UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K

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



       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) February 12, 2000


                    MAXUS REAL PROPERTY INVESTORS-FOUR, L.P.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


        MISSOURI                    000-11023                     43-1250566
(State or  Other Jurisdiction      (Commission                  (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)           File Number)              Identification No.)





1100 Main, Suite 2100, Kansas City, MO                               64105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                           (Zip Code)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (816) 421-4670






Item 5.  Other Events.

         On January 28, 2000, the Registrant entered into a contract to sell the
Cobblestone  Court Shopping  Center  ("Cobblestone"),  located at 14150 Nicollet
Avenue South in Burnsville,  Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, to an unrelated
third   party,   Farrington   Properties,    Inc.,   a   Minnesota   corporation
("Farrington").  The sale price is  $5,100,000.  The  contract  was subject to a
fifteen (15) day due diligence period pursuant to which Farrington had the right
to terminate the contract without liability to the Registrant. The due diligence
period expired February 12, 2000. The sale is tentatively  scheduled to close on
March 28, 2000,  with the contract  providing for one  forty-five day extension.
The sale is subject to certain conditions, including but not limited to delivery
of   satisfactory   title   and   delivery   of   satisfactory    subordination,
non-disturbance and attornment agreements and estoppel letters from all tenants.

         A copy of the sale contract is attached as an exhibit hereto.

Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

         (a)  Financial Statements of Business Acquired

                  Not applicable.

         (b)  Pro Forma Financial Information

                  Not applicable.

         (c)  Exhibits

                  10.1     Cobblestone  Court  Shopping  Center  Sale  Agreement
                  dated January 28, 2000 by and  between  Nooney  Real  Property
                  Investors-Four, L.P. and Farrington Properties, Inc.

                                    SIGNATURE

         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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                    MAXUS REAL PROPERTY INVESTORS-FOUR, L.P.
                                    Missouri limited partnership

                                    By:    Maxus Capital Corp., the Registrant's
                                           General Partner

Date: February 16, 2000                    By: /s/ Daniel W. Pishny
                                                   Daniel W. Pishny
                                                   President

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                           EXHIBIT INDEX TO FORM 8-K/A


        Exhibit
        Number            Description

          10.1            Cobblestone Court Shopping Center Sale Agreement dated
                          January 28, 2000  by and  between Nooney Real Property
                          Investors-Four, L.P. and Farrington Properties, Inc.



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