed for recording in the Office
     of the County Clerk of Harris County, Texas under Clerk's File No.
     P442691, and recorded at Film Code No. 169-55-3618, et seq., of the
     Official Public  

     
     Records of Real Property of Harris County, Texas [Westbrook,
     Colonies], and recorded at Volume 11231, Page 0179, et seq., of the
     Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas [Bentley Village];

          (3)  that Second Deed of Trust and Security Agreement dated
     December 30, 1992, executed by Old Borrower and recorded in Volume
     5581, Page 1347, et seq., of the Real Property Records of Bexar
     County, Texas [Southwest Medical, Redondo Place, Med Centre Pointe,
     Nacon Plaza, San Antonio Imaging], at Clerk's File No. P101069 and
     Film Code No. 120-51-2685, et seq., of the Real Property Records of
     Harris County, Texas [Spring Valley, Westminster, Richmond Square,
     Westchase], in Volume 778, Page 175, et seq., of the Deed of Trust
     Records of Midland County, Texas [Oak Ridge], and in Volume 10957,
     Page 2238, et seq., of the Real Property Records of Tarrant County,
     Texas [Westlake Gardens] (the "Second Deed of Trust"; the First Deed
     of Trust and the Second Deed of Trust being herein collectively called
     the "Deed of Trust"); and

          (4)  that Security Agreement and Pledge of Mortgage Loans and
     Mortgage Loan Documents (the "Mortgage Pledge Agreement") of even date
     with the Loan Agreement executed by Old Borrower and Lender and
     pledging to Lender, as security for the Loan, certain mortgage loans
     (the "Mortgage Loans") [Balcones, Enfield Courts, Park North Tech,
     Parc Bay, Turtle Creek, Trestles]; 

     (the Loan Agreement, the Notes, the Deed of Trust, the Rental
     Assignment, the Mortgage Pledge Agreement, the First Modification, the
     Increase Modification, and all other Security Instruments (as such
     term is defined in the Loan Agreement) or other documents evidencing,
     governing, guaranteeing, securing, or otherwise pertaining to the Loan
     being hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Security
     Instruments"); 

          D.   Lender, Old Borrower, New Borrower, Maxxam Inc. and Maxxam
     Group Inc. entered into that Consent and Assumption Agreement dated
     December 10, 1993, under which Lender consented to the transfer and
     conveyance of the Real Property, the Mortgage Loans, and the rights of
     Old Borrower under the Loan Agreement to New Borrower (and pursuant to
     which Old Borrower has transferred and conveyed the Real Property, the
     Mortgage Loans, and the rights of Old Borrower under the Loan
     Agreement to New Borrower), and New Borrower has assumed the
     obligations and liabilities of Old Borrower under the Loan and the
     Security Instruments;

          E.   Section 2.1 of the Loan Agreement provides that to the
     extent of certain principal reductions the Loan shall be a

     
     revolving line of credit and that subject to the terms of the Loan
     Agreement portions of the principal sum of the Original Note may be
     advanced, repaid, and readvanced;

          F.   Through application of proceeds from the sale of Assets and
     the payment and satisfaction of Mortgage Loans: 

               (1)  the principal balance of the Loan has been reduced to
     $15,000,000, and 

               (2)  the existing Funding Availability under the Loan is
     $6,645,819.98, of which (a) $2,224,897.08 has been approved for an
     Advance for renovation of the Real Property, and (b) $1,440,842.90 has
     been approved for an Advance for payment of Taxes, 

     leaving an existing Funding Availability for Advances not yet approved
     of $2,730,080 for renovation of Real Property, and of $250,000 as a 
     holdback for abatement and removal of environmental hazards;

          G.   Borrower has requested that, after approved Advances of
     $2,224,897.08 for renovation of the Real Property and $1,440,842.90
     for the payment of Taxes, Lender make available for readvances under
     the Loan Agreement up to $25,000,000 of principal reductions of the
     Loan, and Lender is agreeable to such funding availability on the
     terms of this Agreement and the terms of that Third Modification
     Agreement of even date herewith between Lender and Borrower (the
     "Third Modification");


                                   AGREEMENT:


          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Ten and No/100 Dollars
     ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
     sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Lender and Borrower
     agree as follows:  

          1.   Additional Re-Advances.  Provided Borrower is not then in
     default under the Loan Documents, Lender will make available to
     Borrower, as Subsequent Advances to be re-advanced under the Loan, up
     to $25,000,000 of principal reductions of the Original Note, 

               (a)  $22,019,920 of which shall be available for general
     business purposes, which amount Borrower agrees to borrow and, subject
     to the applicable conditions to Subsequent Advances, Lender shall fund
     on or before March 31, 1994,

     
               (b)  $2,730,080 of which shall be available for Subsequent
     Advances for Leasing Costs, and 

               (c)  $250,000 of which shall be available for Subsequent
     Advances for abatement and removal of environmental hazards.  

