AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
10QSB, 1997-11-13
REAL ESTATE
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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20549
                                
                           FORM 10-QSB
                                
           Quarterly Report Under Section 13 or 15(d)
             of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                
           For the Quarter Ended:  September 30, 1997
                                
                Commission file number:  0-18289
                                
                                
            AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact Name of Small Business Issuer as Specified in its Charter)


      State of Minnesota                   41-1622463
(State or other Jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)        Identification No.)


  1300 Minnesota World Trade Center, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
            (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
                                
                          (612) 227-7333
                   (Issuer's telephone number)
                                
                                
                         Not Applicable
 (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed
                       since last report)
                                
Check  whether  the issuer (1) filed all reports required  to  be
filed  by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange  Act  of
1934  during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter  period
that  the registrant was required to file such reports), and  (2)
has  been  subject to such filing requirements for  the  past  90
days.

                         Yes  [X]      No
                                
         Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format:
                                
                         Yes           No  [X]
                              
                                
                                
                                
         AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                
                                
                              INDEX
                                
                                
                                                    

PART I. Financial Information

 Item 1. Balance Sheet as of September 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996 

          Statements for the Periods ended September 30, 1997 and 1996:

            Income                                     

            Cash Flows                                 

            Changes in Partners' Capital             

         Notes to Financial Statements               

 Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis    

PART II. Other Information

 Item 1. Legal Proceedings                          

 Item 2. Changes in Securities                      

 Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities            

 Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security  Holders

 Item 5. Other Information                          

 Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K        

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         AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                          BALANCE SHEET
                                
            SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND DECEMBER 31, 1996
                                
                           (Unaudited)
                                
                             ASSETS
                                
                                                      1997            1996

CURRENT ASSETS:
  Cash and Cash Equivalents                      $ 3,996,690      $ 2,359,926
  Receivables                                          2,348           12,870
                                                  -----------      -----------
      Total Current Assets                         3,999,038        2,372,796
                                                  -----------      -----------
INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE:
  Land                                             3,958,287        4,374,569
  Buildings and Equipment                          8,924,928        9,198,045
  Property Acquisition Costs                          69,871                0
  Accumulated Depreciation                        (1,817,861)      (1,706,567)
                                                  -----------      -----------
                                                  11,135,225       11,866,047
  Real Estate Held for Sale                          372,980          792,877
                                                  -----------      -----------
      Net Investments in Real Estate              11,508,205       12,658,924
                                                  -----------      -----------
            Total  Assets                        $15,507,243      $15,031,720
                                                  ===========      ===========


                        LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL

CURRENT LIABILITIES:
  Payable to AEI Fund Management, Inc.           $    55,016      $   121,697
  Distributions Payable                              323,389          323,784
  Security Deposit                                         0              665
  Unearned Rent                                       52,266            5,000
                                                  -----------      -----------
      Total Current Liabilities                      430,671          451,146
                                                  -----------      -----------
PARTNERS' CAPITAL (DEFICIT):
  General Partners                                   (44,698)         (49,658)
  Limited Partners, $1,000 Unit Value;
   30,000 Units authorized; 22,783 Issued;
   21,764 Units outstanding                       15,121,270       14,630,232
                                                  -----------      -----------
      Total Partners' Capital                     15,076,572       14,580,574
                                                  -----------      -----------
        Total Liabilities and Partners' Capital  $15,507,243      $15,031,720
                                                  ===========      ===========
                                
 The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral
                     part of this statement.
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         AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                
                       STATEMENT OF INCOME
                                
               FOR THE PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30
                                
                           (Unaudited)
                                

                                Three Months Ended         Nine Months Ended
                               9/30/97      9/30/96     9/30/97       9/30/96

INCOME:
   Rent                     $  354,720   $  419,358   $ 1,058,808   $ 1,233,721
   Investment Income            42,784       25,781       129,390        79,671
                             ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
        Total Income           397,504      445,139     1,188,198     1,313,392
                             ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------

EXPENSES:
   Partnership Administration - 
    Affiliates                  61,897       63,639       195,928       184,882
   Partnership Administration 
    and Property Management - 
    Unrelated Parties           46,728       40,749        96,475       140,096
   Depreciation                 83,649      108,398       244,188       319,797
                             ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
        Total Expenses         192,274      212,786       536,591       644,775
                             ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------

OPERATING INCOME               205,230      232,353       651,607       668,617

GAIN ON SALE OF REAL ESTATE    468,544       90,156       845,006       344,461

MINORITY INTEREST IN NET INCOME      0      (13,081)            0       (20,795)
                             ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------

NET INCOME                  $  673,774   $  309,428   $ 1,496,613   $   992,283
                             =========    =========    ==========    ==========

NET INCOME ALLOCATED:
   General Partners         $    6,738   $    3,094   $    14,966   $     9,923
   Limited Partners            667,036      306,334     1,481,647       982,360
                             ---------    ---------    ----------    ----------
                            $  673,774   $  309,428   $ 1,496,613   $   992,283
                             =========    =========    ==========    ==========

NET INCOME PER
  LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNIT
  (21,764 and 22,078 weighted average
  Units outstanding in 1997 
  and 1996, respectively)   $    30.65   $    13.87   $     68.08   $     44.49
                             =========    =========    ==========    ==========


 The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral
                     part of this statement.
</PAGE>
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         AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                
                     STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
                                
               FOR THE PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30
                                
                           (Unaudited)
                                
                                                       1997           1996
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
   Net  Income                                     $ 1,496,613    $   992,283

   Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to Net Cash
   Provided by Operating Activities:
     Depreciation                                      244,188        319,797
     Gain on Sale of Real Estate                      (845,006)      (344,461)
     Decrease in Receivables                            10,522         21,064
     Decrease in Payable to
        AEI Fund Management, Inc.                      (66,681)        (7,008)
     Increase (Decrease) in Security Deposit              (665)        31,010
     Increase in Unearned Rent                          47,266         45,160
     Minority Interest                                       0         (5,795)
                                                    -----------    -----------
        Total Adjustments                             (610,376)        59,767
                                                    -----------    -----------
        Net Cash Provided By
        Operating Activities                           886,237      1,052,050
                                                    -----------    -----------
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
     Investments in Real Estate                     (1,445,445)    (1,911,639)
     Proceeds from Sale of Real Estate - Net of
      Minority Interest                              3,196,982      1,303,490
                                                    -----------    -----------
        Net Cash Provided By (Used For)
        Investing Activities                         1,751,537       (608,149)
                                                    -----------    -----------
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
   Decrease in Distributions Payable                      (395)       (82,554)
   Distributions to Partners                        (1,000,615)    (1,001,078)
                                                    -----------    -----------
        Net Cash Used For
        Financing Activities                        (1,001,010)    (1,083,632)
                                                    -----------    -----------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS                                 1,636,764       (639,731)

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period       2,359,926      2,332,974
                                                    -----------    -----------

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period           $ 3,996,690    $ 1,693,243
                                                    ===========    ===========
                                
                                
                                
 The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral
                     part of this statement.
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         AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                
            STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS' CAPITAL
                                
               FOR THE PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30
                                
                           (Unaudited)
                                
                                
                                
                                                                      Limited
                                                                    Partnership
                                General      Limited                   Units
                                Partners     Partners     Total     Outstanding


BALANCE, December 31, 1995    $ (29,971)  $16,380,078  $16,350,107    22,077.80

  Distributions                 (10,011)     (991,067)  (1,001,078)

  Net Income                      9,923       982,360      992,283
                               ---------   -----------  -----------  ----------
BALANCE, September 30, 1996   $ (30,059)  $16,371,371  $16,341,312    22,077.80
                               =========   ===========  ===========  ==========


BALANCE, December 31, 1996    $ (49,658)  $14,630,232  $14,580,574    21,764.38

  Distributions                 (10,006)     (990,609)  (1,000,615)

  Net Income                     14,966     1,481,647    1,496,613
                               ---------   -----------  -----------  ----------
BALANCE, September 30, 1997   $ (44,698)  $15,121,270  $15,076,572    21,764.38
                               =========   ===========  ===========  ==========




 The accompanying Notes to Financial Statements are an integral
                     part of this statement.
</PAGE>
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         AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                
                       SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
                                
                           (Unaudited)
                                

(1)  The  condensed  statements included herein have been  prepared
     by  the Partnership, without audit, pursuant to the rules  and
     regulations  of  the Securities and Exchange  Commission,  and
     reflect   all  adjustments  which  are,  in  the  opinion   of
     management,  necessary to a fair statement of the  results  of
     operations for the interim period, on a basis consistent  with
     the  annual audited statements.  The adjustments made to these
     condensed   statements  consist  only  of   normal   recurring
     adjustments.   Certain information, accounting  policies,  and
     footnote    disclosures   normally   included   in   financial
     statements  prepared  in  accordance with  generally  accepted
     accounting principles have been condensed or omitted  pursuant
     to  such  rules  and  regulations,  although  the  Partnership
     believes  that  the  disclosures  are  adequate  to  make  the
     information  presented not misleading.  It is  suggested  that
     these  condensed financial statements be read  in  conjunction
     with  the  financial statements and the summary of significant
     accounting  policies  and  notes  thereto  included   in   the
     Partnership's latest annual report on Form 10-KSB.

(2)  Organization -

     AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership (Partnership)
     was  formed  to  acquire and lease commercial properties  to
     operating tenants.  The Partnership's operations are managed
     by  AEI  Fund  Management XVIII, Inc.  (AFM),  the  Managing
     General Partner of the Partnership.  Robert P. Johnson,  the
     President  and  sole  shareholder  of  AFM,  serves  as  the
     Individual General Partner of the Partnership.  An affiliate
     of   AFM,   AEI   Fund   Management,  Inc.,   performs   the
     administrative and operating functions for the Partnership.
     
     The   terms   of  the  Partnership  offering  call   for   a
     subscription  price of $1,000 per Limited Partnership  Unit,
     payable   on  acceptance  of  the  offer.   The  Partnership
     commenced  operations  on February  15,  1989  when  minimum
     subscriptions    of   1,500   Limited   Partnership    Units
     ($1,500,000)  were  accepted.   The  Partnership's  offering
     terminated  December  4,  1990 when  the  extended  offering
     period expired.  The Partnership received subscriptions  for
     22,783.05 Limited Partnership Units ($22,783,050).
     
     Under  the  terms of the Limited Partnership Agreement,  the
     Limited  Partners and General Partners contributed funds  of
     $22,783,050, and $1,000, respectively.  During the operation
     of the Partnership, any Net Cash Flow, as defined, which the
     General Partners determine to distribute will be distributed
     90% to the Limited Partners and 10% to the General Partners;
     provided,  however, that such distributions to  the  General
     Partners will be subordinated to the Limited Partners  first
     receiving an annual, noncumulative distribution of Net  Cash
     Flow equal to 10% of their Adjusted Capital Contribution, as
     defined,  and, provided further, that in no event  will  the
     General Partners receive less than 1% of such Net Cash  Flow
     per  annum.  Distributions to Limited Partners will be  made
     pro rata by Units.
     
         AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                           (Continued)
                                
(2)  Organization - (Continued)

     Any  Net  Proceeds  of Sale, as defined, from  the  sale  or
     financing of the Partnership's properties which the  General
     Partners determine to distribute will, after provisions  for
     debts  and  reserves, be paid in the following  manner:  (i)
     first,  99%  to the Limited Partners and 1% to  the  General
     Partners until the Limited Partners receive an amount  equal
     to:  (a)  their Adjusted Capital Contribution  plus  (b)  an
     amount  equal  to 6% of their Adjusted Capital  Contribution
     per  annum, cumulative but not compounded, to the extent not
     previously distributed from Net Cash Flow; (ii) next, 99% to
     the  Limited  Partners and 1% to the General Partners  until
     the Limited Partners receive an amount equal to 14% of their
     Adjusted Capital Contribution per annum, cumulative but  not
     compounded, to the extent not previously distributed;  (iii)
     next, to the General Partners until cumulative distributions
     to the General Partners under Items (ii) and (iii) equal 15%
     of cumulative distributions to all Partners under Items (ii)
     and (iii).  Any remaining balance will be distributed 85% to
     the  Limited  Partners  and  15% to  the  General  Partners.
     Distributions to the Limited Partners will be made pro  rata
     by Units.
     
     For  tax  purposes,  profits  from  operations,  other  than
     profits  attributable  to  the  sale,  exchange,  financing,
     refinancing   or  other  disposition  of  the  Partnership's
     property,  will  be  allocated first in the  same  ratio  in
     which,  and  to the extent, Net Cash Flow is distributed  to
     the Partners for such year.  Any additional profits will  be
     allocated 90% to the Limited Partners and 10% to the General
     Partners.   In the event no Net Cash Flow is distributed  to
     the  Limited  Partners,  90% of  each  item  of  Partnership
     income,  gain  or credit for each respective year  shall  be
     allocated to the Limited Partners, and 10% of each such item
     shall be allocated to the General Partners.  Net losses from
     operations will be allocated 98% to the Limited Partners and
     2% to the General Partners.
     
     For  tax purposes, profits arising from the sale, financing,
     or  other disposition of the Partnership's property will  be
     allocated  in  accordance with the Partnership Agreement  as
     follows:  (i) first, to those Partners with deficit balances
     in  their capital accounts in an amount equal to the sum  of
     such  deficit  balances; (ii) second,  99%  to  the  Limited
     Partners  and 1% to the General Partners until the aggregate
     balance in the Limited Partners' capital accounts equals the
     sum  of the Limited Partners' Adjusted Capital Contributions
     plus  an  amount  equal  to 14% of  their  Adjusted  Capital
     Contributions  per annum, cumulative but not compounded,  to
     the  extent  not previously allocated; (iii) third,  to  the
     General Partners until cumulative allocations to the General
     Partners equal 15% of cumulative allocations.  Any remaining
     balance  will  be allocated 85% to the Limited Partners  and
     15%  to the General Partners.  Losses will be allocated  98%
     to the Limited Partners and 2% to the General Partners.
     
     The  General Partners are not required to currently  fund  a
     deficit   capital   balance.   Upon   liquidation   of   the
     Partnership or withdrawal by a General Partner, the  General
     Partners will contribute to the Partnership an amount  equal
     to  the  lesser  of  the deficit balances in  their  capital
     accounts  or  1%  of  total Limited  Partners'  and  General
     Partners' capital contributions.
     
         AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                           (Continued)
                                
(3)  Investments in Real Estate -

     The  Partnership  owns  a  4.1022%  interest  in  a  Sizzler
     restaurant  in  Cincinnati, Ohio, a 93.2478% interest  in  a
     Sizzler  restaurant in Springboro, Ohio, and a 100% interest
     in  a  Sizzler restaurant in Fairfield, Ohio.  In  November,
     1993,  after  reviewing the lessee's operating results,  the
     Partnership  determined that the lessee would be  unable  to
     operate  the  restaurants in a manner capable of  maximizing
     the  restaurants' sales.  Consequently, at the direction  of
     the  Partnership,  a multi-unit restaurant operator  assumed
     operation of the restaurants while the Partnership  reviewed
     the available options.  In January, 1994 and June, 1994, the
     Partnership   closed  the  restaurants  in  Cincinnati   and
     Springboro, respectively, and listed them for sale or lease.
     While   the  properties  are  vacant,  the  Partnership   is
     responsible  for  the  real estate  taxes  and  other  costs
     required to maintain the properties.
     
     On  July 15, 1994, the Partnership re-leased the Sizzler  in
     Fairfield to Fairfield Foods, Inc. (Fairfield) under a Lease
     Agreement with a primary term of 20 years and annual  rental
     payments based on a percentage of sales.  Fairfield was  not
     able  to  profitably operate the restaurant and  closed  the
     restaurant.
     
     No  rents were collected from the Sizzler restaurants in the
     first  nine  months of 1997 and 1996.  The total  amount  of
     rent  not  collected  in  1997 and  1996  was  $293,173  and
     $296,145,  respectively,  for the three  properties.   These
     amounts were not accrued for financial reporting purposes.
     
     On  January  23, 1997, the Partnership sold its interest  in
     the  Cincinnati restaurant to an unrelated third party.  The
     Partnership  received net sales proceeds of  $19,867,  which
     resulted in a net loss of $31,700, which was recognized as a
     real estate impairment in the fourth quarter of 1996.
     
     In  December,  1996,  the Partnership,  in  order  to  avoid
     additional property management expenses, decided to sell the
     Sizzler  properties in Springboro and Fairfield rather  than
     to  continue  to attempt to re-lease the properties.   As  a
     result,  the  properties were reclassified  on  the  balance
     sheet  to Real Estate Held for Sale.  In addition, based  on
     an  analysis  of  market conditions  in  the  area,  it  was
     determined that a sale of the properties would result in net
     proceeds of approximately $800,000.  The Partnership's share
     of  the  proceeds would be approximately $773,000.  A charge
     to  operations  for  real  estate impairment  of  $1,654,600
     ($693,500 for the Springboro Sizzler, and $961,100  for  the
     Fairfield  Sizzler) was recognized in the fourth quarter  of
     1996,  which  is  the  difference  between  book  value   at
     December 31,  1996   of  $2,427,600  ($1,066,500   for   the
     Springboro Sizzler and $1,361,100 for the Fairfield Sizzler)
     and the estimated market value of $773,000 ($373,000 for the
     Springboro Sizzler and $400,000 for the Fairfield  Sizzler).
     The  charge  was  recorded against the  cost  of  the  land,
     building and equipment.
     
     On  September  22,  1997, the Partnership sold  the  Sizzler
     restaurant  in Fairfield, Ohio to an unrelated third  party.
     The  Partnership  received net sale  proceeds  of  $528,476,
     which  is in excess of the book value of the property  after
     the recognition of the real estate impairment.  As a result,
     the Partnership recognized a net gain of $128,498.
     
         AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                           (Continued)
                                
(3)  Investments in Real Estate - (Continued)
     
     In  August,  1995, the lessee of the two Rally's  properties
     filed  for  reorganization.  After reviewing  the  operating
     results  of the lessee, the Partnership agreed to amend  the
     Leases  of the two properties.  Effective December 1,  1995,
     the Partnership amended the Leases to reduce the annual base
     rent  from $47,498 and $48,392 to $15,000 for each property.
     The  Partnership could receive additional rent in the future
     equal  to 6.75% of the amount by which gross receipts exceed
     $275,000.   In 1997, the Leases, as amended, were  confirmed
     as  part of the reorganization plan.  The lessee has  agreed
     to  pay  all  pre-petition and post-petition  rents  due  of
     $74,525  and  the  Partnership's related administrative  and
     legal   expenses.   However,  due  to  the  uncertainty   of
     collection,  the Partnership has not accrued  any  of  these
     amounts for financial reporting purposes.
     
     In February, 1996, the Partnership called a letter of credit
     for  $109,393  related  to  the Taco  Cabana  restaurant  in
     Brownsville,  Texas.  The Partnership applied the  funds  to
     satisfy  rents  and  real estate taxes due.   In  1997,  the
     Partnership  took possession of the property and  listed  it
     for  sale or re-lease.  While the property is being sold  or
     re-leased,  the Partnership is responsible for  real  estate
     taxes and other costs required to maintain the property.
     
     The  Partnership used the majority of the proceeds from  two
     property  sales in 1995 to purchase two properties in  1996,
     as  discussed  below.  The remainder of  the  proceeds  from
     these  sales  were distributed to the Partners in  1995  and
     1996.
     
     On  April  10,  1996,  the Partnership  purchased  an  85.0%
     interest  in  a Tractor Supply Company in Bristol,  Virginia
     for  $1,094,367.  The property is leased to  Tractor  Supply
     Company  under a Lease Agreement with a primary term  of  14
     years and annual rental payments of $116,686.  The remaining
     interest  in  the property was purchased by  the  Individual
     General Partner of the Partnership.
     
     On  August  29,  1996,  the Partnership  purchased  a  32.2%
     interest in a Champps Americana restaurant in Columbus, Ohio
     for  $826,070.   The property is leased to Americana  Dining
     Corporation under a Lease Agreement with a primary  term  of
     20  years  and  annual  rental  payments  of  $90,834.   The
     remaining  interest  in the property was  purchased  by  AEI
     Income  &  Growth Fund XXI Limited Partnership, an affiliate
     of the Partnership.
     
