EXHIBIT 10.b

 
                               FIRST AMENDMENT OF
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                       AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT
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         THIS FIRST AMENDMENT to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (the "First
Amendment") is made as of October 17, 1994 (the "Effective Date") by and between
NATIONSBANK OF GEORGIA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the "Lender") and MARRIOTT
DIVERSIFIED AMERICAN HOTELS, L.P. a Delaware Limited Partnership (the
"Borrower")

                                   WITNESSETH:
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         WHEREAS, on June 30, 1993 Lender and Borrower entered into an Amended
and Restated Loan Agreement (the "Loan Agreement"); all terms having initial
capital letters used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to those terms in the Loan Agreement; and

         WHEREAS, the Loan Agreement sets forth certain priorities for
application of Operating Profit and Pari Passu Distributions; and

         WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender have agreed to enter into this First
Amendment for the purpose of modifying the method for applying the Pari Passu
Distributions to, among other things, principal payments of the Series A Note
and Series B Note and for other purposes, all as more particularly set forth
herein;

         NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and other good
and valuable considerations, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.       AMENDMENTS

         I.    Section 1.1 (Definitions) is hereby modified and amended, to
         include the following defined terms to have the following meanings,
         which terms shall be deemed included in Section 1.1, effective as of
         the Effective Date, where appropriate in alphabetical order as follows:

                     The term "Aggregate Adjusted Pari Passu Distribution
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               Amount" means for a given Fiscal Year, an amount equal to (a) the
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               sum of the Pari Passu Distributions received by Lender during
               such Fiscal Year and deposited by Lender in the Pari Passu
               Account for that Fiscal Year less (b) any amounts disbursed from
               the Pari Passu Account as a result of adjustments requiring a
               refund by Lender to Borrower of a Pari Passu Distribution made on
               any Payment Date, Quarterly Reconciliation Date or the Annual
               Reconciliation for that Fiscal Year in accordance with terms of
               this Section 6.1.

 
                     The term "Annual Adjustment Date" means either the Series A
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               Note Application Date or Series B Note Application Date, as
               applicable.

                     The term "Annual PPD Interest" means as to each Fiscal Year
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               the sum of the Annual Series A Note PPD Interest and Annual
               Series B Note PPD Interest.

                     The term "Annual Series A Note PPD Interest" means in
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               connection with Pari Passu Distributions made in connection with
               Clause (A) of the Sixth priority of Section 6.1 (a), the interest
               which accrued during the applicable Fiscal Year on fifty percent
               (50%) of the Aggregate Adjusted Pari Passu Distribution Amount
               and in connection with Pari Passu Distributions made in
               connection with Clause (B) of the Sixth priority of Section 6.1
               (a), the interest which accrued during the applicable Fiscal Year
               on twenty-five percent (25%) of the Aggregate Adjusted Pari Passu
               Distribution Amount.

                     The term "Annual Series B Note PPD Interest" means in
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               connection with Pari Passu Distributions made in connection with
               Clause (A) of the Sixth priority of Section 6.1 (a), the interest
               which accrued during the applicable Fiscal Year on fifty percent
               (50%) of the Aggregate Adjusted Pari Passu Distribution Amount
               and in connection with Pari Passu Distributions made in
               connection with Clause (B) of the Sixth priority of Section 6.1
               (a), the interest which accrued during the applicable Fiscal Year
               on seventy-five percent (75%) of the Aggregate Adjusted Pari
               Passu Distribution Amount.

                     The term "Series A Note Application Date" means as to each
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               immediately preceding Fiscal Year, the Annual Audited
               Reconciliation Date unless the Borrowing with respect to the
               Series A Note is a LIBOR Borrowing, then "Series A Note
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               Application Date" shall mean the last day of the Interest Period
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               of the LIBOR Borrowing in connection with the Series A Note in
               which the Annual Audited Reconciliation Date occurs.