     Borrower shall initiate requests for such Subsequent Advances in
     accordance with the application procedure set forth in Section 2.4 of
     the Loan Agreement and funding for such Subsequent Advances shall
     originate from re-advances of principal reductions of the Original
     Note.  Borrower and Lender acknowledge and agree that the principal
     balance of the Loan as of the date hereof is $15,000,000, and that, in
     addition to the $25,000,000 which is made available for Subsequent
     Advances under this Amendment, Borrower has requested and Lender has
     approved $3,665,739.98 for Subsequent Advances under the Loan
     Agreement.  In accordance with the foregoing, Section 2.1 of the Loan
     Agreement is amended and restated as follows:

               2.1  Commitment of Lender; Revolving Line of Credit. 
     Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and provided that an
     Event of Default does not then exist, Lender will make Advances to
     Borrower subject to the conditions of this Agreement.  As the first
     Advance hereunder, Lender shall disburse $109,864,700.  Thereafter,
     Lender shall make Advances for, among other purposes, the Renovation
     of the Real Property and Leasing Costs, in accordance with Approved
     Budget in the amount of up to the sum of all principal reductions
     which actually have been paid to Lender; provided, however, (a) that
     the sum of all Subsequent Advances from and after December 31, 1993
     shall not exceed $25,000,000 (exclusive of Subsequent Advances for
     Taxes under Section 2.21 of this Agreement), (b) that of said
     $25,000,000 which is available for Subsequent Advances after
     December 31, 1993, (i) $22,019,920 shall only be available to be
     advanced prior to March 31, 1994, but may be advanced for Borrower's
     general business purposes and shall not be subject to the requirements
     of Section 1.64 of this Agreement, regarding the purpose of Subsequent 
     Advances, Section 2.2(c) and Subsections 2.2(d)(ii) and 2.2(d)(iii) of
     this Agreement in connection with renovation of the Real Property,
     Section 2.4, Section 2.5, and Section 2.10 of this Agreement relating
     to Renovation Requirements and Leasing Costs, or the use requirements
     of Section 2.6 of this Agreement, (ii) of the remaining $2,980,080,
     $2,730,080 shall be available only for Leasing Costs, and $250,000
     shall be available for payment of costs of abating or removing
     environmental

     
     hazards affecting the Real Property; and (iii) Subsequent Advances
     from and after December 31, 1993 shall not under any circumstances be
     available, except for Borrower's general business purposes, for paying
     costs of renovation of the Real Property.  To the extent reductions of
     principal are made available for Subsequent Advances under this
     Agreement, the Loan shall be a "revolving line of credit"; that is,
     subject to the terms hereof, portions of the principal sum of the Note
     may be advanced, repaid, and readvanced.  The books and records of
     Lender shall be prima facie evidence of all sums due Lender under the
     Note and the other Security Instruments.  Notwithstanding the
     foregoing, Borrower shall continue to be entitled to Subsequent
     Advances for Taxes in the amount of aggregate monthly principal
     reductions and in accordance with Section 2.21 of this Agreement.

          2.   Maximum Loan Amount.  Borrower and Lender agree that from
     and after the date hereof the maximum amount which at any time can be
     outstanding under the Loan, whether evidenced by the Original Note or
     the Increase Note, is $43,665,739.98.

          3.   Release Prices.  Section 8.1(b)(1) of the Loan Agreement is
     deleted and in lieu thereof is inserted the following:

               (1)  an amount to be applied as a prepayment in
     reduction of the indebtedness evidenced by the Note equal to:

                    (A)  One hundred fifty percent (150%) of the
     amount allocated by Lender to the following Assets:

                    Bentley Village              Trestles (Mortgage
                    Westbrook Place                  Loan)
                    Colonies Landing         Shadow Valley
                                            Pipers Creek

                    (B)  One hundred five percent (105%) of the amount
     allocated by Lender for the following Real Property Assets:

                    West Lake Gardens
                    Oak Ridge

                    (C)  One hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the
     amount allocated by Lender for the following Assets:


     
                    Southwest Medical        Westchase
                    Richmond Square              San Antonio Imaging
                    Westminster              Spring Valley
                    Medcentre Pointe         Redondo Place
                    Nacon Plaza              Park North Tech
                    Balcones (Mortgage         (Mortgage Loan)
                       Loan)

                    (D)  Greater of (i) GECC Loan Allocation or (ii)
     seventy percent (70%) of the face amount of the following Mortgage
     Loans: 

                    Enfield Courts          Turtle Creek
                    Parc Bay           

               Each such amount being herein called, for the Asset to
     which it relates, the "Minimum Release Amount."