     On  May  10,  1996,  the Partnership sold  the  Taco  Cabana
     restaurant  in  New Braunfels, Texas to an  unrelated  third
     party.   The  Partnership  received  net  sale  proceeds  of
     $962,298, which resulted in a net gain of $254,305.  At  the
     time  of sale, the cost and related accumulated depreciation
     of the property was $784,045 and $76,052, respectively.
     
     Through September 30, 1997, the Partnership sold 94.1709% of
     the  Applebee's  restaurant  in  Destin,  Florida  in  seven
     separate  transactions  to  unrelated  third  parties.   The
     Partnership  received total net sale proceeds of  $1,413,627
     which  resulted in a total net gain of $481,379.  The  total
     cost  and  related accumulated depreciation of the interests
     sold  was  $1,053,565 and $121,317, respectively.   For  the
     nine  months  ended September 30, 1997,  the  net  gain  was
     $320,171.
     
                                
         AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                           (Continued)
                                
(3)  Investments in Real Estate - (Continued)

     Through September 30, 1997, the Partnership sold 64.9377% of
     a  Taco  Cabana  restaurant in San Antonio,  Texas  in  five
     separate  transactions  to  unrelated  third  parties.   The
     Partnership  received total net sale proceeds of  $1,067,551
     which  resulted in a total net gain of $379,348.  The  total
     cost  and  related accumulated depreciation of the interests
     sold  was $748,028 and $59,825, respectively.  For the  nine
     months  ended September 30, 1997 and 1996, the net gain  was
     $172,591 and $70,396, respectively.
     
     Through September 30, 1997, the Partnership sold 47.3553% of
     the  Tractor  Supply Company in Bristol,  Virginia  in  five
     separate  transactions  to  unrelated  third  parties.   The
     Partnership  received  total net sale proceeds  of  $709,795
     which  resulted in a total net gain of $110,391.  The  total
     cost  and  related accumulated depreciation of the interests
     sold  was $609,695 and $10,291, respectively.  For the  nine
     months  ended September 30, 1997 and 1996, the net gain  was
     $72,607 and $16,621, respectively.
     
     Through September 30, 1997, the Partnership sold 26.0312% of
     the  Champps Americana restaurant in Columbus, Ohio in three
     separate  transactions  to  unrelated  third  parties.   The
     Partnership  received  total net sale proceeds  of  $807,777
     which  resulted in a total net gain of $151,139.  The  total
     cost  and  related accumulated depreciation of the interests
     sold  was $667,813 and $11,175, respectively.  For the  nine
     months ended September 30, 1997, the net gain was $151,139.
     
     In   October,  1997,  the  Partnership  sold  an  additional
     25.6924%  of  the  Taco Cabana restaurant  in  San  Antonio,
     Texas,  in  two  separate transactions, to  unrelated  third
     parties.   The  Partnership received net  sale  proceeds  of
     approximately  $440,000, which resulted in  a  net  gain  of
     approximately $171,000.
     
     Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, net sale proceeds may
     be  reinvested in additional properties until  a  date  five
     years after the date on which the offer and sale of Units is
     terminated.   This period expired on December 4,  1995.   In
     December, 1996, the Managing General Partner filed  a  proxy
     statement to propose an Amendment to the Limited Partnership
     Agreement  that would allow the Partnership to reinvest  the
     majority   of  the  sale  proceeds  from  the  Taco   Cabana
     restaurants, Tractor Supply Company and subsequent  property
     sales in additional properties.  The Amendment passed with a
     majority of Units voting in favor of the Amendment.
     
     On  July  30, 1997, the Partnership purchased a Fuddrucker's
     restaurant  in  Thornton,  Colorado  for  $1,375,573.    The
     property  is  leased  to Fuddrucker's, Inc.  under  a  Lease
     Agreement with a primary term of 20 years and annual  rental
     payments of $148,387.
     
     During the first nine months of 1997 and the year 1996,  the
     Partnership  distributed $104,820 and $372,366  of  the  net
     sale proceeds to the Limited and General Partners as part of
     their  regular quarterly distributions, which represented  a
     return   of   capital  of  $4.77  and  $16.85  per   Limited
     Partnership Unit, respectively.
     
                                
         AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                                
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                           (Continued)
                                
(4)  Payable to AEI Fund Management  -

     AEI  Fund  Management, Inc. performs the administrative  and
     operating functions for the Partnership.  The payable to AEI
     Fund   Management  represents  the  balance  due  for  those
     services.    This  balance  is  non-interest   bearing   and
     unsecured  and  is  to  be  paid in  the  normal  course  of
     business.


ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Results of Operations

       For the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996, the
Partnership   recognized   rental  income   of   $1,058,808   and
$1,233,721,   respectively.   During  the   same   periods,   the
Partnership  earned  investment income of $129,390  and  $79,671,
respectively.   In  1997, rental income  decreased  mainly  as  a
result  of  the  property sales and the Brownsville  Taco  Cabana
situation  discussed below.  The decrease in  rental  income  was
partially  offset by rental income received from three subsequent
property  acquisitions, rent increases on eleven  properties  and
additional investment income earned on the net proceeds from  the
property sales.

        The  Partnership  owns a 4.1022% interest  in  a  Sizzler
restaurant in Cincinnati, Ohio, a 93.2478% interest in a  Sizzler
restaurant in Springboro, Ohio, and a 100% interest in a  Sizzler
restaurant   in  Fairfield,  Ohio.   In  November,  1993,   after
reviewing   the  lessee's  operating  results,  the   Partnership
determined  that  the  lessee would  be  unable  to  operate  the
restaurants  in  a manner capable of maximizing the  restaurants'
sales.   Consequently,  at the direction of  the  Partnership,  a
multi-unit   restaurant  operator  assumed   operation   of   the
restaurants while the Partnership reviewed the available options.
In  January,  1994  and  June, 1994, the Partnership  closed  the
restaurants  in  Cincinnati  and  Springboro,  respectively,  and
listed  them for sale or lease.  While the properties are vacant,
the  Partnership  is responsible for the real  estate  taxes  and
other costs required to maintain the properties.

       On July 15, 1994, the Partnership re-leased the Sizzler in
Fairfield  to  Fairfield Foods, Inc. (Fairfield)  under  a  Lease
Agreement  with  a  primary term of 20 years  and  annual  rental
payments based on a percentage of sales.  Fairfield was not  able
to profitably operate the restaurant and closed the restaurant.

        No  rents were collected from the Sizzler restaurants  in
the first nine months of 1997 and 1996.  The total amount of rent
not  collected  in  1997  and  1996 was  $293,173  and  $296,145,
respectively, for the three properties.  These amounts  were  not
accrued for financial reporting purposes.

        On January 23, 1997, the Partnership sold its interest in
the  Cincinnati  restaurant  to an unrelated  third  party.   The
Partnership  received  net  sales  proceeds  of  $19,867,   which
resulted in a net loss of $31,700, which was recognized as a real
estate impairment in the fourth quarter of 1996.


ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS  (Continued)

        In  December,  1996, the Partnership, in order  to  avoid
additional  property  management expenses, decided  to  sell  the
Sizzler  properties in Springboro and Fairfield  rather  than  to
continue to attempt to re-lease the properties.  As a result, the
properties were reclassified on the balance sheet to Real  Estate
Held  for  Sale.   In  addition, based on an analysis  of  market
conditions  in  the area, it was determined that a  sale  of  the
properties   would  result  in  net  proceeds  of   approximately
$800,000.   The  Partnership's share of  the  proceeds  would  be
approximately $773,000.  A charge to operations for  real  estate
impairment  of  $1,654,600 ($693,500 for the Springboro  Sizzler,
and  $961,100  for the Fairfield Sizzler) was recognized  in  the
fourth  quarter  of  1996, which is the difference  between  book
value  at  December31,  1996 of $2,427,600  ($1,066,500  for  the
Springboro Sizzler and $1,361,100 for the Fairfield Sizzler)  and
the   estimated  market  value  of  $773,000  ($373,000  for  the
Springboro Sizzler and $400,000 for the Fairfield Sizzler).   The
charge  was  recorded against the cost of the land, building  and
equipment.

        On  September 22, 1997, the Partnership sold the  Sizzler
restaurant  in Fairfield, Ohio to an unrelated third party.   The
Partnership received net sale proceeds of $528,476, which  is  in
excess of the book value of the property after the recognition of
the  real  estate  impairment.   As  a  result,  the  Partnership
recognized a net gain of $128,498.

        In August, 1995, the lessee of the two Rally's properties
filed  for reorganization.  After reviewing the operating results
of  the lessee, the Partnership agreed to amend the Leases of the
two  properties.   Effective December 1,  1995,  the  Partnership
amended  the  Leases to reduce the annual base rent from  $47,498
and  $48,392 to $15,000 for each property.  The Partnership could
receive  additional  rent in the future equal  to  6.75%  of  the
amount  by  which gross receipts exceed $275,000.  In  1997,  the
Leases,  as amended, were confirmed as part of the reorganization
plan.   The  lessee has agreed to pay all pre-petition and  post-
petition  rents  due  of  $74,525 and the  Partnership's  related
administrative  and  legal  expenses.   However,   due   to   the
uncertainty of collection, the Partnership has not accrued any of
these amounts for financial reporting purposes.

        In  February, 1996, the Partnership called  a  letter  of
credit  for  $109,393  related to the Taco Cabana  restaurant  in
Brownsville, Texas.  The Partnership applied the funds to satisfy
rents  and real estate taxes due.  In 1997, the Partnership  took
possession  of the property and listed it for sale  or  re-lease.
While the property is being sold or re-leased, the Partnership is
responsible  for  real estate taxes and other costs  required  to
maintain the property.

        During the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996,
the  Partnership  paid  Partnership  administration  expenses  to
affiliated parties of $195,928 and $184,882, respectively.  These
administration  expenses  include  costs  associated   with   the
management of the properties, processing distributions, reporting
requirements  and correspondence to the Limited Partners.  During
the   same   periods,   the  Partnership   incurred   Partnership
administration  and property management expenses  from  unrelated
parties  of  $96,475 and $140,096, respectively.  These  expenses
represent  direct payments to third parties for legal and  filing
fees,  direct administrative costs, outside audit and  accounting
costs,  taxes, insurance and other property costs.  The  decrease
in  these  expenses in 1997, when compared to the same period  in
1996,  is the result of expenses incurred in 1996 related to  the
Sizzler situation discussed above.

        As  of  September 30, 1997, the Partnership's  annualized
cash  distribution rate was 6.1%, based on the  Adjusted  Capital
Contribution.   Distributions of Net Cash  Flow  to  the  General
Partners were subordinated to the Limited Partners as required in
the Partnership Agreement.  As a result, 99% of distributions and
income  were allocated to Limited Partners and 1% to the  General
Partners.


ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS  (Continued)

        Inflation  has  had  a  minimal  effect  on  income  from
operations.   It is expected that increases in sales  volumes  of
the  tenants due to inflation and real sales growth, will  result
in  an  increase  in rental income over the term of  the  Leases.
Inflation  also  may  cause  the  Partnership's  real  estate  to
appreciate in value.  However, inflation and changing prices  may
also  have  an  adverse impact on the operating  margins  of  the
properties' tenants which could impair their ability to pay  rent
and subsequently reduce the Partnership's Net Cash Flow available
for distributions.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

        During  the  nine months ended September  30,  1997,  the
Partnership's  cash balances increased $1,636,764 mainly  as  the
result  of  the  sale of properties discussed  below.   Net  cash
provided  by  operating activities decreased from  $1,052,050  in
1996  to  $886,237 in 1997 mainly as a result of  a  decrease  in
income in 1997, when compared to 1996, and net timing differences
in the collection of payments from the lessees and the payment of
expenses.

        The  major components of the Partnership's cash flow from
investing activities are investments in real estate and  proceeds
from  the  sale  of  real  estate.  For  the  nine  months  ended
September 30, 1997 and 1996, the Partnership generated cash  flow
from  the  sale of real estate, as discussed below, of $3,196,982
and  $1,303,490,  respectively.  During  the  same  periods,  the
Partnership expended $1,445,445 and $1,911,639, respectively,  to
invest in real properties (inclusive of acquisition expenses)  as
the  Partnership reinvested the cash generated from the  property
sales.

       The Partnership used the majority of the proceeds from two
property  sales in 1995 to purchase two properties  in  1996,  as
discussed below.  The remainder of the proceeds from these  sales
were distributed to the Partners in 1995 and 1996.

        On  April  10, 1996, the Partnership purchased  an  85.0%
interest  in  a Tractor Supply Company in Bristol,  Virginia  for
$1,094,367.   The  property is leased to Tractor  Supply  Company
under  a  Lease  Agreement with a primary term of  14  years  and
annual  rental payments of $116,686.  The remaining  interest  in
the  property was purchased by the Individual General Partner  of
the Partnership.

        On  August  29, 1996, the Partnership purchased  a  32.2%
interest in a Champps Americana restaurant in Columbus, Ohio  for
$826,070.  The property is leased to Americana Dining Corporation
under  a  Lease  Agreement with a primary term of  20  years  and
annual rental payments of $90,834.  The remaining interest in the
property  was purchased by AEI Income & Growth Fund  XXI  Limited
Partnership, an affiliate of the Partnership.

        On  May  10,  1996, the Partnership sold the Taco  Cabana
restaurant  in New Braunfels, Texas to an unrelated third  party.
The  Partnership  received net sale proceeds of  $962,298,  which
resulted  in  a net gain of $254,305.  At the time of  sale,  the
cost  and  related accumulated depreciation of the  property  was
$784,045 and $76,052, respectively.

        Through September 30, 1997, the Partnership sold 94.1709%
of the Applebee's restaurant in Destin, Florida in seven separate
transactions   to  unrelated  third  parties.   The   Partnership
received total net sale proceeds of $1,413,627 which resulted  in
a  total  net  gain  of  $481,379.  The total  cost  and  related
accumulated depreciation of the interests sold was $1,053,565 and
$121,317, respectively.  For the nine months ended September  30,
1997, the net gain was $320,171.


ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS  (Continued)

        Through September 30, 1997, the Partnership sold 64.9377%
of  a  Taco  Cabana  restaurant in San  Antonio,  Texas  in  five
separate   transactions   to  unrelated   third   parties.    The
Partnership received total net sale proceeds of $1,067,551  which
resulted  in  a total net gain of $379,348.  The total  cost  and
related  accumulated  depreciation  of  the  interests  sold  was
$748,028  and  $59,825, respectively.  For the nine months  ended
September  30,  1997  and 1996, the net  gain  was  $172,591  and
$70,396, respectively.

        Through September 30, 1997, the Partnership sold 47.3553%
of  the  Tractor  Supply  Company in Bristol,  Virginia  in  five
separate   transactions   to  unrelated   third   parties.    The
Partnership  received total net sale proceeds of  $709,795  which
resulted  in  a total net gain of $110,391.  The total  cost  and
related  accumulated  depreciation  of  the  interests  sold  was
$609,695  and  $10,291, respectively.  For the nine months  ended
September  30,  1997  and  1996, the net  gain  was  $72,607  and
$16,621, respectively.

        Through September 30, 1997, the Partnership sold 26.0312%
of  the  Champps Americana restaurant in Columbus, Ohio in  three
separate   transactions   to  unrelated   third   parties.    The
Partnership  received total net sale proceeds of  $807,777  which
resulted  in  a total net gain of $151,139.  The total  cost  and
related  accumulated  depreciation  of  the  interests  sold  was
$667,813  and  $11,175, respectively.  For the nine months  ended
September 30, 1997, the net gain was $151,139.

        In  October,  1997,  the Partnership sold  an  additional
25.6924% of the Taco Cabana restaurant in San Antonio, Texas,  in
two  separate  transactions,  to unrelated  third  parties.   The
Partnership received net sale proceeds of approximately $440,000,
which resulted in a net gain of approximately $171,000.

        Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, net sale  proceeds
may  be  reinvested in additional properties until  a  date  five
years  after  the date on which the offer and sale  of  Units  is
terminated.   This  period  expired  on  December  4,  1995.   In
December,  1996,  the  Managing General  Partner  filed  a  proxy
statement  to  propose  an Amendment to the  Limited  Partnership
Agreement  that  would  allow  the Partnership  to  reinvest  the
majority  of  the sale proceeds from the Taco Cabana restaurants,
Tractor   Supply  Company  and  subsequent  property   sales   in
additional  properties.  The Amendment passed with a majority  of
Units voting in favor of the Amendment.

       On July 30, 1997, the Partnership purchased a Fuddrucker's
restaurant in Thornton, Colorado for $1,375,573.  The property is
leased  to  Fuddrucker's, Inc. under a  Lease  Agreement  with  a
primary term of 20 years and annual rental payments of $148,387.

        During  the first nine months of 1997 and the year  1996,
the Partnership distributed $104,820 and $372,366 of the net sale
proceeds  to  the Limited and General Partners as part  of  their
regular  quarterly distributions, which represented a  return  of
capital  of  $4.77  and  $16.85  per  Limited  Partnership  Unit,
respectively.

       The Partnership's primary use of cash flow is distribution
and  redemption  payments to Partners.  The Partnership  declares
its  regular  quarterly  distributions before  the  end  of  each
quarter and pays the distribution in the first week after the end
of  each quarter.  The Partnership attempts to maintain a  stable
distribution  rate from quarter to quarter.  Redemption  payments
are  paid  to  redeeming Partners in the fourth quarter  of  each
year.   The  redemption payments generally are funded  with  cash
that  would  normally  be paid as part of the  regular  quarterly
distributions.    As   a   result,   total   distributions    and
distributions payable have fluctuated from year to  year  due  to
cash used to fund redemption payments.


ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS  (Continued)

        The  Partnership may acquire Units from Limited  Partners
who have tendered their Units to the Partnership.  Such Units may
be  acquired at a discount.  The Partnership is not obligated  to
purchase  in  any  year  more than 5%  of  the  number  of  Units
outstanding at the beginning of the year.  In no event shall  the
Partnership  be  obligated to purchase  Units  if,  in  the  sole
discretion  of the Managing General Partner, such purchase  would
impair the capital or operation of the Partnership.

        On October 1, 1997, seventeen Limited Partners redeemed a
total of 277.1 Partnership Units for $193,337 in accordance  with
the  Partnership Agreement.  The Partnership acquired these Units
using Net Cash Flow from operations.  In prior years, a total  of
sixty-one  Limited  Partners redeemed 1,018.42 Partnership  Units
for  $835,859.   The  redemptions increase the remaining  Limited
PartnersO ownership interest in the Partnership.

       The continuing rent payments from the properties, together
with  cash generated from the property sales, should be  adequate
to  fund  continuing  distributions and  meet  other  Partnership
obligations on both a short-term and long-term basis.
                                
                                
                   PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
                                
ITEM 1.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

       There  are no material pending legal proceedings to  which
  the  Partnership  is  a  party or of  which  the  Partnership's
  property is subject.

ITEM 2.CHANGES IN SECURITIES

      None.

ITEM 3.DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

      None.

ITEM 4.SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

       In September, 1997, the Managing General Partner solicited
  by  mail  a  proxy  statement to propose an  Amendment  to  the
  Limited  Partnership Agreement.  The Amendment made changes  to
  the  PartnershipOs Unit repurchase provisions.  In order for  a
  proposed Amendment to be adopted, a majority of the Units  must
  be  voted in favor of the Amendment.  Of the 21,764 outstanding
  Units,  11,694 voted for the Amendment, 442 voted  against  and
  262 abstained.  As a result, the Amendment was adopted.

ITEM 5.OTHER INFORMATION

      None.

                   PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
                           (Continued)

ITEM 6.EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

      a. Exhibits -
                             Description

           10.1  Purchase  Agreement dated  July  16,
                 1997  between the Partnership and  Stanley
                 E.  LaCorte  relating to the  property  at
                 5701   Emerald   Coast  Parkway,   Destin,
                 Florida.

           10.2  Purchase Agreement dated August  19,
                 1997  between the Partnership  and  Truong
                 Hoang,  Trustee and Thanh Do,  Trustee  of
                 the  Hoang-Do Family Living Trust relating
                 to  the  property  at 5701  Emerald  Coast
                 Parkway, Destin, Florida.

           10.3  Property   Co-tenancy    Ownership
                 Agreement  dated September9, 1997  between
                 the  Partnership and Truong Hoang, Trustee
                 and  Thanh  Do,  Trustee of  the  Hoang-Do
                 Family   Living  Trust  relating  to   the
                 property  at  5701 Emerald Coast  Parkway,
                 Destin, Florida.

