EXHIBIT 16.1

April 29, 2003

Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 11-3
450 5th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Dear Sirs/Madams:

We have read Item 14 "Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on
Accounting and Financial Disclosure" included in Hartman Commercial Properties
REIT's registration statement on Form 10 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on or about April 30, 2003, and have the following comments:

     1.   We agree with the statements made in the first paragraph and the third
          paragraph.

     2.   We have no basis on which  to agree or  disagree  with the  statements
          made in the second paragraph.

Yours truly,


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
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DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Houston, Texas