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This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from NATIONAL
PROPERTY  INVESTORS 5 2000 Third Quarter 10-QSB and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to such 10-QSB filing.
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<F1> Registrant has an unclassified balance sheet.
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