EXHIBIT 10

                       THIRD AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED
             AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT


     THIS THIRD AMENDMENT (the "Third Amendment") TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, made as of this 30th day of September,
1996, among AARON RENTS, INC., a Georgia corporation (the "Company"), SUNTRUST
BANK, ATLANTA (formerly known as Trust Company Bank), a Georgia banking
corporation, FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA, a national banking
association, NBD BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, SOUTHTRUST BANK OF
GEORGIA, N.A., a national banking association (collectively, the "Banks") and
SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA, as Agent for the Banks (the "Agent").

                             W I T N E S S E T H :

     WHEREAS, the Company, the Banks and the Agent are parties to that certain
Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated as of
January 6, 1995, as heretofore amended (the "Loan Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, the Company has requested that certain terms of the Loan Agreement
be amended and the Agent and the Banks have agreed to the requested amendments
on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms
and conditions contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree that
all capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Loan Agreement and further agree as follows:

                                      1.

     Section 1.01 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the
definitions of "Advance", "Closing Date", "Facility" or "Facilities", "Loans",
"Notes", "Overnight Rate", "Overnight Rate Advance" and "Revolving Credit
Commitment" with the following:

          "Advance" shall mean any principal amount advanced and remaining
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     outstanding at any time as Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans, which

 
     Advance shall be made or outstanding as a Base Rate Advance, Overnight Rate
     Advance, CD Rate Advance or Eurodollar Advance, as the case may be.

          "Closing Date" shall mean the date on or before January 6, 1995, on
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     which the initial Loans are made and the conditions set forth in Section
     6.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 12.02.

          "Facility" or "Facilities" shall mean the Revolving Credit
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     Commitments, including without limitation, the Swingline SubFacility, or
     the Term Loans, as the context may indicate.

          "Loans" shall mean, collectively, the Revolving Credit Loans,
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     including without limitation, the Swingline Loans, and the Term Loans.

          "Notes" shall mean, collectively, the Revolving Credit Notes and the
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     Term Notes.

          "Overnight Rate" shall mean (with any change in the Overnight Rate to
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     be effective as of the date of change), with respect to the Swingline
     Loans, the Federal Funds Rate, as in effect from time to time, plus three-
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     quarters of one percent (0.75%) per annum.

          "Overnight Rate Advance" shall mean an Advance made or outstanding as
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     a Swingline Loan bearing interest based on the Overnight Rate.

          "Revolving Credit Commitment" shall mean, at any time for any Bank,
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     the amount set forth opposite such Bank's name on the signature pages of
     that certain Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Revolving
     Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of September 30, 1996, among the
     Company, the Banks and SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, formerly known as Trust
     Company Bank, as Agent for the Banks, as its "Revolving Credit Commitment",
     as the same may be increased or decreased from time to time as a result of
     any reduction thereof pursuant to Sections 2.03, any assignment thereof
     pursuant to Section 12.06 or any amendment thereof pursuant to Section
     12.02.

                                      2.

     Section 1.01 of the Loan Agreement is further amended by deleting the
definitions of "Cash Management Lender", "Cash Management Line of Credit
Commitment", Cash 

 
Management Line of Credit Note", "Cash Management Loans", "Cash Management Loan
Termination Date" and "Notice of Cash Management Borrowing" contained therein
and by adding the following new definitions in proper alphabetical order:

          "Availability" shall mean, with respect to any Facility at any time,
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     the amount by which the committed amount of such Facility exceeds the
     aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Loans made under such
     Facility.

          "Cash Management Agreement" shall mean, collectively, all account
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     instructions agreements, controlled disbursement agreements and other
     agreements between the Swingline Lender and the Company that govern the
     collection of checks, drafts and other funds of the Company and its
     Subsidiaries into a deposit account maintained with the Swingline Lender
     and the disbursement of proceeds from the Swingline SubFacility into a
     disbursement account with the Swingline Lender, as such agreements are from
     time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.

          "Controlled Disbursement Account" shall mean the controlled
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     disbursement account maintained by the Company with the Swingline Lender,
     governed by the Cash Management Agreement.

          "Master Account" shall mean the deposit account maintained by the
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     Company with the Swingline Lender into which checks, drafts and other funds
     of the Company and its Subsidiaries are deposited or collected, governed by
     the Cash Management Agreement.

