EXHIBIT 32.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

                  In connection with this Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K of
Gen-Net Lease Income Trust, Inc. (the "Company") for the period ended December
31, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof (the "Report"), I, Thomas D. Peschio, President, Chief Executive Officer
and Treasurer of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         1.       The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
                  13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 1 of 1934, as
                  amended; and

         2.       The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                  all material respects, the financial condition and results of
                  operations of the Company.

Date: October 6, 2003

                                                    /s/ THOMAS D. PESCHIO
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                                             Thomas D. Peschio, President,
                                             Chief Executive Officer
                                             and Treasurer