FORM 8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 CURRENT REPORT


                         Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934




                                 January 1, 1997
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                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)




                                ILX Incorporated
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



                                     ARIZONA
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                                 (State or other
                                 jurisdiction of
                                 incorporation)

33-16122                                                              86-0564171
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(Commission File                                                (I.R.S. Employer
Number)                                                      Identification No.)



                 2111 E. Highland, Suite 210, Phoenix, AZ 85016
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)





                                 (602) 957-2777
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               Registrant's telephone number, including area code

Item 5. Other Events.

          Effective  June  2,  1995,  ILX  Incorporated   ("ILX")  entered  into
Consulting   Agreements  with  Investor  Resource  Services,   Inc.,  a  Florida
corporation,  ("IRC") and  Universal  Solutions,  Inc., a Colorado  corporation,
("Universal")  pursuant  to which IRC and  Universal  agreed to provide  certain
investor  relations,  broker relations and public relations services to ILX. The
Consulting Agreements are Exhibits to ILX's Form S-2 Registration  Statement No.
33-61477.  Under the  terms of the  Consulting  Agreements,  as  amended  in the
related  Option  Agreements  (which are  attached  as Exhibits to ILX's Form S-3
Registration  Statement No. 333-03151),  each of IRC and Universal received from
ILX a total of 50,000 shares of ILX Common Stock (the  "Shares") plus options to
purchase an  additional  250,000  shares of ILX Common  Stock at $1.25 per share
(the "Option  Shares").  ILX agreed that the Shares and the Option Shares may be
registered pursuant to the terms of the Consulting Agreements.

         The term of the Option  Agreements  originally was to terminate 30 days
after the effective date of any registration described under section 7(b) of the
Consulting  Agreements (a  "Registration")  or June 1, 1997,  whichever occurred
first.  Pursuant  to a  letter  agreement  dated  June  10,  1996  (the  "Letter
Agreement"),  a copy of which was attached as Exhibit A to ILX's Current  Report
dated  June 14,  1996 on Form 8-K,  ILX  agreed to extend the term of the Option
Agreements  so that those Option  Agreements  would  terminate 90 days after the
effective  date of any  such  Registration  or June 1,  1997,  whichever  occurs
earlier.  In consideration  for the extension,  IRC and Universal agreed to, and
did,  exercise  options for 100,000 of the Option Shares at a price of $1.25 per
Option Share.  Pursuant to a letter  agreement dated August 5, 1996 (the "Second
Letter  Agreement"),  a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10 to ILX's Current
Report  dated  August 12, 1996 on Form 8-K, ILX agreed to extend the term of the
Option Agreements so that those Option Agreements would terminate 120 days after
the effective date of any such  Registration or June 1, 1997,  whichever  occurs
earlier.  In consideration  for the extension,  IRC and Universal agreed to, and
did, exercise, collectively, options for 100,000 of the Option Shares at a price
of $1.25 per Option Share. Thereafter, Universal exercised options for 50,000 of
the Option  Shares at a price of $1.25 per  Option  Share.  Because  ILX filed a
Registration  effective May 17, 1996,  pursuant to their terms as amended by the
Letter  Agreement  and  the  Second  Letter  Agreement,  the  Option  Agreements
terminated on September 14, 1996.

         Effective  January 1, 1997,  ILX and IRC entered into a new  Consulting
Agreement  pursuant to which IRC agreed to provide certain  investor  relations,
broker  relations  and public  relations  services  to ILX (the "New  Consulting
Agreement").  The New  Consulting  Agreement  is attached  hereto as Exhibit 10.
Under the terms of the New  Consulting  Agreement,  IRC  received new options to
purchase  350,000 shares of ILX Common Stock at $1.25 per share (the "New Option
Shares").  Further,  pursuant to the terms of the New Consulting Agreement,  ILX
has agreed to allow IRC to exercise  unexercised  options to purchase 150,000 of
the Option  Shares.  The options  granted in the New  Consulting  Agreement with
respect to the New Option Shares and the extended  options for the Option Shares
expire on June 30, 1997.

         The  above  descriptions  of  the  Consulting  Agreements,  the  Option
Agreements,  the Letter  Agreement,  the  Second  Letter  Agreement  and the New
Consulting  Agreement  are  qualified  in their  entirety  by  reference  to the
Consulting Agreements,  the Option Agreements,  the Letter Agreement, the Second
Letter Agreement and the New Consulting Agreement.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         The Exhibits  required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K have been supplied
as follows:

Exhibit
Numbers                    Description of Exhibit                       Page No.
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  10                       Consulting Agreement                            4


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                                     ILX Incorporated,
                                                     an Arizona corporation


                                                     /s/ Nancy J. Stone
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                                                     Nancy J. Stone
                                                     President

Date:  January 13, 1997