DE ANZA PROPERTIES XII LTD
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                             -----------------------

                                 SCHEDULE 14D-1
               Tender Offer Statement Pursuant to Section 14(d)(1)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                             -----------------------

                         DE ANZA PROPERTIES - XII, LTD.
                            (Name of Subject Company)

                                MORAGA GOLD, LLC
                               MORAGA FUND 1, L.P.
                   ACCELERATED HIGH YIELD INCOME FUND I, L.P.
              ACCELERATED HIGH YIELD INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, L.P.
                                  CAL KAN, INC.
                                   STEVEN GOLD
                                    (Bidders)

                      UNITS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                      NONE
                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
                             -----------------------

                                           Copy to:
C.E. Patterson                             Paul J. Derenthal, Esq.
Moraga Partners, Inc.                      Derenthal & Dannhauser
1640 School Street, Suite 100              455 Market Street, Suite 1600
Moraga, California  94556                  San Francisco, California  94105
(510) 631-9100                             (415) 243-8070

                     (Name, Address and Telephone Number of
                    Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
                       Communications on Behalf of Bidder)

                            Calculation of Filing Fee
       -----------------------------------------------------------------
                 Transaction                   Amount of
                  Valuation                    Filing Fee

                 $1,453,760                     $290.75
       -----------------------------------------------------------------

     * For purposes of calculating  the filing fee only. This amount assumes the
purchase of 4,543 Units of Limited Partnership Interest ("Units") of the subject
company at $320.00 in cash per Unit.

[    ] Check 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:
             Form or Registration Number:
             Filing Party:
             Date Filed:


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CUSIP NO.  None                    14D-1                     Page 2 of ___ Pages


1.           Name of Reporting Person
             S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Person

                     MORAGA GOLD, LLC

2.           Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
             (See Instructions)

                                                                    (a)      __
                                                                    (b)      __

3.           SEC Use Only

4.           Sources of Funds (See Instructions)

                     WC, AF

5.           Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is
             Required Pursuant to Items 2(e) or 2(f)
                                                                          --

6.           Citizenship or Place of Organization

                     California

7.           Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person  3,761


8.           Check if the Aggregate in Row (7) Excludes Certain Shares
             (See Instructions)

                                                                            --

9.           Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (7)           16.55%


10.          Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

                     OO



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CUSIP NO. None                14D-1                          Page 3 of ___ Pages


1.           Name of Reporting Person
             S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Person

                     MORAGA FUND 1, L.P.

2.           Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
             (See Instructions)

                                                                    (a)      __
                                                                    (b)      __

3.           SEC Use Only

4.           Sources of Funds (See Instructions)

                     WC, AF

5.           Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is
             Required Pursuant to Items 2(e) or 2(f)
                                                                           --

6.           Citizenship or Place of Organization

                     California

7.           Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 3,761


8.           Check if the Aggregate in Row (7) Excludes Certain Shares
             (See Instructions)

                                                                           --

9.           Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (7)            16.55%


10.          Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

                     PN


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CUSIP NO. None             14D-1                              Page 4 of _ Pages


1.           Name of Reporting Person
             S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Person

                     ACCELERATED HIGH YIELD INCOME FUND I, L.P.

2.           Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
             (See Instructions)

                                                                    (a)   __
                                                                    (b)   __

3.           SEC Use Only

4.           Sources of Funds (See Instructions)

                     WC, AF

5.           Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is
             Required Pursuant to Items 2(e) or 2(f)
                                                                          --

6.           Citizenship or Place of Organization

                     California

7.           Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 3,761


8.           Check if the Aggregate in Row (7) Excludes Certain Shares
             (See Instructions)

                                                                           --

9.           Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (7)           16.55%


10.          Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

                     PN

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CUSIP NO. None           14D-1                              Page 5 of ___ Pages


1.           Name of Reporting Person
             S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Person

                     ACCELERATED HIGH YIELD INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, L.P.

2.           Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
             (See Instructions)

                                                                    (a)      __
                                                                    (b)      __

3.           SEC Use Only

4.           Sources of Funds (See Instructions)

                     WC, AF

5.           Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is
             Required Pursuant to Items 2(e) or 2(f)
                                                                           --

6.           Citizenship or Place of Organization

                     California

7.           Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person  3,761


8.           Check if the Aggregate in Row (7) Excludes Certain Shares
             (See Instructions)

                                                                            --

9.           Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (7)           16.55%


10.          Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

                     PN



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CUSIP NO. None            14D-1                              Page 6 of ___ Pages


1.           Name of Reporting Person
             S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Person

                     CAL KAN, INC.

2.           Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
             (See Instructions)

                                                                    (a)      __
                                                                    (b)      __

3.           SEC Use Only

4.           Sources of Funds (See Instructions)

                     WC, AF

5.           Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is
             Required Pursuant to Items 2(e) or 2(f)
                                                                          --

6.           Citizenship or Place of Organization

                     California

7.           Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 3,761
                                                                          --

8.           Check if the Aggregate in Row (7) Excludes Certain Shares
             (See Instructions)

                                                                           --

9.           Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (7)          16.55%


10.          Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

                     CO



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CUSIP NO. None           14D-1                              Page 7 of ___ Pages


1.           Name of Reporting Person
             S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Person

                     STEVEN GOLD

2.           Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
             (See Instructions)

                                                                  (a)      __
                                                                  (b)      __

3.           SEC Use Only

4.           Sources of Funds (See Instructions)

                     WC, AF

5.           Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is
             Required Pursuant to Items 2(e) or 2(f)
                                                                           --

6.           Citizenship or Place of Organization

                     California

7.           Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 2,139


8.           Check if the Aggregate in Row (7) Excludes Certain Shares
             (See Instructions)

                                                                           --

9.           Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (7)            9.44%


10.          Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

                     IN



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Item 1.      Security and Subject Company.

     (a) This  Schedule  relates to units of limited  partnership  interest (the
"Units") of De Anza Properties - XII, Ltd. (the "Issuer"),  the subject company.
The address of the  Issuer's  principal  executive  offices  is:  9171  Wilshire
Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California 90210.

     (b) This  Schedule  relates to the offer by Moraga Gold,  LLC, a California
limited  liability   company,   Moraga  Fund  I,  L.P.,  a  California   limited
partnership,  Accelerated  High Yield Income Fund I, L.P., a California  limited
partnership,  Accelerated High Yield Institutional Investors, L.P., a California
limited  partnership,  Cal Kan, Inc., a California  corporation and Steven Gold,
(together the  "Purchasers"),  to purchase up to 4,543 Units for cash at a price
equal to $320 per Unit less the  amount of any  distributions  made or  declared
with respect to the Units  between  November 27, 1996 and December 31, 1996,  or
such later date to which the Purchasers may extend the offer, upon the terms and
subject to the  conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated November 27,
1996 (the "Offer to Purchase") and the related Letter of Transmittal,  copies of
which are  attached  hereto as  Exhibits  (a)(1) and (a)(2),  respectively.  The
Issuer had 22,719 Units  outstanding  as of December 31, 1995,  according to its
annual report on Form 10-K for the year then ended.

     (c)  The   information   set  forth   under  the   captions   "Introduction
Establishment  of the Offer  Price" and  "Effects  of the Offer" in the Offer to
Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.      Identity and Background.

     (a)-(d) The information set forth in "Introduction,"  "Certain  Information
Concerning  the  Purchasers"  and in  Schedule  I of the  Offer to  Purchase  is
incorporated herein by reference.

     (e)-(g) The  information set forth in "Certain  Information  Concerning the
Purchasers"  and Schedule I in the Offer to Purchase is  incorporated  herein by
reference.  Other  than as set forth in the Offer to  Purchase,  during the last
five years,  neither the  Purchasers  nor, to the best of the  knowledge  of the
Purchasers,  any person  named on  Schedule I to the Offer to  Purchase  nor any
affiliate of the  Purchasers  (i) has been  convicted  in a criminal  proceeding
(excluding traffic violations or similar  misdemeanors) or (ii) was a party to a
civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent  jurisdiction
and as a result of such proceeding were or are subject to a judgment,  decree or
final order enjoining future  violations of, or prohibiting  activities  subject
to, Federal or state securities laws or finding any violation of such laws.

Item 3.   Past Contacts, Transactions or Negotiations with the Subject Company.

     (a)-(b) See the Offer to Purchase for information  concerning  purchases of
Units  by  certain  of the  Purchasers  and  their  affiliates.  Also,  see  the
discussion  under  "Introduction"  in the  Offer  to  Purchase  for  information
concerning  discussions  between the Issuer and an  affilate of the  Purchasers.
Other  than,  the  foregoing,   since  January  1,  1992,  there  have  been  no
transactions  between any of the persons identified in Item 2 and the Issuer or,
to the knowledge of the  Purchasers,  any of the Issuer's  affiliates or general
partners,  or any  directors or  executive  officers of any such  affiliates  or
general partners.

Item 4.      Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

     (a) The  information  set forth under the caption  "Source of Funds" of the
Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

     (b)-(c) Not applicable.


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Item 5.      Purpose of the Tender Offer and Plans or Proposals of the Bidder.

             (a)-(e) and (g) The information set forth under the caption "Future
Plans" in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

             (f)     Not applicable.

Item 6.      Interest in Securities of the Subject Company.

             (a) and (b) The  information  set  forth  in  "Certain  Information
Concerning the  Purchasers" of the Offer to Purchase is  incorporated  herein by
reference.


Item 7.      Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with 
             Respect to the Subject Company's Securities.

             The  information set forth in "Certain  Information  Concerning the
Purchasers" of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.      Persons Retained, Employed or To Be Compensated.

             None.

Item 9.      Financial Statements of Certain Bidders.

             Not applicable.

Item 10.     Additional Information.

             (a)     None.

             (b)-(c) The information set forth in "Certain Legal Matters" of the
Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

             (d)     None.

             (e)     None.

             (f)  Reference  is  hereby  made to the Offer to  Purchase  and the
related Letter of  Transmittal,  copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits
(a)(1) and  (a)(2),  respectively,  and which are  incorporated  herein in their
entirety by reference.

Item 11.     Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

             (a)(1)  Offer to Purchase dated November 27, 1996

             (a)(2)  Letter of Transmittal.

             (a)(3)  Form of Letter to Unitholders dated November 27, 1996

             (b)-(f) Not applicable.


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                                   SIGNATURES

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.

Dated:  November 27, 1996

MORAGA GOLD, LLC

BY ITS MEMBERS:

MORAGA PARTNERS, INC.


By:      /s/ C. E. Patterson                                  November 27, 1996
         C. E. Patterson, President                           Date

DAVID B. GOLD TRUST

By:      /s/ STEVEN GOLD                                      November 27, 1996
         Steven Gold, Adviser                                 Date
         to the David B. Gold Trust

MORAGA FUND 1, L.P.

BY:      MORAGA PARTNERS, INC.,
         GENERAL PARTNER

         By:  /s/ C. E. Patterson                             November 27, 1996
              C. E. Patterson,                                Date
              President

ACCELERATED HIGH YIELD INCOME FUND I, L.P.

BY:      MacKENZIE PATTERSON, INC.,
         GENERAL PARTNER

         By:      /s/ C. E. Patterson                         November 27, 1996
                  C. E. Patterson,                            Date
                  President


ACCELERATED HIGH YIELD INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, L.P.

BY:      MacKENZIE PATTERSON, INC.,
         GENERAL PARTNER

         By:      /s/ C. E. Patterson                         November 27, 1996
                  C. E. Patterson,                            Date
                  President





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CAL KAN, INC.

By:      /s/ C. E. Patterson                                  November 27, 1996
         C. E. Patterson                                      Date
         President


STEVEN GOLD

By:      /s/ Steven Gold                                      November 27, 1996
         Steven Gold                                          Date



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit           Description                                             Page

(a)(1)            Offer to Purchase dated November 27, 1996

(a)(2)            Letter of Transmittal

(a)(3)            Form of Letter to Unitholders dated November 27, 1996



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                                 Exhibit (a)(1)


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                     OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH UP TO 4,543
                      UNITS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST

                                       OF

                         DE ANZA PROPERTIES - XII, LTD.
                       (a California Limited Partnership)

                                       at

                                  $320 Per Unit

                                       by

                                MORAGA GOLD, LLC
                               MORAGA FUND 1, L.P.
                   ACCELERATED HIGH YIELD INCOME FUND I, L.P.
              ACCELERATED HIGH YIELD INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, L.P.
                                  CAL KAN, INC.
                                   STEVEN GOLD


THE OFFER, WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS AND PRORATION PERIOD WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT,
PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, ON DECEMBER 31, 1996, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.

