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                      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: November 24, 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 November 14, 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 1997-4  Asset Backed Securities, Series
     1997-4, consisting  of 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  "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 Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
     Fenner   &  Smith  Incorporated  ("Merrill  Lynch"),  Banc  One  Capital
     Corporation,  Bear,  Stearns  & Co.  Inc.  and  PaineWebber Incorporated
     (collectively,  the  "Underwriters")   pursuant  to  the  terms   of  an
     underwriting agreement dated  November 14,  1997, as  supplemented by  a
     terms agreement  dated November 14,  1997, each among Merrill  Lynch, 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 November
     1, 1997 (the  "Indenture") among FIRSTPLUS Home Loan  Owner Trust 1997-4
     (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 Home  Loans were sold by FFI to  the Registrant pursuant to the
     terms of  a Loan Sale Agreement dated as of  November 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 November 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 27,664  Home Loans  having a  Pool
     Principal Balance as of the respective Cut-Off Dates of the related Home
     Loans of  $899,999,991.63.  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 10.00%                 2              $      42,139.97                     0.00%
      10.00 to 10.99                 102                  2,943,583.15                     0.33
      11.00 to 11.99               3,290                116,170,225.07                    12.91
      12.00 to 12.99               6,386                219,348,674.75                    24.37
      13.00 to 13.99               7,731                256,342,132.92                    28.48
      14.00 to 14.99               5,633                177,847,442.15                    19.76
      15.00 to 15.99               3,068                 89,444,709.83                     9.94
      16.00 to 16.99               1,113                 29,837,558.51                     3.32
      17.00 to 17.99                 295                  7,009,955.77                     0.78
      18.00 to 18.99                  33                    799,898.79                     0.09
      19.00 to 19.99                   9                    174,831.19                     0.02
      20.00 to 20.99                   1                     13,896.31                     0.00
      21.00 to 21.99                   1                     24,943.22                     0.00
          TOTAL                   27,664               $899,999,991.63                   100.00%




     The weighted average Home Loan  Rate of the Home Loans as of the Cut-Off
Date was approximately 13.754% per annum.




                                Cut-Off Date Loan Principal Balances

          RANGE OF
        CUT-OFF DATE                      NUMBER OF                           AGGREGATE
    PRINCIPAL BALANCE ($)                HOME LOANS                      PRINCIPAL BALANCE($)
                                                                   
            0.00 to 9,999.99                      157                           $   1,509,369.55
      10,000.00 to 19,999.99                    4,349                              71,866,237.71
      20,000.00 to 29,999.99                    9,536                             244,680,794.77
      30,000.00 to 39,999.99                    7,815                             272,791,910.58
      40,000.00 to 49,999.99                    3,712                             171,078,171.83
      50,000.00 to 59,999.99                      860                              47,792,036.52
      60,000.00 to 69,999.99                      655                              42,539,832.50
      70,000.00 to 79,999.99                      343                              25,686,117.63
      80,000.00 to 89,999.99                       91                               7,764,593.95
      90,000.00 to 99,999.99                      146                              14,290,926.59
            TOTAL                              27,664                            $899,999,991.63




     The average principal balance  of the Home Loans as of  the Cut-Off Date
was approximately $32,533.26.


                       Original Loan Principal Balances



                                                                               Aggregate
     Range of Principal Balances                  Number of                   Principal
         at Origination ($)                      Home Loans                    Balance
                                                                      
                    0.00 to 9,999.99                   5                      $      31,359.94
              10,000.00 to 19,999.99               3,616                         55,814,721.32
              20,000.00 to 29,999.99               9,019                        220,394,796.50
              30,000.00 to 39,999.99               8,615                        290,658,932.39
              40,000.00 to 49,999.99               3,334                        146,197,389.49
              50,000.00 to 59,999.99               1,682                         87,184,599.83
              60,000.00 to 69,999.99                 744                         47,185,634.94
              70,000.00 to 79,999.99                 367                         26,892,375.22
              80,000.00 to 89,999.99                 125                         10,362,345.15
             90,0000.00 to 99,999.99                  63                          5,904,226.33
            100,000.00 to 109,999.99                  94                          9,373,610.52
                Total                             27,664                       $899,999,991.63





     The average principal  balance of the Initial Home  Loans at origination
was approximately $32,697.86.