           10.4  Purchase  Agreement dated  September
                 9,  1997 between the Partnership and  Nick
                 DeVito,  Inc. relating to the property  at
                 6867 Highway 90 West, San Antonio, Texas.

           10.5  Property   Co-tenancy    Ownership
                 Agreement dated September22, 1997  between
                 the  Partnership  and Stanley  E.  LaCorte
                 relating  to the property at 5701  Emerald
                 Coast Parkway, Destin, Florida.

           10.6  Property   Co-tenancy    Ownership
                 Agreement dated September25, 1997  between
                 the  Partnership  and  Nick  DeVito,  Inc.
                 relating  to the property at 6867  Highway
                 90 West, San Antonio, Texas.

           10.7  Purchase  Agreement dated  September
                 30,   1997  between  the  Partnership  and
                 Reginald  O. Hill, Trustee of the Reginald
                 O.  Hill  Trust  dated 5/25/95  and  Donna
                 Jean  Hill, Trustee of the Donna Jean Hill
                 Trust   dated  5/25/95  relating  to   the
                 property  at  6867 Highway  90  West,  San
                 Antonio, Texas.

           10.8  Purchase Agreement dated October  5,
                 1997  between the Partnership and  Anthony
                 Drago,  Trustee,  U/A  DTD  8/19/80,   FBO
                 Anthony  and  Sydelle Drago  Family  Trust
                 relating  to the property at 6867  Highway
                 90 West, San Antonio, Texas.

           10.9  Property   Co-tenancy    Ownership
                 Agreement  dated October 9,  1997  between
                 the  Partnership  and  Reginald  O.  Hill,
                 Trustee  of  the Reginald  O.  Hill  Trust
                 dated   5/25/95  and  Donna   Jean   Hill,
                 Trustee  of  the  Donna  Jean  Hill  Trust
                 dated 5/25/95 relating to the property  at
                 6867 Highway 90 West, San Antonio, Texas.

                   PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
                           (Continued)

ITEM 6.EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K  (Continued)

      a. Exhibits -
                           Description

          10.10  Property  Co-tenancy  Ownership
                 Agreement  dated October 24, 1997  between
                 the   Partnership   and   Anthony   Drago,
                 Trustee, U/A DTD 8/19/80, FBO Anthony  and
                 Sydelle  Drago  Family Trust  relating  to
                 the  property at 6867 Highway 90 West, San
                 Antonio, Texas.

            27   Financial Data Schedule  for  period
                 ended September 30, 1997.

       b.  Reports filed on Form 8-K - None.


                           SIGNATURES
                                
     In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the
Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its  behalf  by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Dated:  November 4, 1997      AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII
                              Limited Partnership
                              By:  AEI Fund Management  XVIII, Inc.
                              Its: Managing General Partner



                              By: /s/ Robert P Johnson
                                      Robert P. Johnson
                                      President
                                      (Principal Executive Officer)



                              By: /s/ Mark E Larson
                                      Mark E. Larson
                                      Chief Financial Officer
                                      (Principal Accounting Officer)



                       PURCHASE AGREEMENT
               Applebee's Restaurant - Destin, FL

This  AGREEMENT, entered into effective as of the 16th  of  July,
1997 .

l.  Parties.  Seller  is  AEI  Real  Estate  Fund  XVIII  Limited
Partnership which owns an undivided 37.9481% interest in the  fee
title  to  that  certain real property legally described  in  the
attached Exhibit "A" (the "Entire Property")  Buyer is Stanley E.
La  Corte,  ("Buyer"). Seller wishes to sell and Buyer wishes  to
buy  a  portion as Tenant in Common of Seller's interest  in  the
Entire Property.

2. Property. The Property to be sold to Buyer in this transaction
consists    of   an   undivided   17.7781   percentage   interest
(hereinafter, simply the "Property")  as Tenant in Common in  the
Entire Property.

3.  Purchase  Price  .  The purchase price  for  this  percentage
interest in the Entire Property is $300,000, all cash.

4.    Terms. The purchase price for the Property will be paid  by
Buyer as follows:
     
     (a)  When this agreement is executed, Buyer will pay  $5,000
     to Seller (which shall be deposited into escrow according to
     the  terms hereof) (the "First Payment"). The First  Payment
     will  be  credited against the purchase price  when  and  if
     escrow closes and the sale is completed.
     
     (b)  Buyer  will deposit the balance of the purchase  price,
     $295,000  (the  "Second Payment") into escrow in  sufficient
     time to allow escrow to close on the closing date.

5.  Closing  Date.   Escrow shall close on or before  August  14,
1997.

6.  Due  Diligence. Buyer will have until the expiration  of  the
fifth business day after delivery of each of following items,  to
be  supplied by Seller, to conduct all of its inspections and due
diligence  and satisfy itself regarding each item, the  Property,
and  this transaction.  Buyer agrees to indemnify and hold Seller
harmless for any loss or damage to the Entire Property or persons
caused  by  Buyer  or  its agents arising out  of  such  physical
inspections of the Entire Property.  (The "Review Period")

     (a)   The  original  and  one  copy  of  a  title  insurance
     commitment  for  an  Owner's  Title  insurance  policy  (see
     paragraph 8 below).
     
     (b)  Copies  of  a Certificate of Occupancy  or  other  such
     document  certifying completion and granting  permission  to
     permanently  occupy the improvements on the Entire  Property
     as are in Seller's possession.
     
     (c)  Copies  of an "as built" survey of the Entire  Property
     done concurrent with Seller's acquisition of the Property.
     
     (d)  Lease  (as set forth in paragraph 11(a) below)  of  the
     Entire  Property  showing occupancy date,  lease  expiration
     date,  rent,  and  Guarantys, if any,  accompanied  by  such
     tenant  financial statements as may have been provided  most
     recently to Seller by the Tenant and/or Guarantors.
     
     It is a contingency upon Seller's obligations hereunder that
two  (2)  copies  of  Co-Tenancy Agreement in the  form  attached
hereto  duly  executed by Buyer and Seller and  dated  on  escrow
closing date be delivered to the Seller on the closing date.



Buyer Initial:
Purchase Agreement for Applebee's - Destin, FL

      Buyer may cancel this agreement for ANY REASON in its  sole
discretion  by  delivering a cancellation notice, return  receipt
requested,  to Seller and escrow holder before the expiration  of
the  Review  Period. Such notice shall be deemed  effective  only
upon  receipt  by Seller.  If this Agreement is not cancelled  as
set forth above, the First Payment shall be non-refundable unless
Seller shall default hereunder.

      If  Buyer  cancels this Agreement as permitted  under  this
Section,  except  for  any  escrow  cancellation  fees  and   any
liabilities  under sections 15(a) of this agreement  (which  will
survive),  Buyer  (after execution of such  documents  reasonably
requested by Seller to evidence the termination hereof) shall  be
returned  its  First Payment, and Buyer will have  absolutely  no
rights,  claims  or interest of any type in connection  with  the
Property  or this transaction, regardless of any alleged  conduct
by Seller or anyone else.

      Unless this Agreement is canceled by Buyer pursuant to  the
terms  hereof, if Buyer fails to make the Second Payment,  Seller
shall   be  entitled  to  retain  the  First  Payment  and  Buyer
irrevocably  will be deemed to have canceled this  Agreement  and
relinquish  all rights in and to the Property unless Buyer  makes
the  Second  Payment  when required. If  this  Agreement  is  not
canceled  and  the Second Payment is made when required,  all  of
Buyer's conditions and contingencies will be deemed satisfied.

7.  Escrow. Escrow shall be opened by Seller and funds  deposited
in  escrow upon acceptance of this Agreement by both parties. The
escrow  holder  will  be a nationally-recognized  escrow  company
selected by Seller. A copy of this Agreement will be delivered to
the  escrow holder and will serve as escrow instructions together
with the escrow holder's standard instructions and any additional
instructions required by the escrow holder to clarify its  rights
and  duties  (and  the  parties agree to  sign  these  additional
instructions).  If  there  is any conflict  between  these  other
instructions and this Agreement, this Agreement will control.

8.   Title.  Closing will be conditioned on the  agreement  of  a
title  company selected by Seller to issue an Owner's  policy  of
title  insurance, dated as of the close of escrow, in  an  amount
equal  to  the  purchase  price, insuring  that  Buyer  will  own
insurable  title  to  the Property subject  only  to:  the  title
company's  standard exceptions;  current real property taxes  and
assessments;  survey  exceptions;  the  rights  of   parties   in
possession pursuant to the Lease defined in paragraph  11  below;
and  other  items of record disclosed to Buyer during the  Review
Period.

      Buyer shall be allowed five (5) days after receipt of  said
commitment  for examination and the making of any  objections  to
marketability thereto, said objections to be made in  writing  or
deemed  waived.  If any objections are so made, the Seller  shall
be  allowed eighty (80) days to make such title marketable or  in
the  alternative  to  obtain  a commitment  for  insurable  title
insuring over Buyer's objections.  If Seller shall decide to make
no  efforts to make title marketable, or is unable to make  title
marketable or obtain insurable title, (after execution  by  Buyer
of  such documents reasonably requested by Seller to evidence the
termination  hereof) Buyer's First Payment shall be returned  and
this Agreement shall be null and void and of no further force and
effect.

     Pending correction of title, the payments hereunder required
shall  be postponed, but upon correction of title and within  ten
(10)  days  after written notice of correction to the Buyer,  the
parties shall perform this Agreement according to its terms.



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Purchase Agreement for Applebee' - Destin, FL

9.   Closing Costs.  Seller will pay one-half of escrow fees, the
cost  of  the  title  commitment and  any  brokerage  commissions
payable.   The  Buyer  will pay the cost of  issuing  a  standard
Owners  Title Insurance Policy in the full amount of the purchase
price,  if  Buyer shall decide to purchase the same.  Buyer  will
pay all recording fees, one-half of the escrow fees, and the cost
of an update to the Survey in Sellers possession (if an update is
required by Buyer.)  Each party will pay its own attorney's  fees
and costs to document and close this transaction.

10.  Real Estate Taxes, Special Assessments and Prorations.

     (a)  Because the Entire Property (of which the Property is a
     part) is subject to a triple net lease (as further set forth
     in  paragraph 11(a)(i)), the parties acknowledge that  there
     shall  be no need for a real estate tax proration.  However,
     Seller  represents  that to the best of its  knowledge,  all
     real  estate  taxes and installments of special  assessments
     due  and  payable in all years prior to the year of  Closing
     have  been paid in full.  Unpaid levied and pending  special
     assessments  existing on the date of Closing  shall  be  the
     responsibility  of Buyer and Seller in proportion  to  their
     respective  Tenant in Common interests.   Seller  and  Buyer
     shall  likewise pay all taxes due and payable  in  the  year
     after   Closing  and  any  unpaid  installments  of  special
     assessments payable therewith and thereafter, if such unpaid
     levied and pending special assessments and real estate taxes
     are not paid by any tenant of the Entire Property.
     
     (b)   All income and all operating expenses from the  Entire
     Property  shall be prorated between the parties and adjusted
     by them as of the date of Closing.  Seller shall be entitled
     to  all  income  earned  and shall be  responsible  for  all
     expenses  incurred prior to the date of Closing,  and  Buyer
     shall  be entitled to its proportionate share of all  income
     earned and shall be responsible for its proportionate  shall
     of all operating expenses of the Entire Property incurred on
     and after the date of Closing.
     
11.  Seller's Representation and Agreements.

     (a)  Seller represents and warrants as of this date that:

     (i)   Except  for  the lease in existence between  AEI  Real
     Estate   Fund   XVIII  Limited  Partnership  and   T.S.S.O.,
     Inc.("Tenant"), dated October 31, 1991 (as amended by letter
     agreement dated September 21, 1995 between AEI and  Tenant),
     Seller  is  not  aware of any leases of the  Property.   The
     above  referenced lease agreement has an option to  purchase
     in  favor of the Tenant as set forth in article 35  of  said
     lease agreement.

     (ii)   It  is  not  aware  of  any  pending  litigation   or
     condemnation  proceedings against the Property  or  Seller's
     interest in the Property.
     
     (iii)   Except as previously disclosed to Buyer and  as  set
     forth  in  paragraph (b) below, Seller is not aware  of  any
     contracts Seller has executed that would be binding on Buyer
     after the closing date.
          
     (b)   Provided  that  Buyer performs  its  obligations  when
     required, Seller agrees that it will not enter into any  new
     contracts  prior  to the Closing Date that would  materially
     affect  the  Property  and be binding  on  Buyer  after  the
     Closing  Date without Buyer's prior consent, which will  not
     be  unreasonably withheld.  However, Buyer acknowledges that
     Seller retains the right both prior to and after the Closing
     Date  to  freely  transfer  all or  a  portion  of  Seller's
     remaining   undivided  interest  in  the  Entire   Property,
     provided  such  sale shall not encumber the  Property  being
     purchased by Buyer in violation of the terms hereof  or  the
     contemplated Co-Tenancy Agreement.
     
     
     
     
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12.  Disclosures.

     (a)   To the best of Seller's knowledge: there are now,  and
     at  the  Closing  there  will be, no material,  physical  or
     mechanical  defects  of  the  Property,  including,  without
     limitation,   the   plumbing,  heating,  air   conditioning,
     ventilating, electrical systems, and all such items  are  in
     good  operating condition and repair and in compliance  with
     all  applicable  governmental , zoning and  land  use  laws,
     ordinances, regulations and requirements.
     
     (b)   To  the  best  of  Seller's  knowledge:  the  use  and
     operation of the Property now is, and at the time of Closing
     will  be, in full compliance with applicable building codes,
     safety,   fire,  zoning,  and  land  use  laws,  and   other
     applicable   local,  state  and  federal  laws,  ordinances,
     regulations and requirements.
     
     (c)   Seller  knows  of no facts nor has  Seller  failed  to
     disclose  to  Buyer  any fact known to  Seller  which  would
     prevent  the  use  and operation of the Property  after  the
     Closing  in the manner in which the Property has  been  used
     and operated prior to the date of this Agreement.
     
     (d)  To the best of Seller's knowledge: the Property is not,
     and  as  of  the  Closing will not be, in violation  of  any
     federal,  state  or  local  law,  ordinance  or  regulations
     relating  to  industrial  hygiene or  to  the  environmental
     conditions  on, under, or about the Property including,  but
     not  limited  to, soil and groundwater conditions.   To  the
     best  of  Seller's  knowledge: there  is  no  proceeding  or
     inquiry  by any governmental authority with respect  to  the
     presence  of  Hazardous Materials on  the  Property  or  the
     migration  of Hazardous Materials from or to other property.
     Buyer agrees that Seller will have no liability of any  type
     to  Buyer  or Buyer's successors, assigns, or affiliates  in
     connection  with any Hazardous Materials on or in connection
     with  the Property either before or after the Closing  Date,
     except such Hazardous Materials on or in connection with the
     Property  arising out of Seller's negligence or  intentional
     misconduct  in violation of applicable state or federal  law
     or regulation.
     
     (e)   Buyer agrees that it shall be purchasing the  Property
     in  its  then present condition, as is, where is, and Seller
     has  no  obligations to construct or repair any improvements
     thereon  or to perform any other act regarding the Property,
     except as expressly provided herein.
     
     (f)    Buyer  acknowledges  that,  having  been  given   the
     opportunity  to  inspect  the Property  and  such  financial
     information  on the Tenant and Guarantors of  the  Lease  as
     Buyer or its advisors shall request, Buyer is relying solely
     on  its  own  investigation of the Property and not  on  any
     information provided by Seller  or to be provided except  as
     set  forth  herein.   Buyer further  acknowledges  that  the
     information  provided  and to be  provided  by  Seller  with
     respect to the Property and to the Tenant and Guarantors  of
     Lease  was  obtained  from a variety of sources  and  Seller
     neither   (a)   has   made  independent   investigation   or
     verification   of  such  information,  or  (b)   makes   any
     representations as to the accuracy or completeness  of  such
     information.   The  sale  of the Property  as  provided  for
     herein  is  made  on an "AS IS" basis, and  Buyer  expressly
     acknowledges  that, in consideration of  the  agreements  of
     Seller  herein, except as otherwise specified herein, Seller
     makes no warranty or representation, express or implied,  or
     arising by operation of law, including, but not limited  to,
     any  warranty  or  condition,  habitability,  tenantability,
     suitability  for  commercial purposes,  merchantability,  or
     fitness  for  a  particular  purpose,  in  respect  of   the
     Property.
     
     The provisions (d) - (f) above shall survive closing.
     
     
     
     
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13.  Closing.

     (a)   Before  the  closing date, Seller  will  deposit  into
     escrow an executed limited warranty deed conveying insurable
     title  of the Property to Buyer, subject to the encumbrances
     contained in paragraph 8 above.
     
     (b)   On or before the closing date, Buyer will deposit into
     escrow:  the  balance  of the purchase price  when  required
     under  Section  4; any additional funds required  of  Buyer,
     (pursuant to this agreement or any other agreement  executed
     by  Buyer) to close escrow.  Both parties will sign the  Co-
     Tenancy  Agreement,  and deliver to the  escrow  holder  any
     other documents reasonably required by the escrow holder  to
     close escrow.
     
     (c)   On  the  closing date, if escrow is in a  position  to
     close,  the  escrow  holder will: record  the  deed  in  the
     official  records  of  the  county  where  the  Property  is
     located;  cause  the title company to commit  to  issue  the
     title  policy; immediately deliver to Seller the portion  of
     the  purchase price deposited into escrow by cashier's check
     or  wire  transfer  (less debits and  prorations,  if  any);
     deliver  to  Seller  and Buyer a signed counterpart  of  the
     escrow  holder's certified closing statement  and  take  all
     other actions necessary to close escrow.

14.   Defaults.  If Buyer defaults, Buyer will forfeit all rights
and  claims  and  Seller will be relieved of all obligations  and
will  be  entitled to retain all monies heretofore  paid  by  the
Buyer.   Seller shall retain all remedies available to Seller  at
law or in equity.

     If Seller shall default, Buyer irrevocably waives any rights
to file a lis pendens, a specific performance action or any other
claim,  action or proceeding of any type in connection  with  the
Property or this or any other transaction involving the Property,
and  will  not  do  anything to affect title to the  Property  or
hinder,  delay  or  prevent  any  other  sale,  lease  or   other
transaction involving the Property (any and all of which will  be
null  and void), unless: it has paid the First Payment, deposited
the  balance  of the Second Payment for the purchase  price  into
escrow, performed all of its other obligations and satisfied  all
conditions  under  this  Agreement, and unconditionally  notified
Seller  that it stands ready to tender full performance, purchase
the  Property and close escrow as per this Agreement,  regardless
of  any  alleged  default  or misconduct  by  Seller.   Provided,
however, that in no event shall Seller be liable for any  actual,
punitive, consequential or speculative damages arising out of any
default by Seller hereunder.
     
15.  Buyer's Representations and Warranties.
     
     a.  Buyer represents and warrants to Seller as follows:

     (i)   In  addition to the acts and deeds recited herein  and
     contemplated  to  be performed, executed, and  delivered  by
     Buyer, Buyer shall perform, execute and deliver or cause  to
     be  performed,  executed, and delivered at  the  Closing  or
     after  the  Closing,  any and all further  acts,  deeds  and
     assurances as Seller or the Title Company may require and be
     reasonable   in   order  to  consummate   the   transactions
     contemplated herein.
     
     (ii)   Buyer  has  all  requisite  power  and  authority  to
     consummate  the  transaction contemplated by this  Agreement
     and  has by proper proceedings duly authorized the execution
     and  delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of  the
     transaction contemplated hereby.
     
     (iii)   To  Buyer's  knowledge, neither  the  execution  and
     delivery  of  this  Agreement nor the  consummation  of  the
     transaction  contemplated  hereby  will  violate  or  be  in
     conflict with (a) any applicable provisions of law, (b)  any
     order of any court or other agency of government having
     
     
     
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     jurisdiction  hereof, or (c) any agreement or instrument  to
     which Buyer is a party or by which Buyer is bound.
     