                     The term "Series A Note Pari Passu Adjustment Interest"
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               means an amount equal to the positive difference between interest
               actually paid on the Series A Note on each Payment Date during
               the applicable Fiscal Year and the interest that should have been
               paid on the Series A Note if the Aggregate Adjusted Pari Passu
               Distribution Amount had been applied against the then outstanding
               principal of the Series A Note on each Payment Date in the
               amounts and at the times as required by Section 6.1(e) (i); such
               amount being equal to the amount of interest overpaid on the
               Series A Note on each Payment Date after making the appropriate
               adjustments.

                     The term "Series B Note Application Date" means as to each
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               immediately preceding Fiscal Year, the Annual Audited
               Reconciliation Date unless the Borrowing with respect to the
               Series B Note is a LIBOR Borrowing, then "Series
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               B Note Application Date" shall mean the last day of the Interest
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               Period of the LIBOR Borrowing in connection with the Series B
               Note in which the Annual Audited Reconciliation Date occurs.

                     The term "Series B Note Pari Passu Adjustment Interest"
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               means an amount equal to the positive difference between the
               Series B Note Interest actually paid on each Payment Date during
               the applicable Fiscal Year and the Series B Note Interest that
               should have been paid on the Series B Note if the Aggregate
               Adjusted Pari Passu Distribution Amount had been applied against
               the then outstanding principal of the Series B Note on each
               Payment Date in the amounts and at the times as required by
               Section 6.1 (e) (i); such amount being equal to the amount of
               Series B Note Interest overpaid on each Payment Date after making
               the appropriate adjustments.

         II.   Section 6.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby modified and amended,
         effective as of the Effective Date, by deleting that Section in its
         entirety and in lieu thereof substituting the following new Section
         6.1:

                     6.1 Operating Profit Distribution Priorities. Until such
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               time as the Series A Note and Series B Note shall have been paid
               in full, distribute or apply any Operating Profit for the period
               indicated except in accordance with the priorities set forth in
               this Section 6.1:

                         (a) Priorities. (i) Payment Date. On each Payment Date,
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                     all distributions and applications of Operating Profit for
                     the applicable Accounting Period according to the following
                     priorities:

                     First:  Payment of interest due and payable on the Series A
                             Note;

                     Second: Payment of Scheduled Amortization of the Series A
                             Note;

                     Third:  Payment to the Lender for deposit into the Debt
                             Service Reserve in an amount equal to the aggregate
                             amount, if any, of the draws during the current
                             Fiscal Year from the Debt Service Reserve pursuant
                             to the Sixth priority of Section 6.1(b) that were
                             not necessary or required after taking into account
                             any reconciliation under this Section 6.1;

                     Fourth: Payment of Series B Note Interest.

                     Fifth:  Payment of Interest Deficiency (for any and all
                             prior Accounting Periods during the then current
                             Fiscal Year);

                     Sixth:  (A) Subject to clause (B) below, on a pari passu
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                             basis, as follows:

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                                   (1) 50%, to the Lender to be deposited in the
                                   Pari Passu Account and disbursed with respect
                                   to each Fiscal Year, in accordance with
                                   Section 6.1 (e) below on the applicable
                                   Annual Adjustment Date; and

                                   (2) 50%, to the Borrower, until such time as
                                   the Borrower has received an aggregate amount
                                   equal to $7,352,000.

                             (B) If at any time the Borrower has received an
                             aggregate amount equal to $7,352,000 in accordance
                             with clause (A) above of this clause Sixth, 100% to
                             the Lender to be deposited in the Pari Passu
                             Account and disbursed with respect to each Fiscal
                             Year in accordance with Section 6.1(e) below on
                             the applicable Annual Adjustment Date.

