SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C. 20549
                                   Form 10-Q


            / X /   Quarterly  Report  pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                    the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the quarterly
                    period ended June 30, 1996

                                       or

            /   /   Transition Report pursuant to Section 13 or
                    15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                         Commission File Number 0-21670

                         Cardinal Realty Services, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             Ohio                                              31-4427382
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(State or other jurisdiction of                            (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                          Identification No.)

6954 Americana Parkway, Reynoldsburg, Ohio                              43068
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(Address of principal executive offices)                              (Zip Code)

                                 (614) 759-1566
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  Registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports),  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

                                   Yes  X   No
                                       ---     ---
Indicate  by check mark  whether  the  registrant  has filed all  documents  and
reports  required  to be filed by  Sections  12,  13 or 15(d) of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the  distribution of securities  under a plan
confirmed by a court.

                                   Yes  X   No
                                       ---     ---

As of August 9, 1996 there were  4,543,408  shares of common  stock  issued,  of
which 210,321 shares were treasury shares.

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                             CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                    AND SUBSIDIARIES

                                          INDEX


  Part I   FINANCIAL INFORMATION                                        Page No.

  Item 1.  Financial Statements:
           Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 1996
               (Unaudited) and December 31, 1995 (Audited)                     3

           Consolidated Statements of Income for the
               Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 1996 and 1995 (Unaudited)   4

           Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity
               for the Six Months Ended June 30, 1996 (Unaudited)              5

           Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the
               Six Months Ended June 30, 1996 and 1995 (Unaudited)           6-7

           Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                       8-17

Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
               and Results of Operations                                   18-26


  Part II  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings                                                  27

Item 2.    Changes in Securities                                              27

Item 3.    Defaults upon Senior Securities                                    27

Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders                27

Item 5.    Other Information                                                  27

Item 6.    Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                                   28


Signatures                                                                    29

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                         PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

                         CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
            JUNE 30, 1996 (UNAUDITED) AND DECEMBER 31, 1995 (AUDITED)


                                                                                          June 30,            December 31,
                                                                                             1996                 1995
                                                                                     =================    ==================
                                                                                                      
                                        ASSETS
Operating Real Estate (Note 2):
   Land                                                                               $      23,756,734    $       24,082,635
   Building and Improvements                                                                141,041,101           143,193,921
                                                                                      -----------------    ------------------
                                                                                            164,797,835           167,276,556


   Accumulated Depreciation                                                                  (2,295,860)                    0
                                                                                      -----------------    ------------------
                                                                                            162,501,975           167,276,556
Interests in and Receivables from Syndicated Partnerships (Notes 1 and 4)                    51,536,323            52,591,444
Cash (Note 1)                                                                                 3,568,629             2,751,986
Accounts Receivable, Affiliates (less an allowance
   of $2,295,007 at June 30, 1996 and $2,468,845 at
   December 31, 1995), Residents and Officers (Note 4)                                        2,753,920             5,088,478
Furniture, Fixtures and Other, Net                                                            1,255,189             1,312,228
Funds Held in Escrow (Note 1)                                                                10,069,609             9,390,610
Prepaids and Other (Note 1)                                                                   4,395,359             3,930,099
                                                                                      -----------------    ------------------
                                                                                      $     236,081,004    $      242,341,401
                                                                                      =================    ==================
                         LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Mortgages, Term Debt and Other Notes Payable:
   Mortgages on Operating Real Estate (Notes 2 and 3)                                 $     147,286,196    $      151,130,612
   Term Debt                                                                                 20,117,307            20,470,205
   Other Notes Payable                                                                          111,116             1,453,553
                                                                                      -----------------    ------------------
                                                                                            167,514,619           173,054,370
Accounts Payable                                                                              1,352,847             1,350,641
Accrued Interest, Real Estate and Other Taxes (Notes 2 and 3)                                 4,293,955             4,532,148
Other Accrued Expenses                                                                        6,374,035             9,716,866
Other Liabilities                                                                             2,447,942             2,441,282
                                                                                      -----------------    ------------------
   Total Liabilities                                                                        181,983,398           191,095,307
                                                                                      -----------------    ------------------
Shareholders' Equity (Note 1):
   Preferred Stock,  1,500,000 shares authorized,  no shares issued 
   Common Stock, 13,500,000 shares authorized with no stated value,
       3,634,384 and 3,603,160 shares issued and outstanding
       at June 30, 1996 and December 31, 1995, respectively                                  29,122,547            29,122,547
   Additional Paid-in Capital (Note 1)                                                        9,464,094             8,461,216
   Retained Earnings                                                                         15,510,965            13,662,331
                                                                                      -----------------    ------------------
                                                                                             54,097,606            51,246,094
                                                                                      -----------------    ------------------
                                                                                      $     236,081,004    $      242,341,401
                                                                                      =================    ==================


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                         CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                        CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                          FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS
                          ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 AND 1995
                                   (UNAUDITED)


                                                                    Three Months Ended                Six Months Ended
                                                            -------------------------------  -----------------------------------
                                                             June 30, 1996   June 30 ,1995    June 30, 1996     June 30, 1995
                                                            --------------- ---------------  ---------------   ---------------
                                                                              (Restated -                        (Restated -
                                                                             Notes 1 and 5)                     Notes 1 and 5)
                                                                                                   
Revenues:
   Rental and Other Operating Real Estate Revenues-Net      $    10,253,671                  $    20,443,812
   Fee Based                                                      2,762,388 $     3,940,293        5,583,423   $     7,550,392
   Interest, Principally from Syndicated Partnerships             1,510,352       1,007,536        2,946,685         1,962,706
   Income from Disposal or Recovery of Non-Core Assets-Net          105,803       1,006,663          274,692         1,815,187
   Other                                                             79,042         193,257          151,655           360,478
                                                            --------------- ---------------  ---------------   ---------------
                                                                 14,711,256       6,147,749       29,400,267        11,688,763
                                                            --------------- ---------------  ---------------   ---------------

Expenses:
   Rental Operating                                               5,186,661                       10,437,951
   Fee Based                                                      1,607,400       2,138,769        3,095,952         4,251,938
   Administration                                                 1,149,788       1,025,660        2,121,734         2,151,279
   Restructure Costs                                                300,000               0          300,000                 0
   Interest - Wholly Owned Property Debt                          3,636,670               0        7,200,179                 0
   Interest - Corporate Debt                                        261,606         418,280          561,466           786,048
   Depreciation                                                   1,324,447         123,756        2,652,351           247,409
                                                            --------------- ---------------  ---------------   ---------------
                                                                 13,466,572       3,706,465       26,369,633         7,436,674
                                                            --------------- ---------------  ---------------   ---------------

Income Before Income Taxes                                        1,244,684       2,441,284        3,030,634         4,252,089
Provision for Income Taxes (Note 1)                                 487,400         947,000        1,182,000         1,649,000
                                                            --------------- ---------------  ---------------   ---------------
Income before Extraordinary Gain                                    757,284       1,494,284        1,848,634         2,603,089
Extraordinary Gain, net of Income Taxes of
   $343,000 and $510,000, respectively (Note 3)                           0         540,070                0           804,021
                                                            --------------- ---------------  ---------------   ---------------
Net Income                                                  $       757,284 $     2,034,354  $     1,848,634   $     3,407,110
                                                            =============== ===============  ===============   ===============

Net Income per Common Share:
   Income Before Extraordinary Item                                   $0.19           $0.39            $0.47             $0.68
   Extraordinary Gain                                                  0.00            0.14             0.00              0.21
                                                            --------------- ---------------  ---------------   ---------------
   Net Income                                                         $0.19           $0.53            $0.47             $0.89
                                                            =============== ===============  ===============   ===============



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                         CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
                     FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1996
                                   (UNAUDITED)


                                                        Common Stock
                                               ------------------------------     Additional        Retained
                                                 Shares           Amount       Paid-in Capital      Earnings             Total
                                               ------------  ----------------  ---------------  ----------------    ---------------

                                                                                                                 
Balance,  January 1, 1996                        3,603,160   $     29,122,547  $     8,461,216  $     13,662,331    $    51,246,094

Shares issued, in connection with
the claims resolution process (Note 1)               7,432

Exercise of options under non-qualified
stock option plan and restricted stock awards
compensation                                        25,519                              67,050                               67,050


Less:  Treasury shares from the redemption
       of stock held by Syndicated Partnerships     (1,727)                            (31,330)                             (31,330)

Credit from utilization of pre-confirmation tax
benefits (Note 1)                                                                      967,158                              967,158

Net Income for the period                                                                              1,848,634          1,848,634

                                               -----------   ----------------  ---------------  ----------------    ----------------
Balance, June 30, 1996 (Note 1)                  3,634,384   $     29,122,547  $     9,464,094  $     15,510,965    $    54,097,606
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                         CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1996, AND 1995
                                   (UNAUDITED)


                                                                                     Six Months Ended        Six Months Ended
                                                                                      June 30, 1996            June 30, 1995
                                                                                  ----------------------    -------------------
                                                                                                      
Cash Flows provided by Operating activities:
  Management and Advisory Service activities:
   Cash received from Fee Based activities                                        $           10,845,158    $        10,748,928
   Cash received from Interests in and Receivables from Syndicated Partnerships                2,726,236              1,677,192
   Cash Receipts -- other                                                                        853,392              2,269,908
   Cash paid to Vendors, Suppliers and Employees                                             (11,298,566)           (10,782,381)
   Interest paid on Term Debt and Other Notes Payable                                           (576,211)              (769,656)
   Income Taxes paid - City and State                                                           (151,844)              (121,425)
   Taxes paid, other than Income Taxes                                                           (19,183)              (234,939)
   Payments related to non-recurring items                                                      (899,465)              (565,367)
  Real Estate Asset activities:
   Cash received from Rental activities                                                       20,479,614                      0
   Payments on Rental activities                                                             (10,752,429)                     0
   Interest paid on Mortgages                                                                 (6,807,110)                     0
                                                                                  ----------------------    -------------------
Net Cash provided by Operating activities                                                      4,399,592              2,222,260
                                                                                  ----------------------    -------------------

