SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                           Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT

                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                      Date of Report: September 18, 1997
                      (Date of earliest event reported)


                     FIRSTPLUS Investment Corporation             
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            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



          Nevada                    333-26527        75-2596063  
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 (State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission     (I.R.S. Employer
       of Incorporation)           File Number)    Identification No.)

     377 Howard Hughes Parkway
             Suite 300N       
           Las Vegas, Nevada                         89101     
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         (Address of Principal                       (Zip Code)
           Executive Offices)

   Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (702) 892-3772

                                  No Change                                 
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


     Item 5.   Other Events
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          Reference is hereby made to the Registrant's Registration Statement
     on  Form S-3  (File  No.  333-26527) pursuant  to  which the  Registrant
     registered issuances of  FIRSTPLUS Home  Loan Owner  Trust asset  backed
     securities, issuable in various series,  for sale in accordance with the
     provisions  of the  Securities  Act  of 1933,  as  amended (the  "Act").
     Reference  is also  hereby made  to the  Prospectus dated  September 10,
     1997, and  the related Prospectus  Supplement, dated September  10, 1997
     (collectively, the "Prospectus"),  which were previously filed  with the
     Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5), relating to the publicly  offered
     FIRSTPLUS  Home Loan  Owner Trust  1997-3 Asset  Backed Notes  and Asset
     Backed Certificates,  Series 1997-3,  consisting of  (A) the  Class A-1,
     Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class  A-5, Class A-6, Class A-7, Class
     A-8, Class M-1  and Class M-2 Asset  Backed Notes (the "Notes")  and (B)
     the  Class  B-1  Asset  Backed  Certificates  (the  "Certificates"  and,
     together   with  the   Notes,   the   "Publicly  Offered   Securities").
     Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned
     to such terms in the Prospectus.

          The Publicly  Offered Securities were  sold to Bear, Stearns  & Co.
     Inc.  ("Bear Stearns"),  Banc One  Capital  Corporation, Merrill  Lynch,
     Pierce,  Fenner  &  Smith  Incorporated   and  PaineWebber  Incorporated
     (collectively,  the  "Underwriters")   pursuant  to  the  terms   of  an
     underwriting agreement dated  September 10, 1997,  as supplemented by  a
     terms agreement  dated September 10,  1997, each among Bear  Stearns, as
     representative   (the  "Representative")   of  the   Underwriters  (such
     underwriting  agreement,   together  with  such  terms   agreement,  the
     "Underwriting  Agreement"), the  Registrant,  FIRSTPLUS Financial,  Inc.
     ("FFI") and FIRSTPLUS  Financial Group, Inc.  A copy of the Underwriting
     Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1. 

          The  Notes  were  issued  pursuant  to an  Indenture  dated  as  of
     September  1,  1997 (the  "Indenture") among  FIRSTPLUS Home  Loan Owner
     Trust  1997-3 (the  "Issuer"  or  the "Trust")  and  U.S. Bank  National
     Association, as Indenture Trustee (the  "Indenture Trustee").  A copy of
     the Indenture is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1.

          The Notes are  secured by the assets  of the Trust pursuant  to the
     Indenture.  The  assets of the  Trust primarily include  a pool of  home
     loans  (the "Home  Loans")  consisting  of loans  which  are secured  by
     mortgages, deeds  of trust or  other similar security instruments.   The
     Home Loans consist of loans for which  the related proceeds were used to
     finance  (i) property improvements, (ii) debt  consolidation, or (iii) a
     combination  of   property  improvements,  cash-out  or  other  consumer
     purposes.

          The Certificates represent the entire undivided ownership  interest
     in the Trust and were issued pursuant to the Trust Agreement dated as of
     September  1, 1997  (the "Trust  Agreement")   among the  Registrant, as
     Depositor, FIRSTPLUS Residual Holdings, Inc., as the Company, Wilmington
     Trust Company, as Owner Trustee, and U.S. Bank National 
     Association, as  Co-Owner Trustee.   A  copy of  the Trust  Agreement is
     filed herewith as Exhibit 4.2.

          The Home Loans were sold by  FFI to the Registrant pursuant to  the
     terms of a Loan Sale Agreement dated as of September 1, 1997 (the  "Loan
     Sale Agreement") and  were simultaneously sold by the  Registrant to the
     Trust pursuant to  the Sale and Servicing Agreement (defined  below).  A
     copy of the Loan Sale Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.