                             (ii) Exceptions. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
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                             (A)    If at any time either the Series A Note or
                                    Series B Note has been paid in full (the
                                    "Satisfied Note") and the other such Note
                                    shall not have been paid in full (the
                                    "Outstanding Note"), then until the
                                    Outstanding Note shall have been paid in
                                    full, any amount to be distributed pursuant
                                    to this Section 6.1 to the Satisfied Note
                                    shall be applied to the Outstanding Note in
                                    addition to any other amount that may be
                                    required to be paid hereunder with respect
                                    to the Outstanding Note.

                             (B)    Upon receipt of the Annual Audited Statement
                                    and after taking into account any adjustment
                                    required under this Section 6.1, any
                                    Interest Deficiency remaining unpaid as of
                                    the end of any Fiscal Year shall be deemed
                                    forgiven by the Lender as at the end of such
                                    Fiscal Year.

                             (b)   Operating Profit Deficiency. If on any
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                     Payment Date, Operating Profit shall be less than the
                     amount required to pay Scheduled Amortization of the Series
                     A Note and interest then due and payable on the Series A
                     Note ("Operating Profit Deficiency"), the following amounts
                     shall be paid by the Borrower or the Lender, according to
                     the following priorities, to be applied, first, to the
                     interest then due and payable on the Series A Note and,
                     second, to the Scheduled Amortization:

                             First:  By the Borrower, all payments, if any,
                                     received (and not repaid on any prior
                                     Payment Date) as a Pari Passu

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                                     Distribution during the then current Fiscal
                                     Year in an amount not to exceed fifty
                                     percent (50%) of the Operating Profit
                                     Deficiency;

                             Second: By the Lender, all payments, if any,
                                     received (and not repaid on any prior
                                     Payment Date) and deposited into the Pari
                                     Passu Account as a Pari Passu Distribution
                                     under clause (A) of the Sixth priority of
                                     Section 6.1(a)(i) during the then current
                                     Fiscal Year in an amount not to exceed
                                     fifty percent (50%) of the Operating Profit
                                     Deficiency;

                             Third:  By the Lender, all payments, if any
                                     received (and not repaid on any prior
                                     Payment Date) and deposited into the Pari
                                     Passu Account as a Pari Passu Distribution
                                     under clause (B) of the Sixth priority of
                                     Section 6.1(a)(i) during the then current
                                     Fiscal Year in an amount not to exceed the
                                     Operating Profit Deficiency, if any;

                             Fourth: By the Lender, all payments, if any,
                                     received (and not repaid on any prior
                                     Payment Date) as payment of Interest
                                     Deficiency in an amount not to exceed the
                                     remaining Operating Profit Deficiency, if
                                     any;

                             Fifth:  By the Lender, all payments, if any,
                                     received (and not repaid on any prior
                                     Payment Date) as payment of Series B Note
                                     Interest in an amount not to exceed the
                                     remaining Operating Profit Deficiency, if
                                     any; and

                             Sixth:  By the Borrower, with finds withdrawn from
                                     the Debt Service Reserve in accordance with
                                     the Cash Collateral Agreement in an amount
                                     not to exceed the remaining Operating
                                     Profit Deficiency, if any.

                       (c)   Reports and Certifications.
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                             (i) Without limiting the reporting requirements set
                             forth in Section 5.6 hereof, on each Quarterly
                             Reconciliation Date, the Borrower shall submit to
                             the Lender, 

                                    (x) a Quarterly Reconciliation Statement,
                                    which statement shall show, in such
                                    reasonable detail as may be requested by the
                                    Lender, for the Fiscal Quarter most recently
                                    ended for the Mortgaged Hotels, the
                                    calculation of Gross Revenues (by category),
                                    Deductions (by category, including the basis

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                                    for, and the calculation of, Ground Rent and
                                    FF&E contributions), Operating Profit, the
                                    payment calculations as applied in Section
                                    6.1(a), and all retentions, distributions
                                    and other applications thereof, from the
                                    beginning of the current Fiscal Year to the
                                    end of such Fiscal Quarter, with respect to
                                    the Mortgaged Hotels; and