          "Swingline Lender" shall mean SunTrust Bank, Atlanta and its
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     successors and assigns.

          "Swingline Loans" shall mean the loans made to the Company from time
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     to time by the Swingline Lender under the Swingline SubFacility pursuant to
     Section 2.05.

          "Swingline SubFacility" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
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     2.05 hereof.


          "Synthetic Lease Documents" shall mean, collectively, the Master
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     Agreement, dated as of September 30, 1996, among the Company, SunTrust

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     Banks, Inc., as lessor (the "Lessor"), SunTrust Bank, Atlanta and
     SouthTrust Bank of Georgia, N.A., as lenders, and SunTrust Bank, Atlanta,
     as agent, the Lease Agreement, dated as of September 30, 1996, between the
     Lessor and the Company and any supplements thereto, the Construction Agency
     Agreement, dated as of September 30, 1996, among the Lessor and the
     Company, the Guaranty, dated as of September 30, 1996, executed by the
     Company in favor of the Funding Parties (as defined therein), and any and
     all Security Agreements and Assignments (Construction Contract, Architect's
     Agreement, Permits, Licenses and Governmental Approvals, and Plans and
     Specifications and Drawings) executed from time to time by the Company in
     favor of the Lessor, and any modifications of or replacements for any or
     all of the foregoing.

                                      3.

     Article II of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following
as a new Section 2.05:

               SECTION 2.05.  Swingline SubFacility.  (a) Notwithstanding
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     anything contained herein to the contrary, the Swingline Lender hereby
     establishes a subfacility within its Revolving Credit Commitment in the
     aggregate principal amount of the lesser of (i) $6,000,000 and (ii)
     Availability under the Swingline Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment from
     time to time (the "Swingline SubFacility"), under which all Borrowings made
     through the Controlled Disbursement Account shall be made.  Sections 6.01
     and 6.02 shall apply equally to Borrowings made through the Swingline
     SubFacility as Borrowings otherwise requested or made through the Revolving
     Credit Commitments.  The aggregate amount of all Borrowings under the
     Swingline SubFacility shall not at any time exceed the lesser of (i)
     $6,000,000 and (ii) Availability under the Swingline Lender's Revolving
     Credit Commitment at such time, and to the extent any Borrowing under the
     Swingline SubFacility would cause such a result after giving effect
     thereto, the Company shall be required to request such Borrowing pursuant
     to Section 5.01(a)(i) hereof.

          (b) Each Borrowing under the Swingline SubFacility shall deemed to be
     made under the Swingline Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment to the extent
     of any Availability thereunder on the date such Borrowing is made.

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          (c) The Company shall have the right to prepay Borrowings made under
     the Swingline SubFacility, in whole at any time or in part from time to
     time, without premium or penalty in accordance with Section 5.06 hereof.
     The Company irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender, at the sole
     discretion of the Swingline Lender, from time to time and at any time if
     either (i) a Default or Event of Default then exists or (ii) Availability
     under the Swingline Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment is less than or
     equal to $6,000,000, to request a Borrowing under the Revolving Credit
     Commitments (to the extent of Availability thereunder) in the name of the
     Company in an amount sufficient to prepay in whole or in part the
     outstanding principal amount of Borrowings made under the Swingline
     SubFacility, and the Banks hereby agree to fund such Borrowing as if it
     were requested pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) hereof.

                                      4.

     Article IV of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by replacing said
Article in its entirety with "Reserved".

                                      5.

     Section 5.01 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
subsections (a)(ii), (c) and (d) thereof with the following:

          (a) (ii)  In addition, Borrowings under the Swingline SubFacility may
     be made by the Company through the Controlled Disbursement Account, and the
     Company shall be deemed to have given the Swingline Lender a Notice of
     Borrowing on each Business Day for which any funds in the Controlled
     Disbursement Account are insufficient to cover the checks, drafts and other
     items presented against the Controlled Disbursement Account, measured no
     later than 11:00 a.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) on such Business Day, in
     which case (i) the amount of the Borrowing shall be the amount required in
     addition to any funds already in the Controlled Disbursement Account to
     cover in full such checks, drafts and other items presented against the
     Controlled Disbursement Account (subject to the limitations set forth in
     Section 2.05) and (ii) the Borrowing shall be made on such Business Day.