16.  Damages, Destruction and Eminent Domain.

     (a)   If, prior to closing, the Property or any part thereof
     be  destroyed  or further damaged by fire, the elements,  or
     any cause, due to events occurring subsequent to the date of
     this Agreement to the extent that the cost of repair exceeds
     $10,000.00,  this Agreement shall become null and  void,  at
     Buyer's  option exercised, if at all, by written  notice  to
     Seller within ten (10) days after Buyer has received written
     notice  from Seller of said destruction or damage.   Seller,
     however,  shall  have  the right to  adjust  or  settle  any
     insured  loss  until  (i)  all contingencies  set  forth  in
     Paragraph 6 hereof have been satisfied, or waived; and  (ii)
     any  ten-day  period provided for above in this Subparagraph
     16a  for  Buyer  to  elect to terminate this  Agreement  has
     expired  or  Buyer has, by written notice to Seller,  waived
     Buyer's right to terminate this Agreement.  If Buyer  elects
     to  proceed  and  to  consummate the purchase  despite  said
     damage  or  destruction, there shall be no reduction  in  or
     abatement of the purchase price, and Seller shall assign  to
     Buyer the Seller's right, title, and interest in and to  all
     insurance  proceeds  (pro-rata in  relation  to  the  Entire
     Property) resulting from said damage or destruction  to  the
     extent  that the same are payable with respect to damage  to
     the  Property, subject to rights of any Tenant of the Entire
     Property.
     
     If  the cost of repair is less than $10,000.00, Buyer  shall
     be  obligated  to  otherwise  perform  hereinunder  with  no
     adjustment  to  the Purchase Price, reduction or  abatement,
     and  Seller shall assign Seller's right, title and  interest
     in and to all insurance proceeds pro-rata in relation to the
     Entire  Property,  subject to rights of any  Tenant  of  the
     Entire Property.
     
     (b)   If,  prior  to  closing, the  Property,  or  any  part
     thereof,  is  taken by eminent domain, this Agreement  shall
     become null and void, at Buyer's option.  If Buyer elects to
     proceed  and to consummate the purchase despite said taking,
     there  shall  be  no  reduction in,  or  abatement  of,  the
     purchase  price,  and  Seller  shall  assign  to  Buyer  the
     Seller's  right,  title, and interest in and  to  any  award
     made, or to be made, in the condemnation proceeding pro-rata
     in relation to the Entire Property, subject to rights of any
     Tenant of the Entire Property.
     
      In the event that this Agreement is terminated by Buyer  as
provided  above  in  Subparagraph 16a or 16b, the  First  Payment
shall  be immediately returned to Buyer (after execution by Buyer
of  such documents reasonably requested by Seller to evidence the
termination hereof).

17.  Buyer's 1031 Tax Free Exchange.

      While  Seller  acknowledges that Buyer  is  purchasing  the
Property  as  "replacement property" to  accomplish  a  tax  free
exchange,   Buyer   acknowledges  that   Seller   has   made   no
representations,  warranties, or agreements to Buyer  or  Buyer's
agents  that  the transaction contemplated by the Agreement  will
qualify  for such tax treatment, nor has there been any  reliance
thereon by Buyer respecting the legal or tax implications of  the
transactions contemplated hereby.  Buyer further represents  that
it has sought and obtained such third party advice and counsel as
it  deems  necessary in regards to the tax implications  of  this
transaction.

      Buyer  intends that this transaction qualify as an exchange
under  Section  1031 of the Internal Revenue  Code  of  1986  and
regulations  thereunder.   Buyer  intends  to  perfect  the  1031
exchange by way of a simultaneous exchange of properties  through
concurrently  conditional closing escrows conducted under  escrow
instruction that will qualify the transaction under Section 1031.




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18.  Cancellation

     If  any party elects to cancel this Contract because of  any
     breach by another party, the party electing to cancel  shall
     deliver  to escrow agent a notice containing the address  of
     the party in breach and stating that this Contract shall  be
     cancelled  unless  the  breach  is  cured  within  13   days
     following  the  delivery of the notice to the escrow  agent.
     Within  three days after receipt of such notice, the  escrow
     agent  shall send it by United States Mail to the  party  in
     breach at the address contained in the Notice and no further
     notice  shall be required. If the breach is not cured within
     the  13  days  following the delivery of the notice  to  the
     escrow agent, this Contract shall be cancelled.

19.  Miscellaneous.

     (a)  This Agreement may be amended only by written agreement
     signed by both Seller and Buyer, and all waivers must be  in
     writing  and signed by the waiving party.  Time  is  of  the
     essence.   This  Agreement  will not  be  construed  for  or
     against  a party whether or not that party has drafted  this
     Agreement.  If there is any action or proceeding between the
     parties relating to this Agreement the prevailing party will
     be  entitled to recover attorney's fees and costs.  This  is
     an  integrated  agreement containing all agreements  of  the
     parties  about the Property and the other matters described,
     and  it  supersedes any other agreements or  understandings.
     Exhibits  attached  to this Agreement are incorporated  into
     this Agreement.
     
     (b)   If  this  escrow  has not closed by  August  14,  1997
     through  no  fault  of Seller, Seller  may  either,  at  its
     election,  extend  the closing date or exercise  any  remedy
     available   to   it  by  law,  including  terminating   this
     Agreement.
     
     (c)  Funds to be deposited or paid by Buyer must be good and
     clear  funds in the form of cash, cashier's checks  or  wire
     transfers.
     
     (d)   All notices from either of the parties hereto  to  the
     other  shall be in writing and shall be considered  to  have
     been  duly  given or served if sent by first class certified
     mail,  return receipt requested, postage prepaid,  or  by  a
     nationally recognized courier service guaranteeing overnight
     delivery to the party at his or its address set forth below,
     or  to  such  other  address  as such  party  may  hereafter
     designate by written notice to the other party.
     
     If to Seller:
     
          Attention:  Robert P. Johnson
          AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership
          1300 Minnesota World Trade Center
          30 E. 7th Street
          St. Paul, MN  55101
     
     If to Buyer:
     
          Stanley E. La Corte
          400 East Colonial drive
          Suite 609
          Orlando, FL  32803
     
      When  accepted, this offer will be a binding agreement  for
valid  and  sufficient consideration which will bind and  benefit
Buyer, Seller and their respective successors and assigns.  Buyer
is submitting this offer by signing


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a  copy  of  this offer and delivering it to Seller.  Seller  has
five  (5) business days from receipt within which to accept  this
offer.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and Buyer have executed this
Agreement effective as of the day and year above first written.

BUYER:    Stanley E. La Corte

          By: /s/ Stanley E. LaCorte

          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Edward A Kerber
     
          Edward A Kerber
          (Print Name)
     
          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Lavonne Harmon
     
          Lavonne Harmon
          (Print Name)

SELLER:   AEI  REAL  ESTATE  FUND XVIII  LIMITED  PARTNERSHIP,  a
Minnesota limited partnership.

     By: AEI Fund Management XVIII, Inc., its corporate general partner

     By: /s/ Robert P Johnson
             Robert P. Johnson, President
     
          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Laura M Steidl
     
          Laura M Steidl
          (Print Name)
     
          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Kelly Kae Schuller
     
          Kelly Kae Schuller
          (Print Name)
     
     
     
     
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                                     EXHIBIT A
     
                                  Legal Description
     
     
     
     Premises:  APPLEBEE'S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL & BAR
     
     
     
     A  portion of Section 26, Township 2 South.  Range 21  West,
     Walton County, Florida, being more particularly described as
     follows:
     
     Commence  at  the  intersection with the East  line  of  the
     aforesaid  Section  26  and the North Right-of-way  Line  of
     State  Road  30  (U.S. 98. 100' R/W);  thence  go  North  77
     degrees 09 minutes 03 seconds West along the aforesaid Right-
     of-way  line,  a  distance of 1233.51 feet  to  a  point  of
     curvature:  thence go along a curve to the  left,  having  a
     radius of 5779.65 feet, an arc distance of 1060.26 feet (CH.
     =  1058.78',  CH.  BRG.  = North 82 degrees  24  minutes  26
     seconds West); thence departing the aforesaid North Right-of-
     way line, go North 02 degrees 59 seconds 27 minutes East,  a
     distance of 10.00 feet to a point on a curve, being  concave
     southerly and having a radius of 5789.65 feet and the  Point
     of  Beginning:  thence go northwesterly along the  aforesaid
     curve,  an  arc distance of 180.00 feet (CH. = 179.99',  CH.
     BRG.  = North 88 degrees 33 minutes 11 seconds West): thence
     go  North  02 degrees 59 minutes 27 seconds East, a distance
     of  215.00  feet: thence go South 88 degrees 38  minutes  25
     seconds  East, a distance of 178.79 feet to  a  Point  on  a
     curve,  being concave southwesterly and having a  radius  of
     44.90  feet:  thence  go Southeasterly along  the  aforesaid
     curve,  an  arc distance of 10.44 feet (CHI. = 10.42'.  CHI.
     BRAG. = South 03 degrees 39 minutes 46 seconds  East) to the
     Point of Tangency: thence go South 02 degrees 59 minutes  27
     seconds  East,  a distance of 204.89 feet to  the  Point  of
     Beginning.
     
     
     EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION
     
     lying  Northerly of and within 66 feet of the centerline  of
     survey  of State Road 30 (US 98) Section 60020, Westerly  of
     Station 248+00 and lying Northerly of and within 67 feet  of
     said  centerline  of  survey,  between  Station  248+00  and
     Station  256+51  and lying Northerly of said  centerline  of
     survey  and  within  a transition from 67  feet  at  Station
     256+51 to 87 feet at Station 256+76; and lying Northerly  of
     and  within  110 feet of said centerline of survey,  between
     Station  256+76 and Station 257+36; and lying  Northerly  of
     said  centerline of survey and within a transition  from  87
     feet  at  Station 257+36 to 67 feet at Station  257+61;  and
     lying Northerly of and within 67 feet of said centerline  of
     survey  Easterly of Station 257+611; said centerline  to  be
     described  and  said  Stations to  be  located  as  follows:
     Commence  on  a  capped rod (RLS # 1835)  at  the  Southeast
     corner  of  Sandestin  Estates  Subdivision,  as  per   plat
     recorded  in Plat Book 4, Page 25 of the Public  Records  of
     Walton County,  Florida; thence South 44 16' 49" East 101.64
     feet;  thence  North 83 48' 54" East 3476.74 feet  (crossing
     the East line of Section 27, Township 2 South, Range 21 West
     and  the West line of Section 26, Township 2 South 2  South,
     Range  21  West) to the POINT OF BEGINNING of centerline  of
     survey  to  be  described  herein,  said  point  being   the
     beginning of a curve, concave Southerly, having a radius  of
     5729.58   feet;  thence  run  Northeasterly,  Easterly   and
     Southeasterly 1302.52 feet along said curve, thru a  central
     angle  of  13  o1'  31" to Station 248+00;  thence  continue
     Southeasterly 695.62 feet along said curve, thru  a  central
     angle of 6 57' 22" to the end of curve; thence South 76  12'
     14"  East  155.38  feet to Station 256+51;  thence  continue
     South  76  12' 14" East 25.0 feet to Station 256+76;  thence
     continue South 76 12' 14" East 60.00 feet to Station 257+36;
     thence  continue South 76 12'14" East 25.0 feet  to  Station
     257+61; thence continue South 76 12' 14" East 977.87 feet to
     the  East line of said Section 26 (West line of Section  25,
     Township  2  South  Range 21 West) at a point  4561.50  feet
     South  1  50' 37" West of a four inch by four inch  concrete
     monument  on  the  Northeast  corner  of  said  Section   26
     (Northwest corner of said Section 25); thence continue South
     76 12' 14" East 1359.55 feet to a point of intersection with
     the Southerly extension of the Easterly line of Parcel A  of
     Tract  308  of  said Section 25; and end  of  centerline  of
     survey herein described; said point being 518.40 feet  South
     2 00' 23" West of a capped rod (RLS # 2535) on the Northeast
     corner of said partial A; containing 1080 square feet,  more
     or less.
     

     


                       PURCHASE AGREEMENT
               Applebee's Restaurant - Destin, FL

This  AGREEMENT, entered into effective as of the 19  of  August,
1997 .

l.  Parties.  Seller  is  AEI  Real  Estate  Fund  XVIII  Limited
Partnership which owns an undivided 37.9481% interest in the  fee
title  to  that  certain real property legally described  in  the
attached  Exhibit "A" (the "Entire Property")   Buyer  is  Truong
Hoang,  Trustee  and  Thanh Do, Trustee of  the  Hoang-Do  Family
Living Trust, dated 8/19/97, ("Buyer"). Seller wishes to sell and
Buyer  wishes  to buy a portion as Tenant in Common  of  Seller's
interest in the Entire Property.

2. Property. The Property to be sold to Buyer in this transaction
consists    of   an   undivided   14.3409   percentage   interest
(hereinafter, simply the "Property") as Tenant in Common  in  the
Entire Property.

3.  Purchase  Price  .  The purchase price  for  this  percentage
interest in the Entire Property is $242,000, all cash.

4.    Terms. The purchase price for the Property will be paid  by
Buyer as follows:
     
     (a)  When this agreement is executed, Buyer will pay  $5,000
     to Seller (which shall be deposited into escrow according to
     the  terms hereof) (the "First Payment"). The First  Payment
     will  be  credited against the purchase price  when  and  if
     escrow closes and the sale is completed.
     
     (b)  Buyer  will deposit the balance of the purchase  price,
     $237,000  (the  "Second Payment") into escrow in  sufficient
     time to allow escrow to close on the closing date.

5.  Closing Date.  Escrow shall close on or before September  30,
1997.

6.  Due  Diligence. Buyer will have until the expiration  of  the
fifteenth business day after delivery of each of following items,
to  be supplied by Seller, to conduct all of its inspections  and
due  diligence  and  satisfy  itself  regarding  each  item,  the
Property,  and  this transaction.  Buyer agrees to indemnify  and
hold  Seller  harmless  for any loss  or  damage  to  the  Entire
Property or persons caused by Buyer or its agents arising out  of
such  physical inspections of the Entire Property.  (The  "Review
Period")

     (a)   The  original  and  one  copy  of  a  title  insurance
     commitment  for  an  Owner's  Title  insurance  policy  (see
     paragraph 8 below).
     
     (b)  Copies  of  a Certificate of Occupancy  or  other  such
     document  certifying completion and granting  permission  to
     permanently  occupy the improvements on the Entire  Property
     as are in Seller's possession.
     
     (c)  Copies  of an "as built" survey of the Entire  Property
     done concurrent with Seller's acquisition of the Property.
     
     (d)  Lease  (as set forth in paragraph 11(a) below)  of  the
     Entire  Property  showing occupancy date,  lease  expiration
     date,  rent,  and  Guarantys, if any,  accompanied  by  such
     tenant  financial statements as may have been provided  most
     recently to Seller by the Tenant and/or Guarantors.
     
     (e) Phase 1 Environmental Report.
     
     
     
     Buyer Initial: /s/ T.D. /s/ TH
     Purchase Agreement for Applebee's - Destin,FL
     
     
     
     
     It is a contingency upon Seller's obligations hereunder that
two  (2)  copies  of  Co-Tenancy Agreement in the  form  attached
hereto  duly  executed by Buyer and Seller and  dated  on  escrow
closing date be delivered to the Seller on the closing date.

      Buyer may cancel this agreement for ANY REASON in its  sole
discretion  by  delivering a cancellation notice, return  receipt
requested,  to Seller and escrow holder before the expiration  of
the  Review  Period. Such notice shall be deemed  effective  only
upon  receipt  by Seller.  If this Agreement is not cancelled  as
set forth above, the First Payment shall be non-refundable unless
Seller shall default hereunder.

      If  Buyer  cancels this Agreement as permitted  under  this
Section,  except  for  any  escrow  cancellation  fees  and   any
liabilities  under sections 15(a) of this agreement  (which  will
survive),  Buyer  (after execution of such  documents  reasonably
requested by Seller to evidence the termination hereof) shall  be
returned  its  First Payment, and Buyer will have  absolutely  no
rights,  claims  or interest of any type in connection  with  the
Property  or this transaction, regardless of any alleged  conduct
by Seller or anyone else.

      Unless this Agreement is canceled by Buyer pursuant to  the
terms  hereof, if Buyer fails to make the Second Payment,  Seller
shall   be  entitled  to  retain  the  First  Payment  and  Buyer
irrevocably  will be deemed to have canceled this  Agreement  and
relinquish  all rights in and to the Property unless Buyer  makes
the  Second  Payment  when required. If  this  Agreement  is  not
canceled  and  the Second Payment is made when required,  all  of
Buyer's conditions and contingencies will be deemed satisfied.

7.  Escrow. Escrow shall be opened by Seller and funds  deposited
in  escrow upon acceptance of this Agreement by both parties. The
escrow  holder  will  be a nationally-recognized  escrow  company
selected by Seller. A copy of this Agreement will be delivered to
the  escrow holder and will serve as escrow instructions together
with the escrow holder's standard instructions and any additional
instructions required by the escrow holder to clarify its  rights
and  duties  (and  the  parties agree to  sign  these  additional
instructions).  If  there  is any conflict  between  these  other
instructions and this Agreement, this Agreement will control.

8.   Title.  Closing will be conditioned on the  agreement  of  a
title  company selected by Seller to issue an Owner's  policy  of
title  insurance, dated as of the close of escrow, in  an  amount
equal  to  the  purchase  price, insuring  that  Buyer  will  own
insurable  title  to  the Property subject  only  to:  the  title
company's  standard exceptions;  current real property taxes  and
assessments;  survey  exceptions;  the  rights  of   parties   in
possession pursuant to the Lease defined in paragraph  11  below;
and  other  items of record disclosed to Buyer during the  Review
Period.

      Buyer  shall be allowed fifteen (15) days after receipt  of
said  commitment for examination and the making of any objections
to  marketability thereto, said objections to be made in  writing
or  deemed  waived.  If any objections are so  made,  the  Seller
shall  be  allowed eighty (80) days to make such title marketable
or  in the alternative to obtain a commitment for insurable title
insuring over Buyer's objections.  If Seller shall decide to make
no  efforts to make title marketable, or is unable to make  title
marketable or obtain insurable title, (after execution  by  Buyer
of  such documents reasonably requested by Seller to evidence the
termination  hereof) Buyer's First Payment shall be returned  and
this Agreement shall be null and void and of no further force and
effect.

     Pending correction of title, the payments hereunder required
shall  be postponed, but upon correction of title and within  ten
(10)  days  after written notice of correction to the Buyer,  the
parties shall perform this Agreement according to its terms.




     Buyer Initial: /s/ T.D. /s/ TH
     Purchase Agreement for Applebee's - Destin,FL

9.   Closing Costs.  Seller will pay one-half of escrow fees, the
cost  of the title commitment, one half of the cost of issuing  a
standard Owners Title Insurance Policy in the full amount of  the
purchase price, and any brokerage commissions payable.  The Buyer
will  pay  for one half of the cost of issuing a standard  Owners
Title  Insurance Policy in the full amount of the purchase price,
if  Buyer shall decide to purchase the same.  Buyer will pay  all
recording fees, one-half of the escrow fees, and the cost  of  an
update  to  the  Survey in Sellers possession (if  an  update  is
required by Buyer.)  Each party will pay its own attorney's  fees
and costs to document and close this transaction.

10.  Real Estate Taxes, Special Assessments and Prorations.

     (a)  Because the Entire Property (of which the Property is a
     part) is subject to a triple net lease (as further set forth
     in  paragraph 11(a)(i)), the parties acknowledge that  there
     shall  be no need for a real estate tax proration.  However,
     Seller  represents  that to the best of its  knowledge,  all
     real  estate  taxes and installments of special  assessments
     due  and  payable in all years prior to the year of  Closing
     have  been paid in full.  Unpaid levied and pending  special
     assessments  existing on the date of Closing  shall  be  the
     responsibility  of Buyer and Seller in proportion  to  their
     respective  Tenant in Common interests.   Seller  and  Buyer
     shall  likewise pay all taxes due and payable  in  the  year
     after   Closing  and  any  unpaid  installments  of  special
     assessments payable therewith and thereafter, if such unpaid
     levied and pending special assessments and real estate taxes
     are not paid by any tenant of the Entire Property.
     