Cash Flows provided by/(used in) Investing activities:
  Management and Advisory Service activities:
   Proceeds from sale of Non-Core Assets and Other                                               528,172              1,355,184
   Capital Expenditures                                                                         (202,628)              (251,763)
   Other                                                                                          49,788
   Repayment from/(Advances to) Syndicated Partnerships                                          559,601             (3,617,965)
   Acquisition of Real Estate Assets                                                                   0               (425,812)
  Real Estate Asset activities:
   Net cash flow provided by Rental activities during period
       Held for Sale (net of Interest paid of $6,757,328)                                              0              1,178,012
   Funding of Escrows                                                                           (337,782)                     0
   Capital Expenditures                                                                         (235,799)                     0
                                                                                  ----------------------    -------------------
Net Cash provided by/(used in) Investing activities                                              361,352             (1,762,344)
                                                                                  ----------------------    -------------------

Cash Flows (used in) Financing activities:
  Management and Advisory Service activities:
   Proceeds from the exercise of Stock Options                                                    47,050                      0
   Redemption of Stock held by Syndicated Partnerships                                           (31,330)                     0
   Net Proceeds from/(Principal Payments) on Term Debt and Other                              (1,847,121)              (189,759)
  Real Estate Asset activities:
   Proceeds from Mortgage Debt                                                                 9,291,000                      0
   Payments on Mortgages - principal amortization                                               (989,553)              (971,138)
   Payments on Mortgages - lump sum                                                          (10,414,347)              (256,000)
                                                                                  ----------------------    -------------------
Net Cash (used in) Financing Activities                                                       (3,944,301)            (1,416,897)
                                                                                  ----------------------    -------------------
Increase/(Decrease) in Cash                                                                      816,643               (956,981)
Cash at Beginning of Year                                                                      2,751,986              4,639,643
                                                                                  ----------------------    -------------------
Cash at End of Period                                                             $            3,568,629    $         3,682,662
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                         CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
                 FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 AND 1995
                                   (UNAUDITED)



                                                                                June 30, 1996          June 30, 1995
                                                                               ----------------       ----------------
                                                                                                
Reconciliation of Net Income to
     Net Cash provided by Operating activities:
     Net Income                                                                $      1,848,634       $      3,407,110
     Adjustments to reconcile Net Income to Net Cash
         provided by Operating activities:
         Depreciation and Amortization                                                2,652,351                247,409
         Provision for losses on Accounts Receivable                                     43,207                556,232
         Income from Disposal or Recovery of Non-Core Assets                           (274,692)            (1,815,187)
         Gain on Debt Restructuring                                                           0             (1,314,021)
         Provision for Income Taxes not payable in Cash                                 967,158              2,159,000
     Changes in Operating Assets and Liabilities:
         Interests in and Receivables from Syndicated Partnerships                      252,550               (251,009)
         Accounts Receivable and Other Assets                                         1,296,220              1,698,792
         Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities                                      (2,385,836)            (2,466,066)
                                                                               ----------------       ----------------
Net Cash provided by Operating activities                                      $      4,399,592       $      2,222,260
                                                                               ================       ================


SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

In the first quarter of 1995, the Company (as defined in Note 1 to  Consolidated
Financial  Statements)  acquired an apartment  property  financed in part with a
$920,000 first mortgage on the property.

In June 1995,  the Company  purchased  from a mortgage  lender  $8.8  million of
non-recourse  mortgages on one Syndicated  Partnership  (as defined in Note 1 to
Consolidated  Financial Statements) and four Wholly Owned Properties (as defined
in Note 1 to Consolidated  Financial  Statements) for $7.8 million.  The Company
financed  the  acquisition  with a $7.8  million  note  payable to the  mortgage
lender. The note was repaid in June 1996.

In the first quarter of 1996,  the Company  granted deeds in lieu of foreclosure
for  two  Wholly  Owned  Properties  to the  mortgagee.  The  properties  had an
aggregate carrying value of $2.5 million.  In the first half of 1995 the Company
granted a deed in lieu of  foreclosure  for one  Wholly  Owned  Property  to the
mortgagee. The property had an aggregate carrying value of $2.1 million. No gain
or loss  was  recognized  on  these  transactions  because  the  assets  and the
non-recourse  mortgages on the Properties (as defined in Note 1 to  Consolidated
Financial Statements) had been recorded in equal amounts.

Effective August 1, 1996, the Company acquired Lexford Properties,  Inc. through
a merger with a wholly  owned  subsidiary  of the  Company.  The Company  issued
700,000 shares of its Common Stock (valued at $14,000,000) in  consideration  of
the acquisition, however 450,000 of the shares issued (valued at $9,000,000) are
subject  to  forfeiture  through  the  end  of  fiscal  1999  or  until  certain
profitability criteria are met, whichever occurs first.

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                         CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1  BASIS OF PRESENTATION

         The consolidated  financial statements include the accounts of Cardinal
Realty  Services,  Inc.  and its wholly  owned  subsidiaries  (collectively  the
"Company") for consolidated  financial  statement  purposes,  the "Company" also
includes limited  partnerships and other legal entities which own Operating Real
Estate Assets and in which the Company,  in turn,  owns a 100% equity  interest.
All significant  intercompany  balances and transactions have been eliminated in
this consolidation.  The accompanying consolidated financial statements,  except
for the Consolidated  Balance Sheet at December 31, 1995, are unaudited and have
been prepared in accordance with generally  accepted  accounting  principles for
interim  financial  information and in accordance with the rules and regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Accordingly, they do not include all
of the  information  and  footnotes  required by generally  accepted  accounting
principles  for  complete  financial  statements.   The  consolidated  financial
statements, the notes hereto and the capitalized terms included herein should be
read in conjunction with the Company's Form 10-K.

         The interim  consolidated  financial  statements  have been prepared in
accordance with the Company's customary accounting practices.  In the opinion of
management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered
necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Operating results for the
six month  period  ended June 30,  1996 are not  necessarily  indicative  of the
results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 1996.

Business Overview
- -----------------

         The Company  engages in two core related  business  activities:  first,
activities in  connection  with the ownership of  multifamily  residential  real
property (including provision of management services to passive co-owners); and,
second,  management of multifamily residential real property including provision
of management  services to owners of property in which the Company does not have
an  ownership  interest.  In January 1996 the Company  effected a  restructuring
along these business lines by creating two business  divisions Advisory Services
and Management  Services.  The restructuring was implemented,  in part, to cause
the Company and its  management to become more focused with respect to these two
distinct, yet complementary, groups of business activities.

         Advisory Services
         -----------------

         The  objective  of  the  Company's  Advisory  Services  division  is to
maximize  the value of its real estate  holdings  and its returns on real estate
investments.  The Company  performs  these  functions both with respect to those
Properties  in which it maintains  the entire  ownership  interest  (its "Wholly
Owned  Properties") as well as those properties in which the Company maintains a
partial ownership  interest (the "Syndicated  Partnerships";  and, together with
the Wholly Owned Properties,  the  "Properties").  The Company strives to obtain
and maintain the best  available  financing for the  Properties and maximize the
Properties' operating performance.  The Company is also committed to continually
evaluate and reevaluate the  performance  of all such  properties,  and identify
under-performing  Properties  or  those  Properties  which  can  be  sold  at an
attractive price relative to their performance. The Company maintains at least a
1% partnership interest in each of the Syndicated Partnerships,  usually a 9% or
10% interest. The remaining partnership interests are substantially all owned by
unrelated third party investors as limited partners.


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                         CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (UNAUDITED)

         The Company's  Advisory  Services  division  performs asset  management
services on behalf of the Syndicated  Partnerships in the Company's  capacity as
general  partner of the  Syndicated  Partnerships.  In addition,  the  Company's
Advisory Services division  performs the following  additional  services for the
accounts of the co-owners (limited partners) of the Syndicated Partnerships: the
provision of  informational  and  financial  reporting  services,  including tax
accounting tax return preparation and provision of tax return information to the
limited partners; and capital and financial planning, including determination of
reserves,  funding of capital  requirements  and  determinations  and  effecting
capital distributions to partners.

         Beyond its equity  investment  in the  Properties,  the  Company  holds
receivables from a majority of the Syndicated Partnerships (SEE "RECORDED VALUES
OF RECEIVABLES FROM SYNDICATED PARTNERSHIPS" AND NOTE 4).

         Management Services
         -------------------

         The Company's  Management Services division is charged with the conduct
of the Company's property management business. The Company's property management
business  involves  all  traditional   elements  of  the  third  party  property
management  services  business,   including,  without  limitation,  day  to  day
management  and  maintenance  of  all  the  multifamily   residential  apartment
Properties,  securing  residents and entering into leases for apartment units at
the  Properties,  collecting  rents  and  other  amounts  owing  from  residents
providing cash management  services for revenues,  security deposits,  taxes and
insurance  and deferred  maintenance  escrows,  and  assembling,  compiling  and
furnishing  information  regarding  each of the  Properties to their  respective
owners.

         Effective August 1, 1996 the Company acquired Lexford Properties,  Inc.
("Lexford") by merger of a wholly owned  subsidiary of the Company with and into
Lexford.  As of such  date,  Lexford  became a wholly  owned  subsidiary  of the
Company.  Lexford  has been  engaged in the  business  of third  party  property
management services to the owners of multifamily residential real property since
commencing  its  business  operations  in June  1988.  At the time  the  Company
acquired Lexford,  Lexford managed  approximately 22,000 residential units under
management  contracts  with their third  party  owners.  The  Company  currently
intends to cause  Lexford to  continue  to provide  and expand  such third party
property  management  services  as well as to  succeed to the  operation  of the
Company's  Management  Services  division.  Accordingly,  the Company's property
management  business  will  ultimately  be  conducted  through its wholly  owned
subsidiary,  Lexford  Properties,  Inc.  Management  believes that the Company's
acquisition   of  Lexford  has  enhanced  the  Company's   property   management
capabilities  and will facilitate the Company's  ability to acquire,  as well as
service,  additional  multifamily  residential  properties  in the  future  (SEE
"LEXFORD ACQUISITION").

         The  Company's  Management  Services  division also operates an adjunct
business  which the Company  refers to as  "Ancillary  Services".  The Company's
Ancillary  Services include the acquisition and furnishing of parts and supplies
to both the Wholly Owned  Properties  and Syndicated  Partnerships  and also the
rental  of  furniture  and  sale  of  renters  insurance  to  residents  at  the
Properties.  In June 1996 the  Company  announced  that it  anticipated  certain
realignments in its current  organization.  The Company expects that one of such
realignments will result in the outsourcing of the parts and supplies  inventory
currently handled internally by the Company's  ancillary services function.  The
Company is currently studying various alternatives to maintaining the inventory,
such as enrollment in cooperative buying groups (SEE "RESTRUCTURING").