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          (c) Without in any way limiting the Company's obligation to confirm
     in writing any telephonic notice, the Agent and the Swingline Lender may
     act without liability upon the basis of telephonic notice believed by the
     Agent or the Swingline Lender (as the case may be) in good faith to be from
     the Company prior to receipt of written confirmation.  In each such case,
     the Company hereby waives the right to dispute the records of the Agent or
     the Swingline Lender (as the case may be) of the terms of such telephonic
     notice.

          (d) The Agent shall promptly give each Bank notice by telephone
     (confirmed in writing) or by telex, telecopy or facsimile transmission of
     the matters covered by the notices given to the Agent pursuant to Section
     5.01(a)(i).

                                      6.

     Section 5.02 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
subsections (a), (b) and (d) thereof with the following:

          (a) No later than 12:00 noon (Atlanta, Georgia time) on the date of
     each Borrowing under the Revolving Credit Commitments made pursuant to
     Section 2.05(c) or Section 5.01(a)(i) above, each Bank will make available
     its Pro Rata Share of the amount of such Borrowing in immediately available
     funds at the Payment Office of the Agent.  The Agent will make available to
     the Company the aggregate of the amounts (if any) so made available by the
     Banks to the Agent in a timely manner by crediting such amounts to the
     Company's demand deposit account maintained with the Agent or, at the
     Company's option, to effect a wire transfer of such amounts to the
     Company's account specified to the Agent, by the close of business on such
     Business Day.  In the event that the Banks do not make such amounts
     available to the Agent by the time prescribed above, but such amount is
     received later that day, such amount may be credited to the Company in the
     manner described in the preceding sentence on the next Business Day (with
     interest on such amount to begin accruing hereunder on such next Business
     Day).

          (b) No later than 12:00 noon (Atlanta, Georgia time) on the date of
     each Borrowing under the Swingline SubFacility made pursuant to Section
     5.01(a)(ii) above, the Swingline Bank will make available the 

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     amount of such Borrowing in immediately available funds to the Company by
     crediting the amount of such Borrowing to the Controlled Disbursement
     Account (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.05).

          (d) All Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Commitments made
     pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) above shall be loaned by the Banks on the
     basis of their Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Credit Commitments.  All
     Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Commitments made pursuant to Section
     5.01(a)(ii) above shall be loaned by the Swingline Lender alone.

                                      7.

     Section 5.03 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the first
paragraph of subsection (a) thereof with the following:

          (a) The Company agrees to pay interest in respect of all unpaid
     principal amounts of the Revolving Credit Loans (other than the Swingline
     Loans) and the Term Loans from the respective dates such principal amounts
     were advanced to maturity (whether by acceleration, notice of prepayment or
     otherwise) at rates per annum equal to the applicable rates indicated
     below:

                                      8.

     Section 5.03 of the Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by replacing
subsection (b) thereof with the following:

          (b) The Company agrees to pay interest in respect of all unpaid
     principal amounts of the Swingline Loans made to the Company from the
     respective dates such principal amounts were advanced to maturity (whether
     by acceleration, notice of prepayment or otherwise) at the Overnight Rate
     for each such Swingline Loan.

                                      9.

     Section 5.06 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by replacing said
Section in its entirety with the following:

          Section 5.06.  Voluntary Prepayments of Borrowings.
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          (a) (i) The Company may, at its option, prepay Borrowings under the
     Revolving Credit Commitment or the Term Loans at any time in whole, or from
     time to time in part in an aggregate amount of at least $1,000,000 and
     multiples of $100,000 thereof, by paying the principal amount to be
     prepaid, together with interest accrued and unpaid thereon to the date of
     prepayment, and, in the case of the prepayment of Borrowings consisting of
     Fixed Rate Advances, all compensation payments pursuant to Section 5.12 if
     such prepayment is made on a date other than the last day of an Interest
     Period applicable thereto; provided, however, that the Company may, at its
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     option, prepay Borrowings under the Swingline SubFacility at any time in
     whole or in part, by paying the principal amount to be prepaid, together
     with interest accrued and unpaid thereon to the date of prepayment.  Each
     such optional prepayment shall be applied in accordance with Section
     5.06(c) below.

          (ii) The Company may prepay Borrowings under the Swingline SubFacility
     with the proceeds of Borrowings made under the Revolving Credit Commitments
     pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) hereof to the extent the Company is
     permitted to make Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Commitments under
     the terms of this Agreement.  Borrowings under the Swingline SubFacility
     shall automatically be prepaid each Business Day with (and to the extent
     of) all immediately available funds deposited into the Controlled Deposit
     Account the prior Business Day.