     (b)   All income and all operating expenses from the  Entire
     Property  shall be prorated between the parties and adjusted
     by them as of the date of Closing.  Seller shall be entitled
     to  all  income  earned  and shall be  responsible  for  all
     expenses  incurred prior to the date of Closing,  and  Buyer
     shall  be entitled to its proportionate share of all  income
     earned and shall be responsible for its proportionate  shall
     of all operating expenses of the Entire Property incurred on
     and after the date of Closing.
     
11.  Seller's Representation and Agreements.

     (a)  Seller represents and warrants as of this date that:

     (i)   Except  for  the lease in existence between  AEI  Real
     Estate   Fund   XVIII  Limited  Partnership  and   T.S.S.O.,
     Inc.("Tenant"), dated October 31, 1991 (as amended by letter
     agreement dated September 21, 1995 between AEI and  Tenant),
     Seller  is  not  aware of any leases of the  Property.   The
     above  referenced lease agreement has an option to  purchase
     in  favor of the Tenant as set forth in article 35  of  said
     lease agreement.

     (ii)   It  is  not  aware  of  any  pending  litigation   or
     condemnation  proceedings against the Property  or  Seller's
     interest in the Property.
     
     (iii)   Except  as  disclosed to Buyer  in  this  Agreement,
     Seller  is  not aware of any contracts Seller  has  executed
     that would be binding on Buyer after the closing date.
          
     (b)   Provided  that  Buyer performs  its  obligations  when
     required, Seller agrees that it will not enter into any  new
     contracts  prior  to the Closing Date that would  materially
     affect  the  Property  and be binding  on  Buyer  after  the
     Closing  Date without Buyer's prior consent, which will  not
     be  unreasonably withheld.  However, Buyer acknowledges that
     Seller retains the right both prior to and after the Closing
     Date  to  freely  transfer  all or  a  portion  of  Seller's
     remaining   undivided  interest  in  the  Entire   Property,
     provided  such  sale shall not encumber the  Property  being
     purchased by Buyer in violation of the terms hereof  or  the
     contemplated Co-Tenancy Agreement.
     
     
     
     Buyer Initial: /s/ T.D. /s/ TH
     Purchase Agreement for Applebee's - Destin,FL
     
12.  Disclosures.

     (a)   To the best of Seller's knowledge: there are now,  and
     at  the  Closing  there  will be, no material,  physical  or
     mechanical  defects  of  the  Property,  including,  without
     limitation,   the   plumbing,  heating,  air   conditioning,
     ventilating, electrical systems, and all such items  are  in
     good  operating condition and repair and in compliance  with
     all  applicable  governmental , zoning and  land  use  laws,
     ordinances, regulations and requirements.
     
     (b)   To  the  best  of  Seller's  knowledge:  the  use  and
     operation of the Property now is, and at the time of Closing
     will  be, in full compliance with applicable building codes,
     safety,   fire,  zoning,  and  land  use  laws,  and   other
     applicable   local,  state  and  federal  laws,  ordinances,
     regulations and requirements.
     
     (c)   Seller  knows  of no facts nor has  Seller  failed  to
     disclose  to  Buyer  any fact known to  Seller  which  would
     prevent  the  use  and operation of the Property  after  the
     Closing  in the manner in which the Property has  been  used
     and operated prior to the date of this Agreement.
     
     (d)  To the best of Seller's knowledge: the Property is not,
     and  as  of  the  Closing will not be, in violation  of  any
     federal,  state  or  local  law,  ordinance  or  regulations
     relating  to  industrial  hygiene or  to  the  environmental
     conditions  on, under, or about the Property including,  but
     not  limited  to, soil and groundwater conditions.   To  the
     best  of  Seller's  knowledge: there  is  no  proceeding  or
     inquiry  by any governmental authority with respect  to  the
     presence  of  Hazardous Materials on  the  Property  or  the
     migration  of Hazardous Materials from or to other property.
     Buyer agrees that Seller will have no liability of any  type
     to  Buyer  or Buyer's successors, assigns, or affiliates  in
     connection  with any Hazardous Materials on or in connection
     with  the Property either before or after the Closing  Date,
     except as provided under applicable state or federal law  or
     regulation.
     
     (e)   Buyer agrees that it shall be purchasing the  Property
     in  its  then present condition, as is, where is, and Seller
     has  no  obligations to construct or repair any improvements
     thereon  or to perform any other act regarding the Property,
     except as expressly provided herein.
     
     (f)    Buyer  acknowledges  that,  having  been  given   the
     opportunity  to  inspect  the Property  and  such  financial
     information  on the Tenant and Guarantors of  the  Lease  as
     Buyer or its advisors shall request, Buyer is relying solely
     on  its  own  investigation of the Property and not  on  any
     information provided by Seller  or to be provided except  as
     set  forth  herein.   Buyer further  acknowledges  that  the
     information  provided  and to be  provided  by  Seller  with
     respect to the Property and to the Tenant and Guarantors  of
     Lease  was  obtained  from a variety of sources  and  Seller
     neither   (a)   has   made  independent   investigation   or
     verification   of  such  information,  or  (b)   makes   any
     representations as to the accuracy or completeness  of  such
     information.   The  sale  of the Property  as  provided  for
     herein  is  made  on an "AS IS" basis, and  Buyer  expressly
     acknowledges  that, in consideration of  the  agreements  of
     Seller  herein, except as otherwise specified herein, Seller
     makes no warranty or representation, express or implied,  or
     arising by operation of law, including, but not limited  to,
     any  warranty  or  condition,  habitability,  tenantability,
     suitability  for  commercial purposes,  merchantability,  or
     fitness  for  a  particular  purpose,  in  respect  of   the
     Property.
     
     The provisions (d) - (f) above shall survive closing.
     
     
     
     
     Buyer Initial: /s/ T.D. /s/ TH
     Purchase Agreement for Applebee's - Destin,FL
     
13.  Closing.

     (a)   Before  the  closing date, Seller  will  deposit  into
     escrow an executed limited warranty deed conveying insurable
     title  of the Property to Buyer, subject to the encumbrances
     contained in paragraph 8 above.
     
     (b)   On or before the closing date, Buyer will deposit into
     escrow:  the  balance  of the purchase price  when  required
     under  Section  4; any additional funds required  of  Buyer,
     (pursuant to this agreement or any other agreement  executed
     by  Buyer) to close escrow.  Both parties will sign the  Co-
     Tenancy  Agreement,  and deliver to the  escrow  holder  any
     other documents reasonably required by the escrow holder  to
     close escrow.
     
     (c)   On  the  closing date, if escrow is in a  position  to
     close,  the  escrow  holder will: record  the  deed  in  the
     official  records  of  the  county  where  the  Property  is
     located;  cause  the title company to commit  to  issue  the
     title  policy; immediately deliver to Seller the portion  of
     the  purchase price deposited into escrow by cashier's check
     or  wire  transfer  (less debits and  prorations,  if  any);
     deliver  to  Seller  and Buyer a signed counterpart  of  the
     escrow  holder's certified closing statement  and  take  all
     other actions necessary to close escrow.

14.   Defaults.  If Buyer defaults, Buyer will forfeit all rights
and  claims  and  Seller will be relieved of all obligations  and
will  be  entitled to retain all monies heretofore  paid  by  the
Buyer.   Seller shall retain all remedies available to Seller  at
law or in equity.

     If Seller shall default, Buyer irrevocably waives any rights
to file a lis pendens, a specific performance action or any other
claim,  action or proceeding of any type in connection  with  the
Property or this or any other transaction involving the Property,
and  will  not  do  anything to affect title to the  Property  or
hinder,  delay  or  prevent  any  other  sale,  lease  or   other
transaction involving the Property (any and all of which will  be
null  and void), unless: it has paid the First Payment, deposited
the  balance  of the Second Payment for the purchase  price  into
escrow, performed all of its other obligations and satisfied  all
conditions  under  this  Agreement, and unconditionally  notified
Seller  that it stands ready to tender full performance, purchase
the  Property and close escrow as per this Agreement,  regardless
of  any  alleged  default  or misconduct  by  Seller.   Provided,
however, that in no event shall Seller be liable for any  actual,
punitive, consequential or speculative damages arising out of any
default by Seller hereunder.
     
15.  Buyer's Representations and Warranties.
     
     a.  Buyer represents and warrants to Seller as follows:

     (i)   In  addition to the acts and deeds recited herein  and
     contemplated  to  be performed, executed, and  delivered  by
     Buyer, Buyer shall perform, execute and deliver or cause  to
     be  performed,  executed, and delivered at  the  Closing  or
     after  the  Closing,  any and all further  acts,  deeds  and
     assurances as Seller or the Title Company may require and be
     reasonable   in   order  to  consummate   the   transactions
     contemplated herein.
     
     (ii)   Buyer  has  all  requisite  power  and  authority  to
     consummate  the  transaction contemplated by this  Agreement
     and  has by proper proceedings duly authorized the execution
     and  delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of  the
     transaction contemplated hereby.
     
     (iii)   To  Buyer's  knowledge, neither  the  execution  and
     delivery  of  this  Agreement nor the  consummation  of  the
     transaction  contemplated  hereby  will  violate  or  be  in
     conflict with (a) any applicable provisions of law, (b)  any
     order of any court or other agency of government having
     
     
     Buyer Initial: /s/ T.D. /s/ TH
     Purchase Agreement for Applebee's - Destin,FL
     
     
     
     
     jurisdiction  hereof, or (c) any agreement or instrument  to
     which Buyer is a party or by which Buyer is bound.
     
16.  Damages, Destruction and Eminent Domain.

     (a)   If, prior to closing, the Property or any part thereof
     be  destroyed  or further damaged by fire, the elements,  or
     any cause, due to events occurring subsequent to the date of
     this Agreement to the extent that the cost of repair exceeds
     $10,000.00,  this Agreement shall become null and  void,  at
     Buyer's  option exercised, if at all, by written  notice  to
     Seller within ten (10) days after Buyer has received written
     notice  from Seller of said destruction or damage.   Seller,
     however,  shall  have  the right to  adjust  or  settle  any
     insured  loss  until  (i)  all contingencies  set  forth  in
     Paragraph 6 hereof have been satisfied, or waived; and  (ii)
     any  ten-day  period provided for above in this Subparagraph
     16a  for  Buyer  to  elect to terminate this  Agreement  has
     expired  or  Buyer has, by written notice to Seller,  waived
     Buyer's right to terminate this Agreement.  If Buyer  elects
     to  proceed  and  to  consummate the purchase  despite  said
     damage  or  destruction, there shall be no reduction  in  or
     abatement of the purchase price, and Seller shall assign  to
     Buyer the Seller's right, title, and interest in and to  all
     insurance  proceeds  (pro-rata in  relation  to  the  Entire
     Property) resulting from said damage or destruction  to  the
     extent  that the same are payable with respect to damage  to
     the  Property, subject to rights of any Tenant of the Entire
     Property.
     
     If  the cost of repair is less than $10,000.00, Buyer  shall
     be  obligated  to  otherwise  perform  hereinunder  with  no
     adjustment  to  the Purchase Price, reduction or  abatement,
     and  Seller shall assign Seller's right, title and  interest
     in and to all insurance proceeds pro-rata in relation to the
     Entire  Property,  subject to rights of any  Tenant  of  the
     Entire Property.
     
     (b)   If,  prior  to  closing, the  Property,  or  any  part
     thereof,  is  taken by eminent domain, this Agreement  shall
     become null and void, at Buyer's option.  If Buyer elects to
     proceed  and to consummate the purchase despite said taking,
     there  shall  be  no  reduction in,  or  abatement  of,  the
     purchase  price,  and  Seller  shall  assign  to  Buyer  the
     Seller's  right,  title, and interest in and  to  any  award
     made, or to be made, in the condemnation proceeding pro-rata
     in relation to the Entire Property, subject to rights of any
     Tenant of the Entire Property.
     
      In the event that this Agreement is terminated by Buyer  as
provided  above  in  Subparagraph 16a or 16b, the  First  Payment
shall  be immediately returned to Buyer (after execution by Buyer
of  such documents reasonably requested by Seller to evidence the
termination hereof).

17.  Cancellation

     If  any party elects to cancel this Contract because of  any
     breach by another party, the party electing to cancel  shall
     deliver  to escrow agent a notice containing the address  of
     the party in breach and stating that this Contract shall  be
     cancelled  unless  the  breach  is  cured  within  13   days
     following  the  delivery of the notice to the escrow  agent.
     Within  three days after receipt of such notice, the  escrow
     agent  shall send it by United States Mail to the  party  in
     breach at the address contained in the Notice and no further
     notice  shall be required. If the breach is not cured within
     the  13  days  following the delivery of the notice  to  the
     escrow agent, this Contract shall be cancelled.




     Buyer Initial: /s/ T.D. /s/ TH
     Purchase Agreement for Applebee's - Destin,FL


18.  Miscellaneous.

     (a)  This Agreement may be amended only by written agreement
     signed by both Seller and Buyer, and all waivers must be  in
     writing  and signed by the waiving party.  Time  is  of  the
     essence.   This  Agreement  will not  be  construed  for  or
     against  a party whether or not that party has drafted  this
     Agreement.  If there is any action or proceeding between the
     parties relating to this Agreement the prevailing party will
     be  entitled to recover attorney's fees and costs.  This  is
     an  integrated  agreement containing all agreements  of  the
     parties  about the Property and the other matters described,
     and  it  supersedes any other agreements or  understandings.
     Exhibits  attached  to this Agreement are incorporated  into
     this Agreement.
     
     (b)   If  this escrow has not closed by September  30,  1997
     through  no  fault  of Seller, Seller  may  either,  at  its
     election,  extend  the closing date or exercise  any  remedy
     available   to   it  by  law,  including  terminating   this
     Agreement.
     
     (c)  Funds to be deposited or paid by Buyer must be good and
     clear  funds in the form of cash, cashier's checks  or  wire
     transfers.
     
     (d)   All notices from either of the parties hereto  to  the
     other  shall be in writing and shall be considered  to  have
     been  duly  given or served if sent by first class certified
     mail,  return receipt requested, postage prepaid,  or  by  a
     nationally recognized courier service guaranteeing overnight
     delivery to the party at his or its address set forth below,
     or  to  such  other  address  as such  party  may  hereafter
     designate by written notice to the other party.
     
     If to Seller:
     
          Attention:  Robert P. Johnson
          AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership
          1300 Minnesota World Trade Center
          30 E. 7th Street
          St. Paul, MN  55101
     
     If to Buyer:
     
          Hoang-Do Family Living Trust
          Truong Hoang, Trustee
          Thanh Do, Trustee
          3420 Kings Cove Ln
          Chattanooga TN  37416
     
     
      When  accepted, this offer will be a binding agreement  for
valid  and  sufficient consideration which will bind and  benefit
Buyer, Seller and their respective successors and assigns.  Buyer
is  submitting  this offer by signing a copy of  this  offer  and
delivering it to Seller.  Seller has five (5) business days  from
receipt within which to accept this offer.




     Buyer Initial: /s/ T.D. /s/ TH
     Purchase Agreement for Applebee's - Destin,FL


      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and Buyer have executed this
Agreement effective as of the day and year above first written.

BUYER:    Hoang-Do Family Living Trust, dated

          By: /s/ Truong Hoang
                  Truong Hoang, Trustee

          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Michael Do
     
          Michael Do
          (Print Name)
     
          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Mai Ha
     
          Mai Ha
          (Print Name)
     
          By: /s/ Thanh Do
                  Thanh Do, Trustee
     
          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Michael Do
     
          Michael Do
          (Print Name)
     
          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Mai Ha
     
          Mai Ha
          (Print Name)
     




     Buyer Initial: /s/ T.D. /s/ TH
     Purchase Agreement for Applebee's - Destin,FL


SELLER:   AEI  REAL  ESTATE  FUND XVIII  LIMITED  PARTNERSHIP,  a
Minnesota limited partnership.

     By: AEI Fund Management XVIII, Inc., its corporate general partner

     By: /s/ Robert P Johnson
             Robert P. Johnson, President
     
          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Dawn E Campbell
     
          Dawn E Campbell
          (Print Name)
     
          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Jeni K Henrickson
     
          Jeni K Henrickson
          (Print Name)
     
     
     
     
     Buyer Initial: /s/ T.D. /s/ TH
     Purchase Agreement for Applebee's - Destin,FL
     
     
     
                              
                                     EXHIBIT A
     
                                 Legal Description
     
     
     
     Premises:  APPLEBEE'S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL & BAR
     
     
     
     A  portion of Section 26, Township 2 South.  Range 21  West,
     Walton County, Florida, being more particularly described as
     follows:
     
     Commence  at  the  intersection with the East  line  of  the
     aforesaid  Section  26  and the North Right-of-way  Line  of
     State  Road  30  (U.S. 98. 100' R/W);  thence  go  North  77
     degrees 09 minutes 03 seconds West along the aforesaid Right-
     of-way  line,  a  distance of 1233.51 feet  to  a  point  of
     curvature:  thence go along a curve to the  left,  having  a
     radius of 5779.65 feet, an arc distance of 1060.26 feet (CH.
     =  1058.78',  CH.  BRG.  = North 82 degrees  24  minutes  26
     seconds West); thence departing the aforesaid North Right-of-
     way line, go North 02 degrees 59 seconds 27 minutes East,  a
     distance of 10.00 feet to a point on a curve, being  concave
     southerly and having a radius of 5789.65 feet and the  Point
     of  Beginning:  thence go northwesterly along the  aforesaid
     curve,  an  arc distance of 180.00 feet (CH. = 179.99',  CH.
     BRG.  = North 88 degrees 33 minutes 11 seconds West): thence
     go  North  02 degrees 59 minutes 27 seconds East, a distance
     of  215.00  feet: thence go South 88 degrees 38  minutes  25
     seconds  East, a distance of 178.79 feet to  a  Point  on  a
     curve,  being concave southwesterly and having a  radius  of
     44.90  feet:  thence  go Southeasterly along  the  aforesaid
     curve,  an  arc distance of 10.44 feet (CHI. = 10.42'.  CHI.
     BRAG. = South 03 degrees 39 minutes 46 seconds  East) to the
     Point of Tangency: thence go South 02 degrees 59 minutes  27
     seconds  East,  a distance of 204.89 feet to  the  Point  of
     Beginning.
     
     
     EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION
     
     lying  Northerly of and within 66 feet of the centerline  of
     survey  of State Road 30 (US 98) Section 60020, Westerly  of
     Station 248+00 and lying Northerly of and within 67 feet  of
     said  centerline  of  survey,  between  Station  248+00  and
     Station  256+51  and lying Northerly of said  centerline  of
     survey  and  within  a transition from 67  feet  at  Station
     256+51 to 87 feet at Station 256+76; and lying Northerly  of
     and  within  110 feet of said centerline of survey,  between
     Station  256+76 and Station 257+36; and lying  Northerly  of
     said  centerline of survey and within a transition  from  87
     feet  at  Station 257+36 to 67 feet at Station  257+61;  and
     lying Northerly of and within 67 feet of said centerline  of
     survey  Easterly of Station 257+611; said centerline  to  be
     described  and  said  Stations to  be  located  as  follows:
     Commence  on  a  capped rod (RLS # 1835)  at  the  Southeast
     corner  of  Sandestin  Estates  Subdivision,  as  per   plat
     recorded  in Plat Book 4, Page 25 of the Public  Records  of
     Walton County,  Florida; thence South 44 16' 49" East 101.64
     feet;  thence  North 83 48' 54" East 3476.74 feet  (crossing
     the East line of Section 27, Township 2 South, Range 21 West
     and  the West line of Section 26, Township 2 South 2  South,
     Range  21  West) to the POINT OF BEGINNING of centerline  of
     survey  to  be  described  herein,  said  point  being   the
     beginning of a curve, concave Southerly, having a radius  of
     5729.58   feet;  thence  run  Northeasterly,  Easterly   and
     Southeasterly 1302.52 feet along said curve, thru a  central
     angle  of  13  o1'  31" to Station 248+00;  thence  continue
     Southeasterly 695.62 feet along said curve, thru  a  central
     angle of 6 57' 22" to the end of curve; thence South 76  12'
     14"  East  155.38  feet to Station 256+51;  thence  continue
     South  76  12' 14" East 25.0 feet to Station 256+76;  thence
     continue South 76 12' 14" East 60.00 feet to Station 257+36;
     thence  continue South 76 12'14" East 25.0 feet  to  Station
     257+61; thence continue South 76 12' 14" East 977.87 feet to
     the  East line of said Section 26 (West line of Section  25,
     Township  2  South  Range 21 West) at a point  4561.50  feet
     South  1  50' 37" West of a four inch by four inch  concrete
     monument  on  the  Northeast  corner  of  said  Section   26
     (Northwest corner of said Section 25); thence continue South
     76 12' 14" East 1359.55 feet to a point of intersection with
     the Southerly extension of the Easterly line of Parcel A  of
     Tract  308  of  said Section 25; and end  of  centerline  of
     survey herein described; said point being 518.40 feet  South
     2 00' 23" West of a capped rod (RLS # 2535) on the Northeast
     corner of said partial A; containing 1080 square feet,  more
     or less.
     

