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                                                                      Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Irving E. Schottenstein and Kerrii B. Anderson, and each of them, as
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for him and in his name, place
  and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1995 Annual Report on Form
10-K for M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection with the
foregoing, as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


Date:  March 29, 1996                              /s/ Eric J. Schottenstein
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                                                   Eric J. Schottenstein
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Irving E. Schottenstein and Kerrii B. Anderson, and each of them, as
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1995 Annual Report on Form
10-K for M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection with the
foregoing, as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


Date:  March 29, 1996                              /s/ Friedrich K.M. Bohm
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                                                   Friedrich K.M. Bohm
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Irving E. Schottenstein and Kerrii B. Anderson, and each of them, as
her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for her and in her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1995 Annual Report on Form
10-K for M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection with the
foregoing, as she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


Date:  March 29, 1996                              /s/ Holly S. Kastan
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                                                   Holly S. Kastan
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Irving E. Schottenstein and Kerrii B. Anderson, and each of them, as
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1995 Annual Report on Form
10-K for M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection with the
foregoing, as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


Date:  March 29, 1996                              /s/ John B. Gerlach
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                                                   John B. Gerlach
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Irving E. Schottenstein and Kerrii B. Anderson, and each of them, as
her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for her and in her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1995 Annual Report on Form
10-K for M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection with the
foregoing, as she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


Date:  March 29, 1996                              /s/ Lenore G. Schottenstein
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                                                   Lenore G. Schottenstein
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Irving E. Schottenstein and Kerrii B. Anderson, and each of them, as
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1995 Annual Report on Form
10-K for M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection with the
foregoing, as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


Date:  March 29, 1996                              /s/ Lewis R. Smoot, Sr.
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                                                   Lewis R. Smoot, Sr.
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Irving E. Schottenstein and Kerrii B. Anderson, and each of them, as
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1995 Annual Report on Form
10-K for M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection with the
foregoing, as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


Date:  March 29, 1996                              /s/ Robert H. Schottenstein
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                                                   Robert H. Schottenstein
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Irving E. Schottenstein and Kerrii B. Anderson, and each of them, as
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1995 Annual Report on Form
10-K for M/I Schottenstein Homes, Inc., and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection with the
foregoing, as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


Date:  March 29, 1996                              /s/ Steven Schottenstein
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                                                   Steven Schottenstein