     Provided further, Exhibit AA to the Loan Agreement, as adopted in the
     Increase Modification, is hereby deleted and replaced with Exhibit AAA
     to this Amendment.  

          4.   Security Instruments.  Section 1.63 of the Loan Agreement is
     hereby modified to include in the definitions of Security Instruments
     under the Loan Agreement, this Amendment and the Third Modification.

          5.   Prepayment Charges.  Borrower and Lender acknowledge and
     agree (a) that, in accordance with Section 4 of the First
     Modification, the prepayment of the principal of the Loan on
     December 15, 1993 to a remaining principal balance of $15,000,000
     required a prepayment charge of $621,016.40 and (b) that Lender agreed
     to accept only $500,000 of the prepayment charge at that time,
     reserving the right to charge the remaining $121,016.40 of the
     prepayment charge at any time in the future.  Borrower and Lender
     further agree that if Borrower requests and satisfies all conditions
     precedent for additional Subsequent Advances of $22,019,920 for
     general business purposes on or before March 31, 1994, and $22,019,920
     of additional Subsequent Advances for general business purposes
     actually are made on or before March 31, 1994, Lender shall waive its
     right to receive any further prepayment charge as a result of the
     partial prepayment of the principal balance of the Loan on
     December 15, 1993 or any subsequent prepayment.  Otherwise, on
     April 1, 1994, Borrower shall pay to Lender the remaining $121,016.40
     portion of the prepayment charge owing as a result of the December 15,
     1993 partial prepayment and the prepayment charge shall continue to be
     applicable to all future prepayments.  

          6.   Mandatory Prepayment.  Borrower covenants and agrees to
     prepay the entire principal balance of the Loan and all accrued and

     
     unpaid interest thereon if either (c) the principal amount of the Loan
     shall have been reduced to less than $10,000,000, or (d) the aggregate
     Loan allocation of those Real Property Assets comprising multi-family
     apartment projects, as determined in accordance with Exhibit A, shall
     ever be less than forty percent (40%) of the aggregate Loan allocation
     of all Assets, also as determined in accordance with Exhibit A.

          7.   Costs and Expenses.  Borrower agrees to pay all costs
     incurred in connection with the execution and consummation of this
     Amendment and the Third Modification, including but not limited to,
     all recording costs, the premium for such endorsements to the policies
     of title insurance insuring the First Lien Deed of Trust and the
     Second Lien Deed of Trust as may be required by Lender with respect to
     this Amendment and the Third Modification, and the reasonable fees and
     actual expenses of Lender's counsel.  Borrower further covenants to
     deliver or cause to be delivered such evidence of existence, capacity,
     authorization, qualification, or enforceability of its obligations as
     Lender may require in connection with this Amendment and the Third
     Modification.

          8.   Limitation on Interest.  All agreements between Borrower and
     Lender, whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether written
     or oral, are hereby expressly limited so that in no contingency,
     whether by reason of acceleration of the maturity of the Notes or
     otherwise, shall the interest contracted for, charged, received, paid
     or agreed to be paid to the holder of the Notes exceed the maximum
     amount permissible under applicable law.  If, from any circumstance 
     whatsoever, interest would otherwise be payable to the holder of the
     Notes in excess of the maximum lawful amount, the interest payable to
     the holder of the Notes shall be reduced to the maximum amount
     permitted by applicable law; and if from any circumstance the holder
     of the Notes shall ever receive anything of value deemed interest by
     applicable law in excess of the maximum amount allowed by law, an
     amount equal to any excessive interest shall be applied to the
     reduction of the principal amount owing under the Notes, and not to
     the payment of interest, or if such excessive interest exceeds such
     unpaid balance of principal of the Notes, such excess shall be
     refunded to Borrower.  All interest paid or agreed to be paid to the
     holder of the Notes, shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
     be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term
     of the Notes (including the period of any renewal or extension
     thereof) so that the interest on the Notes shall not exceed the
     maximum amount permitted by applicable law.  This Section shall
     control all agreements between Borrower and the holder of the Notes.

     
          EXECUTED as of the date and year first above written.  

     BORROWER:
     OLD BORROWER:            MXM MORTGAGE CORP.,
                              a Delaware corporation


                              By:
                                 Erik Eriksson, Jr., 
                                 Vice President


     NEW BORROWER:            MXM MORTGAGE, L.P.,
                              a Delaware limited partnership

                              By:  MXM GENERAL PARTNER, INC.,
                                   a Delaware corporation,
                                   General Partner


                                   By:
                                      Erik Eriksson, Jr.,
                                      Vice President


     LENDER:                  GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
                              a New York corporation


                              By:
                                 Ty Albright, Project Manager