                           Geographic Concentration



                                                           Number of               Aggregate
     State                                                Home Loans           Principal Balance
                                                                         
Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              5                    $174,366.71
Alaska  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            107                   3,996,012.31
Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            945                  27,922,018.12
Arkansas  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             21                     663,931.98
California  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          7,024                 247,974,086.80
Colorado  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          1,023                  32,362,706.74
Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            189                   6,224,748.30
Delaware  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            141                   4,563,325.34
District of Columbia  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              6                     139,476.55
Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          2,178                  66,337,186.50
Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          1,286                  41,544,116.52
Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            298                   9,000,824.85
Illinois  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            646                  20,310,099.73
Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          1,081                  34,650,842.51
Iowa  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            205                   6,381,402.36
Kansas  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            505                  15,905,518.94
Kentucky  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            377                  12,462,501.27
Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            353                  11,118,628.80
Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             93                   2,522,713.85
Maryland  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            745                  25,436,859.80
Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            498                  16,071,477.81
Michigan  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            761                  22,756,421.27
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            481                  16,599,038.30
Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            162                   4,967,600.79
Missouri  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            522                  15,238,643.41
Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             93                   2,788,935.84
Nebraska  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            301                   9,556,225.99
Nevada  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            630                   21,036,95.19
New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             77                   2,355,701.09
New Jersey  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            233                   7,311,210.49
New Mexico  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            268                   8,786,146.97
New York  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            242                   7,583,533.60
North Carolina  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            740                  23,270,777.43
North Dakota  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             34                   1,072,036.87
Ohio  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            502                  15,028,363.71
Oklahoma  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            344                  10,025,493.67
Oregon  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            369                  11,817,928.63
Pennsylvania  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            510                  15,853,000.65
Rhode Island  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            118                   4,057,137.72
South Carolina  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            518                  15,484,428.13
South Dakota  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             50                   1,635,332.42
Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            393                  11,406,631.19
Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              2                     103,558.26
Utah  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            386                  12,655,194.84
Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             29                     789,342.50
Virginia  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            997                  32,748,491.14
Washington  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            818                  27,734,581.56
West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             10                     280,400.54
Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            240                   7,800,690.53
Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            108                   3,494,204.11
          Total                                               27,664                $899,999,991.63





                          Remaining Term to Maturity



                                                                                 Aggregate
             Range of Remaining                     Number of                    Principal
          Term to Maturity (Months)                 Home Loans                    Balance
                                                                          
0.00 to 29.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    1                  $       1,350.28
30.00 to 59.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  463                      9,056,080.05
60.00 to 89.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  251                      5,753,968.58
90.00 to 119.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                2,680                     67,351,516.19
120 to 149.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  135                      3,840,583.41
150 to 179.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                7,676                    237,448,880.63
180 to 209.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   59                      1,964,477.79
210 to 239.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                4,698                    156,063,107.60
240 to 269.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   22                        781,668.35
270 to 299.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .               11,679                    417,738,358.75
          Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . .               27,664                   $899,999,991.63




     The weighted average remaining term to maturity  of the Home Loans as of
the Cut-Off Date was approximately 237 months.


                           Months Since Origination


                                                                                  Aggregate
                     Age                             Number of                    Principal
                 (In Months)                         Home Loans                    Balance
                                                                           
0.00 to 5.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                  25,970                 $852,519,945.28
6.00 to 11.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   1,373                   39,319,260.66
12.00 to 17.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                     138                    3,732,912.05
18.00 to 23.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      97                    2,288,938.48
24.00 to 29.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      46                    1,033,798.50
30.00 to 35.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      16                      435,285.87
36.00 to 41.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      21                      554,753.71
42.00 to 47.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                       2                       50,137.49
132.00 to 137.99  . . . . . . . . . . . . .                       1                       64,959.59
          Total                                              27,664                 $899,999,991.63




     The  weighted average  number of  months since  origination of  the Home
Loans as of the Cut-Off Date was approximately 2.59 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

             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:  February 2, 1998





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

    4.1                  Indenture

   10.1                  Loan Sale Agreement

   10.2                  Sale and Servicing Agreement