         Moraga Gold,  LLC, Moraga Fund I, L.P.,  Accelerated  High Yield Income
Fund I, L.P.,  Accelerated High Yield  Institutional  Investors,  L.P., Cal Kan,
Inc. and Steven Gold (together the "Purchasers") hereby seek to acquire Units of
limited partnership  interest (the "Units") in De Anza Properties - XII, Ltd., a
California  limited  partnership  (the  "Partnership").  The  Purchasers are not
affiliated with the Partnership.  The Purchasers  hereby offer to purchase up to
4,543 Units at a purchase  price equal to $320 per Unit,  less the amount of any
distributions  declared or made with respect to the Units  between  November 27,
1996 (the "Offer  Date") and December 31, 1996, or such other date to which this
Offer may be extended (the "Expiration  Date"), in cash, without interest,  upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Offer to Purchase (the
"Offer to Purchase")  and in the related Letter of  Transmittal,  as each may be
supplemented  or  amended  from  time to time  (which  together  constitute  the
"Offer").  The 4,543 Units sought pursuant to the Offer represent  approximately
20% of the Units outstanding as of December 31, 1995.

         Holders of Units  ("Unitholders")  are urged to consider the  following
factors:

         -        Unitholders   who  tender   their   Units  will  give  up  the
                  opportunity  to  participate  in any future  benefits from the
                  ownership of Units,  including potential future  distributions
                  by the Partnership, and the purchase price per Unit payable to
                  a tendering  Unitholder by the Purchasers may be less than the
                  total  amount  which  might   otherwise  be  received  by  the
                  Unitholder with respect to the Unit over the remaining term of
                  the Partnership.

         -        The purchase  price offered by the Purchasers is less than the
                  $419 per Unit  estimated by the Purchasers to be the estimated
                  liquidation  value of the underlying assets of the Partnership
                  as of September 30, 1996.




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         -        The Purchasers is making the Offer for investment purposes and
                  with the  intention  of making a profit from the  ownership of
                  the Units.  In  establishing  the  purchase  price of $320 per
                  Unit,  the  Purchasers  was  motivated to establish the lowest
                  price which might be acceptable to Unitholders consistent with
                  the Purchasers' objectives.

         -        As a result of consummation of the Offer, the Purchasers may 
                  be in a position to significantly influence all Partnership 
                  decisions on which Unitholders may vote.  The Purchasers will
                  vote the Units acquired in the Offer in its own interest, 
                  which may be different from or in conflict with the interests 
                  of the remaining Unitholders.  See Section 7 below.

         -        The Purchasers may accept only a portion of the Units tendered
                  by a Unitholder  in the event a total of more than 4,543 Units
                  are tendered.

THE OFFER TO PURCHASE IS NOT CONDITIONED  UPON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS BEING
TENDERED.  IF MORE THAN 4,543 UNITS ARE VALIDLY TENDERED AND NOT WITHDRAWN,  THE
PURCHASERS WILL ACCEPT FOR PURCHASE 4,543 UNITS FROM TENDERING  UNITHOLDERS ON A
PRO RATA BASIS, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREIN.

A UNITHOLDER MAY TENDER ANY OR ALL UNITS OWNED BY SUCH UNITHOLDER.

         The Purchasers expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at
any time and from time to time,  (i) to extend the period of time  during  which
the Offer is open and thereby delay  acceptance  for payment of, and the payment
for, any Units, (ii) to terminate the Offer and not accept for payment any Units
not  theretofore  accepted for payment or paid for, (iii) upon the occurrence of
any of the  conditions  specified  in Section 13 of this Offer to  Purchase,  to
delay the acceptance  for payment of, or payment for, any Units not  theretofore
accepted  for payment or paid for,  and (iv) to amend the Offer in any  respect.
Notice  of any  such  extension,  termination  or  amendment  will  promptly  be
disseminated  to  Unitholders  in  a  manner   reasonably   designed  to  inform
Unitholders of such change in compliance with Rule 14d-4(c) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the  "Exchange  Act").  In the case of an extension of the
Offer, such extension will be followed by a press release or public announcement
which will be issued no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the next
business day after the scheduled  Expiration  Date, in accordance with Rule 14e-
1(d) under the Exchange Act.

November 27, 1996

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                                    IMPORTANT

Any Unitholder  desiring to tender any or all of such Unitholder's  Units should
complete  and sign the  Letter of  Transmittal  (a copy of which is  printed  on
yellow paper and enclosed  with this Offer to Purchase) in  accordance  with the
instructions  in the Letter of  Transmittal  and mail,  deliver or telecopy  the
Letter of Transmittal and any other required  documents to MacKenzie  Patterson,
Inc.  (the  "Depositary"),  an  affiliate of the  Purchasers,  at the address or
facsimile number set forth below.

         MacKenzie Patterson, Inc.
         1640 School Street, Suite 100
         Moraga, California  94556
         Telephone:  800-854-8357
         Facsimile Transmission:  510-631-9119

Questions  or requests  for  assistance  or  additional  copies of this Offer to
Purchase  or the Letter of  Transmittal  may be directed  to the  Purchasers  at
1-800-854-8357.

                                            ---------------------------

         NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATION OR ANY
REPRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE PURCHASERS OR TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION
OTHER THAN AS CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.  NO SUCH
RECOMMENDATION, INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION MAY BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING
BEEN AUTHORIZED.
                                            ---------------------------

         The   Partnership   is  subject  to  the   information   and  reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act and in accordance therewith is required to file
reports and other  information  with the  Commission  relating to its  business,
financial condition and other matters. Such reports and other information may be
inspected at the public  reference  facilities  maintained by the  Commission at
Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,  D.C. 20549, and
is  available  for  inspection  and  copying  at  the  regional  offices  of the
Commission located in Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite
1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661 and at 7 World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York,
New York 10048.  Copies of such  material  can also be obtained  from the Public
Reference Room of the Commission in Washington, D.C. at prescribed rates.

         The Purchasers  has filed with the Commission a Tender Offer  Statement
on Schedule  14D-1  (including  exhibits)  pursuant to Rule 14d-3 of the General
Rules and  Regulations  under the Exchange Act,  furnishing  certain  additional
information  with  respect  to the  Offer.  Such  statement  and any  amendments
thereto,  including  exhibits,  may be inspected and copies may be obtained from
the offices of the Commission in the manner specified above.



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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                         Page

INTRODUCTION............................................................    5

TENDER OFFER............................................................    9
Section 1.  Terms of the Offer..........................................    9
Section 2.  Proration; Acceptance for Payment and Payment for Units.....    9
Section 3.  Procedures for Tendering Units................................  10
Section 4.  Withdrawal Rights.............................................  12
Section 5.  Extension of Tender Period; Termination; Amendment............  12
Section 6.  Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences.......................  13
Section 7.  Effects of the Offer..........................................  15
Section 8.  Future Plans..................................................  16
Section 9.  The Business of the Partnership...............................  16
Section 10. Conflicts of Interest.........................................  19
Section 11. Certain Information Concerning the Purchasers.................  19
Section 12. Source of Funds...............................................  20
Section 13. Conditions of the Offer.......................................  20
Section 14. Certain Legal Matters.........................................  21
Section 15. Fees and Expenses.............................................  22
Section 16. Miscellaneous.................................................  23

Schedule I - The Purchasers and Their Respective Principals


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To the Holders of Units of Limited Partnership  Interest of De Anza Properties -
XII, Ltd.

                                  INTRODUCTION

         The  Purchasers  hereby  offers to  purchase  up to 4,543  Units of the
Partnership  at a  purchase  price of $320 per  Unit,  less  the  amount  of any
distributions  declared or paid with respect to the Units between the Offer Date
and the Expiration Date ("Offer Price"),  in cash,  without  interest,  upon the
terms and  subject to the  conditions  set forth in the Offer.  Unitholders  who
tender their Units will not be obligated to pay any  Partnership  transfer fees,
or any other fees,  expenses or  commissions  in  connection  with the tender of
Units.  The  Purchasers  will pay all such costs and all charges and expenses of
the  Depositary,  an affiliate of certain of the  Purchasers,  as  depositary in
connection with the Offer.

         For further information concerning the Purchasers, see Section 11 below
and Schedule I.

         None of the Purchasers nor the Depositary is affiliated with the DeAnza
Corporation; the Partnership's operating general partner (the "General Partner")
or  with  any of the  individual  general  partners  of the  Partnership  or any
affiliate of such persons.

         Unitholders are urged to consider the following factors:

         -        Unitholders   who  tender   their   Units  will  give  up  the
                  opportunity  to  participate  in any future  benefits from the
                  ownership of Units,  including potential future  distributions
                  by the Partnership, and the purchase price per Unit payable to
                  a tendering  Unitholder by the Purchasers may be less than the
                  total  amount  which  might   otherwise  be  received  by  the
                  Unitholder with respect to the Unit over the remaining term of
                  the Partnership.

         -        The purchase  price offered by the Purchasers is less than the
                  $419 per Unit  estimated by the Purchasers to be the estimated
                  liquidation  value of the underlying assets of the Partnership
                  as of September 30, 1996.

         -        The Purchasers  are making the Offer for  investment  purposes
                  and with the  intention of making a profit from the  ownership
                  of the Units. In  establishing  the purchase price of $320 per
                  Unit,  the  Purchasers  are  motivated to establish the lowest
                  price which might be acceptable to Unitholders consistent with
                  the Purchasers' objectives.

         -        As a result of consummation of the Offer, the Purchasers may 
                  be in a position to significantly influence all Partnership 
                  decisions on which Unitholders may vote.  The Purchasers will
                  vote the Units acquired in the Offer in its own interest, 
                  which may be different from or in conflict with the interests
                  of the remaining Unitholders.  See Section 7 below.

         -        The Purchasers may accept only a portion of the Units tendered
                  by a Unitholder  in the event a total of more than 4,543 Units
                  are tendered.

The Offer will  provide  Unitholders  with an  opportunity  to  liquidate  their
investment  without the usual  transaction  costs  associated with market sales.
Unitholders  may no  longer  wish  to  continue  with  their  investment  in the
Partnership for a number of reasons, including the following:

                                        5

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     - the absence of a formal  trading  market for the Units and the difficulty
in selling units in secondary market transactions;

     -  general  disenchantment  with  real  estate  investments,   particularly
long-term investments in limited partnerships;

     - the  continuing  administrative  costs and resultant  negative  financial
impact on the value of the Units of a publicly  registered limited  partnership;
(The  Partnership has only one significant  remaining  property,  but must still
comply with all of the Partnership  accounting,  tax reporting,  limited partner
reporting and public company reporting  requirements that it has been subject to
throughout its 15-year history.  During substantially all of its prior operating
period,  the Partnership had a much larger real property portfolio to offset and
justify its ongoing  administrative costs. According to the Partnership's public
reports,  the costs borne by the Partnership for salaries and professional  fees
and  services,  not  including  management  fees,  for the twelve  months  ended
December  31, 1994 were  $669,925 and for the twelve  months ended  December 31,
1995 were $391,093.  These  administrative  costs constituted an amount equal to
45% and 51%, respectively, of distributions to limited partners of approximately
$1,487,000  for 1994 and $767,000 in 1995.  For the nine months ended  September
30, 1996, such  administrative  costs  increased by 9% to $418,197,  compared to
$382,580 for the nine months ended  September  30,  1995.  Administrative  costs
borne by the  Partnership  directly  reduce  the  amount of cash  from  property
operations otherwise available to be distributed to the Unitholders. Unitholders
may wish to dispose of their  Units by  accepting  the Offer and  thereby  avoid
indirectly bearing such administrative expenses for an indefinite period.)

     - a more immediate need to use the cash now tied up in an investment in the
Units;

     - a desire to eliminate the need for compliance with complicated and costly
tax  return  requirements  and  associated  expenses  which may  result  from an
investment in the Units; and

     - no  termination or  liquidation  date has been fixed for the  Partnership
other than the Partnership  Agreement  provision for the term of the Partnership
to extend until  December 31, 2030 (unless  dissolved  earlier).  In discussions
between the General Partner and MacKenzie  Patterson,  Inc. in late spring 1996,
the General  Partner stated that the  Partnership  had no plans to liquidate its
property and  reiterated  its  statement to Partners made May 2, 1996 wherein it
stated, "A further delay in marketing the property for sale would be advisable".

