SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                   SCHEDULE TO
                                 (Rule 14d-100)
            TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                       ANGELES INCOME PROPERTIES, LTD. III
                       (Name of Subject Company (Issuer))


                        AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P. -- OFFEROR
            (Names of Filing Persons (Identifying Status as Offeror,
                            Issuer or Other Person))


                            LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                      NONE
                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                                 Patrick J. Foye
                            Executive Vice President
                   Apartment Investment And Management Company
                           Colorado Center, Tower Two
                   2000 South Colorado Boulevard, Suite 2-1000
                             Denver, Colorado 80222
                                 (303) 757-8081
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                 (Name, Address, and Telephone Numbers of Person
  Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)

                                    Copy To:

                                Gregory M. Chait
                                  Robert Barker
                     Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP
                   191 Peachtree Street, N.E., Sixteenth Floor
                             Atlanta, Georgia 30303
                                 (404) 572-6600

                            CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

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Transaction Valuation*                                      Amount of Filing Fee
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$1,431,177                                                  $132
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  *   For purposes of calculating the fee only. This amount assumes the
purchase of 43,369 units of limited partnership interest of Angeles Income
Properties, Ltd. III for $33.00 per unit. Pursuant to Rule 0-11 under the
Exchange Act of 1934, the filing fee equals $92 per $1,000,000 (prorated for
amounts less than $1,000,000). The filing fee is calculated by multiplying the
aggregate offering amount by .000092.

      [ ] Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule
      0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was
      previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
      number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

      Amount Previously Paid:   __________            Filing Party:   __________

      Form or Registration No.:  _________            Date Filed:    ___________

      [ ] Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary
          communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

      Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which
      the statement relates:

      [X] third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

      [ ] going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

      [ ] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

      [ ] amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

      Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the
      results of the tender offer: [ ]

                             TENDER OFFER STATEMENT

      This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO relates to the tender offer by
AIMCO Properties, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, to purchase outstanding
units of limited partnership interest of Angeles Income Properties, Ltd. III, a
California limited partnership, at a price of $33.00 per unit in cash, subject
to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated May 7, 2002, and in
the related Letter of Transmittal and Acknowledgment and Agreement, which, as
amended and supplemented from time to time, together constitute the tender
offer. Copies of the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and Acknowledgment
and Agreement are filed with this Schedule TO as Exhibits 1, 2 and 3,
respectively.

      The information in Exhibits 1-3, 5 and 6 is incorporated in this Schedule
TO by reference in answer to items 1 through 11 of Schedule TO.

      Neither AIMCO Properties, L.P. nor any of the people or entities listed on
Annex I to the Offer to Purchase has, during the last five years, been convicted
in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors),
or was, during the last five years, a party to any judicial or administrative
proceeding (except for matters that were dismissed without sanction or
settlement) that resulted in a judgment, decree or final order enjoining the
person from future violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal
or state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal or state
securities laws.

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Item 12. Exhibits.

1     Offer to Purchase limited partnership units of Angeles Income Properties,
      Ltd. III, dated May 7, 2002.

2     Letter of Transmittal and related instructions, dated May 7, 2002
      (included as Annex II to the Offer to Purchase attached as Exhibit
      (1)(a)).

3     Acknowledgement and Agreement, dated May 7, 2002.

4     Letter, dated May 7, 2002, from AIMCO Properties, L.P., to the limited
      partners of Angeles Income Properties, Ltd. III.

5     Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Secured Revolving Credit
      Facility), dated as of November 6, 2001, by and among AIMCO Properties,
      L.P., AIMCO/Bethesda Holdings, Inc., NHP Management Company, Bank of
      America, N.A., Fleet National Bank, and First Union National Bank.
      (Exhibit 10.1 to AIMCO Properties, L.P.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
      for the quarter ended September 30, 2001, filed on November 14, 2001, is
      incorporated herein by this reference).

6     Annual Report of AIMCO Properties, L.P. for the year ended December 31,
      2001 filed on Form 10-K405 on April 1, 2002, is incorporated herein by
      this reference.

                                    SIGNATURE

           After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.


Date: May 7, 2002
                                         AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.

                                         By: AIMCO-GP, INC.
                                                   (General Partner)

                                         By: /s/Patrick J. Foye
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                                              Executive Vice President


                                         AIMCO-GP, INC.

                                         By: /s/Patrick J. Foye
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                                              Executive Vice President


                                         APARTMENT INVESTMENT
                                         AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY

                                         By: /s/Patrick J. Foye
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                                              Executive Vice President

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT NO.  DESCRIPTION

   1         Offer to Purchase limited partnership units of Angeles Income
             Properties, Ltd. III, dated May 7, 2002.

   2         Letter of Transmittal and related instructions, dated May 7, 2002
             (included as Annex II to the Offer to Purchase attached as Exhibit
             (1)(a)).

   3         Acknowledgement and Agreement, dated May 7, 2002.

   4         Letter, dated May 7, 2002, from AIMCO Properties, L.P., to the
             limited partners of Angeles Income Properties, Ltd. III.

   5         Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Secured Revolving
             Credit Facility), dated as of November 6, 2001, by and among AIMCO
             Properties, L.P., AIMCO/Bethesda Holdings, Inc., NHP Management
             Company, Bank of America, N.A., Fleet National Bank, and First
             Union National Bank. (Exhibit 10.1 to AIMCO Properties, L.P.'s
             Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
             2001, filed on November 14, 2001, is incorporated herein by this
             reference).

   6         Annual Report of AIMCO Properties, L.P. for the year ended December
             31, 2001 filed on Form 10-K405 on April 1, 2002, is incorporated
             herein by this reference.