                                    (y) the certificate of an Authorized
                                    Accounting Officer certifying the Quarterly
                                    Reconciliation Statement as having been
                                    prepared under his supervision in accordance
                                    with the provisions hereof

                             (ii) Without limiting the requirements set forth in
                             Section 5.6 hereof, on the Annual Interim
                             Reconciliation Date, the Borrower shall submit to
                             the Lender,

                                    (x) an Annual Interim Reconciliation
                                    Statement for the Fiscal Year most recently
                                    ended, which Annual Interim Reconciliation
                                    Statement shall be controlling to the extent
                                    there shall exist a conflict with the
                                    Quarterly Reconciliation Statements
                                    delivered during such Fiscal Year. The
                                    Annual Interim Reconciliation Statement
                                    shall show for such Fiscal Year each of the
                                    calculations set forth in a Quarterly
                                    Reconciliation Statement, the amount and
                                    calculation of Minimum Operating Profit
                                    Requirement and the amount, if any, of
                                    outstanding Interest Deficiency; and

                                    (y) the certificate of an Authorized
                                    Accounting Officer certifying the Annual
                                    Interim Reconciliation Statement as having
                                    been prepared under his supervision in
                                    accordance with the provisions hereof.

                       (d)   Adjustments.
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                             (i) Quarterly Adjustments. Any Interest Deficiency
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                             revealed by any Quarterly Reconciliation Statement
                             shall, to the extent such Quarterly Reconciliation
                             Statement reveals Operating Profit Available For
                             Series B Note Interest in excess of the amount paid
                             toward Series B Note Interest on any Payment Date
                             through such Fiscal Quarter, be remitted by
                             Borrower to Lender on the Quarterly Reconciliation
                             Date, together with the Quarterly Reconciliation
                             Statement submitted by Borrower to Lender for
                             application in accordance with Section 6.1(a). Any
                             Series B Note Interest paid on a Payment Date in
                             excess of the Operating Profit Available For

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                             Series B Note Interest earned during the preceding
                             Fiscal Quarter as revealed by the Quarterly
                             Reconciliation Statement shall be paid by the
                             Lender to the Borrower for application in
                             accordance with Section 6.1(a).

                             (ii) Annual Adjustments. Any Interest Deficiency
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                             revealed by any Annual Interim Reconciliation
                             Statement shall, to the extent such Annual Interim
                             Reconciliation Statement reveals Operating Profit
                             Available For Series B Note Interest in excess of
                             the amount calculated and adjusted as of the end of
                             each Fiscal Quarter on each Quarterly
                             Reconciliation Date and distributed during the
                             applicable Fiscal Year, be remitted by Borrower to
                             Lender on the Annual Interim Reconciliation Date,
                             together with the Annual Interim Reconciliation
                             Statement submitted by Borrower to Lender.
                             Similarly, any Interest Deficiency revealed by the
                             Annual Audited Statement shall, to the extent such
                             Annual Audited Statement reveals Operating Profit
                             Available For Series B Note Interest in excess of
                             the amount calculated and adjusted as of the Annual
                             Interim Reconciliation, be remitted by Borrower to
                             Lender on the Annual Audited Reconciliation Date.

                                  To the extent that Operating Profit Available
                             for Series B Note Interest for the Fiscal Year is
                             less than the total amount of Series B Note
                             Interest actually paid for the Fiscal Year (or
                             payable based on the fourth Quarterly
                             Reconciliation Statement for the Fiscal Year), then
                             such excess payments together with any excess
                             payments applied to the Series A Note or Series B
                             Note pursuant to the priority set forth above shall
                             be adjusted as appropriate so that the total amount
                             of Series B Note Interest actually paid for the
                             Fiscal Year does not exceed the cumulative
                             Operating Profit Available For Series B Note
                             Interest for the Fiscal Year as set forth in the
                             Annual Interim Reconciliation Statement, and as
                             confirmed or adjusted, as the case may be, in
                             accordance with the Annual Audited Statement.