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                         CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (UNAUDITED)

Fresh Start Accounting
- ----------------------

         The Company  adopted a method of accounting  referred to as fresh start
("Fresh Start") reporting as of September 11, 1992 (the "Effective  Date"),  the
effective date of the Company's Third Amended Plan of Reorganization  (the "Plan
of  Reorganization")  filed on June 22, 1992 with,  and confirmed by, the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. The
Company  applied Fresh Start  Accounting as of the Effective Date to prepare its
balance  sheet and  establish  the  values of its assets  and  liabilities  (SEE
"RECORDED VALUES OF RECEIVABLES FROM SYNDICATED  PARTNERSHIPS").  From and after
the Effective Date the Company has applied historical cost account values of new
assets  in  establishing  book  values in  accordance  with  generally  accepted
accounting principles.

Operating Real Estate Assets (previously Held for Sale)
- -------------------------------------------------------

         During 1995 and prior  years,  the Company had  attempted to market and
sell the Wholly Owned  Properties  on terms that were  beneficial to the Company
and its  shareholders.  However,  based upon  mortgage  debt that has since been
restructured  with  favorable  amortization  terms,  combined  with improved net
operating income and cash flow performance,  management  believes that a sale of
all or substantially all of the Wholly Owned Properties would be less beneficial
than  retaining the Wholly Owned  Properties  for investment at the present time
(SEE NOTE 2). The Company  will  continue to monitor and evaluate any changes in
circumstances  and/or economic conditions  affecting its continued investment in
the  Wholly  Owned  Properties.  Commencing  January 1,  1996,  the  operations,
including a provision for depreciation, of the Wholly Owned Properties have been
fully  consolidated  in the Company's  Statements of Income.  Further,  the cash
flows of the  Wholly  Owned  Properties  have been  reclassified  as Cash  Flows
Provided by Operating  Activities.  While the Wholly Owned  Properties were held
for sale,  the  results of  operations  from the Wholly  Owned  Properties  were
credited to the  carrying  value of the real estate and no  revenues,  operating
expenses or depreciation were included in the Consolidated Statements of Income.
Cash flows from the Wholly Owned  Properties  prior to 1996 were  classified  as
Cash Flow Provided by Investing Activities (SEE NOTE 5).

Cash and Other Assets
- ---------------------

         Cash at June 30, 1996 of  approximately  $3.6  million is  comprised of
approximately  $3.3 million related to Wholly Owned Properties (which is held in
separate property bank accounts) and approximately $241,000 in corporate funds.

         As of June 30, 1996, Funds Held in Escrow of $10.1 million is comprised
of $7.4 million of restricted  cash related to the Wholly Owned  Properties  and
$2.7 million in corporate  funds.  Wholly Owned  Properties Funds Held in Escrow
relate to security deposit escrows,  real estate tax escrows and maintenance and
replacement escrows required by mortgage lenders. Corporate Funds Held in Escrow
are primarily amounts set aside to pay insurance premiums for the Properties.

         Prepaids  and Other  assets of $4.4 million as of June 30, 1996 include
$1.6 million of  capitalized  costs  associated  with  refinancing  mortgages on
Wholly  Owned  Properties  and  $369,000  of  prepaid  expenses  and loan  costs
associated with the refinancing of the Company's corporate lines of credit which
are  amortized  based  upon the  maturity  date of the new  loan.  In  addition,
Prepaids  and  Other  assets  consists  of  a  leasehold  interest  in  land  of
approximately  $642,000,  approximately  $323,000 of prepaid  insurance and real
estate taxes,  $306,000 of inventory of replacement  parts and supplies for sale
to Properties and  approximately  $600,000 of costs incurred in litigation  with

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                         CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (UNAUDITED)

the Company's former insurance  carrier  involving a claim for termite damage at
certain of the Properties.

Recorded Values of Receivables from Syndicated Partnerships
- -----------------------------------------------------------

         The Company owns general partner and/or limited  partner  interests in,
and  holds  second  mortgage  loans  and  other  receivables  from,   Syndicated
Partnerships.  The majority of these  receivables  arose prior to the  Effective
Date as a result of  agreements  related to the  syndication  of the  Syndicated
Partnerships.  Advances made to Syndicated Partnerships since the Effective Date
primarily were for supplemental  financing for debt restructuring or refinancing
transactions  as described in Notes 3 and 4. Interests in and  Receivables  from
Syndicated  Partnerships  were recorded at their  estimated fair value as of the
Effective Date. The contractual  amounts of receivables are  significantly  more
than  the  recorded  values.  At June  30,  1996  and  December  31,  1995,  the
contractual value of the Company's  Interests in and Receivables from Syndicated
Partnerships amounted to $239.6 million and $237.1 million, respectively.  There
can be no assurance that the Company will collect any amounts above the recorded
value of these receivables.

          The Fresh  Start  values were  established  as of the  Effective  Date
utilizing  an  estimation  of value  based upon a  capitalization  rate of 10.5%
applied to the net operating  income of the individual  Syndicated  Partnership.
The estimated value was then adjusted by the Syndicated  Partnership's  mortgage
debt and the Syndicated  Partnership's other assets and liabilities to determine
an  estimated  net fair value.  The  Company  then  calculated  its share of the
estimated net fair value for each Syndicated Partnership.

         Interest  is  accrued  on the  recorded  Fresh  Start  values of second
mortgages and certain other receivables  based upon contractual  interest rates.
Allowances  are provided for  estimated  uncollectible  interest  based upon the
underlying  Syndicated   Partnerships'  abilities  to  generate  net  cash  flow
sufficient to pay accrued interest.  In certain instances,  payments made to the
Company by individual  Syndicated  Partnerships in excess of carrying amounts of
accrued  interest  on the  recorded  values of second  mortgages  is recorded as
interest  income.  Any such  payments  in excess of amounts  recorded as accrued
interest  normally  still  represent   contractual  interest  payable  from  the
Syndicated  Partnerships to the Company and is  representative of interest which
accrues on the excess of the contractual balance of the second mortgage or other
receivable above that of the recorded Fresh Start value on the Company's balance
sheet.  The Company is also entitled to receive  incentive  management  fees and
supplemental second mortgage interest from certain of the underlying  Syndicated
Partnerships if certain  specified amounts of net operating income are achieved.
Also, in the event the underlying Properties are sold or refinanced, the Company
is  generally  entitled  to a  participation  interest in the net  proceeds,  if
available,  as a  second  mortgage  holder  and on  account  of its  partnership
interest(s).

         The  Company  accounts  for its  partnership  interests  in  Syndicated
Partnerships by the cost method; no significant recorded value has been ascribed
to these  interests.  The realization of the Interests in and  Receivables  from
Syndicated  Partnerships is dependent on the future operating performance of the
Syndicated  Partnerships  generating  sufficient  net  operating  income and net
proceeds upon ultimate disposition.

Non-Core Assets
- ---------------

         The Company also has  interests  in motel  properties,  investor  notes
receivable and certain other assets  (collectively the "Non-Core  Assets").  The
Company valued these Non-Core  Assets as of the Effective Date based on previous
and current purchase offers, previous sales activity and independent appraisals.
In 1994, the Company  recovered the remaining  recorded value of Non-Core Assets
from the collection of receivables  and  proceeds from disposals of such assets.

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                         CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (UNAUDITED)

The Company began recognizing income from sale proceeds and collections,  net of
collection and closing costs,  after the carrying value was fully recovered.  By
June 30, 1996 the Company had successfully  disposed of a substantial portion of
its Non-Core Assets.  Those Non-Core Assets  remaining are not significant. 

Net Income Per Share
- --------------------

         Net income per share for a specified  period is  computed  based on the
total weighted average number of shares of the Company's  Common Stock,  without
par value  ("Common  Stock"),  outstanding  during the subject  period and those
contingent shares estimated to be issued to officers, employees and directors in
accordance  with the  Company's  1992  Incentive  Equity  Plan,  as amended (the
"Incentive  Equity  Plan").  For the three months ended June 30, 1996, the total
weighted average shares outstanding was approximately  3,913,000,  including the
weighted average of  approximately  259,000 shares estimated to be issued in the
future pursuant to the Incentive  Equity Plan. For the six months ended June 30,
1996, the total weighted average shares outstanding was approximately  3,897,000
including the weighted average of  approximately  243,000 shares estimated to be
issued pursuant to the Incentive Equity Plan.

Lexford Acquisition
- -------------------

         Effective  August  1, 1996 the  Company  acquired  Lexford  by way of a
merger (the "Lexford  Merger") of the Company's wholly owned subsidiary with and
into Lexford.  The terms of the Lexford  Merger  provided that the Company would
succeed to the ownership of all of the issued and  outstanding  stock of Lexford
and the  shareholders  of Lexford would receive  700,000  shares of  restricted,
newly issued Common Stock. For purposes of the Lexford Merger,  the Common Stock
was valued at $20 per share.  Approximately $9.0 million,  or 450,000 shares, of
the  purchase  price is  subject to  forfeiture  in the event  Lexford  does not
achieve  certain  profitability  criteria  within  three fiscal  years.  Lexford
shareholders  will  initially  receive  250,000  shares of Common  Stock free of
contingencies.