         The Offer is not  conditioned  upon any  minimum  number of Units being
tendered.  If more than 4,543 Units are validly tendered and not withdrawn,  the
Purchasers  will  accept  for  purchase a total of 4,543  Units  from  tendering
Unitholders on a pro rata basis, subject to the terms and conditions herein. See
"Tender Offer - Section 13.  Conditions of the Offer" for certain  conditions of
the Offer.  The Purchasers  expressly  reserve the right, in its sole discretion
and for any reason, to waive any or all of the conditions of the Offer, although
the Purchasers do not presently intend to waive any such conditions.

Establishment of the Offer Price

     The Purchasers  have set the Offer Price at $320 per Unit,  less the amount
of any  distributions  declared  or made with  respect to the Units  between the


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Offer  Date and  Expiration  Date.  In  determining  the Offer  Price,  the
Purchasers analyzed a number of quantitative and qualitative factors, including:
(i) the prices of recent secondary market resales of the Units; (ii) the lack of
liquidity  of an  investment  in  the  Partnership;  (iii)  an  estimate  of the
liquidation value of the Partnership's  assets; (iv) the costs to the Purchasers
associated  with  acquiring  the  Units;  and (v) the  administrative  costs  of
continuing to own the Partnership's assets through a publicly registered limited
partnership.

         The  Offer  Price  represents  the price at which  the  Purchasers  are
willing to purchase Units.  No independent  person has been retained to evaluate
or render any  opinion  with  respect to the  fairness of the Offer Price and no
representation  is made by the  Purchasers or any affiliate of the Purchasers as
to such  fairness.  Other  measures of the value of the Units may be relevant to
Unitholders.  Unitholders are urged to consider carefully all of the information
contained  herein  and  consult  with  their own  advisors,  tax,  financial  or
otherwise,  in  evaluating  the terms of the Offer  before  deciding  whether to
tender Units.

         According to reports  published  by Robert A.  Stanger & Co.,  Inc. and
Partnership Spectrum,  independent,  third-party sources, the low and high sales
prices of Units during the period from May 1, 1996 through  August 30, 1996 were
$295 and $365 per Unit,  respectively.  The gross sales prices  reported also do
not  necessarily  reflect the net sales  proceeds  received by sellers of Units,
which  typically  are  reduced  by  commissions   and  other  secondary   market
transaction  costs to amounts less than the reported  prices.  In addition,  the
information  published  by these  independent  sources  is the  product of their
market research and does not constitute the comprehensive  transaction reporting
of a securities  exchange.  Accordingly,  the Purchasers do not know whether the
foregoing sales price information is accurate or complete.

         During the period from May 22, 1996 through the date hereof, affiliates
of the Purchasers  acquired 32 Units in privately  negotiated  transactions with
unrelated  parties  for $305 per Unit.  During  the period  from April 18,  1996
through May 18, 1996, Moraga Gold, LLC, one of the Purchasers,  acquired a total
of 2,139 Units at a price of $305 per Unit pursuant to a tender offer.

         The  Purchasers  are offering to purchase  Units which are a relatively
illiquid   investment  and  are  not  offering  to  purchase  the  Partnership's
underlying  assets.  Consequently,  the  Purchasers  do  not  believe  that  the
underlying  asset value of the Partnership is  determinative  in arriving at the
Offer Price.  Nevertheless,  using publicly available information concerning the
Partnership  contained in the Partnership's  Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1995,  and Form 10-Q for the three  quarters  ended  September  30,
1996,  the Purchasers  derived an estimated  liquidation  value (the  "Estimated
Liquidation Value") for the Partnership's assets.

         In determining the Estimated  Liquidation  Value,  the Purchasers first
calculated the "Estimated Net Sales Value" of the  Partnership's  sole remaining
property.  The  Estimated  Net Sales  Value was  determined  by  calculating  an
annualized net operating income ("NOI") for 1996 based on the operations through
September  30, 1996,  ($1,412,000)  and dividing  this  annualized  NOI by a 10%
capitalization  rate  (the  "Cap  Rate")  and  reducing  the  result  by  (i) 3%
($424,000)  to take into  account  the  estimated  closing  costs which would be
incurred upon the sale by the Partnership of the property,  including  brokerage
commissions,  title costs, surveys,  appraisals,  legal fees and transfer taxes,
and  (ii) the  $4,234,000  of  mortgage  debt  encumbering  the  property  as of
September 30, 1996. The resulting  Estimated Net Sales Value of the property was
approximately $9,462,000.

         The  Purchasers  believe  that the Cap Rate  utilized by it is within a
range  of  capitalization  rates  currently  employed  in the  marketplace.  The
utilization  of  different   capitalization  rates,   however,   could  also  be
appropriate. In this regard, Unitholders should be aware that the use of lower

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capitalization  rates would result in a higher Estimated Net Sales Value for the
Partnership's property, and the use of a higher capitalization rate would result
in a lower Estimated Net Sales Value.

         To  determine  the  Estimated  Liquidation  Value of the  Partnership's
assets,   the  Purchasers  added  to  the  Estimated  Net  Sales  Value  of  the
Partnership's  property the  Partnership's  $291,000 of net current assets and a
note receivable in the amount of $342,000 as reported in the Partnership's  Form
10-Q for the quarter  ended as of September 30, 1996.  The  resulting  Estimated
Liquidation  Value of the  Partnership's  assets as of  September  30,  1996 was
approximately  $9,513,000 or $419 per Unit (based upon the percentage of capital
distributions  which the Purchasers  believe  Unitholders are entitled under the
Partnership's   partnership   agreement  (the  "Partnership   Agreement")  after
deducting  amounts which the General  Partner of the  Partnership is entitled to
receive). This is $14 higher than MacKenzie Patterson,  Inc.'s earlier valuation
of $405 and accordingly,  the Purchasers have increased the offer to Purchase to
$320 from $305.

         Under the  Partnership  Agreement,  the  Partnership is not required to
sell its sole  remaining  property  until the  earlier  of the date  Unitholders
holding a majority of the Units vote to liquidate  the  Partnership  or December
31, 2030. In discussions with MacKenzie Patterson, Inc. during late spring 1996,
the General  Partner  advised that the General Partner had made no change in its
plans to wait  indefinitely  for a better  marketing  environment.  The  General
Partner did  indicate  that upon  further  study  conversion  to and sale of the
property as condominiums no longer appeared feasible. Accordingly, the timing of
the sale of the Partnership's  remaining  property and resulting  liquidation of
the Partnership remains uncertain,  and, consequently,  the timing of amounts to
be received by Unitholders in respect of such sale and  liquidation  (whether in
excess  of or less than the  Estimated  Liquidation  Value  per Unit)  cannot be
determined.

         As indicated  above,  the Offer Price represents the price at which the
Purchasers  are  willing  to  purchase  Units.  No  independent  person has been
retained to evaluate or render any opinion  with  respect to the fairness of the
Offer Price and no  representation is made by the Purchasers or any affiliate of
the Purchasers as to such fairness. Other measures of the value of the Units may
be relevant to Unitholders.  Unitholders are urged to consider  carefully all of
the  information  contained  herein and consult  with their own  advisors,  tax,
financial or  otherwise,  in evaluating  the terms of the Offer before  deciding
whether to tender Units.

General Background Information

         Certain  information  contained in this Offer to Purchase which relates
to, or represents,  statements made by the  Partnership or the General  Partner,
has been derived from  information  provided in reports filed by the Partnership
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         According to publicly  available  information,  there were 22,719 Units
issued and  outstanding  at  December  31,  1995,  held by  approximately  1,876
Unitholders.  The  Purchasers  and  Affiliates  currently  beneficially  own  an
aggregate of 3,761 Units or approximately  16.55% of the outstanding  Units (see
"Certain Information Concerning the Purchasers" below).

         Tendering  Unitholders  will not be  obligated  to pay  transfer  fees,
brokerage  fees or  commissions  on the  sale  of the  Units  to the  Purchasers
pursuant to the Offer. The Purchasers will pay all charges and expenses incurred
in  connection  with the Offer.  The  Purchasers  desire to  purchase  all Units
tendered by each Unitholder.


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         If,  prior  to  the  Expiration  Date,  the  Purchasers   increase  the
consideration  offered to  Unitholders  pursuant  to the Offer,  such  increased
consideration will be paid with respect to all Units that are purchased pursuant
to the Offer,  whether or not such Units were tendered prior to such increase in
consideration.

         Unitholders   are  urged  to  read  this  Offer  to  Purchase  and  the
accompanying  Letter of Transmittal  carefully before deciding whether to tender
their Units.

                                  TENDER OFFER

         Section  1.  Terms of the  Offer.  Upon the  terms and  subject  to the
conditions  of the Offer,  the  Purchasers  will  accept for payment and pay for
Units validly  tendered on or prior to the Expiration  Date and not withdrawn in
accordance with Section 4 of this Offer to Purchase.  The term "Expiration Date"
shall mean 12:00 midnight,  Pacific Standard Time, on December 31, 1996,  unless
and until the  Purchasers  shall have  extended the period of time for which the
Offer is open, in which event the term  "Expiration  Date" shall mean the latest
time and date on which  the  Offer,  as so  extended  by the  Purchasers,  shall
expire.

         The Offer is conditioned on  satisfaction  of certain  conditions.  See
Section 13, which sets forth in full the conditions of the Offer. The Purchasers
reserve the right (but shall not be obligated),  in its sole  discretion and for
any reason, to waive any or all of such conditions.  If, by the Expiration Date,
any or all of such conditions have not been satisfied or waived,  the Purchasers
reserve the right (but shall not be obligated) to (i) decline to purchase any of
the Units  tendered,  terminate  the  Offer and  return  all  tendered  Units to
tendering Unitholders, (ii) waive all the unsatisfied conditions and, subject to
complying with applicable rules and regulations of the Commission,  purchase all
Units  validly  tendered,  (iii)  extend the Offer and,  subject to the right of
Unitholders to withdraw Units until the Expiration  Date,  retain the Units that
have been tendered  during the period or periods for which the Offer is extended
or (iv) to amend the Offer.

         The  Purchasers do not anticipate and has no reason to believe that any
condition or event will occur that would prevent the Purchasers  from purchasing
tendered Units as offered herein.

         Section 2. Proration;  Acceptance for Payment and Payment for Units. If
the  number  of Units  validly  tendered  prior to the  Expiration  Date and not
withdrawn is 4,543 or less,  the  Purchasers,  upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Offer, will accept for payment all Units so tendered.

         If the number of Units validly  tendered prior to the  Expiration  Date
and not withdrawn  exceeds 4,543, the Purchasers,  upon the terms and subject to
the conditions of the Offer,  will accept for payment Units so tendered on a pro
rata basis.

         In the event that  proration is required,  because of the difficulty of
immediately  determining  the  precise  number  of  Units  to be  accepted,  the
Purchasers  will announce the final results of proration as soon as practicable,
but in no event later than five business days following the Expiration Date. The
Purchasers  will not pay for any Units tendered until after the final  proration
factor has been determined.

         Upon the terms and subject to the  conditions of the Offer  (including,
if the Offer is extended or amended,  the terms and  conditions of any extension
or amendment), the Purchasers will accept

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for payment,  and will pay for,  Units  validly  tendered  and not  withdrawn in
accordance  with Section 4, as promptly as practicable  following the Expiration
Date. In all cases,  payment for Units  purchased  pursuant to the Offer will be
made only after timely  receipt by the  Depositary  of a properly  completed and
duly  executed  Letter  of  Transmittal  (or  facsimile  thereof)  and any other
documents required by the Letter of Transmittal.

         For  purposes  of the  Offer,  the  Purchasers  shall be deemed to have
accepted for payment (and thereby purchased)  tendered Units when, as and if the
Purchasers  give oral or written  notice to the  Depositary  of the  Purchasers'
acceptance for payment of such Units  pursuant to the Offer.  Upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of the Offer,  payment for Units purchased pursuant to
the Offer  will in all cases be made by  deposit  of the  Offer  Price  with the
Depositary,  which  will  act as agent  for the  tendering  Unitholders  for the
purpose of receiving  payment from the  Purchasers and  transmitting  payment to
tendering Unitholders. Under no circumstances will interest be paid on the Offer
Price by reason of any delay in making such payment.