          (b) (i) The Company shall give written notice (or telephonic notice
     confirmed in writing) to the Agent of any intended prepayment of the
     Revolving Credit Loans (other than the Swingline Loans) or the Term Loans
     not less than five days prior to any voluntary prepayment.  Such notice
     shall specify whether Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans are to be
     prepaid and, once given, such notice shall be irrevocable.  Upon receipt of
     such notice of prepayment, the Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of the
     contents of such notice and of such Bank's share of such prepayment.

          (ii) The Company shall give written notice (or telephonic notice
     promptly confirmed in writing) to the Swingline Lender of any intended
     prepayment of the Swingline Loans to be made by a Borrowing under Revolving
     Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) above (other than
     automatic prepayments made with funds from the Controlled 

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     Disbursement Account) on or prior to the date of such voluntary prepayment.

          (c) The Company, when providing notice of prepayment pursuant to
     Section 5.06(b)(i), may designate the Types of Advances and the specific
     Borrowing or Borrowings which are to be prepaid, provided that (i) if any
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     prepayment of Fixed Rate Advances made pursuant to a single Borrowing of
     Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans shall reduce the outstanding Advances
     made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than $1,000,000, such
     Borrowing shall immediately be converted into Base Rate Advances; and (ii)
     each prepayment made pursuant to a single Borrowing of Revolving Credit
     Loans or Term Loans shall be applied pro rata among such Revolving Credit
     Loans and Term Loans comprising such Borrowing.  In the absence of a
     designation by the Company of the Types of Advances and the specific
     Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid, the Agent shall, subject to the
     foregoing, make such designation in its sole discretion.

          (d) All voluntary prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans (including
     Swingline Loans) or Term Loans shall be applied to the payment of any
     unpaid interest thereon before application to principal and, in the case of
     the Term Loans, shall be applied against scheduled amortization payments in
     the inverse order of maturity.

                                      10.

     Section 5.07 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
subsection (a) (ii) thereof with the following:

          (ii)  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments
     under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans shall be made without
     defense, set-off or counterclaim to the Swingline Lender not later than
     11:00 a.m. (Atlanta, Georgia time) on the date when due and shall be made
     in Dollars in immediately available funds at its Payment Office.

                                      11.

     Section 6.02 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
following paragraph of said Section in its entirety:

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          Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall have no right to
     make a Borrowing under the Revolving Credit Commitment to repay a Cash
     Management Loan if a Default or Event of Default exists.

                                      12.

     Schedule 7.16 to the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its
entirety with the new schedule 7.16 which is attached to this Third Amendment.

                                      13.

     Article VIII and Article IX of the Loan Agreement are each hereby amended
by replacing the first paragraph of each of such Articles with the following:

          The Company covenants and agrees so long as any of the Revolving
     Credit Commitments of any Bank, including without limitation the Swingline
     SubFacility of the Swingline Lender, shall remain available, or any
     Revolving Credit Loans, Term Loans or Swingline Loans are outstanding, and
     until the full and final payment of all indebtedness incurred hereunder and
     unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Required Banks:

                                      14.

          Section 9.01 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following new paragraph (j) at the end thereof (and by deleting the period which
appears at the end of paragraph (i) thereof and by substituting ", and" in lieu
thereof):

          (j) Liens granted under the Synthetic Lease Documents in the real or
     personal property financed thereunder and in certain related rights of the
     Company to secure the Company's indebtedness and liabilities under the
     Synthetic Lease Documents to the extent permitted under Section 9.03(k)
     hereof.

                                      15.

     Section 9.03 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
subsection (i) thereof with the following:

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          (i) guarantee the indebtedness of obligations of certain franchise
     operators, provided such guarantees are (A) given by the Company in
     connection with (1) such franchise operators' purchase of furniture
     financed through a third-party lender or (2) loans to franchise operators
     for other purposes to the extent such loans are made with the prior
     approval of SunTrust Bank, Atlanta and (B) limited to $25,000,000 in
     aggregate outstanding principal amount at any one time for all franchise
     operators; and

                                      16.