Restatement
- -----------

         The net income  previously  reported in the June 30, 1995  Consolidated
Statement  of Income has been  adjusted  in order to comply  with  Statement  of
Position ("SOP") 90-7  "Reorganization  Under the Bankruptcy Code" pertaining to
accounting for deferred income taxes.  SOP 90-7 requires that benefits  realized
from  pre-confirmation  net  operating  loss  carryforwards  be  reported  as an
increase to Additional Paid-in Capital.  For the period ending June 30, 1995 the
Company  reported net income,  but was not required to pay taxes on such income,
as the  result of having the  benefit of net  operating  loss  carryforwards  to
offset the income.  The  financial  statements  as adjusted,  reflect a non-cash
charge in the form of an  increase  in the  provision  for  income  taxes in the
Consolidated  Statements  of Income.  Net deferred  tax assets  (which have been
fully reserved against and therefore are not reflected on the Company's June 30,
1996 and December 31, 1995 Consolidated  Balance Sheets) have been reduced by an
amount  equivalent to the non-cash  charge with a  corresponding  increase being
made to Additional Paid-in Capital. The adjustment does not affect the Company's
cash flows or total  Shareholders'  Equity.  The effect of the  adjustment is as
follows:

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                         CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (UNAUDITED)



                                                     As Previously          Adjustment for               As
                                                       Reported             Tax Provision             Adjusted
                                                   -----------------      ------------------      ----------------
Three Months Ended June 30, 1995
- ---------------------------------------------
                                                                                         
Income before Extraordinary Gain                   $       2,441,284      $        (947,000)      $      1,494,284
Extraordinary Gain                                           883,069               (342,999)               540,070
                                                   -----------------      ------------------      ----------------
Net Income                                         $       3,324,353      $      (1,289,999)      $      2,034,354
                                                   =================      ==================      ================


Per Share of Common Stock:
         Income before Extraordinary Gain                       $.64                 ($0.25)                 $0.39
         Extraordinary Gain                                     0.23                  (0.09)                  0.14
                                                   -----------------      ------------------      ----------------
         Net Income                                             $.87                 ($0.34)                 $0.53
                                                   =================      ==================      ================



                                                                              Adjustment
                                                     As Previously             for Tax                   As
                                                       Reported               Provision               Adjusted
                                                   -----------------      ------------------      ----------------
Six Months Ended June 30, 1995
- ---------------------------------------------
                                                                                         
Income before Extraordinary Gain                   $       4,252,089            $(1,649,000)      $      2,603,089
Extraordinary Gain                                         1,314,021               (510,000)               804,021
                                                   -----------------      ------------------      ----------------
Net Income                                         $       5,566,110      $      (2,159,000)      $      3,407,110
                                                   =================      ==================      ================


Per Share of Common Stock:
         Income before Extraordinary Gain                      $1.11                 ($0.43)                 $0.68
         Extraordinary Gain                                     0.34                  (0.13)                  0.21
                                                   -----------------      ------------------      ----------------
         Net Income                                            $1.45                 ($0.56)                 $0.89
                                                   =================      ==================      ================



Reclassification
- ----------------

         The  Statements  of Income,  the  Statements  of Cash Flows and certain
financial  information  in the notes to the financial  statements for the period
ended June 30, 1995 have been reclassified to conform to the 1996 presentation.

Corporate Restructuring
- -----------------------

         In June 1996, as a result of management's  continued  evaluation of the
Company's  Ancillary Services and Management  Services  operations,  the Company
announced  a  staff   restructuring   totaling  13  employees.   The  June  1996
restructuring  has resulted in a one time $300,000  restructure  expense for the
three  and six  months  ended  June 30,  1996.  The June 1996  restructuring  is
expected to result in annual  expense  savings of  approximately  $400,000  and,
along with the corporate  restructuring  recorded in the fourth quarter of 1995,
are  expected  to result in combined  annual  expense  savings of  approximately
$1,400,000 (SEE "BUSINESS OVERVIEW").  The June 1996  restructuring  will reduce

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                         CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (UNAUDITED)

the  number  of  corporate   employees  dedicated  to  financial  reporting  and
management  duties  and will  also  result in the  outsourcing  of the parts and
supplies inventory component of the Company's Ancillary Services operations.

         The foregoing forward looking  statements of potential cost savings are
estimates and actual results may differ. Any differences, which could develop if
perceived  efficiencies are not obtainable  and/or if outsourcing  opportunities
are not available.

NOTE 2  OPERATING REAL ESTATE ASSETS

         Operating Real Estate Assets consist of the Wholly Owned Properties. In
the first quarter of 1996 a lender  accepted deeds in lieu of foreclosure on two
Wholly Owned  Properties.  The  principal  and accrued  interest on the mortgage
loans  secured by the Wholly  Owned  Properties  aggregated  approximately  $2.5
million. The deeds were granted pursuant to an overall agreement with the lender
to restructure certain mortgages in 1995. In the second half of 1995 the Company
granted deeds in lieu of foreclosure on two Wholly Owned Properties.  No gain or
loss was  recognized on these  transactions.  The Company  acquired three Wholly
Owned  Properties in the second half of 1995 and also effected a combination  of
three Wholly Owned Properties into one Wholly Owned Property during such period.
As a result of these transactions,  at June 30, 1996 there were 114 Wholly Owned
Properties as compared to 117 at June 30, 1995.

         Condensed  combined  balance  sheets,  with  intercompany  payables and
receivables eliminated,  of the Company's Wholly Owned Properties as of June 30,
1996 and December 31, 1995 are as follows.




                                                                     June 30, 1996         December 31, 1995
                                                                  --------------------   ---------------------
                                                                                   
                              Assets
Operating Real Estate Assets                                      $        164,797,835   $         167,276,556
      Accumulated Depreciation                                              (2,295,860)                      0
                                                                  --------------------   ---------------------
Net Operating Real Estate Assets                                           162,501,975             167,276,556
Cash                                                                         3,327,350               2,699,924
Accounts Receivable                                                          1,074,254               1,043,069
Funds Held in Escrow                                                         7,363,144               7,097,162
Prepaids and Other                                                           2,205,747               2,487,494
                                                                  --------------------   ---------------------
                                                                  $        176,472,470   $         180,604,205
                                                                  ====================   =====================
                      Liabilities and Equity

Mortgage Payable                                                  $        147,286,196   $         151,130,612
Accounts Payable                                                             1,233,029                 953,076
Accrued Interest and Real Estate Taxes                                       3,340,731               3,577,547
Other Accrued Expenses                                                       1,324,369               1,315,132
Other Liabilities                                                            1,045,286               1,094,800
                                                                  --------------------   ---------------------
                                                                           154,229,611             158,071,167
Equity                                                                      22,242,859              22,533,038
                                                                  --------------------   ---------------------
                                                                  $        176,472,470   $         180,604,205
                                                                  ====================   =====================


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                         CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (UNAUDITED)

         As of the Effective Date, in accordance with Fresh Start reporting, the
mortgages on the Wholly Owned  Properties  were  restated to estimate fair value
(the "Carrying  Value") if the Fresh Start value of the assets was less than the
outstanding principal amount of the mortgages.  Although the value of the assets
may have increased since the Effective Date, the Carrying Value of the mortgages
has not  been  adjusted.  The  mortgages  on the  Wholly  Owned  Properties  had
contractual  principal  balances  of  approximately  $156.5  million  and $163.8
million at June 30,  1996 and  December  31,  1995,  respectively,  compared  to
Carrying  Values of $147.3  million and $151.1  million at such dates.  Interest
expense is recorded based on the Carrying Value unless the  contractual  balance
is being paid,  in which case,  the amount paid is  expensed.  During the period
from the  Effective  Date through June 30, 1996 the Company has  refinanced  100
mortgage  loans  secured by the Wholly Owned  Properties  and has acquired  four
Wholly Owned  Properties.  Mortgages  which have been  originated  following the
Effective Date are recorded as liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets in
their full principal amount. Typically, each Wholly Owned Property is secured by
a separate  mortgage  loan.  All but one of the  mortgage  loans  secured by the
Wholly Owned Properties are non-recourse in nature.

         With respect to those Properties and other assets which the Company has
acquired,  and will acquire,  after the Effective  Date, the recorded values are
established on the basis of acquisition  cost, net of accumulated  depreciation,
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

NOTE 3 MORTGAGE REFINANCINGS

         In the first six months of 1996, the Company  completed the refinancing
of mortgages on seven Wholly Owned  Properties and six Syndicated  Partnerships.
Mortgage  indebtedness on the Wholly Owned Properties,  with a contractual value
of $12.4 million and a Carrying  Value of $12.0  million,  was  refinanced  with
mortgages bearing interest ranging from approximately 8.0% to 9.1%, with 25 year
amortization and 10 year maturities.  Annual debt service on the affected Wholly
Owned Properties decreased from $1.3 million to $1.1 million in the aggregate as
a result of the refinancing.  These transactions funded improvement and deferred
maintenance, tax and working capital escrows of approximately $429,000.

         In the first six months of 1995, the Company completed  modification or
refinancing  transactions  involving 87 Wholly Owned  Properties  and Syndicated
Partnerships.  These transactions resulted in the modification of mortgage loans
on 25 Wholly Owned  Properties and the  modification  or refinancing of mortgage
loans  on  62  Syndicated  Partnerships.   These  transactions  resulted  in  an
extraordinary  gain on discharge of indebtedness on the Wholly Owned Properties,
net of closing costs, reserves and taxes, of approximately $804,000.

         While there can be no  assurance,  the Company  expects to  refinance a
significant number of mortgages on the Properties during the remainder of 1996.

NOTE 4  RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

         The Company manages all but one of the Wholly Owned  Properties and 412
of the 414 Syndicated Partnerships.  The Company also provides various ancillary
services,  including the sale of maintenance  supplies and replacement  parts to
the Properties,  and furniture  rentals and insurance to  residents  (SEE NOTE 1
BUSINESS  OVERVIEW - MANAGEMENT SERVICES). The Company earned fee based revenues
from the Syndicated  Partnerships of approximately $2.8 million and $3.1 million
for the  three  months  ended  June 30,  1996 and 1995,  respectively,  and $5.6
million  and $5.9  million  for the six  months  ended  June 30,  1996 and 1995,
respectively.  The Company also earned a majority of its interest  income on its
receivables  (including  second  mortgages  from  the  Syndicated Partnerships).

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                         CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                AND SUBSIDIARIES

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (UNAUDITED)

Approximately $1.7 million and $3.9 million of the Accounts  Receivable were due
from the  Syndicated  Partnerships  as of June 30, 1996 and  December  31, 1995,
respectively.  The decline in the accounts  receivable is cyclical in nature due
to the timing of the billing and  collection  of the annual  insurance  premiums
collected and paid by the Company on behalf of the Syndicated Partnerships.  Fee
Based Revenues and Accounts  Receivable  related to the Wholly Owned  Properties
are eliminated in consolidation.

         The Company received  repayment of advances of  approximately  $600,000
from the Syndicated  Partnerships in the first six months of 1996 as compared to
making net advances of $3.6 million in the first six months of 1995  principally
related to refinancing of mortgages. These advances are included in Interests in
and  Receivables  from  Syndicated  Partnerships.  The advances in 1995 provided
supplemental financing to facilitate satisfaction of indebtedness owed to former
lenders  and/or to fund  transaction  costs and  escrows.  These  advances  bear
interest at one percent over the prime rate of interest, 8.25% at June 30, 1996,
of The Provident Bank (the "Bank").

NOTE 5 COMPARATIVE INCOME STATEMENTS

         Prior  to 1996 the  operations  of the  Wholly  Owned  Properties  were
excluded  from the Company's  Statements of Income (SEE NOTE 1 - OPERATING  REAL
ESTATE ASSETS (PREVIOUSLY HELD FOR SALE)). In order to facilitate the comparison
of operations in 1996 to 1995, the following  "proforma"  Income  Statement (the
"Proforma  Income  Statement")  has been  prepared  for the three and six months
ended  June  30,  1995  as  if  the  Wholly  Owned  Properties  were  previously
consolidated.  All intercompany transactions have been eliminated.  Depreciation
expense for the Operating Real Estate Assets has been estimated for 1995.