         If any tendered  Units are not purchased for any reason,  the Letter of
Transmittal  with  respect  to such Units not  purchased  will be of no force or
effect.  If, for any reason  whatsoever,  acceptance  for payment of, or payment
for, any Units  tendered  pursuant to the Offer is delayed or the Purchasers are
unable to accept for payment, purchase or pay for Units tendered pursuant to the
Offer,  then,  without prejudice to the Purchasers' rights under Section 13 (but
subject to compliance with Rule 14e-1(c) under the Exchange Act), the Depositary
may, nevertheless,  on behalf of the Purchasers,  retain tendered Units, subject
to any limitations of applicable law, and such Units may not be withdrawn except
to the extent that the tendering  Unitholders are entitled to withdrawal  rights
as described in Section 4.

         If, prior to the Expiration  Date,  the  Purchasers  shall increase the
consideration  offered to  Unitholders  pursuant  to the Offer,  such  increased
consideration  shall be paid for all Units accepted for payment  pursuant to the
Offer, whether or not such Units were tendered prior to such increase.

         Section 3. Procedures for Tendering Units.

         Valid Tender. For Units to be validly tendered pursuant to the Offer, a
properly  completed and duly executed  Letter of Transmittal (a copy of which is
enclosed  and printed on blue paper)  with any other  documents  required by the
Letter of  Transmittal  must be  received by the  Depositary  at its address set
forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase on or prior to the  Expiration
Date.

A Unitholder may tender any or all Units owned by such Unitholder.

         In order for a tendering  Unitholder to participate in the Offer, Units
must be validly  tendered and not withdrawn prior to the Expiration  Date, which
is 12:00 midnight,  Pacific Standard Time, on December 31, 1996, or such date to
which the Offer may be extended.

         The  method of  delivery  of the  Letter of  Transmittal  and all other
required  documents is at the option and risk of the  tendering  Unitholder  and
delivery will be deemed made only when actually received by the Depositary.

         Backup  Federal  Income  Tax  Withholding.   To  prevent  the  possible
application of 31% backup federal income tax withholding with respect to payment
of the Offer  Price for Units  purchased  pursuant  to the  Offer,  a  tendering
Unitholder must provide the Depositary with such  Unitholder's  correct taxpayer
identification  number and make certain  certifications  that such Unitholder is
not subject to backup federal income tax withholding.  Each tendering Unitholder


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must  insert  in  the  Letter  of  Transmittal  the  Unitholder's  taxpayer
identification  number or social  security  number in the space  provided on the
front of the Letter of  Transmittal.  The Letter of Transmittal  also includes a
substitute Form W-9, which contains the  certifications  referred to above. (See
the Instructions to the Letter of Transmittal.)

         FIRPTA Withholding. To prevent the withholding of federal income tax in
an  amount  equal  to 10% of the sum of the  Offer  Price  plus  the  amount  of
Partnership  liabilities  allocable to each Unit tendered,  each Unitholder must
complete the FIRPTA Affidavit  included in the Letter of Transmittal  certifying
such  Unitholder's  taxpayer  identification  number  and  address  and that the
Unitholder  is not a foreign  person.  (See the  Instructions  to the  Letter of
Transmittal and "Section 6.

Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences.")

         Other  Requirements.  By executing a Letter of Transmittal as set forth
above,  a  tendering  Unitholder  irrevocably  appoints  the  designees  of  the
Purchasers as such Unitholder's  proxies,  in the manner set forth in the Letter
of Transmittal, each with full power of substitution, to the full extent of such
Unitholder's  rights with respect to the Units  tendered by such  Unitholder and
accepted for payment by the Purchasers. Such appointment will be effective when,
and only to the extent that, the Purchasers accepts such Units for payment. Upon
such  acceptance for payment,  all prior proxies given by such  Unitholder  with
respect  to  such  Units  will,  without  further  action,  be  revoked,  and no
subsequent  proxies  may be given  (and if given  will  not be  effective).  The
designees of the Purchasers  will,  with respect to such Units,  be empowered to
exercise  all voting and other rights of such  Unitholder  as they in their sole
discretion may deem proper at any meeting of Unitholders,  by written consent or
otherwise. In addition, by executing a Letter of Transmittal,  a Unitholder also
assigns  to  the   Purchasers  all  of  the   Unitholder's   rights  to  receive
distributions  from the Partnership with respect to Units which are accepted for
payment  and  purchased  pursuant to the Offer,  other than those  distributions
declared or paid during the period  commencing on the Offer Date and terminating
on the Expiration Date.

         Determination of Validity;  Rejection of Units;  Waiver of Defects;  No
Obligation to Give Notice of Defects.  All  questions as to the validity,  form,
eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for payment of any tender
of Units  pursuant to the procedures  described  above will be determined by the
Purchasers,  in its sole  discretion,  which  determination  shall be final  and
binding.  The Purchasers reserve the absolute right to reject any or all tenders
if not in proper form or if the  acceptance  of, or payment  for,  the  absolute
right to reject any or all  tenders if not in proper  form or if the  acceptance
of, or payment for, the Units  tendered  may, in the opinion of the  Purchasers'
counsel, be unlawful.  The Purchasers also reserve the right to waive any defect
or  irregularity  in any  tender  with  respect to any  particular  Units of any
particular  Unitholder,  and the  Purchasers'  interpretation  of the  terms and
conditions  of  the  Offer   (including  the  Letter  of  Transmittal   and  the
Instructions  thereto) will be final and binding.  Neither the  Purchasers,  the
Depositary,  nor any other person will be under any duty to give notification of
any  defects  or  irregularities  in the  tender of any Units or will  incur any
liability for failure to give any such notification.

         A tender of Units  pursuant to any of the  procedures  described  above
will  constitute a binding  agreement  between the tendering  Unitholder and the
Purchasers upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer,  including
the tendering Unitholder's  representation and warranty that (i) such Unitholder
owns the Units  being  tendered  within  the  meaning  of Rule  14e-4  under the
Exchange  Act and (ii) the tender of such Unit  complies  with Rule 14e-4.  Rule
14e-4 requires, in general, that a tendering security holder actually be able to
deliver the security subject to the tender offer, and is of concern particularly
to any Unitholders who have granted options to sell or purchase the Units,  hold
option  rights to acquire such  securities,  maintain  "short"  positions in the


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Units (i.e.  have  borrowed  the Units) or have loaned the Units to a short
seller. Because of the nature of limited partnership  interests,  the Purchasers
believe it is unlikely that any option trading or short selling  activity exists
with respect to the Units.  In any event, a Unit holder will be deemed to tender
Units in  compliance  with Rule  14e-4 and the Offer if the holder is the record
owner of the Units and the holder (i) delivers  the Units  pursuant to the terms
of the Offer,  (ii)  causes  such  delivery to be made,  (iii)  guarantees  such
delivery,  (iv) causes a guaranty of such delivery, or (v) uses any other method
permitted in the Offer (such as facsimile delivery of the Transmittal Letter).

         Section 4.  Withdrawal  Rights.  Except as  otherwise  provided in this
Section 4, all tenders of Units pursuant to the Offer are irrevocable,  provided
that Units tendered  pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to
the Expiration Date and, unless theretofore  accepted for payment as provided in
this Offer to Purchase, may also be withdrawn at any time after January 27, 1997
(or such later date as may apply in the event the Offer is extended).

         For  withdrawal  to be effective,  a written or facsimile  transmission
notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the Depositary at the address or
the facsimile  number set forth in the attached Letter of Transmittal.  Any such
notice of withdrawal  must specify the name of the person who tendered the Units
to be  withdrawn  and must be signed by the  person(s)  who signed the Letter of
Transmittal in the same manner as the Letter of Transmittal was signed.

         If purchase of, or payment  for,  Units is delayed for any reason or if
the  Purchasers  are unable to purchase  or pay for Units for any reason,  then,
without prejudice to the Purchasers' rights under the Offer,  tendered Units may
be  retained  by the  Depositary  on  behalf  of the  Purchasers  and may not be
withdrawn  except to the extent  that  tendering  Unitholders  are  entitled  to
withdrawal rights as set forth in this Section 4, subject to Rule 14e-1(c) under
the Exchange Act,  which  provides that no person who makes a tender offer shall
fail to pay the consideration  offered or return the securities  deposited by or
on behalf of security  holders  promptly after the  termination or withdrawal of
the tender offer.

         All questions as to the form and validity  (including  time of receipt)
of notices of  withdrawal  will be  determined  by the  Purchasers,  in its sole
discretion,  which  determination  shall  be  final  and  binding.  Neither  the
Purchasers,  the Depositary, nor any other person will be under any duty to give
notification  of any defects or  irregularities  in any notice of  withdrawal or
will incur any liability for failure to give any such notification.

         Any Units properly  withdrawn will be deemed not to be validly tendered
for  purposes of the Offer.  Withdrawn  Units may be  re-tendered,  however,  by
following  the  procedures  described  in  Section  3 at any  time  prior to the
Expiration Date.

         Section 5.  Extension of Tender  Period;  Termination;  Amendment.  The
Purchasers expressly reserve the right, in its sole discretion,  at any time and
from time to time,  (i) to extend the period of time  during  which the Offer is
open and thereby delay acceptance for payment of, and the payment for, any Units
by giving oral or written  notice of such extension to the  Depositary,  (ii) to
terminate  the Offer  and not  accept  for  payment  any  Units not  theretofore
accepted  for  payment or paid for,  by giving  oral or  written  notice of such
termination to the Depositary,  (iii) upon the occurrence or failure to occur of
any of the  conditions  specified  in Section  13, to delay the  acceptance  for
payment of, or payment  for,  any Units not  heretofore  accepted for payment or
paid for, by giving oral or written  notice of such  termination or delay to the
Depositary,  and (iv) to amend  the  Offer in any  respect  (including,  without
limitation,  by increasing or decreasing the consideration offered or the number
of Units being sought in the Offer or both or changing the type of

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consideration)  by  giving  oral or  written  notice  of such  amendment  to the
Depositary. Any extension, termination or amendment will be followed as promptly
as  practicable  by  public  announcement,  the  announcement  in the case of an
extension to be issued no later than 9:00 a.m.,  Eastern  Standard  Time, on the
next business day after the previously  scheduled Expiration Date, in accordance
with the public  announcement  requirement  of Rule 14d-4(c)  under the Exchange
Act.  Without limiting the manner in which the Purchasers may choose to make any
public  announcement,  except as  provided by  applicable  law  (including  Rule
14d-4(c)  under the Exchange  Act),  the  Purchasers  will have no obligation to
publish, advertise or otherwise communicate any such public announcement,  other
than by issuing a release to the Dow Jones News Service. The Purchasers may also
be required by applicable law to disseminate to Unitholders  certain information
concerning the extensions of the Offer and any material  changes in the terms of
the Offer.

         If the  Purchasers  extend the  Offer,  or if the  Purchasers  (whether
before or after its  acceptance for payment of Units) are delayed in its payment
for Units or is unable to pay for Units  pursuant  to the Offer for any  reason,
then,  without  prejudice  to  the  Purchasers'  rights  under  the  Offer,  the
Depositary may retain tendered Units on behalf of the Purchasers, and such Units
may not be withdrawn except to the extent tendering  Unitholders are entitled to
withdrawal  rights as  described  in  Section  4.  However,  the  ability of the
Purchasers  to delay  payment for Units that the  Purchasers  have  accepted for
payment is limited by Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, which requires that the
Purchasers pay the consideration  offered or return the securities  deposited by
or on behalf  of  holders  of  securities  promptly  after  the  termination  or
withdrawal of the Offer.