          The Home  Loans  will  be serviced  by  FFI, an  affiliate  of  the
     Registrant,  pursuant to  the terms  of a  Sale and  Servicing Agreement
     dated as of September 1, 1997 (the "Sale and Servicing Agreement") among
     the Registrant, as Seller, FFI,  as Transferor and Servicer, the Issuer,
     and  U.S. Bank National  Association, as Indenture  Trustee and Co-Owner
     Trustee.  A copy  of the Sale and Servicing Agreement  is filed herewith
     as Exhibit 10.2.

          Set forth below is  a brief description of  certain characteristics
     of the  Home Loans included in the  Home Loan Pool as of  the end of the
     Funding Period.

          The  Home Loan  Pool consists  of 25,638  Home Loans having  a Pool
     Principal Balance as of the respective Cut-Off Dates of the related Home
     Loans of $799,999,152.46.  The Home Loans  (by Pool Principal Balance as
     of the applicable  Cut-Off Dates) have the characteristics  set forth in
     the following tables:



                                            HOME LOAN RATE
         RANGE OF             NUMBER OF                                         PERCENT OF TOTAL
        HOME LOAN                HOME                  AGGREGATE                  BY AGGREGATE
          RATES (%)              LOANS           PRINCIPAL BALANCE ($)        PRINCIPAL BALANCE (%)
                                                                       
      Less than 11.00%               164              $   5,083,243.33                     0.64%
      11.00 to 11.99               2,736                 93,125,075.03                    11.64
      12.00 to 12.99               6,148                205,322,475.25                    25.67
      13.00 to 13.99               6,830                217,261,597.71                    27.16
      14.00 to 14.99               5,092                152,364,415.36                    19.05
      15.00 to 15.99               3,001                 85,031,646.01                    10.63
      16.00 to 16.99               1,189                 30,866,085.04                     3.86
      17.00 to 17.99                 378                  8,824,645.71                     1.10
      18.00 to 18.99                  91                  1,917,961.76                     0.24
      19.00 to 19.99                   9                    202,007.26                     0.03
          TOTAL                   25,638               $799,999,152.46                   100.00%




     The weighted average Home Loan  Rate of the Home Loans as of the Cut-Off
Date was approximately 13.801% per annum.



                        Cut-Off Date Loan Principal Balances
          RANGE OF
        CUT-OFF DATE                      NUMBER OF                           AGGREGATE
    PRINCIPAL BALANCE ($)                HOME LOANS                      PRINCIPAL BALANCE($)
                                                                    
     Less than 10,000.00                         197                            $   1,887,337.06
   10,000.00 to 19,999.99                      4,058                               67,281,977.42
   20,000.00 to 29,999.99                      9,601                              244,636,771.69
   30,000.00 to 39,999.99                      7,094                              247,728,623.63
   40,000.00 to 49,999.99                      3,217                              148,357,375.66
   50,000.00 to 59,999.99                        816                               45,494,356.29
   60,000.00 to 69,999.99                        468                               30,473,851.43
   70,000.00 to 79,999.99                        187                               14,138,859.28
            TOTAL                             25,638                             $799,999,152.46



     The average principal balance  of the Home Loans as of  the Cut-Off Date
was approximately $35,773.65.

                       Original Loan Principal Balances


                                                                     Aggregate
     Range of Principal Balances                  Number of                   Principal
         at Origination ($)                      Home Loans                    Balance
                                                                       
         Less than 10,000.00                          11                      $      81,741.45
       10,000.00 to 19,999.99                      3,301                         50,532,803.16
       20,000.00 to 29,999.99                      9,306                        226,494,877.43
       30,000.00 to 39,999.99                      7,667                        258,151,747.53
       40,000.00 to 49,999.99                      2,956                        128,727,583.72
       50,000.00 to 59,999.99                      1,566                         80,891,249.20
       60,000.00 to 69,999.99                        579                         36,443,683.91
       70,000.00 to 79,999.99                        210                         15,340,295.90
       80,000.00 to 89,999.99                         42                          3,335,170.16

                Total                             25,638                       $799,999,152.46



     The average principal  balance of the Initial Home  Loans at origination
was approximately $31,453.69.