         Management  expects that the  discernible  trends which have  developed
from and after  January  1,  1996,  namely  reduction  in the  amounts of income
received attributable to the disposal of Non-Core Assets and increases in income
recognized from Operating Real Estate Assets and the Company's  interests in and
receivables from Syndicated  Partnerships will continue.  For these reasons, the
Company has  supplementally  disclosed  earnings before interest,  income taxes,
depreciation,  amortization and extraordinary items ("EBITDA"), recurring EBITDA
and Funds from Operations of its Wholly Owned  Properties.  Management  believes
that these supplemental  disclosures are meaningful measures for analysis of the
Company's  results of  operations  both  taken  alone and when  compared  to the
Company's  counterparts in the multi-family  residential real property ownership
and management business.

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                                                                  Three Months Ended June 30           Six Months Ended June 30
                                                             ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------
                                                                  1996               1995            1996              1995
                                                             ---------------   ---------------- ---------------   ---------------
                                                                                                      
Revenues:                                                                          Proforma                          Proforma
   Rental and Other Operating Real Estate Revenues-Net       $    10,253,671   $      9,737,529 $    20,443,812   $    19,289,858
   Fee Based                                                       2,762,388          3,101,655       5,583,423         5,880,618
   Interest, Principally from Syndicated Partnerships              1,510,352          1,007,537       2,946,685         1,962,707
   Income from Disposal or Recovery of Non-Core Assets-Net           105,803          1,006,663         274,692         1,815,187
   Other                                                              79,042            193,256         151,655           360,477
                                                             ---------------   ---------------- ---------------   ---------------
                                                                  14,711,256         15,046,640      29,400,267        29,308,847
                                                             ---------------   ---------------- ---------------   ---------------

Expenses:
   Rental Operating                                                5,186,661          5,692,798      10,437,951        10,568,005
   Fee Based                                                       1,607,400          1,624,473       3,095,952         3,197,021
   Administration                                                  1,149,788          1,017,732       2,121,734         2,132,633
   Restructure Costs                                                 300,000                  0         300,000                 0
   Interest - Wholly Owned Property Debt                           3,636,670          3,611,195       7,200,179         7,145,997
   Interest - Corporate Debt                                         261,606            418,280         561,466           786,048
   Depreciation                                                    1,324,447          1,267,581       2,652,351         2,535,059
                                                             ---------------   ---------------- ---------------   ---------------
                                                                  13,466,572         13,632,059      26,369,633        26,364,763
                                                             ---------------   ---------------- ---------------   ---------------

Income Before Income Taxes                                         1,244,684          1,414,581       3,030,634         2,944,084
Provision for Income Taxes (Note 1)                                  487,400            543,000       1,182,000         1,136,000
                                                             ---------------   ---------------- ---------------   ---------------
Income before Extraordinary Gain                                     757,284            871,581       1,848,634         1,808,084
Extraordinary Gain, net of Income Taxes (Note 3)                           0            540,070               0           804,021
                                                             ---------------   ---------------- ---------------   ---------------
Net Income                                                   $       757,284   $      1,411,651 $     1,848,634   $     2,612,105
                                                             ===============   ================ ===============   ===============
   EBITDA                                                    $     6,467,407   $      6,711,637 $    13,444,630   $    13,411,188
                                                             ===============   ================ ===============   ===============
   Recurring EBITDA                                          $     6,661,604   $      5,704,974 $    13,469,938   $    11,596,001
                                                             ===============   ================ ===============   ===============


Net Income per Common Share:
   Income Before Extraordinary Item                                    $0.19              $0.23           $0.47             $0.47
   Extraordinary Gain                                                   0.00               0.14            0.00              0.21
                                                             ---------------    --------------- ---------------   ---------------
   Net Income                                                          $0.19              $0.37           $0.47             $0.68
                                                             ===============    =============== ===============   ===============


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ITEM 2.                      MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
                             ------------------------------------
                       OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
                       ------------------------------------------------

INTRODUCTION

         The following  discussion  explains  material  changes in the Company's
results of  operations,  comparing  the three and six months ended June 30, 1996
and  1995  and  significant   developments  affecting  the  Company's  financial
condition   since the end of 1995.  The following  discussion  should be read in
conjunction with the historical financial statements of the Company.

         The  financial  statements  for the three and six months ended June 30,
1995  do  not  include  the  results  of  operations   (revenues,   expenses  or
depreciation)  attributable  to  the  Operating  Real  Estate  Assets,  formerly
classified as Real Estate Assets Held for Sale.  Commencing  January 1, 1996 the
results of  operations,  including  depreciation  of the  Operating  Real Estate
Assets, have been included in the Consolidated  Statements of Income (SEE ITEM 1
- - NOTE 1 - OPERATING REAL ESTATE ASSETS (PREVIOUSLY HELD FOR SALE) AND NOTE 5 OF
NOTES  TO  CONSOLIDATED  FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS).   Therefore,  the  Consolidated
Statements  of Income for the three and six months  ended June 30,  1996 are not
comparable to the same periods in 1995. In order to facilitate the comparison of
operations,   the  notes  to  the  financial  statements  include  a  "proforma"
consolidated  income statement for the three and six months ended June 30, 1995,
prepared as if the Wholly Owned  Properties  were previously  consolidated  (SEE
ITEM 1 - NOTE 5 OF NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED  FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS).  The following
discussion of results of operations is based upon the Proforma Income  Statement
included in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

         Rental and Other  Operating Real Estate Revenues - Net are derived from
the Wholly Owned  Properties  which own and operate  apartment  communities that
comprise  the  Company's  Operating  Real  Estate  Assets.   Revenues  increased
approximately $516,000 and $1.1 million or 5.3% and 6.0%, respectively,  for the
three and six months  ended June 30,  1996,  as compared to the same  periods in
1995.  The increase was  primarily  due to the increase in average rent per unit
from $365 in 1995 to $384 in 1996.  The average  economic  occupancy  of the 110
Wholly Owned Properties in operation at all times during the comparable  periods
was 92.0% for the six months ended June 30,  1996,  as compared to 90.9% for the
three  months  ended March 31, 1996 and 91.9% for the six months  ended June 30,
1995.  Economic  occupancy  is defined as the amount of revenue  collected  from
residents as a percentage of the revenue a property could generate if full rents
for  all  units  were  collected.  (SEE  ITEM  1 -  NOTES  1 AND 5 OF  NOTES  TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).

         Fee Based  Revenues are comprised of  Management  Services and Advisory
Services revenues  generated from services  provided to Syndicated  Partnerships
and residents at the Properties. Management Services revenues principally relate
to property  management  and  accounting  services  provided  to the  Syndicated
Partnerships.  Ancillary Services (a department of Management Services) revenues
consist  principally  of  revenue  generated  from the sale of  replacement  and
maintenance  material to the  Syndicated  Partnerships.  In addition,  Ancillary
Services  revenues include revenue generated from furniture leasing and renter's
insurance  products  provided to residents of the Properties.  Advisory Services
Revenues  consist of partnership  administration  fees as well as fees generated
from   loan  refinancing  and  restructuring.  (SEE  ITEM  1 - NOTE 1 - BUSINESS
OVERVIEW OF NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).

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         The following are the major components of Management  Services revenues
and Advisory  Services revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 1996
as compared to the same periods in 1995:




                                                                Three Months Ended June 30            Six Months Ended June 30
                                                          -----------------------------------   -----------------------------------
                                                                1996               1995              1996                1995
                                                          ----------------   ----------------   --------------      ---------------
                                                                                                        
Management Services:                                                             Proforma                              Proforma
  Property Management Services:
      Property Management and Accounting Services         $      1,945,251   $      1,881,370   $    3,874,527      $     3,689,782
      Other Management Service Fee Revenues                        403,033            384,164          765,370              756,887
  Ancillary Services:
      Furniture Leasing and Renters Insurance                       67,903             78,368          161,434              202,404
      Replacement and Maintenance Material Revenues-net             34,235            148,873          150,803              230,046
                                                          ----------------   ----------------   --------------      ---------------
Total Management Services Revenues                               2,450,422          2,492,775        4,952,134            4,879,119
                                                          ----------------   ----------------   --------------      ---------------
Advisory Services:
  Partnership Administration & Other Fees                          289,406            286,233          582,162              571,282
  Loan Refinancing and Restructuring Fees                           22,560            322,647           49,127              430,217
                                                          ----------------   ----------------   --------------      ---------------
Total Advisory Services Revenues                                   311,966            608,880          631,289            1,001,499
                                                          ----------------   ----------------   --------------      ---------------
Total Fee Based Revenues                                  $      2,762,388   $      3,101,655   $    5,583,423      $     5,880,618
                                                          ================   ================   ==============      ===============


         Fee Based Revenues  decreased  approximately  $339,000 and $297,000 for
the three and six months ended June 30, 1996,  respectively,  as compared to the
same  periods  in  1995.  The  decrease  was  primarily  due  to a  decrease  of
approximately  $300,000 and $381,000 in loan refinancing and restructuring  fees
for the three and six months ended June 30, 1996,  respectively,  as compared to
the same periods in 1995. Loan refinancing and restructuring fees are subject to
significant  fluctuation  from  period to period  based upon the volume of loans
maturing in a given year,  ability to  refinance  based on the current  interest
rate  environment  and the Syndicated  Partnerships'  abilities to pay the fees.
Ancillary  Services revenues  decreased  $125,000 and $120,000 for the three and
six months ended June 30, 1996, respectively, as compared to the same periods in
1995.  This decrease was primarily due to a decline in replacement  and material
sales to  Syndicated  Partnerships  in the second  quarter of 1996. In addition,
replacement  and  material  sales  volumes  may be impacted in the future as the
Company is  currently  evaluating  product  lines to be carried and  outsourcing
warehousing  operations  (SEE NOTE 1 - BUSINESS  OVERVIEW - MANAGEMENT  SERVICES
AND RESTRUCTURING OF NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).

         The declines in Fee Based  Revenues were offset in part by increases in
Property Management Services revenues of approximately  $83,000 and $193,000 for
the three and six months ended June 30, 1996,  respectively,  as compared to the
same periods in 1995. The increases are attributable to a 5% aggregate  increase
in revenues  received by the Syndicated  Partnerships for both the three and six
months ended June 30, 1996 as compared to the same periods in 1995.