         If the Purchasers  make a material  change in the terms of the Offer or
the  information  concerning  the Offer or waives a  material  condition  of the
Offer,  the  Purchasers  will  extend the Offer to the extent  required by Rules
14d-4(c),  14d-6(d) and 14e-1 under the Exchange Act. The minimum  period during
which an offer must remain open following a material  change in the terms of the
offer or  information  concerning  the offer,  other than a change in price or a
change in  percentage  of  securities  sought,  will  depend  upon the facts and
circumstances,  including the relative materiality of the change in the terms or
information.  With  respect  to a change in price or a change in  percentage  of
securities  sought (other than an increase of not more than 2% of the securities
sought),  however,  a minimum ten business  day period is generally  required to
allow for adequate  dissemination to security holders and for investor response.
As used in this  Offer to  Purchase,  "business  day" means any day other than a
Saturday,  Sunday or a federal  holiday,  and  consists  of the time period from
12:01 a.m. through 12:00 midnight, Pacific Standard Time.

         Section 6. Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences.  THE FEDERAL INCOME
TAX DISCUSSION SET FORTH BELOW IS INCLUDED HEREIN FOR GENERAL  INFORMATION  ONLY
AND DOES NOT PURPORT TO ADDRESS ALL ASPECTS OF TAXATION  THAT MAY BE RELEVANT TO
A PARTICULAR  UNITHOLDER.  For  example,  this  discussion  does not address the
effect of any  applicable  foreign,  state,  local or other tax laws  other than
federal income tax laws. Certain Unitholders (including trusts, foreign persons,
tax-exempt  organizations or corporations subject to special rules, such as life
insurance  companies  or S  corporations)  may be subject  to special  rules not
discussed below.  This discussion is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the  "Code"),  existing  regulations,  court  decisions and Internal
Revenue  Service  ("IRS")  rulings  and other  pronouncements.  EACH  UNITHOLDER
TENDERING  UNITS  SHOULD  CONSULT  SUCH  UNITHOLDER'S  OWN TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE
PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES TO SUCH UNITHOLDER OF ACCEPTING THE OFFER, INCLUDING
THE  APPLICATION OF THE  ALTERNATIVE  MINIMUM TAX AND FEDERAL,  FOREIGN,  STATE,
LOCAL AND OTHER TAX LAWS.


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         The  following   discussion  is  based  on  the  assumption   that  the
Partnership  is treated as a partnership  for federal income tax purposes and is
not a "publicly traded partnership" as that term is defined in the Code.

         Gain or Loss. A taxable Unitholder will recognize a gain or loss on the
sale of such Unitholder's Units in an amount equal to the difference between (i)
the amount  realized by such  Unitholder on the sale and (ii) such  Unitholder's
adjusted tax basis in the Units sold. The amount  realized by a Unitholder  will
include the  Unitholder's  share of the  Partnership's  liabilities,  if any (as
determined  under  Code  section  752 and the  regulations  thereunder).  If the
Unitholder  reports  a loss  on the  sale,  such  loss  generally  could  not be
currently  deducted by such Unitholder except against such Unitholder's  capital
gains  from  other  investments.  In  addition,  such loss would be treated as a
passive activity loss. (See "Suspended Passive Activity Losses" below.)

         The adjusted  tax basis in the Units of a  Unitholder  will depend upon
individual  circumstances.  (See also "Partnership  Allocations in Year of Sale"
below.) Each  Unitholder who plans to tender  hereunder  should consult with the
Unitholder's  own tax advisor as to the  Unitholder's  adjusted tax basis in the
Unitholder's Units and the resulting tax consequences of a sale.

         If any portion of the amount  realized by a Unitholder is  attributable
to  such  Unitholder's  share  of  "unrealized  receivables"  or  "substantially
appreciated  inventory  items" as defined in Code section  751, a  corresponding
portion of such  Unitholder's  gain or loss will be treated as ordinary  gain or
loss.  It is possible  that the basis  allocation  rules of Code Section 751 may
result in a Unitholder's recognizing ordinary income with respect to the portion
of the  Unitholder's  amount realized on the sale of a Unit that is attributable
to such items while  recognizing a capital loss with respect to the remainder of
the Unit.

         A tax-exempt  Unitholder (other than an organization  described in Code
Section  501(c)(7)  (social  club),   501(c)(9)   (voluntary   employee  benefit
association),   501(c)(17)   (supplementary   unemployment  benefit  trust),  or
501(c)(20)  (qualified  group legal  services  plan))  should not be required to
recognize unrelated trade or business income upon the sale of its Units pursuant
to the  Offer,  assuming  that  such  Unitholder  does not  hold its  Units as a
"dealer" and has not acquired such Units with debt financed proceeds.

         Partnership Allocations in Year of Sale. A tendering Unitholder will be
allocated  the  Unitholder's  pro rata  share of the annual  taxable  income and
losses  from the  Partnership  with  respect  to the Units  sold for the  period
through  the date of sale,  even  though  such  Unitholder  will  assign  to the
Purchasers  their rights to receive certain cash  distributions  with respect to
such Units.  Such allocations and any Partnership  distributions for such period
would  affect a  Unitholder's  adjusted  tax basis in the  tendered  Units  and,
therefore,  the amount of gain or loss  recognized by the Unitholder on the sale
of the Units.

         Possible Tax Termination.  The Code provides that if 50% or more of the
capital and profits  interests in a partnership  are sold or exchanged  within a
single 12-month period,  such  partnership  generally will terminate for federal
income tax purposes.  It is possible,  although  deemed by the  Purchasers to be
unlikely (given the limited number of Units subject to the Offer and the limited
secondary  market for the  Units),  that the  Partnership  could  terminate  for
federal income tax purposes as a result of consummation of the Offer. If so, the
Partnership  will be treated as having  made a  liquidating  distribution  of an
undivided interest in all of its assets to the Unitholders,  the partners of the
Partnership after consummation of the Offer (i.e., the nontendering  Unitholders
and the Purchasers) would be treated as having  recontributed their interests in
Partnership assets to the

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Partnership,  and the capital  accounts of all  partners  would be  restated.  A
Unitholder  would  recognize gain on the  liquidating  distribution  only to the
extent that the amount of cash deemed distributed to the Unitholder exceeded the
Unitholder's  basis in the Units.  Depending on the Unitholders'  bases in their
Units and the Partnership's  tax basis in its property,  a tax termination could
affect, perhaps adversely, the amount of depreciation deductions reported by the
Partnership  for the  period  following  the  date of  such  termination.  A tax
termination of the Partnership also could have the adverse effect on Unitholders
whose tax year is not the calendar  year, of the inclusion of more than one year
of Partnership tax items in one tax return of such  Unitholders,  resulting in a
"bunching"  of income.  In addition,  a tax  termination  could have the adverse
effect on non-tendering Unitholders who subsequently dispose of their Units at a
gain of  requiring  them to treat a greater  portion  of such  gain as  ordinary
income (due to the  application  of Code  Section  735) than would  otherwise be
required absent a tax termination of the Partnership.

         Suspended  "Passive Activity Losses". A Unitholder who sells all of the
Unitholder's Units would be able to deduct  "suspended"  passive activity losses
from the  Partnership,  if any, in the year of sale free of the passive activity
loss limitation.  As a limited partner of the Partnership,  which was engaged in
real estate activities,  the ability of a Unitholder, who or which is subject to
the passive  activity loss rules,  to claim tax losses from the  Partnership was
limited.  Upon sale of all of the Unitholder's  Units,  such Unitholder would be
able to use any "suspended"  passive activity losses first against gain, if any,
on sale of the Unitholder's Units and then against income from any other source.

         Foreign Unitholders. Gain realized by a foreign Unitholder on a sale of
a Unit  pursuant  to the Offer  will be subject to  federal  income  tax.  Under
Section 1445 of the Code,  the  transferee of a  partnership  interest held by a
foreign  person is generally  required to deduct and withhold a tax equal to 10%
of the amount realized on the  disposition.  The Purchasers will withhold 10% of
the amount realized by a tendering Unitholder from the purchase price payment to
be made to such Unitholder  unless the Unitholder  properly  completes and signs
the FIRPTA  Affidavit  included as part of the Letter of Transmittal  certifying
the  Unitholder's  TIN,  that such  Unitholder  is not a foreign  person and the
Unitholder's  address.  Amounts  withheld would be creditable  against a foreign
Unitholder's  federal income tax liability and, if in excess  thereof,  a refund
could be obtained from the Internal  Revenue Service by filing a U.S. income tax
return.

         Section 7. Effects of the Offer.

         Limitations  on Resales.  The  Partnership  Agreement does not restrict
transfers of Units,  provided a transfer results in an assignee holding at least
five Units and complies with any applicable  state  securities laws (such as the
California  consent to  transfer  rules).  As the  Purchasers  are  currently  a
beneficial  owner of  Units,  it should be  deemed  exempt  from any  California
consent to transfer requirements. Accordingly, the Purchasers neither anticipate
any  limitation  on its right to acquire the Units,  nor that such  acquisitions
will have the effect of limiting any further resales of Units.

         Effect on Trading Market. There is no established public trading market
for the Units and,  therefore,  a reduction in the number of Unitholders  should
not materially further restrict the Unitholders'  ability to find purchasers for
their Units on any secondary market.

         Voting Power of  Purchasers.  Depending on the number of Units acquired
by the Purchasers  pursuant to the Offer, the Purchasers may have the ability to
exert certain  influence on matters subject to the vote of  Unitholders,  though
the maximum  number of Units sought  hereunder  would not give the  Purchasers a
controlling voting interest.


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         The Units are registered under the Exchange Act, which requires,  among
other things that the Partnership furnish certain information to its Unitholders
and to the Commission and comply with the Commission's proxy rules in connection
with meetings of, and solicitation of consents from, Unitholders. The Purchasers
do not believe that the  purchase of Units  pursuant to the Offer will result in
the Units becoming eligible for deregistration under the Exchange Act.

         Section 8. Future  Plans.  Following the  completion of the Offer,  the
Purchasers,   or  its  affiliates,   may  acquire  additional  Units.  Any  such
acquisition  may be made through private  purchases,  through one or more future
tender offers or by any other means deemed  advisable.  Any such acquisition may
be at a consideration  higher or lower than the consideration to be paid for the
Units purchased pursuant to the Offer.

         The Purchasers are acquiring the Units pursuant to the Offer solely for
investment  purposes.  Although the Purchasers have no present intention to seek
control of the  Partnership  or to change the  management  or  operations of the
Partnership,  the  Purchasers  reserve the right,  at an  appropriate  time,  to
exercise its rights as a limited partner to vote on matters subject to a limited
partner vote, including a vote to cause the sale of the Partnership's  remaining
property and the liquidation and dissolution of the Partnership.

         Section 9. The Business of the Partnership. Information included herein
concerning  the  Partnership  is derived from the  Partnership's  publicly-filed
reports.   Additional  information  concerning  the  Partnership,   its  assets,
operations  and  management is contained in its Annual  Reports on Form 10-K and
Quarterly  Reports  on Form  10-Q and  other  filings  with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission.  Such reports and filings are available for  inspection at
the  Commission's  principal  office in  Washington,  D.C.  and at its  regional
offices in New York, New York and Chicago,  Illinois.  The Purchasers  expressly
disclaim any  responsibility  for the  information  included in such reports and
extracted in this discussion.

         The  Partnership  was  organized  in  1980  as  a  California   limited
partnership for the purpose of acquiring, developing,  maintaining and operating
income-producing  residential  real  properties  for the  benefit of its limited
partners. The Partnership currently owns one apartment complex and two spaces in
a mobile home park (the  "Properties").  The  Operating  General  Partner of the
partnership is De Anza  Corporation.  As of December 31, 1995, there were 22,719
Units outstanding held by approximately 1,876 Unitholders.

         Selected  Financial  Data.  Set  forth  below is a summary  of  certain
financial  data  for  the   Partnership   which  has  been  excerpted  from  the
Partnership's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1995
and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 1996.



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The following table sets forth in comparative tabular form a summary of selected
financial data for each of the Partnership's last five full years:
<TABLE>

                                          Three Quarters ended                  Years Ended December 31,
                                           September 30, 1996        1995           1994            1993           1992        1991
                                                -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                                            <C>             <C>            <C>             <C>            <C>         <C>       
Operating revenues:                            $1,766,149      $2,344,863     $2,925,056      $3,028,062     $3,244,548  $3,821,491

Gain (loss) on Sale of Property and Equipment      29,001          42,000       (67,041)         153,751         74,951   4,822,182

Net income (loss) from continuing operations      153,771         196,633      (491,194)       (827,239)      (349,948)   4,588,125

Net income (loss) from continuing operations
per limited partner interest (1)                     6.70           8.57         (18.38)         (30.95)        (13.09)       99.93

Total assets:                                   9,252,433       9,540,441     10,341,663      15,724,774     15,953,844  16,410,578

Long-term obligations                           4,233,885       4,261,943      4,278,706       8,319,038      7,818,477   7,779,254

Cash distributions per partnership interest:

1. Limited Partner (2)                              23.11           33.76          65.45               -          15.84      151.86
2. General Partner                                      -               -              -               -              -           -



Assets have been disposed of during the periods presented above which materially
affect the comparability reflected in the selected financial data.