     


                       PROPERTY CO-TENANCY
                       OWNERSHIP AGREEMENT
              (Applebee's Restaurant - Destin, FL)
                                
                                
THIS CO-TENANCY AGREEMENT,

Made  and  entered into as of the 9th day of September, 1997,  by
and  between Truong Hoang, Trustee and Thanh Do, Trustee  of  the
Hoang-Do Family Living Trust, dated 8/19/97, (hereinafter  called
"Hoang-Do"),  and AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited  Partnership
(hereinafter called "Fund XVIII") (Hoang-Do, Fund XVIII (and  any
other  Owner  in  Fee  where  the  context  so  indicates)  being
hereinafter   sometimes  collectively  called  "Co-Tenants"   and
referred to in the neuter gender).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Fund XVIII presently owns an undivided 23.6072% interest
in  and  to,  and  Hoang-Do presently owns an undivided  14.3409%
interest  in  and  to,  and  Adamson Family  Limited  Partnership
presently owns an undivided 31.2892% interest in and to,and  Kent
T.  Wood  and  Kimberly Pasini Wood presently  own  an  undivided
11.0814% interest in and to, and The John Pasini and Elvia Pasini
Trust presently own an undivided 12.6222% interest in and to; and
Joseph Nicoletta presently owns an undivided 7.0591% interest  in
and  to  the  land,  situated in the City of  Destin,  County  of
Walton,  and State of Florida, (legally described upon Exhibit  A
attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof) and in and to  the
improvements located thereon (hereinafter called "Premises");

WHEREAS,  The  parties  hereto wish to provide  for  the  orderly
operation and management of the Premises and Hoang-Do's  interest
by  Fund  XVIII;  the  continued  leasing  of  space  within  the
Premises;  for the distribution of income from and  the  pro-rata
sharing in expenses of the Premises.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by Hoang-Do of an
undivided  interest  in and to the Premises,  for  at  least  One
Dollar  ($1.00) and other good and valuable consideration by  the
parties  hereto  to  one another in hand paid,  the  receipt  and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and of  the  mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained, it is hereby agreed by
and between the parties hereto, as follows:

1.    The  operation  and  management of the  Premises  shall  be
delegated  to Fund XVIII, or its designated agent, successors  or
assigns. Provided, however, if Fund XVIII shall sell all  of  its
interest  in  the  Premises, the duties and obligations  of  Fund
XVIII  respecting management of the Premises as set forth herein,
including but not limited to paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 hereof, shall
be exercised by the holder or holders of a majority undivided co-
tenancy interest in the Premises. Except as hereinafter expressly
provided to the contrary, each of the parties hereto agrees to be
bound  by  the  decisions  of  Fund XVIII  with  respect  to  all
administrative,  operational  and  management  matters   of   the
property  comprising the Premises, including but not  limited  to
the  management of the net lease agreement  for the Premises. The
parties  hereto  hereby designate Fund XVIII as  their  sole  and
exclusive  agent  to deal with, and Fund XVIII retains  the  sole
right  to deal with, any property agent or tenant and to monitor,
execute  and  enforce  the terms of leases of  space  within  the
Premises,  including but not limited to any amendments,  consents
to  assignment, sublet, releases or modifications  to  leases  or
guarantees  of  lease  or easements affecting  the  Premises,  on
behalf  of  Hoang-Do. Only Fund XVIII may obligate Hoang-Do  with
respect to any expense for the Premises.



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Co-Tenancy Agreement for Applebee's Restaurant - Destin, FL

      As  further  set  forth in paragraph 2 hereof,  Fund  XVIII
agrees to require any Tenant of the Premises to name Hoang-Do  as
an  insured  or  additional  insured in  all  insurance  policies
provided for, or contemplated by, any lease on the Premises. Fund
XVIII shall use its best efforts to obtain endorsements adding Co-
Tenants   to  said  policies  from  Tenant  within  30  days   of
commencement  of this agreement. In any event, Fund  XVIII  shall
distribute  any insurance proceeds it may receive, to the  extent
consistent  with any lease on the Premises, to the Co-Tenants  in
proportion to their respective ownership of the Premises.

2.    Income and expenses shall be allocated among the Co-Tenants
in  proportion to their respective share(s) of ownership.  Shares
of  net income shall be pro-rated for any partial calendar  years
included within the term of this Agreement. Fund XVIII may offset
against, pay to itself and deduct from any payment due to  Hoang-
Do  under  this  Agreement, and may pay to itself the  amount  of
Hoang-Do's share of any legitimate expenses of the Premises which
are not paid by Hoang-Do to Fund XVIII or its assigns, within ten
(10)  days  after  demand by Fund XVIII. In the  event  there  is
insufficient  operating income from which  to  deduct  Hoang-Do's
unpaid share of operating expenses, Fund XVIII may pursue any and
all legal remedies for collection.

Operating  Expenses  shall include all normal operating  expense,
including  but not limited to: maintenance, utilities,  supplies,
labor, management, advertising and promotional expenses, salaries
and wages of rental and management personnel, leasing commissions
to  third  parties, a monthly accrual to pay insurance  premiums,
real  estate taxes, installments of special assessments  and  for
structural repairs and replacements, management fees, legal  fees
and accounting fees, but excluding all operating expenses paid by
Tenant under terms of any lease agreement of the Premises.

Hoang-Do has no requirement to, but has, nonetheless, elected  to
retain,  and  agrees to annually reimburse,  Fund  XVIII  in  the
amount of $720 for the expenses, direct and indirect, incurred by
Fund  XVIII  in providing Hoang-Do with quarterly accounting  and
distributions of Hoang-Do's share of net income and for tracking,
reporting  and assessing the calculation of Hoang-Do's  share  of
operating  expenses  incurred from  the  Premises.  This  invoice
amount   shall  be  pro-rated  for  partial  years  and  Hoang-Do
authorizes Fund XVIII to deduct such amount from Hoang-Do's share
of  revenue  from  the  Premises.  Hoang-Do  may  terminate  this
agreement   in   this   paragraph   respecting   accounting   and
distributions at any time and seek to collect its share of rental
income  directly  from the tenant; however,  enforcement  of  all
other  provisions  of the lease remains the sole  right  of  Fund
XVIII pursuant to Section 1 hereof.  Fund XVIII may terminate its
obligation  under this paragraph upon 30 days notice to  Hoang-Do
prior  to  the end of each anniversary hereof, unless  agreed  in
writing to the contrary.

3.    Full, accurate and complete books of account shall be  kept
in  accordance  with generally accepted accounting principles  at
Fund  XVIII's  principal office, and each  Co-Tenant  shall  have
access  to  such books and may inspect and copy any part  thereof
during  normal business hours. Within ninety (90) days after  the
end  of  each  calendar year during the term hereof,  Fund  XVIII
shall  prepare an accurate income statement for the ownership  of
the  Premises for said calendar year and shall furnish copies  of
the  same  to  all Co-Tenants. Quarterly, as its share,  Hoang-Do
shall be entitled to receive 14.3409% of all items of income  and
expense  generated  by  the  Premises.   Upon  receipt  of   said
accounting,  if the payments received by each Co-Tenant  pursuant
to  this  Paragraph 3 do not equal, in the aggregate, the amounts
which  each are entitled to receive proportional to its share  of
ownership  with  respect  to  said  calendar  year  pursuant   to
Paragraph  2 hereof, an appropriate adjustment shall be  made  so
that each Co-Tenant receives the amount to which it is entitled.

4.    If  Net Income from the Premises is less than $0.00  (i.e.,
the  Premises  operates  at a loss), or if capital  improvements,
repairs, and/or replacements, for which adequate reserves do  not
exist, need to be made to the Premises, the


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Co-Tenancy Agreement for Applebee's Restaurant - Destin, FL





Co-Tenants, upon receipt of a written request therefor from  Fund
XVIII, shall, within fifteen (15) business days after receipt  of
notice,  make  payment to Fund XVIII sufficient to pay  said  net
operating  losses and to provide necessary operating capital  for
the  Premises  and to pay for said capital improvements,  repairs
and/or   replacements,  all  in  proportion  to  their  undivided
interests in and to the Premises.

5.    Co-Tenants  may, at any time, sell, finance,  or  otherwise
create  a lien upon their interest in the Premises but only  upon
their  interest  and not upon any part of the interest  held,  or
owned, by any other Co-Tenant.  All Co-Tenants reserve the  right
to escrow proceeds from a sale of their interests in the Premises
to obtain tax deferral by the purchase of replacement property.

6.    If any Co-Tenant shall be in default with respect to any of
its  obligations hereunder, and if said default is not  corrected
within  thirty  (30)  days after receipt by said  defaulting  Co-
Tenant  of written notice of said default, or within a reasonable
period  if  said default does not consist solely of a failure  to
pay money, the remaining Co-Tenant(s) may resort to any available
remedy to cure said default at law, in equity, or by statute.

7.    This  property management agreement shall continue in  full
force  and effect and shall bind and inure to the benefit of  the
Co-Tenant  and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns  until
October  31,  2021  or upon the sale of the  entire  Premises  in
accordance with the terms hereof and proper disbursement  of  the
proceeds   thereof,   whichever  shall   first   occur.    Unless
specifically   identified  as  a  personal  contract   right   or
obligation herein, this agreement shall run with any interest  in
the  Property and with the title thereto. Once any person,  party
or entity has ceased to have an interest in fee in any portion of
the  Entire  Property, it shall not be bound by,  subject  to  or
benefit   from  the  terms  hereof;  but  its  heirs,  executors,
administrators, personal representatives, successors or  assigns,
as the case may be, shall be substituted for it hereunder.

8.    Any notice or election required or permitted to be given or
served by any party hereto to, or upon any other, shall be deemed
given  or  served  in  accordance with  the  provisions  of  this
Agreement, if said notice or elections addressed as follows;

If to Fund XVIII:

AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership
1300 Minnesota World Trade Center
30 E. Seventh Street
St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

If to Hoang-Do Family Living Trust:

Truong Hoang, Trustee
Thanh Do, Trustee
3420 Kings Cove Ln
Chattanooga, Tenn 37446


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Co-Tenancy Agreement for Applebee's Restaurant - Destin, FL



If to Adamson:
The Thomas W. Adamson Family Limited Partnership
Gerald Adamson
206 Palm Avenue
Bullhead City, AZ  86430

Wayne Adamson
1400 W. Walnut
Marion, IL  62959


If to Wood:

Kent T. Wood and Kimberly Pasini Wood
1550 Monte Vista Drive
Reno, NV  89509

If to Pasini:

John Pasini and Elvia Pasini, Trustees
4000 Bitter Creek Court
Reno, NV  89509

If  to Nicoletta:

Joseph Nicoletta
5727 Camellia
North Hollywood, CA  91601


Each mailed notice or election shall be deemed to have been given
to,  or served upon, the party to which addressed on the date the
same  is  deposited in the United States certified  mail,  return
receipt  requested,  postage prepaid, or given  to  a  nationally
recognized  courier  service guaranteeing overnight  delivery  as
properly addressed in the manner above provided. Any party hereto
may  change  its address for the service of notice  hereunder  by
delivering  written notice of said change to  the  other  parties
hereunder, in the manner above specified, at least ten (10)  days
prior to the effective date of said change.

9.    This  Agreement shall not create any partnership  or  joint
venture  among or between the Co-Tenants or any of them, and  the
only  relationship  among  and between the  Co-Tenants  hereunder
shall  be  that  of owners of the premises as tenants  in  common
subject to the terms hereof.

10.    The  unenforceability or invalidity of  any  provision  or
provisions  of  this Agreement as to any person or  circumstances
shall  not render that provision, nor any other provision hereof,
unenforceable or invalid as to any other person or circumstances,
and  all  provisions hereof, in all other respects, shall  remain
valid and enforceable.

11.   In  the  event  any litigation arises between  the  parties
hereto  relating  to  this Agreement, or any  of  the  provisions
hereof, the party prevailing in such action shall be entitled  to
receive  from the losing party, in addition to all other  relief,
remedies  and  damages  to  which it is otherwise  entitled,  all
reasonable  costs  and expenses, including reasonable  attorneys'
fees,  incurred by the prevailing party in connection  with  said
litigation.



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Co-Tenancy Agreement for Applebee's Restaurant - Destin, FL



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The parties hereto have caused this Agreement
to  be executed and delivered, as of the day and year first above
written.

Hoang-Do  Hoang-Do Family Living Trust, dated

          By: /s/ Truong Hoang
          Truong Hoang, Trustee

          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Monica Jefferson
     
          Monica Jefferson
          (Print Name)
     
          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Michelle Eaton
     
          Michelle Eaton
          (Print Name)


State of Tennessee )
                       ) ss.
County of Hamelton  )

The  foregoing instrument was acknowledged  before  me,  a
Notary  Public in and for the County and State  aforesaid,
this  19th day of August,1997, by Monica Jefferson, Notary
Public.

                              /s/ Monica Jefferson
                                   Notary Public
                                   exp 10-11-97


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Co-Tenancy Agreement for Applebee's Restaurant - Destin, FL

          By: /s/ Thanh Do
          Thanh Do, Trustee

          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Monica Jefferson
     
          Monica Jefferson
          (Print Name)
     
          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Michelle Eaton
     
          Michelle Eaton
          (Print Name)

State of Tennessee )
                      ) ss.
County of Hamilton  )

The  foregoing instrument was acknowledged  before  me,  a
Notary  Public in and for the County and State  aforesaid,
this 19th day of August, 1997, by Monica Jefferson, Notary
Public.

                              /s/ Monica Jefferson
                                   Notary Public
                                   exp 10-11-97






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Fund XVIII AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership

            By: AEI Fund Management XVIII, Inc., its corporate general partner

            By: /s/ Robert P Johnson
                    Robert P. Johnson, President


          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Dawn E Campbell
     
          Dawn E Campbell
          (Print Name)
     
          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Brian K Schulz
     
          Brian K Schulz
          (Print Name)


State of Minnesota )
                                   ) ss.
County of Ramsey  )

I,  a Notary Public in and for the state and county of aforesaid,
hereby  certify  there  appeared  before  me  this  9th  day   of
September,  1997,  Robert  P.  Johnson,  President  of  AEI  Fund
Management  XVIII, Inc., corporate general partner  of  AEI  Real
Estate Fund XVIIII Limited Partnership who executed the foregoing
instrument  in said capacity and on behalf of the corporation  in
its  capacity  as corporate general partner, on  behalf  of  said
limited partnership.

                              /s/ Laura M Steidl
                                   Notary Public

[notary seal]





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                                     EXHIBIT A
     
                                 Legal Description
     
     
     
     Premises:  APPLEBEE'S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL & BAR
     
     
     
     A  portion of Section 26, Township 2 South.  Range 21  West,
     Walton County, Florida, being more particularly described as
     follows:
     
     Commence  at  the  intersection with the East  line  of  the
     aforesaid  Section  26  and the North Right-of-way  Line  of
     State  Road  30  (U.S. 98. 100' R/W);  thence  go  North  77
     degrees 09 minutes 03 seconds West along the aforesaid Right-
     of-way  line,  a  distance of 1233.51 feet  to  a  point  of
     curvature:  thence go along a curve to the  left,  having  a
     radius of 5779.65 feet, an arc distance of 1060.26 feet (CH.
     =  1058.78',  CH.  BRG.  = North 82 degrees  24  minutes  26
     seconds West); thence departing the aforesaid North Right-of-
     way line, go North 02 degrees 59 seconds 27 minutes East,  a
     distance of 10.00 feet to a point on a curve, being  concave
     southerly and having a radius of 5789.65 feet and the  Point
     of  Beginning:  thence go northwesterly along the  aforesaid
     curve,  an  arc distance of 180.00 feet (CH. = 179.99',  CH.
     BRG.  = North 88 degrees 33 minutes 11 seconds West): thence
     go  North  02 degrees 59 minutes 27 seconds East, a distance
     of  215.00  feet: thence go South 88 degrees 38  minutes  25
     seconds  East, a distance of 178.79 feet to  a  Point  on  a
     curve,  being concave southwesterly and having a  radius  of
     44.90  feet:  thence  go Southeasterly along  the  aforesaid
     curve,  an  arc distance of 10.44 feet (CHI. = 10.42'.  CHI.
     BRAG. = South 03 degrees 39 minutes 46 seconds  East) to the
     Point of Tangency: thence go South 02 degrees 59 minutes  27
     seconds  East,  a distance of 204.89 feet to  the  Point  of
     Beginning.
     
     
     EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION
     
     lying  Northerly of and within 66 feet of the centerline  of
     survey  of State Road 30 (US 98) Section 60020, Westerly  of
     Station 248+00 and lying Northerly of and within 67 feet  of
     said  centerline  of  survey,  between  Station  248+00  and
     Station  256+51  and lying Northerly of said  centerline  of
     survey  and  within  a transition from 67  feet  at  Station
     256+51 to 87 feet at Station 256+76; and lying Northerly  of
     and  within  110 feet of said centerline of survey,  between
     Station  256+76 and Station 257+36; and lying  Northerly  of
     said  centerline of survey and within a transition  from  87
     feet  at  Station 257+36 to 67 feet at Station  257+61;  and
     lying Northerly of and within 67 feet of said centerline  of
     survey  Easterly of Station 257+611; said centerline  to  be
     described  and  said  Stations to  be  located  as  follows:
     Commence  on  a  capped rod (RLS # 1835)  at  the  Southeast
     corner  of  Sandestin  Estates  Subdivision,  as  per   plat
     recorded  in Plat Book 4, Page 25 of the Public  Records  of
     Walton County,  Florida; thence South 44 16' 49" East 101.64
     feet;  thence  North 83 48' 54" East 3476.74 feet  (crossing
     the East line of Section 27, Township 2 South, Range 21 West
     and  the West line of Section 26, Township 2 South 2  South,
     Range  21  West) to the POINT OF BEGINNING of centerline  of
     survey  to  be  described  herein,  said  point  being   the
     beginning of a curve, concave Southerly, having a radius  of
     5729.58   feet;  thence  run  Northeasterly,  Easterly   and
     Southeasterly 1302.52 feet along said curve, thru a  central
     angle  of  13  o1'  31" to Station 248+00;  thence  continue
     Southeasterly 695.62 feet along said curve, thru  a  central
     angle of 6 57' 22" to the end of curve; thence South 76  12'
     14"  East  155.38  feet to Station 256+51;  thence  continue
     South  76  12' 14" East 25.0 feet to Station 256+76;  thence
     continue South 76 12' 14" East 60.00 feet to Station 257+36;
     thence  continue South 76 12'14" East 25.0 feet  to  Station
     257+61; thence continue South 76 12' 14" East 977.87 feet to
     the  East line of said Section 26 (West line of Section  25,
     Township  2  South  Range 21 West) at a point  4561.50  feet
     South  1  50' 37" West of a four inch by four inch  concrete
     monument  on  the  Northeast  corner  of  said  Section   26
     (Northwest corner of said Section 25); thence continue South
     76 12' 14" East 1359.55 feet to a point of intersection with
     the Southerly extension of the Easterly line of Parcel A  of
     Tract  308  of  said Section 25; and end  of  centerline  of
     survey herein described; said point being 518.40 feet  South
     2 00' 23" West of a capped rod (RLS # 2535) on the Northeast
     corner of said partial A; containing 1080 square feet,  more
     or less.
     




                       PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                  Taco Cabana, San Antonio, TX

This  AGREEMENT, entered into effective as of the 9 of September,
1997 .

l.  Parties.  Seller  is  AEI  Real  Estate  Fund  XVIII  Limited
Partnership  ("Seller"),  which  presently  holds  an   undivided
50.7347%  interest in the fee title to that certain real property
legally  described  in  the attached Exhibit  "A".  (the  "Entire
Property")   Buyer is Nick DeVito, Inc., a California Corporation
("Buyer").  Seller  wishes to sell and  Buyer  wishes  to  buy  a
portion  as  Tenant in Common of Seller's interest in the  Entire
Property.