         Interest Income increased  approximately  $503,000 and $984,000 for the
three and six months  ended June 30,  1996 as  compared  to the same  periods in
1995.  Interest  Income is  primarily  derived  from the  interest  collected or
accrued on the recorded value of interests in, and receivables from,  Syndicated
Partnerships  (SEE  NOTE  1  RECORDED  VALUES  OF  RECEIVABLES  FROM  SYNDICATED
PARTNERSHIPS - OF NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).  The increase
in Interest Income was primarily due to increased net operating income and lower
first mortgage debt service  requirements.  Although there can be no assurances,
Interest  Income  should  continue to be  favorably  impacted in the future as a
result of mortgage  refinancings and, possibly,  increasing net operating income
as well (SEE "NET OPERATING INCOME OF SYNDICATED PARTNERSHIPS").

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         Income  from  Disposal  or  Recovery  of  Non-Core   Assets   decreased
approximately  $901,000 and $1.5 million for the three and six months ended June
30, 1996, respectively,  as compared to the same periods in 1995. This income is
derived from the net  disposition  proceeds of Non-Core  Assets in excess of the
aggregate recorded value of these assets. Additional income from the disposal of
Non-Core  Assets and recovery of investor notes  receivable may be recognized in
the future,  although at  significantly  lower levels than  recognized  in 1995.
Income from Disposal of Non-Core Assets is not a recurring,  long term source of
revenue   (SEE NOTE 1 -  NON-CORE  ASSETS - OF NOTES TO  CONSOLIDATED  FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS).

         Other Revenues  decreased  approximately  $114,000 and $209,000 for the
three and six months ended June 30, 1996, respectively,  as compared to the same
periods  in 1995.  The  decrease  was  principally  due to  collection  of fully
reserved receivables due from certain Syndicated Partnerships in 1995.

         Rental Operating Expense decreased  approximately $506,000 and $130,000
for the three and six months ended June 30, 1996,  respectively,  as compared to
the  same  periods  in  1995.  Improvement  and  replacement  expenses,  in  the
aggregate,  decreased  approximately  $205,000  and $87,000,  respectively.  The
decrease  for the three month period ended June 30, 1996 was due to the seasonal
nature of expenditures related to exterior grounds maintenance and repairs.

         Fee Based Expenses decreased approximately $17,000 and $101,000 for the
three and six months ended June 30, 1996, respectively,  as compared to the same
periods in 1995. The decrease in Fee Based  Expenses  reflects the ongoing staff
reductions and realignments  implemented by the Company (SEE NOTE 1 - CORPORATE
RESTRUCTURING - OF NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS).

         Administration  Expenses increased  approximately $132,000 in the three
months   ended  June  30,   1996  as  compared  to  the  same  period  in  1995.
Administration expenses decreased approximately $11,000 for the six months ended
June  30,  1996 as  compared  to the  same  period  in  1995.  The  increase  in
administration  expenses in the second quarter of 1996 was primarily  related to
outside consulting costs incurred for corporate strategic  planning,  technology
evaluation and legal. This increase was partially offset by savings generated by
staff  reductions  and  realignments  effected in connection  with the Company's
January 1996 corporate restructuring.

         Restructure Costs of $300,000 were accrued for in the second quarter of
1996 as a one time  charge  related to costs  anticipated  to be  incurred  with
realignments to its organization due to overlapping responsibilities. Management
anticipates   that  this   realignment   should  result  in  annual  savings  of
approximately  $400,000  primarily  related to reductions in payroll and related
fringe benefit costs.  The realignment  will be implemented in the third quarter
of 1996.  (SEE  NOTE 1 -  CORPORATE  RESTRUCTURING  - OF  NOTES TO  CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)

         Interest  Expense for mortgages on the Wholly Owned  Properties and the
Company's  corporate  lines  of  credit  decreased  approximately  $131,000  and
$170,000  for the three and six months  ended June 30,  1996,  respectively,  as
compared  to the  same  periods  in  1995.  Interest  Expense  on the  Company's
corporate lines of credit decreased  approximately $156,000 and $225,000 for the
three and six month  periods.  This  decrease is due  primarily to the Company's
refinancing  of its  corporate  credit  facility  with The  Provident  Bank (the
"Bank"),  at the Bank's  prime rate of interest  minus  1.0%,  as compared to an
interest  rate of prime  plus  0.5%  with the  Company's  previous  lender  (SEE
"LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL  RESOURCES").  Interest  Expense  related to mortgages on
Operating Real Estate Assets increased approximately $25,000 and $54,000.

         Depreciation Expense increased  approximately  $57,000 and $117,000 for
the three and six months ended June 30, 1996,  respectively,  as compared to the
same periods in 1995.  The increase is primarily is due to the  amortization  of
loan costs  capitalized in connection with the refinancing of corporate debt and
real estate mortgages.

         Income before Extraordinary Gain amounted to approximately $757,000, or
$.19 per  share,  for the  three  months  ended  June 30,  1996 as  compared  to
approximately  $872,000,  or $.23 per share, for the same period in 1995. Income
before  Extraordinary  Gain  amounted to $1.8 million for the six month  periods
ended  June  30,  1996  and  1995  or $.47  per  share  for  both  periods.  The
extraordinary  gains  of  approximately  $540,000  and  $804,000  for  the three

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and six months ended June 30, 1995,  respectively,  were due to debt forgiveness
related to first mortgage refinancings for certain Wholly Owned Properties.  Net
Income was approximately  $757,000 and $1.8 million, or $.19 and $.47 per share,
for the three and six months ended June 30, 1996,  respectively,  as compared to
$1.4 million and $2.6  million or $.37 and $.68 per share,  for the same periods
in 1995.

Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization

         The Company  believes  that  earnings  before  interest,  income taxes,
depreciation,  amortization and extraordinary  items ("EBITDA") is a significant
indicator  of the  strength of its  results.  EBITDA is a measure of a company's
ability to generate  cash to service its  obligations,  including  debt  service
obligations,   and  to  finance  capital  and  other   expenditures,   including
expenditures for acquisitions. EBITDA does not represent cash flow as defined by
generally  accepted  accounting  principles and does not  necessarily  represent
amounts  of cash  available  to fund the  Company's  cash  requirements.  EBITDA
decreased  3.6% for the three months ended June 30, 1996 as compared to the same
period in 1995.  EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 1996 remained constant
as compared to the same period in 1995. The Company views "Recurring  EBITDA" as
a more meaningful  measurement of the Company's current  performance.  Recurring
EBITDA excludes  non-recurring  items,  such as income from disposal of Non-Core
Assets and corporate  restructuring costs. Recurring EBITDA increased 16.8% from
$5.7  million for the three  months  ended June 30, 1995 to $6.7 million for the
same period in 1996. Recurring EBITDA increased 16.2% from $11.6 million for the
six months ended June 30, 1995 to $13.5 million for the same period in 1996.

Funds from Operations of Wholly Owned Properties

         Funds from Operations ("FFO") is a financial  statistic used to measure
real estate operating results. FFO, as applied to the Company, represents income
from the Wholly Owned Properties excluding depreciation, extraordinary gains and
funding from escrows for deferred maintenance.  FFO for the three and six months
ended  June  30,  1996,  as  compared  to  the  same  periods  in  1995  without
intercompany  eliminations of Fee Based Revenues of  approximately  $874,000 and
$839,000 for the three months  ended June 30, 1996 and 1995,  respectively,  and
$1.7  million  for each of the six month  periods  ended June 30, 1996 and 1995,
respectively, is as follows:




                                              Three Months Ended June 30                      Six Months Ended June 30
                                        ---------------------------------------      ------------------------------------------
                                              1996                   1995                  1996                     1995
                                        -----------------      ----------------      -----------------       ------------------
                                                                                                 
Rental Revenues                         $      10,253,671      $      9,737,529      $      20,443,812       $       19,289,858
Operating Expenses                              4,549,692             4,581,405              9,194,320                8,683,172
                                        -----------------      ----------------      -----------------       ------------------
Net Operating Income                            5,703,979             5,156,124             11,249,492               10,606,686

Improvement and Replacement Expense               842,133             1,047,052              1,495,736                1,583,202
Interest Expense                                3,636,670             3,611,195              7,200,179                7,145,997
Other                                             129,598               380,755                441,200                  897,842
Depreciation and Amortization                   1,183,272             1,143,825              2,383,407                2,287,650
                                        -----------------      ----------------      -----------------       ------------------
Loss before Income Taxes                          (87,694)           (1,026,703)              (271,030)              (1,308,005)
                                        -----------------      ----------------      -----------------       ------------------

Add:   Improvements and Replacements  
       funded from Deferred Escrows               324,303               493,300                523,025                  824,022
       Depreciation and Amortization            1,183,272             1,143,825              2,383,407                2,287,650
                                        -----------------      ----------------      -----------------       ------------------
Funds from Operations                   $       1,419,881      $        610,422      $       2,635,402       $        1,803,667
                                        =================      ================      =================       ==================



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         The  approximate  $809,000 and $831,000  increases in FFO for the three
and six months  ended  June 30,  1996,  respectively,  as  compared  to the same
periods in 1995 is  reflective  of the same  factors  discussed  in  "RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS."

Net Operating Income of Syndicated Partnerships

         The following table summarizes unaudited comparable revenues, operating
expenses and net operating income ("NOI") for the 414 Syndicated Partnerships in
operation for the three and six months ended June 30, 1996 and 1995.




                                              Three Months Ended June 30                       Six Months Ended June 30
                                       -----------------------------------------      -------------------------------------------
                                              1996                    1995                   1996                    1995
                                       ------------------       ----------------      ------------------      -------------------

                                                                                                  
Rental Revenues                        $       31,201,598       $     29,726,781      $       61,530,518      $        58,622,648
Operating Expenses                             13,830,973             14,249,131              28,057,644               27,053,759
                                       ------------------       ----------------      ------------------      -------------------
Net Operating Income                   $       17,370,625       $     15,477,650      $       33,472,874      $        31,568,889
                                       ==================       ================      ==================      ===================
Income and Cash Flow to the Company
from the Syndicated Partnerships

      Interest Income                  $        1,495,484       $        998,668      $        2,900,678      $         1,931,842
                                       ==================       ================      ==================      ===================
      Operating Cash Flow              $        1,397,072       $        952,610      $        2,726,236      $         1,677,192
                                       ==================       ================      ==================      ===================


         NOI  increased  approximately  12.2%  and  6.0%,  for the three and six
months  ended June 30,  1996,  respectively,  as compared to the same periods in
1995. Economic occupancy for the 414 Syndicated Partnerships was 92.4% and 91.8%
for the three and six months ended June 30, 1996,  respectively,  as compared to
92.5%  and  92.2%  for the same  periods  in 1995.  The  Syndicated  Partnership
performance  for the first half of 1996,  as compared to 1995,  is comparable to
the Wholly Owned Properties, and was influenced by the same factors.

