HOMEOWNERS GROUP INC
SC 13D/A, 1996-12-03
INSURANCE AGENTS, BROKERS & SERVICE
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                                (Amendment No. 2)

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                             HOMEOWNERS GROUP, INC.
                    -----------------------------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)

                         Common Stock ($0.01 par value)
                    -----------------------------------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    43739N107
                                 (CUSIP Number)

D. Robert Crants                      Copy To:  Elizabeth E. Moore
DC Investment Partners LLC                      Stokes & Bartholomew, P.A.
2200 Abbott Martin Road, Suite 201              424 Church Street, 28th Floor
Nashville, Tennessee 37215                      Nashville, Tennessee 37219-2386
Tel. (615) 460-1220                             Tel. (615) 259-1450


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

                                November 29, 1996
             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

        If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13D
to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1 (b)(3) or (4), check the following
box [  ].

        Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement [  ]. 
(A fee is not required only if the reporting person: (1) has a previous 
statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of
the class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment 
subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of 
such class.) (See Rule 13d-7.)

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CUSIP No. 43739N107             SCHEDULE 13D   Page     2    of     6    Pages
         ---------------------                       --------    -------- 

  (1)     Name of Reporting Person                 
          S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person                
          DC INVESTMENT PARTNERS OPPORTUNITY FUND, L.P. (62-1627912)
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  (2)     Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group*         (a)   [   ]
                                                                    (b)   [   ]

 
  (3)     SEC Use Only

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  (4)     Source of Funds*
          NOT APPLICABLE     
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  (5)     Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings   
          is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
                                                                          [   ]
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  (6)     Citizenship or Place of Organization                      
          TENNESSEE
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                       (7)     Sole Voting Power                    
  Number of                    850,000
   Shares              --------------------------------------------------------
 Beneficially          (8)     Shared Voting Power                  
  Owned by                     
    Each               --------------------------------------------------------
  Reporting            (9)     Sole Dispositive Power               
 Person With                   850,000
                       --------------------------------------------------------
                       (10)    Shared Dispositive Power            
                               
                       --------------------------------------------------------

 (11)     Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person     
          850,000
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 (12)     Check Box if Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain
          Shares*                                                         [  ]

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 (13)     Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)           
          15.3%
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 (14)     Type of Reporting Person*
          PN
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                    *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!



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                             HOMEOWNERS GROUP, INC.

                         AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO SCHEDULE 13D

     Reference is hereby made to the Schedule 13D originally filed with the
      Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 1996, as amended by
    Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D filed on October 16, 1996. Terms defined
              in the Schedule 13D as amended by Amendment No. 1 to
                  Schedule 13D are used herein as so defined.

Item 1.           Security and Issuer.

         This statement relates to the Common Stock (the "Common Stock"), of
Homeowners Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), which has its
principal executive offices at 400 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, Sunrise, Florida
33325-6235.

Item 2.           Identity and Background.

         This statement is filed by DC Investment Partners Opportunity Fund,
L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership ("DC Investment L.P."). The principal
business of DC Investment, L.P. is that of a private investment partnership. The
principal business and principal office address of DC Investment, L.P. is 2200
Abbott Martin Road, Suite 201, Nashville, Tennessee 37215. The sole general
partner of DC Investment, L.P. is DC Investment Partners, LLC a Tennessee
limited liability company ("DC Partners"). The principal business of DC Partners
is that of acting as general partner of DC Investment L.P. and one other private
investment partnership. DC Partners' principal business and principal office
address is 2200 Abbott Martin Road, Suite 201, Nashville, Tennessee 37215. The
members of DC Partners consists of three citizens of the United States and one
Arkansas corporation and their respective principal business addresses and
principal occupations are as follows:

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<CAPTION>
Members                   Address                                 Occupation
- -------                   -------                                 ---------- 
<S>                       <C>                                     <C>    
D. Robert Crants          DC Investment Partners LLC              Co-Manager,
                          2200 Abbott Martin Road                 DC Partners
                          Suite 201
                          Nashville, TN  37215

Michael W. Devlin         DC Investment Partners LLC              Co-Manager,
                          2200 Abbott Martin Road                 DC Partners
                          Suite 201
                          Nashville, TN  37215

Lucius E. Burch           Massey Burch Investment Group, Inc.     Chairman, Massey
                          301 25th Avenue North                   Burch Investments, a
                          Suite 103                               venture capital
                          Nashville, TN  37203                    company

</TABLE>


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<TABLE>                 
<S>                       <C>                                     <C>   
Stephens Group, Inc.      111 Center Street                       Affiliate/Stephens, Inc.
                          Suite 2400                              Private Investment
                          Little Rock, AR  72201                  Banking firm

</TABLE>


         (d) None of the entities or person identified in this Item 2 has,
during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding
traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).

         (e) None of the entities or persons identified in this Item 2 has,
during the last five years, been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or
administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding
was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future
violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or
state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

Item 3.           Source and Amount of Funds or other Consideration.

         Item 3 is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as
follows:

         The amount of the funds used in purchasing the securities reported as
beneficially owned in Item 5 hereof was approximately $1,649,068. DC Investment
L.P. obtained the funds for these transactions from its general operating funds.
DC Partners, as the general partner of DC Investment L.P., may be deemed to
beneficially own the securities owned by DC Investment, L.P.

Item 4.           Purpose of Transaction.

         DC Investment L.P. purchased the Securities as an investment 
opportunity.

Item 5.           Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

         Item 5 is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as
follows:

         (a)      DC Investment L.P. is the beneficial owner of 850,000 shares 
of Common Stock (approximately 15.3% of the shares of Common Stock of the
Issuer). DC Investment L.P. became the benefical owner of an amount in
excess of 5% of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock on October 9, 1996 as
reflected by the filing of the original Schedule 13D on October 15, 1996. 
Since October 9, 1996, DC Investment L.P. has made the following purchases of 
Issuer's common stock increasing its beneficial ownership to its present level:

           Date                                Number of Shares
           ----                                ----------------
      October 10, 1996                             155,000
      October 11, 1996                              20,000
      October 14, 1996                              30,000
      October 15, 1996                              15,000
      October 17, 1996                              10,000


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      November 8, 1996                              35,000
      November 12, 1996                              5,000
      November 20, 1996                             10,000
      November 22, 1996                             50,000
      November 29, 1996                            180,000


(b)      DC Investment L.P. is the beneficial owner of all of the shares of
Common Stock to which this Statement relates held in its name, and has sole
power to vote and dispose of all such shares. DC Partners, as the general 
partner of DC Investment, L.P. may be deemed to beneficially own the securities
owned by DC Investment, L.P.

         (c) Except as described in this statement, none of the entities or
persons named in Item 2 has effected any transaction in this Issuer's securities
since the most recent filing on Schedule D.

         (d) No person other than DC Investment L.P. has the right to receive or
the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale
of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by DC Investment L.P.

Item 6.           Contracts, Arrangement, Understandings or Relationships
                  with Respect to the Securities of the Issuer.

         None.

Item 7.           Material to be filed as Exhibits.

         None.



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                                   SIGNATURE

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief,
the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is
true, complete and correct.


Date: December 3, 1996        DC INVESTMENT PARTNERS
      ----------------        OPPORTUNITY FUND, L.P.

                              By:  DC Investment Partners, LLC, General Partner


                              By:     Doctor R. Crants
                                 ----------------------------------------------
                              Title:   Managing Partner
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