EXHIBIT 31.2


               FORM OF SARBANES-OXLEY SECTION 302(a) CERTIFICATION


I, Chad C. Braun, Chief Financial Officer, certify that:

         1.       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of AmREIT;

         2.       Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain
                  any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
                  material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light
                  of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
                  not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
                  quarterly report;

         3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
                  financial information included in this quarterly report,
                  fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
                  financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
                  the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
                  quarterly report;

         4.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I are
                  responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
                  controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
                  13a-15 and 15d-15) for the registrant and we have:

                  i. designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

                  ii. evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of
this quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and

                  iii. presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our
evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

         5.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I have
                  disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the
                  registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's
                  board of trust managers (or persons performing the equivalent
                  functions):

                  i. all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
internal controls which could aversely affect the registrant's ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the
registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

                  ii. any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
internal controls; and

         6.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I have indicated
                  in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant
                  changes in internal controls or in other factors that could
                  significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date
                  of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective
                  actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material
                  weaknesses.


Date:   May 13, 2005                  By:  /s/ CHAD C. BRAUN
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                                          Chad C. Braun, Chief Financial Officer