Net Income, Excluding Non-Recurring Items

         The Company generated non-recurring revenues for the periods ended June
30,  1996 and 1995,  that  obscure the  recurring  earnings  performance  of the
Company.  Recurring  earnings  from  operations  are derived from the  Company's
investments of equity in the Properties as well as its Fee Based  Revenues.  Net
Income,  Excluding  Non-Recurring  Items  reflects  net  income as  adjusted  to
eliminate  revenues,  expenses and extraordinary gains which occur on a one-time
basis or are not forecast as long term sources of income to the Company, such as
income  from  disposal  of  Non-Core  Assets and  extraordinary  gains from debt
restructurings.

         Net  Income,  Excluding  Non-Recurring  Items  increased  approximately
$624,000, or 248%, and $1.2 million, or 169%, for the three and six months ended
June 30, 1996,  respectively,  as compared  with the same  periods in 1995.  The
revenue  and  expenses   eliminated  in   determining   Net  Income,   Excluding
Non-Recurring Items and the significant  factors  contributing to this increase,
as adjusted for non-recurring items, are as follows:


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                                                                   Three Months Ended June 30            Six Months Ended June 30
                                                               ----------------------------------    ------------------------------
                                                                     1996               1995             1996             1995
                                                               -----------------   --------------    -------------   --------------
                                                                                      Proforma                          Proforma

                                                                                                         
Net Income                                                     $         757,284   $    1,411,651    $   1,848,634   $    2,612,105
                                                               -----------------   --------------    -------------   --------------
Non-Recurring Items:
   Extraordinary Gain, net of Income Taxes                                     0         (540,070)               0         (804,021)
   Income from Disposal or Recovery of Non-Core Assets                  (105,803)      (1,006,663)        (274,692)      (1,815,187)
   Restructure Costs                                                     300,000                0          300,000                0
   Income Taxes related to Non-Recurring Items                           (75,600)         387,000           (9,900)         700,400
                                                               -----------------   --------------    -------------   --------------
Total Non-Recurring Items                                                118,597       (1,159,733)          15,408       (1,918,808)
                                                               -----------------   --------------    -------------   --------------
Net Income, Excluding Non-Recurring Items                      $         875,881   $      251,918    $   1,864,042   $      693,297
                                                               =================   ==============    =============   ==============





                                                                                  Increase/(Decrease) in Net Income--
                                                                                     Excluding Non-Recurring Items
                                                                         ------------------------------------------------------
                                                                             Three Months Ended             Six Months Ended
                                                                               June 30, 1996                 June 30, 1996
                                                                         --------------------------      ----------------------
                                                                                                   
Increase in Rental Revenues                                              $                  516,142      $            1,153,954
Increase in Interest Income                                                                 502,815                     983,978
(Decrease) in Fee Based Revenues                                                           (339,267)                   (297,195)
(Decrease) in Other Income                                                                 (114,214)                   (208,822)
Decrease in Rental Operating Expenses                                                       506,137                     130,054
(Increase)/Decrease in Fee Based and Administration Expenses                               (114,983)                    111,968
Decrease in Interest and Depreciation Expense                                                74,333                      53,108
Income Tax Effect                                                                          (407,000)                   (756,300)
                                                                         --------------------------      ----------------------
                                                                         $                  623,963      $            1,170,745
                                                                         ==========================      ======================



         See "RESULTS OF OPERATIONS"  for specific  discussion of  non-recurring
items as well as the  explanations  for the changes in  recurring  revenues  and
expenses  which  generated  the increase in Net Income,  Excluding  NonRecurring
Items. Although there can be no assurance,  management believes that Net Income,
Excluding  NonRecurring  Items will  continue  to be  favorably  impacted by (i)
continued increases in Interest Income as first mortgage loans on certain of the
Syndicated  Partnerships  are  refinanced  and (ii)  continuing  improvement  in
overall operating performance at the Properties.


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         LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

         Liquidity
         ---------

         The following  discussion  regarding  liquidity  and capital  resources
should be read in conjunction with the Company's  Consolidated Balance Sheets as
of June 30, 1996 and December 31, 1995 and the  Consolidated  Statements of Cash
Flows for the six months ended June 30, 1996 and 1995.

         The  Company  anticipates  that  cash  flow  from  its  operations  and
borrowings  available under the Company's  credit facility should be adequate to
meet the foreseeable capital and liquidity needs of the Company.  The Company is
exploring  alternative  financing  sources  to  provide  bridge or  supplemental
funding for the  refinancing  of mortgages on certain  Properties  (SEE ITEM 5 -
OTHER  INFORMATION).  If the Company is  successful  in  implementing  potential
future growth plans, it may be necessary to seek alternative  sources of debt or
equity capital.

         In August  1995,  the Bank and the  Company  entered  into a new credit
facility that retired the Company's credit facility with The Huntington National
Bank  ("HNB")  as well as  provided  additional  borrowing  capacity  with  more
flexible  terms.  The new  credit  facility  has lower  interest  rates than the
previous  facility with HNB and also reduced or eliminated  certain  restrictive
covenants. On June 30, 1996, the Company had unrestricted credit availability of
approximately $11.1 million.

         The new credit facility originally provided credit up to $32.0 million,
and is comprised of: a $3.0 million revolving line of credit for operating needs
subject to annual  review and  extension  by the Bank;  a $7.0  million  line of
credit for  acquisitions  and to  facilitate  refinancing  of  mortgages  on the
Properties (the "Acquisition Line") due in six years with interest only, payable
in the first year;  and a $22.0  million  reducing  balance  line of credit (the
"Reducing Line") due in six years with interest,  only, payable during the first
year (collectively,  the "Loans").  The Reducing Line was used to retire the HNB
credit  facility.  The credit  facility  provided  that the interest rate on the
Loans would be the Bank's prime rate of interest minus 1%, however,  in February
1996,  the Company  entered into an agreement  with the Bank to fix the interest
rate on the  Acquisition  Line at 7.25% with principal  amortization in 60 equal
monthly  installments  beginning in March 1996. Excess corporate cash is applied
to pay down the Reducing  Line and may be  reborrowed  as needed  subject to the
maximum available credit under the reducing balance terms. The Bank's prime rate
of  interest  averaged  8.25%  during the first half of 1996 as  compared  to an
average HNB prime rate of interest of 9.0% in the first half of 1995.

         In July 1996,  the Company  received a commitment  letter from the Bank
for a new  $10.0  million  acquisition  line of  credit.  The new line will bear
interest at the Bank's  prime rate of  interest  minus 1% with  interest,  only,
payable during the first year, and will be due in six years. The Company intends
to borrow under the new acquisition line to facilitate  refinancing of mortgages
on the Properties and to acquire new Wholly Owned Properties.

         The  principal  sources of liquidity for the Company are cash flow from
its operations and borrowing available under the Company's credit facility.  The
Company's Net Cash Provided by Operating  Activities  increased $2.2 million for
the six months  ended June 30, 1996 as compared to the same period in 1995.  The
increase was due primarily to $2.9 million of operating cash flow from Operating
Real Estate Assets.  This operating cash flow was formerly  treated as cash flow
from investing  activity while the Operating Real Estate Assets were  classified
as Real Estate Assets Held for Sale.  (SEE NOTE 1- OPERATING  REAL ESTATE ASSETS
(PREVIOUSLY  HELD  FOR  SALE)  AND NOTE 2 OF  NOTES  TO  CONSOLIDATED  FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS).  Payments (uses of cash) related to non-recurring items included in
Operating  Activities  reflects  payments  related  to  the  Company's  Plan  of
Reorganization, the 1996 corporate restructuring and tender offer costs incurred
in  1995.  These  costs  increased  approximately  $334,000,  primarily  due  to
corporate restructuring costs paid in 1996 (SEE NOTE 1 - CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING

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- - OF NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS).  The expenses associated with
these cash payments was accrued in December 1995.

         Net Cash Provided by Investing  Activities was  approximately  $361,000
for the six  months  ended  June 30,  1996,  as  compared  to net  cash  used in
Investing Activities of $1.8 million for the same period in 1995. The change was
due to $1.2 million of net cash flow  provided by  operations of the Real Estate
Assets being  reclassified to operating cash flow in 1996 based on the change in
presentation  of the  Wholly  Owned  Properties  from  assets  held  for sale to
operating  assets.  This decline in investing  cash flow was more than offset by
approximately  $4.0  million  of funds  used in 1995  for  advances  to  certain
Syndicated  Partnerships  and the  acquisition  of Operating  Real Estate Assets
versus the net  repayment  of  advances of  approximately  $600,000 in 1996 (SEE
"FINANCING AND DEBT RESTRUCTURING OF THE PROPERTIES").

         The Company's  capital  expenditures  for the six months ended June 30,
1996 amounted to approximately  $203,000 funded from cash flow and the Company's
credit  facility.  The Company  anticipates that its capital needs in the future
can be  satisfied  out of cash  flow from  operations  or the  Company's  credit
facility.  The Company is currently  evaluating  all of its software  systems in
order to obtain optimal efficiencies from technology. The outcome of this review
has  not  been  finalized  and  the  additional  capital  expenditures  for  new
technology  has not been  determined.  The Company  currently  forecasts  normal
recurring capital  expenditures of approximately  $400,000 in 1996 (exclusive of
any capital  expenditures for enhanced software and information  systems and the
Lexford  acquisition)  as  compared  to actual  annual  expenditures  in 1995 of
approximately $398,000.

         Capital Expenditures, combined with Improvement and Replacement Expense
for the Operating Real Estate Assets, were approximately $1.7 million during the
six months  ended  June 30,  1996.  These  costs are funded  from  Wholly  Owned
Properties cash flow,  maintenance escrow funds or by the mortgage lender to the
applicable Property.  The 1996 budget for capital expenditures,  improvement and
replacement  expense for the Operating  Real Estate  Assets is $4.3 million,  or
$489 per  unit,  as  compared  to  annual  actual  expenditures  in 1995 of $4.0
million, or $454 per unit.  Approximately $2.5 million, or $284 per unit, of the
$4.3 million relates to non-recurring  deferred  maintenance  which  principally
will be funded from escrows established in connection with mortgage  refinancing
and restructuring transactions completed in 1994 and 1995.