          Section 9.03 of the Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding
at the end thereof the following new paragraph (k) (and the period which appears
at the end of paragraph (j) thereof shall be deleted and ", and" shall be
substituted in lieu thereof):

          (k) incur or guaranty indebtedness or contingent liability under the
     Synthetic Lease Documents provided that the aggregate outstanding principal
     amount of all such indebtedness or liabilities does not exceed $20,000,000
     at any one time.
                                      17.

          Section 9.06 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following new clause (e) at the end thereof:

          "and (e) the terms of the Synthetic Lease Documents".

                                      18.

          Article 10 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
word "or" at the end of Section 10.12, adding the word "or" at the end of
Section 10.13, and adding the following as a new Section 10.14:

          Section 10.14.  The Company or any of its Subsidiaries fails to make
     any payment as and when such payment is due under the Synthetic Lease
     Documents, or any other default, event or condition shall have occurred or
     exist under the Synthetic Lease Documents, the effect of which is to cause,
     or to permit the holder of the obligations of the Company or any such
     Subsidiary under the Synthetic Lease Documents to cause, the obligations of
     the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any portion thereof, to become

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     due prior to its stated maturity date or prior to its regularly scheduled
     date of payment;

                                      19.

     Article X of the Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by replacing the
final paragraph of said Section with the following:

     then, and in any such event, and at any time thereafter if any Event of
     Default shall then be continuing, (A) the Agent may, and upon the written
     or telex request of the Required Banks, shall, by written notice to the
     Company, take any or all of the following actions, without prejudice to the
     rights of the Agent, any Bank or the holder of any Note to enforce its
     claims against the Company or any other Credit Party:  (i) declare all
     Revolving Credit Commitments terminated, whereupon the Revolving Credit
     Commitments of each Bank, including without limitation, the Swingline
     SubFacility of the Swingline Lender, shall terminate immediately and any
     commitment fee shall forthwith become due and payable without any other
     notice of any kind; (ii) declare the principal of and any accrued interest
     on the Revolving Credit Loans (including without limitation, the Swingline
     Loans) and Term Loans, and all other Obligations owing hereunder, to be,
     whereupon the same shall become, forthwith due and payable without
     presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
     hereby waived by the Company; provided, that, if an Event of Default
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     specified in Sections 10.06, 10.07, 10.08 or 10.09 above shall occur, the
     result which would occur upon the giving of written notice by the Agent to
     any Credit Party, as specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above, shall occur
     automatically without the giving of any such notice; and (iii) may exercise
     any other rights or remedies available under the Loan Documents, at law or
     in equity; and (B) the Swingline Lender may, by written notice to the Agent
     and the other Banks pursuant to Section 2.05(c), request a Borrowing under
     the Revolving Credit Commitments (to the extent of Availability thereunder)
     in the name of the Company in an amount sufficient to prepay in whole or in
     part the outstanding principal amount of Swingline Loans, and the Banks
     hereby agree to fund such Borrowing, notwithstanding that a Default or an
     Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

                                      20.

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     Upon the effectiveness of this Third Amendment, all amounts outstanding
under the Cash Management Line of Credit Commitment shall be deemed to be
outstanding under the Swingline SubFacility and the Cash Management Line of
Credit Commitment shall be terminated.  The Cash Management Lender agrees to
return promptly the Cash Management Line of Credit Note to the Company.

                                      21.

     Exhibit B to the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by replacing said Exhibit
B in its entirety with Exhibit B attached hereto.
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                                      22.

     The Company represents and warrants that all representations and warranties
set forth in the Loan Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on
the date hereof and no Default or Event of Default exists under the Loan
Agreement as of the date hereof.

                                      23.

     To the extent that the agreements set forth in this Third Amendment should
effect a corresponding amendment to any of the Loan Documents, such Loan
Documents are hereby deemed to be amended as of the date hereof to reflect this
Third Amendment in order to conform the terms of the Loan Documents which are
affected by this Third Amendment to the terms hereof.

                                      24.

     Except for the amendments and agreements expressly set forth above, the
text of the Loan Agreement and all other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged
and in full force and effect.  The Company acknowledges and expressly agrees
that the Agent and the Banks reserve the right to, and do, in fact, require
strict compliance with the terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement, as
amended by this Third Amendment.

                                      25.

     Each reference in the Loan Agreement to "this Agreement," "hereunder,"
"hereof," "herein," or words of like import, shall mean and be a reference to
the Loan Agreement as amended by this Third Amendment and each reference to the
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other document, instrument or agreement executed or delivered in connection with
the Loan Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Loan Agreement as 
amended by this Third Amendment.