<FN>
(1)      Net income (loss) from continuing operations per limited partner 
         interest is based on the aggregate number of such interests outstanding
         (22,719 Units) during each year.

(2)      Cash distributions per limited partner interest are based on the 
         aggregate number of such interests outstanding (22,719 Units) during 
         each year.
</FN>
</TABLE>



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Accumulated  Depreciation  Schedule.  Set forth below is a table showing initial
cost, gross carrying value,  accumulated  depreciation and other information for
the  principal  remaining  real property as of December 31, 1995 (the two mobile
home spaces are deemed not material here).


                                                    Initial Cost to Partnership
<TABLE>

                                                                                                Buildings,           Cost
                                                                                                Improvements         Capitalized
                                Date of          Date of                                        and                  Subsequent to
Property                        Construction     Acquisition      Encumbrances    Land          Equipment            Acquisition
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Warner Oaks Apartments
<S>                             <C>              <C>              <C>             <C>           <C>                    <C>       
Woodland Hills, California      1979             2/9/82           $4,261,943      $1,168,747    $9,962,170           $3,608,232


                                                  Gross Amount Carried at Close
                                              of Period Ended December 31, 1995                                      
                                ------------------------------------------------------------                        Life on Which
                                                                                                                    Depreciation
                                                       Buildings,                                                   in Latest Income
                                                       Improvements                                                 Statement Is
                                                       and                                          Accumulated     Computed
Property                           Land                Equipment                  Total             Depreciation    (Years)

Warner Oaks Apartments
Woodland Hills, California      $1,175,163             $13,563,986          $14,739,149 (1)         $6,517,162      5 to 30


(1)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $14,558,102.

</TABLE>


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     Section 10.  Conflicts of  Interest.  The  Depositary  is  affiliated  with
certain Purchasers. Therefore, by virtue of this affiliation, the Depositary may
have inherent conflicts of interest in acting as Depositary for the Offer.

     Section 11. Certain Information  Concerning the Purchasers.  The Purchasers
are Moraga Gold, LLC, Moraga Fund 1, L.P., Accelerated High Yield Income Fund I,
L.P.,  Accelerated High Yield Institutional  Investors,  L.P., Cal Kan, Inc. and
Steven Gold. For  information  concerning  the  Purchasers and their  respective
principals, please refer to Schedule I attached hereto.

         Certain  Purchasers  acquired  five Units in April,  1995,  at $305 per
Unit, in a privately negotiated transaction. In addition, during the period from
September 1, 1995 through the date hereof, affiliates of the Purchasers acquired
528 Units in privately negotiated transactions with unrelated parties for prices
ranging  from $275 to $305 per Unit and, in a tender offer which  terminated  in
September  1995,  such  affiliates  acquired a total of 941 Units for a purchase
price of $305 per Unit. In a tender offer which  terminated in May 1996,  Moraga
Gold, LLC,  purchased a total of 2,139 Units for $305 per Unit.  Since May 1996,
the Purchasers and their  affiliates have acquired  additional Units at $305 per
Unit.  Other  than  the  foregoing,  neither  the  Purchasers  nor any of  their
affiliates  has purchased any Units since  September 1, 1995. The Purchasers and
their  affiliates  currently hold an aggregate of 1,589 Units, or  approximately
6.99% of the outstanding Units, as follows:

         Unitholder                                                       Units

         Moraga Gold, LLC                                                 2,139
         Accelerated High Yield Growth Fund II, L.P.                        257
         MacKenzie Fund V, A California Limited Partnership                  10
         MacKenzie Fund VI, A California Limited Partnership                  5
         MacKenzie Specified Income Fund, A California Limited Partnership  316
         CFS Secondary Market Fund, L.P.                                     35
         MacKenzie Fund 10, L.P.                                            407
         Moraga Fund 1, L.P.                                                575
         Cal-Kan, Inc.                                                       17

     The  principal  business  address  of  the  Unitholders  identified  in the
foregoing  table is 1640 School Street,  Suite 100,  Moraga,  California  94556.
MacKenzie  Patterson,  Inc. is a general partner or administrator of each of the
foregoing  purchasers  other than Moraga Gold,  LLC, Moraga Fund I, L.P. and Cal
Kan, Inc.

         The Purchasers have executed binding  commitments to contribute amounts
sufficient  to fund the  acquisition  of all Units  subject  to the  Offer,  the
expenses to be incurred in connection with the Offer,  and all  organization and
operating costs of the Purchasers.  The Purchasers are not public  companies and
have not prepared audited financial statements. The Purchasers and their general
partners  have an aggregate  net worth in excess of $ 5 million,  including  net
liquid assets of more than $ 5 million.

         Except as otherwise set forth herein,  (i) neither the Purchasers  nor,
to the best  knowledge of the  Purchasers,  the persons listed on Schedule I nor
any affiliate of the Purchasers  beneficially owns or has a right to acquire any
Units, (ii) neither the Purchasers nor, to the best knowledge of the Purchasers,
the persons  listed on Schedule I nor any  affiliate of the  Purchasers,  or any
director,  executive  officer or subsidiary of any of the foregoing has effected
any  transaction  in the  Units  within  the past 60  days,  (iii)  neither  the
Purchasers nor, to the best knowledge of the  Purchasers,  the persons listed on
Schedule I nor any affiliate of the  Purchasers  has any contract,  arrangement,
understanding  or  relationship  with  any  other  person  with  respect  to any
securities of the Partnership, including but not limited to, contracts,

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arrangements,  understandings or relationships concerning the transfer or voting
thereof, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements,  puts or calls, guarantees
of loans,  guarantees  against  loss or the giving or  withholding  of  proxies,
consents or  authorizations,  (iv) there have been no  transactions  or business
relationships  which  would be  required  to be  disclosed  under  the rules and
regulations  of the  Commission  between any of the  Purchasers  or, to the best
knowledge of the Purchasers,  the persons listed on Schedule I, or any affiliate
of the Purchasers on the one hand, and the Partnership or its affiliates, on the
other hand, and (v) there have been no contracts,  negotiations  or transactions
between the Purchasers, or to the best knowledge of the Purchasers any affiliate
of the  Purchasers  on the one hand,  the persons  listed on Schedule I, and the
Partnership  or  its  affiliates,  on  the  other  hand,  concerning  a  merger,
consolidation or acquisition,  tender offer or other  acquisition of securities,
an election of  directors  or a sale or other  transfer of a material  amount of
assets.

         Section 12. Source of Funds. The Purchasers  expect that  approximately
$1,453,760  would be required to  purchase  4,543  Units,  if  tendered,  and an
additional  $50,000  would be  required to pay related  fees and  expenses.  The
Purchasers  anticipate  funding all of the purchase  price and related  expenses
through capital contributions from its members.

         Section 13. Conditions of the Offer.  Notwithstanding any other term of
the Offer,  the Purchasers shall not be required to accept for payment or to pay
for any Units tendered if all authorizations,  consents, orders or approvals of,
or  declarations  or filings with, or expirations of waiting periods imposed by,
any court,  administrative agency or commission or other governmental  authority
or instrumentality,  domestic or foreign,  necessary for the consummation of the
transactions  contemplated  by the Offer shall not have been filed,  occurred or
been obtained.

         The  Purchasers  shall not be required to accept for payment or pay for
any Units not theretofore  accepted for payment or paid for and may terminate or
amend  the  Offer as to such  Units  if, at any time on or after the date of the
Offer and  before  the  acceptance  of such  Units for  payment  or the  payment
therefor, any of the following conditions exists:

         (a) a preliminary or permanent injunction or other order of any federal
         or state court,  government or  governmental  authority or agency shall
         have been issued and shall  remain in effect  which (i) makes  illegal,
         delays or otherwise  directly or indirectly  restrains or prohibits the
         making of the Offer or the acceptance for payment of or payment for any
         Units by the  Purchasers,  (ii) imposes or confirms  limitations on the
         ability  of the  Purchasers  effectively  to  exercise  full  rights of
         ownership of any Units,  including,  without  limitation,  the right to
         vote any Units  acquired  by the  Purchasers  pursuant  to the Offer or
         otherwise  on all  matters  properly  presented  to  the  Partnership's
         Unitholders, (iii) requires divestiture by the Purchasers of any Units,
         (iv) causes any  material  diminution  of the benefits to be derived by
         the  Purchasers  as a result of the  transactions  contemplated  by the
         Offer  or  (v)  might   materially   adversely   affect  the  business,
         properties,  assets,  liabilities,   financial  condition,  operations,
         results  of  operations   or  prospectus  of  the   Purchasers  or  the
         Partnership;

         (b) there shall be any action taken, or any statute,  rule,  regulation
         or order proposed,  enacted,  enforced,  promulgated,  issued or deemed
         applicable  to the Offer by any federal or state court,  government  or
         governmental  authority or agency,  other than the  application  of the
         waiting   period   provisions   of  the   Hart-Scott-Rodino   Antitrust
         Improvements  Act  of  1976,  as  amended,  which  might,  directly  or
         indirectly,  result in any of the  consequences  referred to in clauses
         (i) through (v) of paragraph (a) above;


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         (c) any change or  development  shall have occurred or been  threatened
         since  the  date  hereof,   in  the   business,   properties,   assets,
         liabilities,  financial condition, operations, results of operations or
         prospects of the Partnership,  which, in the reasonable judgment of the
         Purchasers, is or may be materially adverse to the Partnership,  or the
         Purchasers  shall have become aware of any fact that, in the reasonable
         judgment of the Purchasers,  does or may have a material adverse effect
         on the value of the Units;

         (d) there shall have occurred (i) any general suspension of trading in,
         or  limitation  on prices for,  securities  on any national  securities
         exchange or in the over-the-counter market in the United States, (ii) a
         declaration  of a banking  moratorium or any  suspension of payments in
         respect  of banks in the United  States,  (iii) any  limitation  by any
         governmental  authority  on, or other  event which  might  affect,  the
         extension of credit by lending institutions or result in any imposition
         of currency controls in the United States, (iv) a commencement of a war
         or  armed  hostilities  or other  national  or  international  calamity
         directly or  indirectly  involving  the United  States,  (v) a material
         change  in  United  States  or  other  currency  exchange  rates  or  a
         suspension of a limitation on the markets thereof,  or (vi) in the case
         of any of the foregoing existing at the time of the commencement of the
         Offer, a material acceleration or worsening thereof; or

         (e) it shall have been publicly  disclosed or the Purchasers shall have
         otherwise  learned that (i) more than fifty percent of the  outstanding
         Units  have been or are  proposed  to be  acquired  by  another  person
         (including  a "group"  within the  meaning of Section  13(d)(3)  of the
         Exchange  Act), or (ii) any person or group that prior to such date had
         filed a Statement with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(d) or (g)
         of the Exchange Act has increased or proposes to increase the number of
         Units  beneficially  owned by such person or group as disclosed in such
         Statement by two percent or more of the outstanding Units.

         The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of the Purchasers and
may be asserted by the Purchasers regardless of the circumstances giving rise to
such  conditions  or may be waived by the  Purchasers in whole or in part at any
time and from time to time in their  sole  discretion.  Any  termination  by the
Purchasers  concerning the events described above will be final and binding upon
all parties.

         Section 14. Certain Legal Matters.