                           Geographic Concentration


                                                  Number of               Aggregate
     State                                                Home Loans           Principal Balance
                                                                           
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              3               $      89,597.92
Alaska  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             46                   1,633,706.42
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            919                  26,739,919.33
Arkansas  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             81                   2,483,855.88
California  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          7,664                 253,920,339.05
Colorado  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          1,052                  32,849,399.13
Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            128                   4,036,592.54
Delaware  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             29                     880,624.82
District of Columbia  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             10                     336,524.80
Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          2,509                  76,046,622.61
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          1,222                  36,462,657.82
Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            341                  10,418,025.86
Illinois  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            573                  17,045,333.65
Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            638                  20,014,431.35
Iowa  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            107                   3,243,450.42
Kansas  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            320                   9,834,978.37
Kentucky  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            337                  10,343,038.75
Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            121                   3,401,522.88
Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             14                     421,897.12
Maryland  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            673                  21,634,004.40
Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            398                  11,759,636.19
Michigan  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            686                  19,913,865.82
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            251                   7,932,518.90
Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            115                   3,396,177.55
Missouri  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            493                  13,899,548.85
Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             58                   1,682,167.27
Nebraska  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            142                   4,438,137.16
Nevada  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            728                  23,260,032.20
New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             59                   1,827,336.82
New Jersey  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            226                   6,857,115.24
New Mexico  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            209                   6,927,380.21
New York  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            126                   3,644,775.18
North Carolina  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            682                  20,464,071.27
North Dakota  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              7                     206,935.96
Ohio  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            261                   7,469,455.96
Oklahoma  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            348                  10,067,831.86
Oregon  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            298                   9,186,015.27
Pennsylvania  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            504                  14,780,294.48
Rhode Island  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            106                   3,449,487.89
South Carolina  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            535                  15,073,203.40
South Dakota  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             11                     293,656.99
Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            426                  11,885,647.64
Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              6                     139,772.54
Utah  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            323                  10,222,558.40
Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             17                     515,455.45
Virginia  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            747                  23,411,625.09
Washington  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            828                  27,305,259.01
West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             16                     485,536.31
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            123                   3,627,065.46
Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            122                   4,040,064.97
          Total                                               25,638                $799,999,152.46




                          Remaining Term to Maturity



                                                                        Aggregate
             Range of Remaining                     Number of                    Principal
          Term to Maturity (Months)                 Home Loans                    Balance
                                                                          
0.00 to 29.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    1                  $       9,293.45
30.00 to 59.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  341                      6,419,558.87
60.00 to 89.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  209                      4,506,729.60
90.00 to 119.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                2,343                     57,920,409.60
120 to 149.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  312                      8,507,006.37
150 to 179.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                9,036                    270,860,913.58
180 to 209.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   29                        820,049.62
210 to 239.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                4,785                    153,401,414.09
240 to 269.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    9                        231,094.53
270 to 299.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                8,568                    297,124,774.97
300.00 to 329.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    5                        197,907.69

          Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . .               25,638                   $799,999,152.46




     The weighted average remaining term to maturity  of the Home Loans as of
the Cut-Off Date was approximately 226 months.

                           Months Since Origination

                                                                         Aggregate
                     Age                             Number of                    Principal
                 (In Months)                         Home Loans                    Balance
                                                                            
0.00 to 5.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  23,565                 $743,889,542.62
6.00 to 11.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     936                   27,282,513.31
12.00 to 17.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     115                    3,057,348.54
18.00 to 23.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     391                    9,099,332.44
24.00 to 29.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     346                    8,862,158.81
30.00 to 35.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     131                    3,672,656.46
36.00 to 41.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     152                    4,077,742.39
42.00 to 47.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                       2                       57,857.89

          Total                                              25,638                 $799,999,152.46




     The  weighted average  number of  months since  origination of  the Home
Loans as of the Cut-Off Date was approximately 3.52 months.


Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
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     (a)  Not applicable.

     (b)  Not applicable.

     (c)  Exhibits

          Exhibit No.    Description
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              1.1   Underwriting Agreement

              4.1   Indenture

              4.2   Trust Agreement

             10.1   Loan Sale Agreement

             10.2   Sale and Servicing Agreement


                                  SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly  caused this Current Report on  Form 8-K to be  signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                              FIRSTPLUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION



                              By: /s/ Lee F. Reddin                        
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                                   Name:  Lee F. Reddin
                                   Title: Vice President

Dated:  October 31, 1997



                                EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No.                   Description                          Page No.
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    1.1                  Underwriting Agreement & Terms Agreement

    4.1                  Indenture

    4.2                  Trust Agreement

   10.1                  Loan Sale Agreement

   10.2                  Sale and Servicing Agreement