                                 26.

     THIS THIRD AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

                                 27.

     This Third Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto
in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original and all of which, taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and
the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Third
Amendment by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart hereof.



                                 28.

     This Third Amendment shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit
of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

                                 29.

     This Third Amendment constitutes the entire understanding of the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other prior or
contemporaneous agreements, whether written or oral, with respect thereto, are
expressly superseded hereby.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Third Amendment has been duly executed as of the 
date first above written.


                                  COMPANY:
Address for Notices:          AARON RENTS, INC.
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309 East Paces Ferry Road        
Atlanta, Georgia 30305            By:                             
Attention: Gilbert L. Danielson      ---------------------------- 
                                     Name:                        
                                     Title:                        
                                  
                                  Attest:
                                         ------------------------
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

                                  [CORPORATE SEAL] 

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                 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT
                           AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT]

                           

                                      

 
                                    AGENT:

Address for Notices:          SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA, as Agent
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25 Park Place, 23rd Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Attention: Willem-Jan O. Hattink or    By:
         Michael Dunlap                   ----------------------------
                                          Name:
                                          Title:

Payment Office:
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25 Park Place
23rd Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30303                 By:
                                          ----------------------------
                                          Name:
                                          Title:


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                 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT
                           AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT]

                                      

 
                                       BANKS:

Address for Notices:          SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA
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25 Park Place, 23rd Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30303                 By:
Attention: Willem-Jan O. Hattink or       ------------------------------   
           Michael Dunlap                 Name:
                                          Title:

Payment Office:
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25 Park Place
23rd Floor                             By:
Atlanta, Georgia 30303                    ------------------------------
                                          Name:
                                          Title:



REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT:        $25,000,000.00

PRO RATA SHARE OF REVOLVING
LOAN COMMITMENTS:                    33.3333%





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                 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT
                           AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT]

                                      

 
                              FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
                                    OF GEORGIA

Address for Notices:
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999 Peachtree Street          By:________________________________
12th Floor, Suite 640                  Name:
Atlanta, Georgia 30309                 Title:
Attention: Jonathan D. Hook

Payment Office:
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999 Peachtree Street
12th Floor, Suite 640
P. O. Box 740074
Atlanta, Georgia 30374



REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT:        $25,000,000.00

PRO RATE SHARE OF REVOLVING
LOAN COMMITMENTS:                   33.3333%




                    [SIGNATURE PAGE FOR THIRD AMENDMENT TO
                 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT
                           AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT]

                                      

 
                              NBD BANK

Address for Notices:
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611 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan  48226      By:_________________________________
Attention: Richard C. Ellis       Name:
                                  Title:

Payment Office:
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611 Woodward Avenue
Detroit Michigan 48226
Attention: Richard C. Ellis



REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT:        $15,000,000.00

PRO RATA SHARE OF REVOLVING
LOAN COMMITMENTS:                    20%





                    [SIGNATURE PAGE FOR THIRD AMENDMENT TO
                 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT
                           AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT]

                                      

 
                              SOUTHTRUST BANK OF GEORGIA, N.A.

Address for Notices:
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One Georgia Center
600 West Peachtree St.        By:_______________________________
Atlanta, Georgia 30308           Name:
Attn: Melinda Bergbom            Title:

Payment Office:
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One Georgia Center
600 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Attention: Melinda Bergbom



REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT:        $10,000,000.00

PRO RATA SHARE OF REVOLVING
LOAN COMMITMENTS:                   13.3333%



                    [SIGNATURE PAGE FOR THIRD AMENDMENT TO
                 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT
                           AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT]

                                      

 
                                 Schedule 7.16
                                 -------------


          The Company has contingent liabilities under the Synthetic Lease
Documents.