         General. Except as set forth in this Section 14, the Purchasers are not
aware of any  filings,  approvals  or other  actions by any  domestic or foreign
governmental  or  administrative  agency  that  would be  required  prior to the
acquisition  of Units by the Purchasers  pursuant to the Offer.  Should any such
approval or other action be required,  it is the Purchasers'  present  intention
that such  additional  approval  or action  would be sought.  While  there is no
present  intent to delay the  purchase of Units  tendered  pursuant to the Offer
pending  receipt  of any such  additional  approval  or the  taking  of any such
action,  there can be no assurance that any such additional  approval or action,
if needed,  would be obtained  without  substantial  conditions  or that adverse
consequences  might not result to the  Partnership's  business,  or that certain
parts of the  Partnership's  business  might not have to be  disposed of or held
separate or other substantial  conditions  complied with in order to obtain such
approval  or  action,  any of  which  could  cause  the  Purchasers  to elect to
terminate  the  Offer  without  purchasing  Units  thereunder.  The  Purchasers'
obligation  to  purchase  and pay for Units is subject  to  certain  conditions,
including conditions related to the legal matters discussed in this Section 14.

     Antitrust.  The  Purchasers  do  not  believe  that  the  Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, is applicable to the acquisition
of Units pursuant to the Offer.


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         Margin  Requirements.  The Units are not "margin  securities" under the
regulations  of the  Board of  Governors  of the  Federal  Reserve  System  and,
accordingly, such regulations are not applicable to the Offer.

         State Takeover Laws. A number of states have adopted anti-takeover laws
which  purport,  to varying  degrees,  to be  applicable  to attempts to acquire
securities of corporations  which are  incorporated in such states or which have
substantial assets,  security holders,  principal executive offices or principal
places of  business  therein.  These laws are  directed  at the  acquisition  of
corporations and not  partnerships.  The Purchasers,  therefore,  do not believe
that any anti-takeover laws apply to the transactions contemplated by the Offer.

         Although  the  Purchasers  have not  attempted to comply with any state
anti-takeover  statutes in connection with the Offer, the Purchasers reserve the
right to challenge  the  validity or  applicability  of any state law  allegedly
applicable  to the Offer and  nothing  in this  Offer  nor any  action  taken in
connection  herewith  is  intended  as a  waiver  of such  right.  If any  state
anti-takeover statute is applicable to the Offer, the Purchasers might be unable
to accept for payment or  purchase  Units  tendered  pursuant to the Offer or be
delayed in continuing or  consummating  the Offer.  In such case, the Purchasers
may not be obligated to accept for purchase or pay for any Units tendered.

         Section 15. Fees and Expenses.  The Purchasers have retained  MacKenzie
Patterson,  Inc.,  an affiliate of certain  Purchasers,  to act as Depositary in
connection with the Offer. The Purchasers will pay the Depositary reasonable and
customary  compensation  for its  services in  connection  with the Offer,  plus
reimbursement  for  out-of-pocket  expenses,  and will  indemnify the Depositary
against  certain  liabilities  and expenses in connection  therewith,  including
liabilities under the federal  securities laws. The Purchasers will also pay all
costs and expenses of printing, publication and mailing of the Offer.

         Section  16.  Miscellaneous.  THE OFFER IS NOT BEING  MADE TO (NOR WILL
TENDERS BE ACCEPTED FROM OR ON BEHALF OF)  UNITHOLDERS  IN ANY  JURISDICTION  IN
WHICH  THE  MAKING  OF THE  OFFER  OR THE  ACCEPTANCE  THEREOF  WOULD  NOT BE IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SUCH  JURISDICTION.  THE PURCHASERS ARE NOT AWARE OF
ANY  JURISDICTION  WITHIN THE UNITED  STATES IN WHICH THE MAKING OF THE OFFER OR
THE ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD BE ILLEGAL.



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         No person has been  authorized to give any  information  or to make any
representation on behalf of the Purchasers not contained herein or in the Letter
of Transmittal  and, if given or made, such information or  representation  must
not be relied upon as having been authorized.

November 27, 1996        MORAGA GOLD, LLC
                         MORAGA FUND I, L.P.
                         ACCELERATED HIGH YIELD INCOME FUND I, L.P.
                         ACCELERATED HIGH YIELD INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, L.P.
                         CAL KAN, INC.
                         STEVEN GOLD

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                                   SCHEDULE I

                 THE PURCHASERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE PRINCIPALS


     The General  Partner of Moraga Fund 1, L.P. is Moraga  Partners,  Inc.  The
members of Moraga  Gold,  LLC are Moraga  Partners,  Inc.  and the David B. Gold
Trust.  The General  Partner of  Accelerated  High Yield Income Fund I, L.P. and
Accelerated High Yield  Institutional  Investors,  L.P. is MacKenzie  Patterson,
Inc. The owners,  executive  officers and  directors of Cal Kan,  Inc. are C. E.
Patterson and Thomas Frame. The names of the directors and executive officers of
Moraga  Partners,  Inc.,  MacKenzie  Patterson,  Inc. and Cal Kan,  Inc. and the
Trustee  and  advisor  of the David B. Gold  Trust,  and the  present  principal
occupations and five year employment histories of each such person are set forth
below.  Each  individual  is a citizen  of the  United  States of  America.  The
principal  place of business  of all of the above,  other than the David B. Gold
Trust and Steven  Gold is 1640  School  Street,  Suite 100,  Moraga,  California
94556.

MacKenzie Patterson, Inc.

     MacKenzie Patterson, Inc., is the controlling administrator of Moraga. C.E.
Patterson  is the  principal  shareholder  and  principal  officer of  MacKenzie
Patterson, Inc.

     C.E.  Patterson  is  President  of  MacKenzie  Patterson,  Inc.  He is  the
co-founder  and President of Patterson  Financial  Services,  Inc. In 1981,  Mr.
Patterson founded PFS with Berniece A. Patterson,  as a financial planning firm.
Patterson Real Estate Services,  a licensed  California Real Estate Broker,  was
founded in 1982.  As  President of PFS, Mr.  Patterson  is  responsible  for all
investment  counseling  activities.  He  supervises  the analysis of  investment
opportunities  for the  clients  of the firm.  He is a trustee  of  Consolidated
Capital Properties Trust, a liquidating trust formed out of the bankruptcy court
proceedings  involving  Consolidated  Capital Properties,  Ltd. Mr. Patterson is
also an officer and  controlling  shareholder  of Cal-Kan,  Inc.,  an  executive
officer and controlling  shareholder of Moraga Partners, Inc. general partner of
Moraga Partners 1, L.P. Mr. Patterson, through his affiliates,  manages a number
of investment and real estate partnerships.

     Berniece A. Patterson is a director of MacKenzie  Patterson,  Inc. In 1981,
Ms. Patterson and C.E. Patterson established Patterson Financial Services,  Inc.
She serves as Chair of the Board and Vice President of PFS. Her responsibilities
with PFS include  oversight of  administrative  matters and  monitoring  of past
projects  underwritten by PFS. Ms.  Patterson is Chief  Executive  Officer of an
affiliate,  Pioneer  Health Care  Services,  Inc.,  and is  responsible  for the
day-to-day operations of three nursing homes and over 250 employees.

         Victoriaann  Tacheira is vice president of MacKenzie  Patterson,  Inc.,
which she joined in 1988. Ms.  Tacheira has eleven years of experience  with the
NASD  broker/dealer  business and is experienced in all phases of  broker/dealer
operations. She is licensed with the NASD as a General Securities Principal. She
is president and owner of North Coast Securities  Corporation.  Ms. Tacheira has
been certified by the College of Financial  Planning in Denver,  Colorado,  as a
Financial ParaPlanner.

Moraga Partners, Inc. and Cal Kan, Inc.

     Moraga  Partners,  Inc. is a California  corporation and Cal Kan, Inc. is a
Kansas  corporation.  Each  owned by C.E.  Patterson  and Thomas A.  Frame.  Mr.
Patterson and Mr. Frame are also each an executive  officer and director of both
Moraga Partners,  Inc. and Cal Kan, Inc. Information  regarding Mr. Patterson is
set forth above.

     Thomas A. Frame has been the president of Paradigm Investment  Corporation,
a real estate limited  partnership  secondary  market firm, since 1986. In 1973,
Mr. Frame was a co-founder of Transcentury Real


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Estate Masters,  Oakland,  California,  a residential and commercial real estate
brokerage  firm. In 1973 he also  co-founded,  and has since then been a partner
in,   Transcentury   Property   Management   Company,   which   has   syndicated
privately-placed   real  estate   limited   partnerships   owning   multi-family
residential  properties.  He is a trustee  of  Consolidated  Capital  Properties
Trust,  a  liquidating  trust  formed out of the  bankruptcy  court  proceedings
involving  Consolidated  Capital  Properties,  Ltd. Mr. Frame is co-owner and an
executive officer and director of Cal-Kan,  Inc., and co-owner and an officer of
Moraga Partners, Inc., general partner of Moraga Fund 1, L.P. Mr. Frame, through
his  affiliates,  manages  over $6 million  dollars in  investor  capital and is
currently managing a total of 1,150 residential units in four states.

Moraga Gold, LLC and Steven Gold

         The members of Moraga Gold, LLC are Moraga Partners, Inc. and the David
B. Gold Trust.  Information concerning Moraga Partners, Inc. is set forth above.
The David B. Gold Trust is a private trust of which Barbara Lurie is the trustee
and Steven Gold is responsible for certain investments.  The sole beneficiary of
the trust is a nonprofit  charitable  foundation.  The  business  address of the
trust is One Maritime Plaza, Suite 725, San Francisco, California 94111. Barbara
Lurie has been employed for the last five years as a physician by the University
of  California,  San Francisco and the  University of Minnesota.  Steven Gold, a
California attorney, has been self-employed during the last five years analyzing
investments for his own account and for that of the trust.  In addition,  he has
participated in starting a number of business  ventures,  including T/O Devices,
an import/export company.




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                                 Exhibit (a)(2)



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                              LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL


                   THE OFFER, WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS AND PRORATION PERIOD WILL
                   EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, ON DECEMBER
                   31, 1996 (the "Expiration Date") UNLESS EXTENDED

                   Deliver to:       MacKenzie Patterson, Inc.
                                     1640 School Street, Suite 100
                                     Moraga, California  94556

(PLEASE INDICATE CHANGES             Facsimile:        (510) 631-9119
OR CORRECTIONS TO THE
ADDRESS PRINTED ABOVE)               For assistance:   (800) 854-8357

         To  participate  in the Offer,  a duly  executed copy of this Letter of
Transmittal and any other documents  required by this Letter of Transmittal must
be received by the  Depositary on or prior to the Expiration  Date.  Delivery of
this Letter of Transmittal  or any other required  documents to an address other
than as set forth  above  does not  constitute  valid  delivery.  The  method of
delivery  of all  documents  is at  the  election  and  risk  of  the  tendering
Unitholder.  Please use the pre-addressed, postage-paid envelope provided.
         This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed by Unitholders of DeAnza
Properties XII, L.P. (the  "Partnership"),  pursuant  to the
procedures  set forth in the Offer to Purchase (as defined  below).  Capitalized
terms used herein and not  defined  herein  have the  meanings  ascribed to such
terms in the Offer to Purchase.

               PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS

Gentlemen:

     The  undersigned  hereby tenders to Moraga Gold,  LLC, Moraga Fund 1, L.P.,
Accelerated High Yield Income Fund I, L.P., Accelerated High Yield Institutional
Investors,  L.P., Cal Kan, Inc. and Steven Gold (together the  "Purchasers") all
of the  limited  partnership  units  ("Units")  in the  Partnership  held by the
undersigned as set forth above (or, if less than all such Units,  the number set
forth below in the signature box) at $320 per Unit, (the "Offer Price") less the
amount of any  distributions  made or declared with respect to the Units between
the Offer Date and the Expiration  Date, and upon the other terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase,  dated November 27, 1996 (the
"Offer to Purchase"),  and this Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute
the "Offer"). Receipt of the Offer to Purchase is hereby acknowledged.

     The  undersigned  recognizes  that,  if more than 4,543  Units are validly
tendered  prior to or on the  Expiration  Date and not properly  withdrawn,  the
Purchasers  will,  upon the terms of the Offer,  accept for  payment  from among
those Units tendered  prior to or on the  Expiration  Date 4,543 Units on a pro
rata basis,  with  adjustments to avoid purchases of certain  fractional  Units,
based upon the number of Units validly tendered prior to the Expiration Date and
not withdrawn.  