2. Property. The Property to be sold to Buyer in this transaction
consists   of   an   undivided   15.6724%   percentage   interest
(hereinafter, simply the "Property")  as Tenant in Common in  the
Entire Property.  To the best of Seller's knowledge, the purchase
of  the  Property is the purchase of an interest in real property
under Texas law.

3.  Purchase  Price  .  The purchase price  for  this  percentage
interest in the Property is $305,000 all cash.

4.  Terms.  The purchase price for the Property will be  paid  by
Buyer as follows:

     (a)  When this agreement is executed, Buyer will pay  $5,000
     to  Seller (the "First Payment"). The First Payment will  be
     credited  against  the purchase price  when  and  if  escrow
     closes  and  the  sale is completed, or otherwise  dispersed
     pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
     
     (b)  Buyer  will deposit the balance of the purchase  price,
     $300,000  (the  "Second Payment") into escrow in  sufficient
     time to allow escrow to close on the Closing Date.
     
     (c)  Seller hereby acknowledges receipt of the sum of $50.00
     cash   (the   "Option   Consideration")   from   Buyer,   as
     consideration for execution of this Agreement by Seller.  If
     the  purchase  and  sale  of  the  Property  is  consummated
     pursuant  to this Agreement, the Option Consideration  shall
     be applied toward the purchase price paid by Buyer.  If this
     Agreement  is  terminated pursuant to a  default  by  Seller
     hereunder,  the  Option Consideration shall  be  immediately
     returned   by  Seller  to  Buyer.   If  this  Agreement   is
     terminated  for  any reason other than a default  by  Seller
     hereunder,  Seller  shall be entitled to retain  the  Option
     Consideration.

5.  Closing Date.  Escrow shall close on or before September  30,
1997.

6.  Due  Diligence. Buyer will have until the expiration  of  the
fifth  business day (The "Review Period") after delivery of  each
of  following items, to be supplied by Seller, to conduct all  of
its  inspections  and due diligence and satisfy itself  regarding
each  item, the Property, and this transaction.  Buyer agrees  to
indemnify and hold Seller harmless for any loss or damage to  the
Leased  Premises or persons caused by Buyer or its agents arising
out of such physical inspections of the Entire Property.

     (a)   The  original  and  one  copy  of  a  title  insurance
     commitment  for  an  Owner's  Title  insurance  policy  (see
     paragraph 8 below).
     
     (b)  Copies  of  a Certificate of Occupancy  or  other  such
     document  certifying completion and granting  permission  to
     permanently  occupy the improvements on the Entire  Property
     as are in Seller's possession.
     
     
     
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     (c)  Copies  of  an "as built" survey of the  Property  done
     concurrent with Seller's acquisition of the Property.
     
     (d)  Lease  of  the Entire Property showing occupancy  date,
     lease   expiration  date,  rent,  and  Guarantys,  if   any,
     accompanied by such tenant financial statements as may  have
     been  provided most recently to Seller by the Tenant  and/or
     Guarantors.
     
     It is a contingency upon Seller's obligations hereunder that
two  (2)  copies  of  Co-Tenancy Agreement in the  form  attached
hereto  duly  executed by Buyer and Seller and  dated  on  escrow
Closing Date be delivered to the Seller on the Closing Date.

      Buyer may cancel this agreement for ANY REASON in its  sole
discretion  by  delivering a cancellation notice, return  receipt
requested,  to Seller and escrow holder before the expiration  of
any  Review  Period.  Such notice shall be deemed effective  only
upon receipt by Seller.  If this Agreement is not canceled as set
forth  above,  the  First Payment shall be non-refundable  unless
Seller shall default hereunder.

      If  Buyer  cancels this Agreement as permitted  under  this
Section,  except  for  any  escrow  cancellation  fees  and   any
liabilities  under sections 15(a) of this Agreement  (which  will
survive),  Buyer  (after execution of such  documents  reasonably
requested by Seller to evidence the termination hereof) shall  be
returned  its  First Payment, and Buyer will have  absolutely  no
rights,  claims  or interest of any type in connection  with  the
Property  or this transaction, regardless of any alleged  conduct
by Seller or anyone else.

      Unless this Agreement is canceled by Buyer pursuant to  the
terms  hereof, if Buyer fails to make the Second Payment,  Seller
shall   be  entitled  to  retain  the  First  Payment  and  Buyer
irrevocably  will be deemed to have canceled this  Agreement  and
relinquish  all rights in and to the Property. If this  Agreement
is not canceled and the Second Payment is made when required, all
of Buyer's conditions and contingencies will be deemed satisfied.

7.  Escrow. Escrow shall be opened by Seller and funds  deposited
in  escrow upon acceptance of this Agreement by both parties. The
escrow  holder  will  be a nationally-recognized  escrow  company
selected by Seller. A copy of this Agreement will be delivered to
the  escrow holder and will serve as escrow instructions together
with the escrow holder's standard instructions and any additional
instructions required by the escrow holder to clarify its  rights
and  duties  (and  the  parties agree to  sign  these  additional
instructions).  If  there  is any conflict  between  these  other
instructions and this Agreement, this Agreement will control.

8.  Title.  Closing will be conditioned on the  commitment  of  a
title  company selected by Seller to issue an Owner's  policy  of
title  insurance, dated as of the close of escrow, in  an  amount
equal  to  the  purchase  price, insuring  that  Buyer  will  own
insurable  title  to  the Property subject  only  to:  the  title
company's  standard exceptions;  current real property taxes  and
assessments;  survey  exceptions;  the  rights  of   parties   in
possession pursuant to the lease defined in paragraph  11  below;
and  other  items of record disclosed to Buyer during the  Review
Period.

      Buyer shall be allowed five (5) days after receipt of  said
commitment  for examination and the making of any  objections  to
marketability thereto, said objections to be made in  writing  or
deemed  waived.  If any objections are so made, the Seller  shall
be  allowed eighty (80) days to make such title marketable or  in
the  alternative  to  obtain  a commitment  for  insurable  title
insuring over Buyer's objections.  If Seller shall decide to make
no  efforts to make title marketable, or is unable to make  title
marketable or obtain insurable title, (after execution  by  Buyer
of  such documents reasonably requested by Seller to evidence the
termination  hereof) Buyer's First Payment shall be returned  and
this Agreement shall be null and void and of no further force and
effect.



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     Pending correction of title, the payments hereunder required
shall  be postponed, but upon correction of title and within  ten
(10)  days  after written notice of correction to the Buyer,  the
parties shall perform this Agreement according to its terms.

9.  Closing Costs.  Seller will pay one-half of escrow fees,  the
cost  of  the  title  commitment and  any  brokerage  commissions
payable  except  those brokerage commissions incurred  by  Buyer.
The  buyer  will pay the cost of issuing a Standard Owners  Title
Insurance  Policy  in the full amount of the  purchase  price  if
Buyer desires to purchase the same.  Buyer will pay all recording
fees,  one-half of the escrow fees, and the cost of an update  to
the  Survey  in Sellers possession (if an update is  required  by
Buyer.)  Each party will pay its own attorney's fees and costs to
document and close this transaction.

10. Real Estate Taxes, Special Assessments and Prorations.

     (a)  Because the Entire Property (of which the Property is a
     part) is subject to a triple net lease (as further set forth
     in  paragraph 11(a)(i), the parties acknowledge  that  there
     shall  be no need for a real estate tax proration.  However,
     Seller  represents  that to the best of its  knowledge,  all
     real  estate  taxes and installments of special  assessments
     due  and  payable in all years prior to the year of  Closing
     have  been paid in full.  Unpaid levied and pending  special
     assessments  existing on the date of Closing  shall  be  the
     responsibility  of Buyer and Seller in proportion  to  their
     respective  Tenant in Common interests, pro-rated,  however,
     to  the  date  of closing; for the period prior to  closing,
     such  taxes  and  asessments shall be the responsibility  of
     Seller, if Tenant shall not pay the same.  Seller and  Buyer
     shall   likewise  pay  in  proportion  to  their   ownership
     interests  all  taxes  due and payable  in  the  year  after
     Closing  and  any unpaid installments of special assessments
     payable therewith and thereafter, if such unpaid levied  and
     pending  special assessments and real estate taxes  are  not
     paid by any tenant of the Entire Property.
     
     (b)   All income and all operating expenses from the  Entire
     Property  shall be prorated between the parties and adjusted
     by them as of the date of Closing.  Seller shall be entitled
     to  all  income  earned  and shall be  responsible  for  all
     expenses  incurred prior to the date of Closing,  and  Buyer
     shall  be entitled to its proportionate share of all  income
     earned and shall be responsible for its proportionate  share
     of  all  operating expenses of the Property incurred on  and
     after  the date of closing, if the same are not paid by  any
     tenant of the Entire Property.
     
11. Seller's Representation and Agreements.

     (a)  Seller represents and warrants as of this date that:

     (i)   Except  for the lease in existence between Seller  and
     Taco Cabana, Inc. ("Lessee"), dated July 19, 1991 which  was
     assigned  to  Texas Taco Cabana LP pursuant to  the  General
     Assignment  and  Assumption of Leases between  Taco  Cabana,
     Inc. and TC Lease Holdings III, V and VI, Inc. dated October
     31,   1993  and  pursuant  to  the  General  Assignment  and
     Assumption of Leases between TC Lease Holding III V and  VI,
     Inc.  and  Texas Taco Cabana LP dated October 31,  1993  and
     pursuant to the Consents and Acknowledgments Concerning  Net
     Lease  Agreements  between Taco Cabana, Inc.  and  AEI  Real
     Estate  Fund XVIII Limited Partnership dated June  2,  1994,
     Seller  is not aware of any leases of the Property.  A  copy
     of  the above referenced documents is incorporated herein as
     "Exhibit "B".   The above referenced lease agreement has  an
     option  to purchase in favor of the Lessee as set  forth  in
     article 34 of said lease agreement.

     (ii)   It  is  not  aware  of  any  pending  litigation   or
     condemnation  proceedings against the Property  or  Seller's
     interest in the Property.
     
     
     
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     (iii)   Except as previously disclosed to Buyer and  as  set
     forth  in  paragraph (b) below, Seller is not aware  of  any
     contracts Seller has executed that would be binding on Buyer
     after the Closing Date.
          
     (b)   Provided  that  Buyer performs  its  obligations  when
     required, Seller agrees that it will not enter into any  new
     contracts  prior  to the Closing Date that would  materially
     affect  the  Property  and be binding  on  Buyer  after  the
     Closing  Date without Buyer's prior consent, which will  not
     be  unreasonably withheld.  However, Buyer acknowledges that
     Seller retains the right both prior to and after the Closing
     Date  to  freely  transfer  all or  a  portion  of  Seller's
     remaining undivided interest in the Entire Property provided
     such sale shall not encumber the Property being purchased by
     Buyer  in  violation of the terms hereof or the contemplated
     Co-Tenancy Agreement.
     
12. Disclosures.

     (a)   To the best of Seller's knowledge: there are now,  and
     at  the  Closing  there  will be, no material,  physical  or
     mechanical  defects  of  the  Property,  including,  without
     limitation,   the   plumbing,  heating,  air   conditioning,
     ventilating, electrical systems, and all such items  are  in
     good  operating condition and repair and in compliance  with
     all  applicable  governmental , zoning and  land  use  laws,
     ordinances, regulations and requirements.
     
     (b)   To  the  best  of  Seller's  knowledge:  the  use  and
     operation of the Property now is, and at the time of Closing
     will  be, in full compliance with applicable building codes,
     safety,   fire,  zoning,  and  land  use  laws,  and   other
     applicable   local,  state  and  federal  laws,  ordinances,
     regulations and requirements.
     
     (c)   Seller  knows  of no facts nor has  Seller  failed  to
     disclose  to  Buyer  any fact known to  Seller  which  would
     prevent  the  use  and operation of the Property  after  the
     Closing  in the manner in which the Property has  been  used
     and operated prior to the date of this Agreement.
     
     (d)  To the best of Seller's knowledge: the Property is not,
     and  as  of  the  Closing will not be, in violation  of  any
     federal,  state  or  local  law,  ordinance  or  regulations
     relating  to  industrial  hygiene or  to  the  environmental
     conditions  on, under, or about the Property including,  but
     not  limited  to, soil and groundwater conditions.   To  the
     best  of  Seller's  knowledge: there  is  no  proceeding  or
     inquiry  by any governmental authority with respect  to  the
     presence  of  Hazardous Materials on  the  Property  or  the
     migration  of Hazardous Materials from or to other property.
     Buyer agrees that Seller will have no liability of any  type
     to  Buyer  or Buyer's successors, assigns, or affiliates  in
     connection  with any Hazardous Materials on or in connection
     with  the Property either before or after the Closing  Date,
     except such Hazardous Materials on or in connection with the
     Property  arising  out  of  Seller's  gross  negligence   or
     intentional misconduct.
     
     (e)   Buyer agrees that it shall be purchasing the  Property
     in  its  then present condition, as is, where is, and Seller
     has  no  obligations to construct or repair any improvements
     thereon  or to perform any other act regarding the Property,
     except as expressly provided herein.
     
     (f)    Buyer  acknowledges  that,  having  been  given   the
     opportunity  to  inspect  the Property  and  such  financial
     information  on the Lessee and Guarantors of  the  Lease  as
     Buyer or its advisors shall request, Buyer is relying solely
     on its own investigation of the Property and not on any
     
     
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     information provided by Seller  or to be provided except  as
     set  forth  herein.   Buyer further  acknowledges  that  the
     information  provided  and to be  provided  by  Seller  with
     respect to the Property and to the Lessee and Guarantors  of
     Lease  was  obtained  from a variety of sources  and  Seller
     neither   (a)   has   made  independent   investigation   or
     verification   of  such  information,  or  (b)   makes   any
     representations as to the accuracy or completeness  of  such
     information.   The  sale  of the Property  as  provided  for
     herein  is  made  on an "AS IS" basis, and  Buyer  expressly
     acknowledges  that, in consideration of  the  agreements  of
     Seller  herein, except as otherwise specified herein, Seller
     makes no warranty or representation, express or implied,  or
     arising by operation of law, including, but not limited  to,
     any  warranty  or  condition,  habitability,  tenantability,
     suitability  for  commercial purposes,  merchantability,  or
     fitness  for  a  particular  purpose,  in  respect  of   the
     Property.
     
     The provisions (d) - (f) above shall survive closing.
     
13. Closing.

     (a)   Before  the  Closing Date, Seller  will  deposit  into
     escrow an executed special warranty deed conveying insurable
     title  of the Property to Buyer, subject to the encumbrances
     contained in paragraph 8 above.
     
     (b)   On or before the Closing Date, Buyer will deposit into
     escrow:  the  balance  of the purchase price  when  required
     under  Section  4; any additional funds required  of  Buyer,
     (pursuant to this agreement or any other agreement  executed
     by  Buyer) to close escrow.  Both parties will sign the  Co-
     Tenancy  Agreement,  and deliver to the  escrow  holder  any
     other documents reasonably required by the escrow holder  to
     close escrow.
     
     (c)   On  the  Closing Date, if escrow is in a  position  to
     close,  the  escrow  holder will: record  the  deed  in  the
     official  records  of  the  county  where  the  Property  is
     located;  cause  the title company to commit  to  issue  the
     owners  title policy purchase by Buyer; immediately  deliver
     to  Seller the portion of the purchase price deposited  into
     escrow by cashier's check or wire transfer (less debits  and
     prorations,  if any); deliver to Seller and Buyer  a  signed
     counterpart   of  the  escrow  holder's  certified   closing
     statement  and  take  all other actions necessary  to  close
     escrow.

14.  Defaults.  If Buyer defaults, Buyer will forfeit all  rights
and  claims  and  Seller will be relieved of all obligations  and
will  be  entitled to retain all monies heretofore  paid  by  the
Buyer.   Seller shall retain all remedies available to Seller  at
law or in equity.

     If Seller shall default, Buyer irrevocably waives any rights
to file a lis pendens, a specific performance action or any other
claim,  action or proceeding of any type in connection  with  the
Property or this or any other transaction involving the Property,
and  will  not  do  anything to affect title to the  Property  or
hinder,  delay  or  prevent  any  other  sale,  lease  or   other
transaction involving the Property (any and all of which will  be
null  and void), unless: it has paid the First Payment, deposited
the  balance  of the second payment for the purchase  price  into
escrow, performed all of its other obligations and satisfied  all
conditions  under  this  Agreement, and unconditionally  notified
Seller  that it stands ready to tender full performance, purchase
the  Property and close escrow as per this Agreement,  regardless
of  any  alleged  default  or misconduct  by  Seller.   Provided,
however, that in no event shall Seller be liable for any  actual,
punitive, consequential or speculative damages arising out of any
default by Seller hereunder.
     
15. Buyer's Representations and Warranties.
     
     a.  Buyer represents and warrants to Seller as follows:

     (i)   In  addition to the acts and deeds recited herein  and
     contemplated  to  be performed, executed, and  delivered  by
     Buyer, Buyer shall perform,
     
     
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     execute and deliver or cause to be performed, executed,  and
     delivered at the Closing or after the Closing, any  and  all
     further  acts, deeds and assurances as Seller or  the  Title
     Company may require and be reasonable in order to consummate
     the transactions contemplated herein.
     
     (ii)   Buyer  has  all  requisite  power  and  authority  to
     consummate  the  transaction contemplated by this  Agreement
     and  has by proper proceedings duly authorized the execution
     and  delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of  the
     transaction contemplated hereby.
     
     (iii)   To  Buyer's  knowledge, neither  the  execution  and
     delivery  of  this  Agreement nor the  consummation  of  the
     transaction  contemplated  hereby  will  violate  or  be  in
     conflict with (a) any applicable provisions of law, (b)  any
     order  of  any  court or other agency of  government  having
     jurisdiction  hereof, or (c) any agreement or instrument  to
     which Buyer is a party or by which Buyer is bound.
     
16. Damages, Destruction and Eminent Domain.

     (a)   If, prior to closing, the Property or any part thereof
     be  destroyed  or further damaged by fire, the elements,  or
     any cause, due to events occurring subsequent to the date of
     this Agreement to the extent that the cost of repair exceeds
     $10,000.00,  this Agreement shall become null and  void,  at
     Buyer's  option exercised, if at all, by written  notice  to
     Seller within ten (10) days after Buyer has received written
     notice  from Seller of said destruction or damage.   Seller,
     however,  shall  have  the right to  adjust  or  settle  any
     insured  loss  until  (i)  all contingencies  set  forth  in
     Paragraph 6 hereof have been satisfied, or waived; and  (ii)
     any  five-day period provided for above in this Subparagraph
     16a  for  Buyer  to  elect to terminate this  Agreement  has
     expired  or  Buyer has, by written notice to Seller,  waived
     Buyer's right to terminate this Agreement.  If Buyer  elects
     to  proceed  and  to  consummate the purchase  despite  said
     damage  or  destruction, there shall be no reduction  in  or
     abatement of the purchase price, and Seller shall assign  to
     Buyer the Seller's right, title, and interest in and to  all
     insurance  proceeds  (pro-rata in  relation  to  the  Entire
     Property) resulting from said damage or destruction  to  the
     extent  that the same are payable with respect to damage  to
     the  Property, subject to rights of any Tenant of the Entire
     Property.
     
     If  the cost of repair is less than $10,000.00, Buyer  shall
     be  obligated  to  otherwise  perform  hereinunder  with  no
     adjustment  to  the Purchase Price, reduction or  abatement,
     and  Seller shall assign Seller's right, title and  interest
     in and to all insurance proceeds pro-rata in relation to the
     Entire  Property,  subject to rights of any  Tenant  of  the
     Entire Property.
     
     (b)   If,  prior  to  closing, the  Property,  or  any  part
     thereof,  is  taken by eminent domain, this Agreement  shall
     become null and void, at Buyer's option.  If Buyer elects to
     proceed  and to consummate the purchase despite said taking,
     there  shall  be  no  reduction in,  or  abatement  of,  the
     purchase  price,  and  Seller  shall  assign  to  Buyer  the
     Seller's  right,  title, and interest in and  to  any  award
     made, or to be made, in the condemnation proceeding pro-rata
     in relation to the Entire Property, subject to rights of any
     Tenant of the Entire Property.
     
