______________________________

                       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: August 25, 1998
                        (Date of earliest event reported)




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



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

3773 Howard Hughes Parkway
Suite 300N
Las Vegas, Nevada                                          89109
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
(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
        ------------

         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 August 19, 1998 (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  1998-5  Asset Backed
Securities,  Series 1998-5, 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 A-9, Class M-1,
Class  M-2  and  Class  B-1  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 Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
("Bear Stearns"), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 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 August 19, 1998
(the   "Underwriting   Terms   Agreement"),   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. A copy of the  Underwriting  Terms Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit
1.2.

         The Notes were issued  pursuant to an Indenture dated as of August 1,
1998 (the  "Indenture")  among  FIRSTPLUS  Home Loan Owner  Trust  1998-5 (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 August  1, 1998 (the  "Loan  Sale
Agreement")  and  were  simultaneously  sold by the  Registrant  to the  Trust
pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement (defined below).

         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 August 1, 1998 (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 10.1.

         The Home  Loan  Pool  consists  of 14,539  Home  Loans  having a Pool
Principal Balance as of the July 31, 1998 Cut-Off Date of $499,988,110.54.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
         ---------------------------------

(a)      Not applicable.

(b)      Not applicable.

(c)      Exhibits

         Exhibit No.       Description
         -----------       -----------

               1.1            Underwriting Agreement

               1.2            Underwriting Terms Agreement
     
               4.1            Indenture

              10.1            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
                                        --------------------
                                        Name:  Lee F. Reddin
                                        Title: Vice President



Dated:  September 4, 1998



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
                                  -------------



Exhibit No.            Description                                  Page No.
- -----------            -----------                                  --------

     1.1      Underwriting Agreement

     1.2      Underwriting Terms Agreement

     4.1      Indenture

     10.1     Sale and Servicing Agreement