     Subject to and effective  upon  acceptance  for payment of any of the Units
tendered hereby, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to, or upon
the order of,  Purchasers  all right,  title and  interest  in and to such Units
which are purchased  pursuant to the Offer. The undersigned  hereby  irrevocably
constitutes  and  appoints  the  Purchasers  as the true and  lawful  agent  and
attorney-in-fact and proxies of the undersigned with respect to such Units, with
full power of substitution  (such power of attorney and proxy being deemed to be
an irrevocable power and proxy coupled with an interest),  to deliver such Units
and transfer ownership of such Units, on the books of the Partnership,  together
with all  accompanying  evidences of transfer and  authenticity,  to or upon the
order of the  Purchasers  and, upon payment of the purchase  price in respect of
such Units by the Purchasers, to exercise all voting rights and to receive
all benefits and otherwise  exercise all rights of beneficial  ownership of such
Units all in  accordance  with the terms of the Offer.  Subject to and effective
upon the purchase of any Units tendered hereby,  the undersigned hereby requests
that each of the  Purchasers  be admitted to the  Partnership  as a  "substitute
Limited   Partner"  under  the  terms  of  the  Partnership   Agreement  of  the
Partnership. Upon the purchase of Units pursuant to the Offer, all prior proxies
and consents given by the undersigned with respect to such Units will be revoked
and no  subsequent  proxies or  consents  may be given (and if given will not be
deemed  effective).  In addition,  by executing this Letter of Transmittal,  the
undersigned assigns to the Purchasers all of the undersigned's rights to receive
distributions  from the  Partnership  with respect to Units which are  purchased
pursuant to the Offer, other than distributions declared or paid on or after the
Offer Date and through the Expiration  Date. 

     The undersigned  hereby  represents and warrants that the undersigned  owns
the Units tendered  hereby within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended,  and has full power and  authority to validly
tender,  sell, assign and transfer the Units tendered hereby,  and that when any
such Units are purchased by the  Purchasers,  the Purchasers  will acquire good,
marketable  and  unencumbered  title  thereto,  free  and  clear  of all  liens,
restrictions,  charges,  encumbrances,  conditional  sales  agreements  or other
obligations relating to the sale or transfer thereof, and such Units will not be
subject to any adverse claim.  Upon request,  the  undersigned  will execute and
deliver any  additional  documents  deemed by the  Purchasers to be necessary or
desirable to complete the  assignment,  transfer and purchase of Units  tendered
hereby.

     The undersigned  understands  that a tender of Units to the Purchasers will
constitute a binding  agreement  between the undersigned and the Purchasers upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer. The undersigned recognizes
the  right of the  Purchasers  to  effect a change of  distribution  address  to
MacKenzie Patterson,  Inc. at 1640 School Street, Suite 100, Moraga,  California
94556. The undersigned  recognizes that under certain circumstances set forth in
the Offer to Purchase,  the Purchasers may not be required to accept for payment
any of the Units tendered  hereby.  In such event,  the undersigned  understands
that any  Letter of  Transmittal  for Units not  accepted  for  payment  will be
destroyed by the  Purchasers.  All  authority  herein  conferred or agreed to be
conferred  shall  survive the death or  incapacity  of the  undersigned  and any
obligations  of the  undersigned  shall  be  binding  upon the  heirs,  personal
representatives,  successors and assigns of the undersigned. Except as stated in
the Offer to Purchase, this tender is irrevocable.



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                                SIGNATURE BOX
      (Please complete Boxes A, B, C and D on the following page as necessary)
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     Please  sign  exactly as your name is printed  (or  corrected)  above,  and
insert your  Taxpayer  Identification  Number or Social  Security  Number in the
space provided  below your  signature.  For joint owners,  each joint owner must
sign. (See Instructions 1) The signatory hereto hereby
certifies  under  penalties  of perjury the  statements  in Box B, Box C and, if
applicable,      Box     D.     If     the      undersigned     is     tendering
less than all Units  held, the
number  of  Units  tendered  is set  forth  below.  Otherwise,  all  Units  held
by the undersigned are tendered hereby.  ________  Units 

X________________________________________________________________
  (Signature of Owner)                        (Date)

X________________________________________________________________
  (Signature of Owner)                        (Date)

Taxpayer I.D. or Social Security #_______________________________

Telephone No. (day) ___________   (eve.) _________________
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                                  BOX A
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                             Additional Information

     If   signing   as   a   trustee,   executor,    administrator,    guardian,
attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary
or  representative  capacity,  please provide the following  information and see
Instruction 1.

Name and Capacity ___________________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________________________
Area Code and Telephone No. __________________________________________________

                                                     Notarization of Signature
                                               (If required. See Instruction 1)
STATE OF ____________________)
                                             ) ss.:
COUNTY OF __________________)

On this  ________  day of  _______________,  199__,  before  me came  personally
___________________________,  to me  known to be the  person  who  executed  the
foregoing Letter of Transmittal.
                                        ---------------------------------------
                                                     Notary Public
          OR
                                                    Signature Guarantee
                                              (If required. See Instruction 1)

Name and Address of Eligible Institution: _________________________________
Authorized Signature _______________________       Title _____________________
Name _______________________________________       Date _____________, 199____
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                                      BOX B
                               SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9
                           (See Instruction 3 - Box B)
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          The person  signing this Letter of  Transmittal  hereby  certifies the
following to the Purchasers under penalties of perjury:
                  (i) The TIN set  forth in the  signature  box on the  front of
this Letter of Transmittal is the correct TIN of the Unitholder,  or if this box
[ ] is checked,  the  Unitholder  has applied for a TIN. If the  Unitholder  has
applied for a TIN, a TIN has not been issued to the Unitholder,  and either: (a)
the  Unitholder  has mailed or delivered an  application to receive a TIN to the
appropriate  IRS Center or Social  Security  Administration  Office,  or (b) the
Unitholder  intends  to mail or deliver an  application  in the near  future (it
being understood that if the Unitholder does not provide a TIN to the Purchasers
within sixty (60) days,  31% of all  reportable  payments made to the Unitholder
thereafter will be withheld until a TIN is provided to the Purchasers); and
                  (ii)  Unless this box [ ] is checked,  the  Unitholder  is not
subject to backup withholding either because the Unitholder:  (a) is exempt from
backup withholding,  (b) has not been notified by the IRS that the Unitholder is
subject to backup withholding a sa result of a failure to report all interest or
dividends, or (c) has been notified by the IRS that such Unitholder is no longer
subject to backup withholding.

     Note: Place an "X" in the box in (ii) if you are unable to certify that the
Unitholder is not subject to backup withholding.

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                                      BOX C
                                FIRPTA AFFIDAVIT
                           (See Instruction 3 - Box C)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Under Section  1445(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code and Treas. Reg.
1.1445-11T(d),  a  transferee  must  withhold  tax  equal  to 10% of the  amount
realized with respect to certain  transfers of an interest in a  partnership  if
50% or more of the value of its gross  assets  consists  of U.S.  real  property
interests and 90% or more of the value of its gross assets consists of U.S. real
property  interests  plus cash  equivalents,  and the holder of the  partnership
interest is a foreign  person.  To inform the Purchasers  that no withholding is
required  with  respect to the  Unitholder's  interest in the  Partnership,  the
person signing this Letter of Transmittal  hereby  certifies the following under
penalties of perjury;
                  (i) Unless  this box [ ] is  checked,  the  Unitholder,  if an
individual,  is a U.S.  citizen or a resident alien for purposes of U.S.  income
taxation, and if other than an individual, is not a foreign corporation, foreign
partnership,  foreign estate or foreign trust (as those terms are defined in the
Internal Revenue Code and Income Tax  Regulations);  (ii) the Unitholder's  U.S.
social security number (for individuals) or employer  identification number (for
non-individuals)  is correctly printed in the signature box on the front of this
Letter  of   Transmittal;   and  (iii)  the   Unitholder's   home  address  (for
individuals), or office address (for non-individuals),  is correctly printed (or
corrected) on the front of this Letter of  Transmittal.  If a  corporation,  the
jurisdiction of incorporation is __________.
          The person  signing this Letter of Transmittal  understands  that this
certification  may be disclosed to the IRS by the  Purchasers and that any false
statements contained herein could be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both.
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                                      BOX D
                               SUBSTITUTE FORM W-8
                           (See Instruction 4 - Box D)
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          By  checking  this  box  [  ],  the  person  signing  this  Letter  of
Transmittal  hereby  certifies under penalties of perjury that the Unitholder is
an "exempt  foreign person" for purposes of the backup  withholding  rules under
the U.S. federal income tax laws, because the Unitholder:

     (i)  Is  a  nonresident   alien   individual  or  a  foreign   corporation,
partnership,  estate or trust; 

     (ii) If an individual, has not been and plans not to be present in the U.S.
for a total of 183 days or more during the calendar year; and

     (iii) Neither  engages,  nor plans to engage,  in a U.S.  trade or business
that has effectively  connected gains from  transactions with a broker or barter
exchange.
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                                 Exhibit (a)(3)




<PAGE>


                                November 27, 1996

To:      De Anza Properties VII, Ltd. Limited Partners

Subject:  Offer to Purchase Units Increased to $320 per Unit


Dear Fellow Limited Partner:

Enclosed  with this  letter is an offer to pay you $320 per Unit for any and all
Units you own in De Anza  Properties  XII ("De Anza XII").  Partners whose units
are  purchased  pursuant  to this offer  (assuming  no pro ration of units which
would  occur in the  unlikely  event of  tenders  in excess of the  offer)  will
terminate  their  investment in the Partnership in 1996, will receive their last
K-1 for the  Partnership  for 1996,  and, if you are an original  investor  will
likely  recognize a tax  deduction  for 1996.  You must respond by December s to
recognize these benefits! The Purchasers will NOT extend the offer.

You will recall  that an offer for $305 per unit was made to you in April,  1996
by  Moraga  Gold,  LLC  through  which  offering  2,139  units,  or  9.4% of the
Partnership,  were  purchased.  Moraga Gold,  LLC has now joined with five other
investors  identified in the attached Offer to Purchase,  (the  "Purchasers") to
make this second offer at the higher price of $320 per unit.  The offer is for a
maximum of 4,543 units.  Affiliates of the Purchasers  have purchased over 3,761
Units for prices  ranging from $275 to $320 per Unit,  and the affiliates of the
Purchasers  now hold the single  largest block of De Anza XII Units.  Based upon
communications  with  Unitholders,   the  Purchasers  believes  that  many  more
investors  are  looking for an  opportunity  to sell their Units and close their
investment  without  waiting for the  liquidation of the partnership as a whole,
particularly  given  the fact  that  the  general  partner  has  reiterated  its
intention to hold the Property for an indefinite  period until there is a better
marketing environment.

The Purchasers and their  affiliates  manage investor  capital  committed to the
purchase of limited partnership units of existing partnerships,  particularly of
those which have not liquidated within the time frame originally intended at the
time of the  original  offering The  Purchasers  and their  affiliates  offer an
alternative  for  investors  who  have  held  their  investment  in the  limited
partnership  for much longer than they wished.  To date, the General Partner has
not indicated any time table by which  liquidation might occur except to say, in
August,  1995,  that "now is definitely  not the best time to sell the property"
and stating in its May 2, 1996 letter in  opposition  to Moraga  Gold's  earlier
offer  that "a  further  delay in  marketing  the  Property  for  sale  would be
advisable."

The original  investors in De Anza XII have not yet received a return of capital
and, if the Purchasers  are correct in their analysis of the remaining  value of
the assets, partners are not likely to receive sales distributions in the future
which will result in a 100% return of capital. Because many investors have found
their  investment  in De Anza XII  disappointing,  many have wished to terminate
their investment prior to liquidation, and now that the general partner has made
it clear that there are no new plans to accelerate the liquidation of the


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Partnership,  the  Purchasers  believe many more investors may wish to liquidate
prior to the end of the year.  Possible reasons for which investors might choose
to accept the  Purchasers'  offer of $320 per unit are  listed in the  documents
which detail the offer.

A formal Offer to Purchase is enclosed,  which provides more details.  Our offer
will expire on December 31, 1996;  accordingly,  we encourage  you to review our
offer and act promptly.

A  transmittal  letter  (in  yellow)  is  also  enclosed  which  you can use for
accepting the offer.  Please execute this document and return it in the enclosed
envelope.

Please call us at (800) 854-8357 if you have any questions.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ C. E Patterson

C. E. Patterson
President of Moraga Partners, Inc.
Member of Moraga Gold, LLC



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