                                  In the event that adjustments are required as
                             aforesaid, any Pari Passu Distributions during
                             those Fiscal Quarters to Borrower shall be refunded
                             by Borrower to Lender as appropriate to make such
                             adjustments and any Pari Passu Distributions made
                             during those Fiscal Quarters to Lender and
                             deposited in the Pari Passu Account and not
                             otherwise disbursed for an Interest Deficiency
                             during the Fiscal Year shall be refunded by Lender
                             to Borrower as appropriate to make such
                             adjustments.

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                       (e)   Application of Pari Passu Distributions received by
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                             Lender.
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                             All Pari Passu Distributions made to Lender with
                       respect to Priority clause Sixth of Section 6.1(a)(i)
                       above shall be deposited in an interest bearing account
                       under the sole dominion and control of Lender (the "Pari
                       Passu Account") and subject to any prior disbursements
                       required by Section 6.1 (b) or 6.1 (d) shall be held
                       therein, and disbursed for application to the Series A
                       Note and Series B Note with respect to each Fiscal Year
                       only as follows:

                                 (i)   The Aggregate Adjusted Pari Passu
                       Distribution Amount shall be disbursed from the Pari
                       Passu Account and applied against the principal of each
                       of the Series A Note and Series B Note as follows:

                                 (A)   [1] as to the Series A Note on the Series
                             A Note Application Date in a total amount equal to
                             (x) if pursuant to Clause (A) of Section 
                             6.1(a)(i), 50% of such Aggregate Adjusted Pari
                             Passu Distribution Amount and (y) if pursuant to
                             Clause (B) of Section 6.1(a)(i), 25% of such
                             Aggregate Adjusted Pari Passu Distribution Amount
                             (the amounts referred to in clauses (x) and (y) of
                             this Clause A[1], sometimes referred to as the
                             "Series A PPD Application Amount"); and

                                       [2] the Series A PPD Application Amount
                             shall be applied against the then outstanding
                             principal of the Series A Note, in inverse order of
                             maturity for each Payment Date during the Fiscal
                             Year, effective as of such Payment Date in the same
                             order as the Pari Passu Distributions were
                             deposited into the Pari Passu Account and in an
                             amount equal to the principal amount of (x) if
                             pursuant to Clause (A) of Section 6.1(a)(i), 50%
                             of such Pari Passu Distribution actually deposited
                             into the Pari Passu Account for such Payment Date
                             and (y) if pursuant to Clause (B) of Section 6.
                             1(a)(i), 25% of such Pari Passu Distribution
                             actually deposited into the Pari Passu Account for
                             such Payment Date (the amounts referred to in
                             clauses (x) and (y) of this Clause (i), sometimes
                             referred to as the "Series A PPD Amount") provided
                             that if any adjustments were made to the Pari Passu
                             Account resulting in a disbursement from the Pari
                             Passu Account for an Operating Profit Deficiency or
                             refund to the Borrower, the Pari Passu Distribution
                             actually deposited on any Payment Date shall, for
                             purposes of determining the Series A PPD Amount, be
                             deemed to have been reduced by the amount of the
                             adjustment disbursed with respect to that Payment
                             Date; provided further that such adjustment amount
                             will be deemed to have been disbursed from the Pari
                             Passu Account

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                             from each of the Pari Passu Distributions deposited
                             immediately prior to the Payment Date for which the
                             adjustment is required (in reverse chronological
                             order) so that in determining the amount of the
                             Pari Passu Distribution actually deposited for each
                             Payment Date during a Fiscal Year to determine the
                             Series A PPD Amount, the last deposited Pari Passu
                             Distribution shall in each case be deemed to be the
                             first disbursed for any adjustment.