 

                                      

 
                                 EXHIBIT B


                             REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
                             ---------------------


$__________                                      ________ __, 19__ 
                                                 Atlanta, Georgia


          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, AARON RENTS, INC., a Georgia
corporation (the "Company"), promises to pay to the order of __________________
(the "Bank") at its office at__________________________________________________
or at such other place as the holder hereof shall designate to the Company in
writing, in immediately available funds in lawful money of the United States of
America, on the sooner of (i) the Revolving Credit Termination Date (as defined
in the Loan Agreement referenced below), (ii) the Conversion Date (as defined in
the Loan Agreement referenced below) and (iii) acceleration of the indebtedness
evidenced by this Note as hereinafter provided, the lesser of the principal sum
of ______________ Dollars ($__________) or so much thereof as shall have been
advanced thereunder in accordance with that certain Second Amended and Restated
Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of the January 6, 1995, among
the Company, the Bank and other banks and financial institutions now or
hereafter parties thereto (collectively, the "Lenders") and SunTrust Bank,
Atlanta as Agent for the Lenders(as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Loan Agreement"), and not theretofore repaid,
as shown on the grid schedule attached hereto (the "Grid Schedule").

          In addition to principal, the Company agrees to pay interest on the
principal amounts disbursed hereunder from time to time from the date of
disbursement until paid in full at such rates of interest per annum and upon
such dates as set forth in Section 5.03 of the Loan Agreement, computed on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a 360-day year.  Such interest is
to be paid to the Bank at the address set forth above in the first paragraph of
this Note or at such other place as the holder hereof may designate by notice in
writing to the Company.

          This Revolving Credit Note ("Note") evidences Revolving Credit Loans
[, including without limitation, the Swingline Loans (to be included in the
Revolving Credit Note of the Swingline Lender)] made by the Bank to the Company
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement to which reference is
hereby made for a

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full and complete description of such terms and conditions. All capitalized
terms used in this Note shall have the same meanings as set forth in the Loan
Agreement.

          
          The Bank shall at all times have a right of set-off against any
deposit balances of Company in the possession of the Bank and the Bank may apply
the same against payment of this Note in accordance with the Loan Agreement.
The payment of any indebtedness evidenced by this Note prior to the Revolving
Credit Termination Date or the Conversion Date shall not affect the
enforceability of this Note as to any future, different or other indebtedness
incurred hereunder by the Company.  In the event the indebtedness evidenced by
this Note is collected by legal action or through an attorney-at-law, the Bank
shall be entitled to recover from Company all costs of collection, including,
without limitation, actual and reasonable attorneys' fees if collected by or
through an attorney-at-law.

          Company acknowledges that the actual crediting of the amount of any
disbursement under the Loan Agreement to an account of Company or recording such
amount in the Grid Schedule shall, in the absence of manifest error, constitute
presumptive evidence of such disbursement and that such advance was made and
borrowed under the Loan Agreement.  Such account records or Grid Schedule shall
constitute, in the absence of manifest error, presumptive evidence of principal
amounts outstanding and the payments made under the Agreement at any time and
from time to time, provided that the failure of Bank to record on the Grid
Schedule or in such account the type or amount of any advance shall not affect
the obligation of the undersigned to repay such amount together with interest
thereon in accordance with this Note and the Loan Agreement.

          Upon the existence and during the continuation of an Event of Default
as defined in the Loan Agreement, the principal and all accrued interest hereof
shall automatically become, or may be declared, due and payable in the manner
and with the effect provided in the Loan Agreement.

          Prepayment of this Note in part or in whole is permitted subject to
the conditions set forth in Section 5.06 of the Loan Agreement.

          Failure or forbearance of the Bank to exercise any right hereunder, or
otherwise granted by the Loan Agreement or by law, shall not affect or release
the liability of the Company hereunder, and shall not constitute a waiver of
such right unless so stated by the Bank in writing.  THIS NOTE IS EXECUTED AND
DELIVERED PURSUANT TO, AND ITS PERFORMANCE, INTERPRETATION AND 


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ENFORCEMENT SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA.

          TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE HEREUNDER.  PRESENTMENT, PROTEST AND NOTICE OF
DISHONOR ARE HEREBY WAIVED.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be executed in
its name and attested to by its authorized officers, and its corporate seal to
be hereunto affixed, all on the date first above written.

                                    AARON RENTS, INC.



                                    By:
                                       ---------------------------  
                                     Name:
                                          ------------------------
                                     Title: 
                                           -----------------------


                                    Attest:
                                           -----------------------
                                     Name:
                                           -----------------------  
                                     Title:
                                           -----------------------
                                              [CORPORATE SEAL]


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                                 GRID SCHEDULE


                      ADVANCES AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL



 
 
                  Amount                  Amount of     Last Day of
                    of       Interest    Principal     Applicable    Notation
Date             Advance       Rate       Prepaid    Interest Period  Made By
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                $______        __%         $________


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