         Lexford Acquisition
         -------------------

         In June 1996,  the  Company  entered  into a  definitive  agreement  to
acquire Lexford, a privately held, third-party  multi-family  management company
headquartered  in  Dallas,  Texas (SEE NOTE 1 - BUSINESS  OVERVIEW -  MANAGEMENT
SERVICES OF NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED  FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS).  The acquisition adds
approximately  22,000  apartment  units  to the  Company's  existing  management
portfolio of approximately  35,000 units. Based on 1996 rankings by the National
Multi Housing Council, the Company has become the nation's sixth largest manager
of multi-family  real estate.  The Company intends to maintain  Lexford's Dallas
office as headquarters for its combined property management business, which will
be conducted under the Lexford name. The merger closed effective August 1, 1996.

         To acquire  Lexford,  the Company issued 700,000 shares of Common Stock
valued,  for merger purposes,  at $20 per share  representing a maximum purchase
price of $14 million.  Approximately  $9 million of the purchase  price (450,000
shares) are subject to forfeiture in the event the Company's  combined  property
management  operations do not achieve certain  profitability  criteria.  Lexford
shareholders will initially receive 250,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock
free of contingencies.  The remaining 450,000 contingent shares will cease to be
subject  to  risk  of  forfeiture  if  and  when  specified   increases  in  the
profitability  of the  Company's  property  management  operations  are achieved
during the three full fiscal years  following  the merger (i.e. on or before the
end of the Company's 1999 fiscal year). If, during the specified period,  profit
from property  management  operations  increases  $4.0 million or more from 1995
levels, the former Lexford  shareholders  would  own  the  entire 700,000 shares

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free  of  contingencies,   or  approximately   15.4%  of  the  Company's  shares
outstanding as of June 30, 1996.

         Lexford's  revenue from  property  management  operations  has averaged
approximately $5.6 million annually over the past five years, based on unaudited
representations. The acquisition of Lexford will be accounted for as a purchase,
with a substantial  portion of the purchase price being recorded as goodwill (to
the extent that the  purchase  price  exceeds the fair market value of Lexford's
net tangible assets.) The portion of the purchase subject to forfeiture (450,000
shares or $9.0  million)  will not be recorded  until the shares  become free of
contingencies.

         Financing And Debt Restructuring of the Properties
         --------------------------------------------------

         During  the first six  months of 1996,  the  Company  refinanced  first
mortgages  on  seven  Wholly  Owned  Properties  (SEE  NOTE  3 TO  NOTES  TO THE
CONSOLIDATED  FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS)  and six Syndicated  Partnerships.  The new
mortgages on five Properties were obtained through Donaldson,  Lufkin & Jenrette
Securities  Corporation  and the  mortgages on eight  properties  were  financed
through First Union  Capital  Markets  Group  ("First  Union").  First Union was
retained to provide mortgage loans for approximately  25-30 properties.  The new
mortgages  bear a fixed rate of interest  ranging from 8.0% to 9.1% with 25 year
amortization and 10 year maturity.

         Aggregate  mortgage  debt and related  interest  on the six  Syndicated
Partnerships  of  approximately  $5.4 million was refinanced with debt discounts
obtained of  approximately  $214,000.  The  refinancing  funded  improvement and
replacement,  tax and working capital escrows of approximately $294,000.  Annual
debt service requirements decreased to approximately $519,000 from approximately
$544,000 as a result of these transactions.  Although there can be no assurance,
management  expects  that these  Syndicated  Partnerships  will  increase  their
payment  of  accrued   interest  to  the  Company  due  to  lower  debt  service
requirements achieved with the reduction in debt.

         The  Company  anticipates  that it will  continue  to  effect  mortgage
refinancing transactions during the remainder of 1996 with First Union and other
lending sources (SEE ITEM 5 - OTHER INFORMATION).

         In June 1995, the Company purchased mortgages amounting to $8.8 million
in the aggregate,  related to one Syndicated  Partnership  and four Wholly Owned
Properties,  financed with a $7.8 million note payable.  As of June 30, 1996 the
Company had obtained  permanent non-recourse mortgages on these five Properties.
The proceeds of the refinancing were applied to the Company's note payable.



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                           PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.     Legal Proceedings
            -----------------
   
            The Company reached a settlement in The Estate of Harold Murphy,  et
            al v. Cardinal Realty  Services,  Inc. et al., pending in the United
            States  District  Court for the  Southern  District of Indiana.  The
            settlement  resulted  in the  judgment  entered  against the Company
            being  vacated,  and the  withdrawal  of the  pending  action  and a
            release of all claims  against the Company in  consideration  of the
            Company's  payment of  $370,000 to the  Plaintiffs.  Pursuant to the
            terms  of  the  proposed  settlement,  there  was  no  admission  of
            liability by the Company. The $370,000 settlement amount was paid in
            the second quarter of 1996.

Item 2.     Changes in Securities
            ---------------------

            None.

Item 3.     Defaults Upon Senior Securities
            -------------------------------

            None.

Item 4.     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
            ---------------------------------------------------

            The Company held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 22, 1996.
            At the meeting, the Company's shareholders:

            o   Elected  the  following  slate  of  directors  nominated  by the
                Company, for terms expiring in 1999: Robert V. Gothier,  Sr., H.
                Jeffrey Schwartz and Gerald E. Wedren. The continuing  directors
                are John B. Bartling,  Jr., Joseph E. Madigan, George J. Neilan,
                George R. Oberer,  Sr., Glenn C. Pollack,  H. Jeffrey  Schwartz,
                Gerald E. Wedren and Robert J. Weiler; and

            o   Approved the Company's  Non-Employee  Director  Restricted Stock
                Plan.

            The votes  cast for,  against,  withheld,  abstained  and the broker
            non-votes on each of the matters were as follows:

            ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Robert V. Gothier, Sr. received 2,655,294 for
            and 35,387  withheld  votes  with no broker  non-votes;  H.  Jeffrey
            Schwartz  received  2,648,878 for and 41,803  withheld votes with no
            broker  non-votes;  and Gerald E. Wedren received  2,655,296 for and
            35,385  withheld  votes  with  no  broker  non-votes.   ADOPTION  OF
            NON-EMPLOYEE  DIRECTOR  RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN:  2,571,568 votes were
            cast for this amendment, with 58,262 against, 44,523 abstentions and
            16,328 broker non-votes.

Item 5.     Other Information
            -----------------

            The  Company,  in its  capacity as general  partner of, and as agent
            for, certain Properties has entered into two commitment letters with
            PaineWebber  Incorporated  ("PaineWebber")  in  connection  with the
            proposed  refinancing of approximately 38 mortgage loans outstanding
            to the Wholly Owned Properties and  approximately 112 mortgage loans
            outstanding to the Syndicated Partnerships.  Subject to, among other
            things,  movements in interest rates and the satisfactory completion
            of due diligence,  the  refinancings are expected to reduce the debt
            service  constants  applicable  to the  loans  outstanding  to  such
            Properties,  thereby  directly  improving  the  cash  flow  of  such
            Properties,  and indirectly  improving the Company's cash flows from
            operating  (Wholly  Owned  Properties)  and  investing   (Syndicated
            Partnerships) activities,  EBITDA and FFO. If such opportunities are
            identified,  the Company would utilize PaineWebber's services in the
            arrangement or origination of the refinancing mortgage loans.


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Item 6.    Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
           --------------------------------

           (a)    Exhibits





  EXHIBIT                                                                             SEQUENTIAL
    NO.                             DESCRIPTION                                          PAGE
- -----------     ---------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------
                                                               
 10.1           Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among            Filed as an Exhibit to this Form 10-Q on
                the Company, Rexflor Acquisition Corporation         page 30.
                and Lexford Properties, Inc. ("Lexford") and the
                Shareholders of Lexford dated as of July 19,
                1996

   10.2         Employment Agreement dated as of August 1,           Filed as an Exhibit to this Form 10-Q on
                1996 between Lexford and Pat Holder,                 page 80.
                President of Lexford

   10.3         Employment Agreement dated as of August 1,           Filed as an Exhibit to this Form 10-Q on
                1996 between Lexford and Bruce Woodward,             page 89.
                Vice President of Lexford

   10.4         Employment Agreement dated as of August 1,           Filed as an Exhibit to this Form 10-Q on
                1996 between Lexford and Annette Hoover,             page 98.
                Vice President of Lexford

   10.5         Employment Agreement dated as of August 1,           Filed as an Exhibit to this Form 10-Q on
                1996 between Lexford and Peggy Hunt, Vice            page 107.
                President of Lexford

   10.6         Employment Agreement dated as of August 1,           Filed as an Exhibit to this Form 10-Q on
                1996 between Lexford and Peggy Crow Smith,           page 116.
                Vice President of Lexford

   10.7         Consulting Agreement dated as of August 1,           Filed as an Exhibit to this Form 10-Q on
                1996 between the Company and Stanley R. Fimberg      page 125.


   10.8         Consulting Agreement dated as of August 1,           Filed as an Exhibit to this Form 10-Q on
                1996 between the Company and Ralph V. Williams       page 130.


   10.9         Form of Transmittal Letter to the                    Filed as an Exhibit to this Form 10-Q on
                Shareholders of Lexford                              page 135.


   10.10        Form of Registration Rights Agreement by and         Filed as an Exhibit to this Form 10-Q on
                between the Company and the Lexford                  page 139.
                Shareholders

   11.1         Statement re:  computation of Per Share              See Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated
                Earnings                                             Financial Statements

    27          Financial Data Schedule                              Filed as an Exhibit to this Form 10-Q on
                                                                     page 152.

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                                   SIGNATURES


Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                              CARDINAL REALTY SERVICES, INC.
                                  (Registrant)


Dated: August 13, 1996     By:    /s/ John B. Bartling, Jr.
                                  --------------------------------------------- 
                                     John B. Bartling, Jr.
                                     President and Chief Executive Officer



Dated: August 13, 1996     By:    /s/ David P. Blackmore
                                  --------------------------------------------- 
                                     David P. Blackmore
                                     Executive Vice President and
                                     Chief Financial Officer
                                     (Principal Accounting Officer)


Dated: August 13, 1996    By:    /s/ Ronald P. Koegler
                                  --------------------------------------------- 
                                     Ronald P. Koegler
                                     Vice President and Treasurer





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