                                 (B)   [1] as to the Series B Note on the Series
                             B Note Application Date in a total amount equal to
                             (x) if pursuant to Clause (A) of Section 
                             6.1(a)(i), 50% of such Aggregate Adjusted Pari
                             Passu Distribution Amount and (y) if pursuant to
                             Clause (B) of Section 6.1(a)(i), 75% of such
                             Aggregate Adjusted Pari Passu Distribution Amount
                             (the amounts referred to in clauses (x) and (y) of
                             this Clause B[1], sometimes referred to as the
                             "Series B PPD Application Amount"); and

                                       [2] the Series B PPD Application Amount
                             shall be applied against the then outstanding
                             principal of the Series B Note, for each Payment
                             Date during the Fiscal Year, effective as of the
                             Quarterly Reconciliation Date for each of the
                             Payment Dates during the applicable Fiscal Quarter
                             for which a Pari Passu Distribution is made in the
                             same order as the Pari Passu Distributions were
                             deposited into the Pari Passu Account and in an
                             amount equal to the principal amount of (x) if
                             pursuant to Clause (A) of Section 6.1(a)(i), 50%
                             of such Pari Passu Distribution actually deposited
                             into the Pari Passu Account for the Payment Dates
                             in each Fiscal Quarter to which the Quarterly
                             Reconciliation Date corresponds and (y) if pursuant
                             to Clause (B) of Section 6.1(a)(i), 75% of such
                             Pari Passu Distribution actually deposited into the
                             Pari Passu Account for the Payment Dates in each
                             Fiscal Quarter to which the Quarterly
                             Reconciliation Date correspond (the amounts
                             referred to in clauses (x) and (y) of this Clause
                             (i) (B)[2], sometimes referred to as the "Series B
                             PPD Amount") provided that if any adjustments were
                             made to the Pari Passu Account resulting in a
                             disbursement from the Pari Passu Account for an
                             Operating Profit Deficiency or refund to the
                             Borrower, the Pari Passu Distribution actually
                             deposited on any Payment Date shall, for purposes
                             of determining the Series B PPD Amount, be deemed
                             to have been reduced by the amount of the
                             adjustment disbursed with respect to that Payment
                             Date; provided further that such adjustment amount
                             will be deemed to have been disbursed from the Pari
                             Passu Account from each of the Pari Passu
                             Distributions deposited immediately prior to the
                             Payment Date for which the

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                             adjustment is required (in reverse chronological
                             order) so that in determining the amount of the
                             Pari Passu Distribution actually deposited for each
                             Payment Date during a Fiscal Year to determine the
                             Series B PPD Amount, the last deposited Pari Passu
                             Distribution shall in each case be deemed to be the
                             first disbursed for any adjustment.

                             provided that with respect to the foregoing Clause
                             (i), the Series A Note Pari Passu Adjustment
                             Interest shall accumulate and be applied as a lump
                             sum credit against the interest on the Series A
                             Note due and payable on the first Payment Date
                             immediately following the Series A Note Application
                             Date (or on the Series A Note Application Date, if
                             the same is a Payment Date) and the Series B Note
                             Pari Passu Adjustment Interest shall accumulate and
                             be applied as a lump sum credit against the Series
                             B Note Interest due and payable on the first
                             Payment Date immediately following the Series B
                             Note Application Date (or on the Series B Note
                             Application Date, if the same is a Payment Date);
                             and

                             (ii) The Annual PPD Interest shall be disbursed
                             from the Pari Passu Account and applied as follows:

                                    (x) the Annual Series A Note PPD Interest
                                    shall be disbursed from the Pari Passu
                                    Account and applied on, and effective as of,
                                    each Series A Note Application Date as a
                                    lump sum payment against the then
                                    outstanding principal of the Series A Note,
                                    in inverse order of maturity; and

                                    (y) the Annual Series B Note PPD Interest
                                    shall be disbursed from the Pari Passu
                                    Account and applied on, and effective as of,
                                    each Series B Note Application Date as a
                                    lump sum payment against the principal of
                                    the Series B Note,

                       (f)   General. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
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                       provisions in this Section 6.1 shall not otherwise limit
                       or otherwise affect the Borrowers obligation to pay the
                       Series A Note and interest thereon and the principal
                       amount of the Series B Note and of the Series C Note on
                       their respective Maturity Dates or any other Loan
                       Obligations in accordance with the terms of Loan
                       Documents and this Agreement.

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     III.  Section 2.5 of the Loan Agreement is hereby modified and
     amended, effective as of the Effective Date, by deleting the fourth
     sentence of that Section in its entirety and in lieu thereof,
     substituting the following new sentence:

           There shall be no more than two Borrowings outstanding at any
           time, and if such Borrowing is a LIBOR Borrowing, any Floating
           LIBOR Borrowing or Adjusted Rate Borrowing, as in effect,
           shall not be in an amount greater than the aggregate amount of
           principal scheduled to fall due on the Loan during the
           Interest Period selected for such LIBOR Borrowing.

2.   RATIFICATION. As modified and amended hereby, the Loan Agreement shall
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remain in full force and effect including, without limitation, the release
provisions, which are ratified, confirmed and reaffirmed and incorporated herein
as of the Effective Date and which release provisions shall specifically but
without limitation, include AMIRESCOInstitutional, Inc. as part of the Released
Parties (as defined therein). Without limiting the foregoing, Borrower and
Lender acknowledge and agree that the application of the Pari Passu
Distributions prior to the Effective Date which were distributed and applied
against the Series A Note and Series B Note in the manner summarized on the
attached Exhibit A is hereby approved and affirmed as being the proper
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distribution and application of those Pari Passu Distributions and no further
adjustments shall be required in connection therewith. In addition and without
limiting the foregoing, Borrower and Lender further acknowledge and agree that
all interest accrued on certain funds held by Lender which include the Pari
Passu Distributions and certain other funds received by Lender in connection
with the Loan for the period prior to the Effective Date (said total interest
amount being referred to as the "Accrued PPD Interest") shall be disbursed on
the first Payment Date after the Effective Date and applied as follows: (a) 50%
of the Accrued PPD Interest shall be applied against the principal of the Series
A Note, in inverse order of maturity and (b) 50% of the Accrued PPD Interest
shall be applied against the principal of the Series B Note.

3.   NOVATION. Neither shall Lender intend this First Amendment to be, and this
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First Amendment shall not be construed to be, a novation of any of the
obligations owing by the Borrower under or in connection with the Loan
Agreement.

4.   ENTIRE AGREEMENT. The Loan Agreement, as amended hereby, together with the
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other Loan Documents, constitute the entire agreement and understanding among
the parties hereto and thereto and supersedes any and all prior agreements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and
thereof.

5.   BINDING AGREEMENT. This First Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to
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the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns
subject, however, to any restrictions on transfer and encumbrance as set forth
in the Loan Documents.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this First Amendment has been duly executed and
sealed by the parties the day and year first above written.

                                BORROWER:

                                MARRIOTT DIVERSIFIED AMERICAN
                                HOTELS, L.P., a Delaware limited
                                partnership

                                By: Marriott MDAH One Corporation, 
                                    a Delaware corporation,
                                    its sole General Partner



                                    By: /s/ C. G. Townsend
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                                       Name: C. G. Townsend
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                                       Title:  Vice President
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                                    Attest: /s/ Susan Wallace
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                                       Name: Susan Wallace
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                                       Title:  
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                                LENDER:
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                                NATIONSBANK OF GEORGIA,
                                NATIONAL ASSOCIATION



                                By: /s/ Matthew B. Walsh
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                                   Name: Matthew B. Walsh
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                                   Title: Vice President
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                                              [CORPORATE SEAL]

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                                    EXHIBIT A

The Series A Note Pari Passu Distribution to Lender in the amount of 703,535.80
was applied all to the principal balance of the Series A Note effective on April
28, 1994.


The Series B Note Pari Passu Distribution to Lender in the amount of 703,535.81
was applied all to the principal balance of the Series B Note effective on April
25, 1994.