      In the event that this Agreement is terminated by Buyer  as
provided  above  in  Subparagraph 16a or 16b, the  First  Payment
shall  be immediately returned to Buyer (after execution by Buyer
of  such documents reasonably requested by Seller to evidence the
termination hereof).

17. Buyer's 1031 Tax Free Exchange.

      While  Seller  acknowledges that Buyer  is  purchasing  the
Property  as  "replacement property" to  accomplish  a  tax  free
exchange,   Buyer   acknowledges  that   Seller   has   made   no
representations,  warranties, or agreements to Buyer  or  Buyer's
agents  that  the transaction contemplated by the Agreement  will
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for  such tax treatment, nor has there been any reliance  thereon
by  Buyer  respecting  the  legal  or  tax  implications  of  the
transactions contemplated hereby.  Buyer further represents  that
it has sought and obtained such third party advice and counsel as
it  deems  necessary in regards to the tax implications  of  this
transaction.

      Buyer  wishes  to  novate/assign the ownership  rights  and
interest of this Purchase Agreement to Exodus Exchange, Inc.  who
will act as Facilitator to perfect the 1031 exchange by preparing
an   agreement  of  exchange  of  Real  Property  whereby  Exodus
Exchange, Inc. will be an independent third party purchasing  the
ownership  interest in subject property from Seller  and  selling
the  ownership  interest in subject property to Buyer  under  the
same   terms  and  conditions  as  documented  in  this  Purchase
Agreement.   Buyer asks the Seller to cooperate in the perfection
of  such an exchange at no additional cost or expense or delay in
time.   Buyer  hereby indemnifies and holds Seller harmless  from
any claims and/or actions resulting from said exchange.  Pursuant
to  the direction of Exodus Exchange, Inc., Seller will deed  the
Property to Buyer.

18. Cancellation

     If  any party elects to cancel this Contract because of  any
     breach by another party, the party electing to cancel  shall
     deliver  to escrow agent a notice containing the address  of
     the party in breach and stating that this Contract shall  be
     canceled unless the breach is cured within 13 days following
     the  delivery  of  the notice to the escrow  agent.   Within
     three  days  after receipt of such notice, the escrow  agent
     shall  send it by United States Mail to the party in  breach
     at the address contained in the Notice and no further notice
     shall be required. If the breach is not cured within the  13
     days  following  the delivery of the notice  to  the  escrow
     agent, this Contract shall be canceled.

19. Miscellaneous.

     (a)  This Agreement may be amended only by written agreement
     signed by both Seller and Buyer, and all waivers must be  in
     writing  and signed by the waiving party.  Time  is  of  the
     essence.   This  Agreement  will not  be  construed  for  or
     against  a party whether or not that party has drafted  this
     Agreement.  If there is any action or proceeding between the
     parties relating to this Agreement the prevailing party will
     be  entitled to recover attorney's fees and costs.  This  is
     an  integrated  agreement containing all agreements  of  the
     parties  about the Property and the other matters described,
     and  it  supersedes any other agreements or  understandings.
     Exhibits  attached  to this Agreement are incorporated  into
     this Agreement.
     
     (b)   If  this escrow has not closed by September  30,  1997
     through  no  fault  of Seller, Seller  may  either,  at  its
     election,  extend  the Closing Date or exercise  any  remedy
     available   to   it  by  law,  including  terminating   this
     Agreement.
     
     (c)  Funds to be deposited or paid by Buyer must be good and
     clear  funds in the form of cash, cashier's checks  or  wire
     transfers.
     
     (d)   All notices from either of the parties hereto  to  the
     other  shall be in writing and shall be considered  to  have
     been  duly  given or served if sent by first class certified
     mail,  return receipt requested, postage prepaid,  or  by  a
     nationally recognized courier service guaranteeing overnight
     delivery to the party at his or its address set forth below,
     or  to  such  other  address  as such  party  may  hereafter
     designate by written notice to the other party.
     
     
     
     Buyer Initial: /s/ V.D.F
     Purchase Agreement for Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX
     
     If to Seller:
     
          Attention:  Robert P. Johnson
          AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership
          1300 Minnesota World Trade Center
          30 E. 7th Street
          St. Paul, MN  55101
     
     If to Buyer:
     
          Vito DeVito Francesco, Secretary/Treasurer
          P.O. Box 591
          Ontario, CA  91762
     
      When  accepted, this offer will be a binding agreement  for
valid  and  sufficient consideration which will bind and  benefit
Buyer, Seller and their respective successors and assigns.  Buyer
is  submitting  this offer by signing a copy of  this  offer  and
delivering it to Seller.  Seller has five (5) business days  from
receipt within which to accept this offer.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and Buyer have executed this
Agreement effective as of the day and year above first written.

BUYER:   NICK DEVITO, INC.

          By:/s/ Vito DeVito Francesco
                 Vito DeVito Francesco, Secretary/Treasurer


SELLER:   AEI  REAL  ESTATE  FUND XVIII  LIMITED  PARTNERSHIP,  a
          Minnesota limited partnership.

           By: AEI Fund Management XVIII, Inc., its corporate general partner

           By: /s/ Robert P Johnson
                   Robert P. Johnson, President




     Buyer Initial: /s/ V.D.F
     Purchase Agreement for Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX



     
                         Exhibit A
     
                      Legal Description

     
     Lot  31, Blck 1, New City Block 15600, CKE Subdivision, Unit
     3,  an  addition to the City of San Antonio,  Bexar  County,
     Texas,  according  to the map or plat thereof,  recorded  in
     Volume  9504,  Page  182, Deed and  Plat  Records  of  Bexar
     County, Texas.
     
     
     
     
                             EXHIBIT B
     
               CONSENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONCERNING
                         NET LEASE AGREEMENT
     
           This Consents and Acknowledgments Concerning Net Lease
     Agreement (the "Consent") is executed this 2nd day of  June,
     1994,  by  and  between AEI Real Estate Fund  XVIII  Limited
     Parntership (the "Landlord"), Taco Cabana, Inc.  ("TC")  and
     Felix L. Stehling and Billie Jo Stehling (the "Guarantor").
     
                         W I T N E S S E T H:
     
           WHEREAS,  pursuant to that certain Net Lease Agreement
     dated  July  19, 1991 (the "Lease"), Landlord leased  to  TC
     those  certain  restaurant premises,  located  at  6867  New
     Highway 90 West, San Antonio, Texas (the "Premises"); and
     
           WHEREAS,  pursuant to that certain General  Assignment
     and  Assumption of Leases, Contracts and Rights (the  "First
     Assignment") dated October 31, 1993, TC assigned all of  its
     right,  title and interest in and to the Lease to  TC  Lease
     Holdings III, V and VI, Inc.; and
     
           WHEREAS,  pursuant to that certain General  Assignment
     and  Assumption of Leases Contracts and Rights (the  "Second
     Assignment") dated October 31, 1993, TC Lease Holding II,  V
     and  VI,  Inc. assigned all of its right, title and interest
     in  and  to  the  Lease  to Texas Taco Cabana,  L.P.  ("Taco
     L.P."); and
     
           WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to consent  to  the
     aforesaid  assignments and to acknowledge  their  continuing
     liability under the Lease.
     
          NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
     
            1.     Landlord  hereby  expressly  consents  to  the
     assignments of the Lease pursuant to the terms of the  First
     Assignment and the Second Assignment.  Landlord acknowledges
     and  agrees that such assignments do not constitue any  type
     of  breach or default under the Lease and that the Taco L.P.
     shall  be  entitled to all of the rights and obligations  of
     the "Tenant" under the Lease.
     
           2.   TC herby expressly consents to the assignments of
     the  Lease pursuant to the terms of the First Assignment and
     the  Second Assignment.  TC acknowledges and agrees that  is
     shall remain fully liable for all of the obligations of  the
     "Tenant" under the Lease.
     
            3.     Guarantor  herby  expressly  consents  to  the
     assignments of the Lease pursuant to the terms of the  First
     Assignment  and the Second Assignment.  Grantor acknowledges
     and  agrees that he shall remain fully liable for all of the
     obligations of the "Guarantor" under that certain  Guarantee
     of  Lease  dated July 19, 1991, executed in connection  with
     the Lease.
     
           4.    This  Agreement  and each  and  every  covenant,
     agreement, and other provision hereof shall be binding  upon
     and  shall  inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto  and
     their  respective  heirs,  administrators,  representatives,
     successors and assigns.
     
          EXECUTED the day and year first written above.
     
     
     AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII              TACO CABANA, INC.
     LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
     
     BY: AEI Fund Management XVIII,           BY: /s/ James A Eliasberg
         Inc., General Partner              NAME: James A Eliasberg
                                           TITLE: Senior Vice President, 
                                                  General Counsel
     
     BY:  /s/ Robert P Johnson
   NAME:  Robert P Johnson                        /s/ Felix L Stehling
  TITLE:  Pres                                     Felix L Stehling
     
     
     
                                                 /s/ Billie Jo Stehling
                                                     Billie Jo Stehling
     
     
     
     THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
     
     COUNTY OF RAMSEY
     
           The  foregoing instrument was acknowledged  before  me
     this  2nd  day of June, 1994, by Robert P Johnson, President
     of  AEI Fund Management XVIII, Inc., General Partner of  AEI
     Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership on behalf of said
     limited partnership.
     
     
                                   /s/ Michael B Daugherty
     [notary seal]                 Notary Public in and for
                                   The State of Minnesota
     
     
     
     
     THE STATE OF TEXAS
     
     COUNTY OF BEXAR
     
           The  foregoing instrument was acknowledged  before  me
     this  27th  day  of May, 1994, by James A Eliasberg,  Senior
     Vice  Presidetn,  General Counsel of Taco  Cabana,  Inc.,  a
     Delaware corporation, on behalf of the corporation.
     
                                   /s/ Michelle Rocher
                                   Notary Public in and for The
                                   State of Texas
     
     
     
     
     THE STATE OF TEXAS
     
     COUNTY OF BEXAR
     
     
           This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 26th
     day  of  May,  1994,  by  Felix L. Stehling  and  Billie  Jo
     Stehling.
     
     
                                   /s/ Diane L. Troy
                                       Notary Public in and for
                                       The State of Texas
     
     
     
     
               GENERAL ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF LEASES,
                         CONTRACTS AND RIGHTS
     
     
     THE STATE OF TEXAS
     
     COUNTY OF BEXAR
                                 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
     
     
            That   TACO  CABANA,  INC.,  a  Delaware  corporation
     (hereinafter  referred to as "Assignor"), whose  address  is
     262  Losoya,  Suite  330, San Antonio, Bexar  County,  Texas
     78205,  for  and in consideration of the sum of Ten  Dollars
     and  No/100  Dollars  ($10.00), cash,  and  other  good  and
     valuable consideration to it paid by TC LEASE HOLDINGS  III,
     V  and VI, INC., a Texas corporation, whose business address
     is  262  Losoya, Suite 330 San Antonio, Bexar County,  Texas
     78205,   (hereinafter  referred  to  as   "Assignee"),   has
     ASSIGNED,  SOLD and TRANSFERRED, and by these presents  does
     ASSIGN,  SELL  and  TRANSFER,  unto  Assignee  all  of   the
     following:
     
           (a)  All right, titles, and interest of Assignor, as a
     tenant or lessee, as the case may be, under all leases  with
     a  landlord or lessor, as the case may be, for the operation
     of  "Taco Cabana" restaurants located in the State of  Texas
     (all  said leases being listed on Exhibit A hereto and being
     hereinafter  referred  to  collectively  as  the  "Leases"),
     together  with all contractual rights and benefits  accruing
     to  tenant or lessee, as the case may be, pursuant  to  said
     Leases on and after the date of delivery of this instrument;
     and
     
          (b)  All of Assignor's rights and interests, if any, to
     the  extent  assignable, under all warranties and guaranties
     relating to the property and rights that are the subject  of
     the  Leases (all said rights and interests being hereinafter
     referred to collectively as the "Rights"); and
     
           (c)  All of Assignor's right, title, and interest,  if
     any,  to  the extent assignable, in maintenance, management,
     service  and other contracts and agrrments relating  to  the
     property and rights that are the subject of the Leases  (all
     said contracts and agreements being hereinafter referred  to
     collectively as the "Service Agreements").
     
           But,  with  respect to any particular Lease,  and  the
     Rights and Services Agreements related thereto, if any, this
     assignment,  sale  and  transfer is  made  by  Assignor  and
     accepted  by Assignee subject to the consent of the landlord
     or  lessor, as the case may be, under such Lease (hereafter,
     the  Landlord"), and of the contracting parties  other  than
     Assignor   under  any  such  related  Rights  and   Services
     Agreement, to the extent such consent is required  in  order
     to effect the transfers contemplated herein.
     
     
     
                         Taco Cabana, Inc.
                              (DEL)
     
   A. T.C. Management, Inc.      B. TC Lease Holdings        C.  Taco Cabana
          (DEL)                     III, V and VI, Inc.    (TX)Investments,Inc.
                                                                  (DEL)
     
   D. Taco  Cabana Management, Inc                       E. Get  Real, Inc.
       (TX)  General Partner                             (DEL) Limited Partner
     
                              F. Texas Taco Cabana, L.P.
                                        (TX)
     
     
     
           TO  HAVE  AND TO HOLD said Leases, Rights and  Service
     Agreements,  together with all and singular the  rights  and
     appurrenances  thereto in anywise belonging  unto  the  said
     Assignee, his heirs and assigns, forever, without warranty.
     
           As  a further part of the consideration to Asignor for
     the sale, transfer and assignment of said Leases, Rights and
     Service  Agreements, Assignee, by acceptance hereof,  hereby
     assumes  and  agrees to perform all of the  responsibilities
     and  obligations of Assignor under said Leases,  Rights  and
     Service  Agreements arising and accruing from and after  the
     effective  date of this instrument; provided  that,  to  the
     extent  that  prior  to  such effective  date  Assignor  was
     obligated  to perform such responsibilities and  obligations
     pursuant  to  said  Leases, Rights and  Service  Agreements,
     Assignor  shall  from  and after the effective  date  remain
     obligated  to  perform such responsibilites and obligations,
     if  Assignee  fails  to  perform such  responsibilities  and
     obligations.
     
           Assignee  acknowledges receipt from  Assignor  of  all
     Assignor's interests, if any, in security deposits  Assignor
     has  paid to or deposited with any Landlord pursuant to  the
     Leases.
     
            This   Assignment  of  Leases,  Rights  and   Service
     Agreements may be executed in one or more counterparts,  and
     each such counterpart, when so executed and delivered, shall
     constitute but one and the same instrument.
     
            A   facsimile  of  an  executed  couterpart  of  this
     instrument  shall  be  deemed to  be  an  original  executed
     couterpart.
     
           EXECUTED  on the dates set forth below to be effective
     as of the 31st day of October, 1993.
     
     
     ASSIGNOR:                     ASSINGEE
     
     TACO CABANA, INC.                  TC LEASE HOLDINGS III, V and VI,
     a Delaware Corporation             INC., a Texas corporation
     
     By:  /s/ Richard Cervera           By:  /s/ Richard Cervera
     Printed Name:  Richard Cervera     Printed  Name: Richard Cervera
     Title:  President                  Title:  President
     
     
     
     THE STATE OF TEXAS
     
     COUNTY OF BEXAR
     
           Before  me,  the undersigned authority,  on  this  day
     personally  appeared  Richard  Cervera,  President  of  TACA
     CABANA, INC., a Delaware corporation, known to me to be  the
     person and officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing
     instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same
     for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, in the
     capacity  therein  stated and as the act and  deed  of  said
     coporation.
     
          Given under my hand and seal of office this 28th day of
     October, 1993.
     
     By:  /s/ J. Gayle Gawlik
     Printed Name: Gayle Gawlik
               Notary Publice in and for
               Bexar County, Texas
     
     My commission expires:
     06-09-97                           [notary seal]
     
     
     
     THE STATE OF TEXAS
     
     COUNTY OF BEXAR
     
           Before  me,  the undersigned authority,  on  this  day
     personally appeared Richard Cervera, President of  TC  LEASE
     HOLDINGS III, V and VI, INC., a Texas corporation, known  to
     me to be ther person and officer whose name is subscribed to
     the  foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to  me  that  he
     executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein
     expressed, in the capacity therein stated and as the act and
     deed of said corporation.
     
          Given under my hand and seal of office this 28th day of
     October, 1993.
     
     By:  /s/ J Gayle Gawlik
     Printed Name: J. Gayle Gawlik
          Notary Publice in and for
          Bexar County, Texas
     
     My commission expires:
          06-09-97
                                        [notary seal]
     
     
     
     
                         Taco Cabana, Inc.
                              (DEL)
     
   A. T.C. Management, Inc.      B. TC Lease Holdings       C.  Taco Cabana
           (DEL)                    III, V and VI, Inc.    (TX)Investments,Inc.
                                                                  (DEL)
     
   D. Taco Cabana Management, Inc               E. Get Real, Inc.
      (TX)  General Partner                    (DEL) Limited Partner
     
                         F. Texas Taco Cabana, L.P.
                                    (TX)
     
     
     
          GENERAL ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF LEASES,
                    CONTRACTS AND RIGHTS
     
     
     THE STATE OF TEXAS
     
     COUNTY OF BEXAR
     
                                     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
     
           That  TC LEASE HOLDINGS III, V and VI, INC.,  a  Texas
     corporation  (hereinafter referred to as "Assignor"),  whose
     address is 262 Losoya, Suite 330, San Antonio, Bexar County,
     Texas  78205,  for and in consideration of the  sum  of  Ten
     Dollars  and No/100 Dollars ($10.00), cash, and  other  good
     and  valuable consideration to it paid by TEXAS TACO CABANA,
     L.P.,  a  Texas  limited partnership, whose  addres  is  262
     Losoya, Suited 330, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas  78205,
     (hereinafter  referred to as "Assignee"), has ASSIGNED  SOLD
     and TRANSFERRED, and by these presents does ASSIGN, SELL and
     TRANSFER, unto Assignee all of the following:
     
           (a)  All right, title, and interest of Assignor, as  a
     tenant or lessee, as the case may be, under all leases  with
     a  landlord or lessor, as the case may be, for the operation
     of  "Taco Cabana" restaurants located in the State of Texas,
     which leases were assigned to Assignor by Taco Cabana,  Inc.
     (a Delaware corporation) on the same date of but immediately
     preceding  this assignment (all said leases being listed  on
     Exhibit  A  hereto and being together with  all  contractual
     rights  and  benefits accruing to tenant or lessee,  as  the
     case  may be, pursuant to said Leases on and after the  date
     of delivery of this instrument; and
     
           (b)   All of Assignor's rights and interests, if any,j
     to   the   extent  assignable,  under  all  warranties   and
     guaranties relating to the property and rights that are  the
     subject  of the Leases (all said rights and interests  being
     hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Rights"); and
     
           (c)  All of Assignor's right, title, and interest,  if
     any,  to  the extent assignable, in maintenance, management,
     service and other contracts and agreements relating  to  the
     property and rights that are the subject of the Leases  (all
     said contracts and agreements being hereinafter referred  to
     collectively as the "Service Agreements").
     
           But,  with  respect to any particular Lease,  and  the
     Rights and Services Agreements related thereto, if any, this
     assignment,  sale  and  transfer is  made  by  Assignor  and
     accepted  by Assignee subject to the consent of the landlord
     or  lessor, as the case may be, under such Lease (hereafter,
     the  Landlord"), and of the contracting parties  other  than
     Assignor   under  any  such  related  Rights  and   Services
     Agreements, to the extent such consent is required in  order
     to effect the transfers contemplated herein.
     
           TO  HAVE  AND TO HOLD said Leases, Rights and  Service
     Agreements,  together with all and singular the  rights  and
     appurtenances  thereto in anywise beloinging unto  the  said
     Assignee, his heirs and assigns, forever, without warranty.
     
           As a further part of the consideration to Assignor for
     the sale, transfer and assignment of said Leases, Rights and
     Service  Agreements, Assignee, by acceptance hereof,  hereby
     assumes  and  agrees to perform all of the  responsibilities
     and  obligations of Assignor under said Leases,  Rights  and
     Service  Agreements arising and accruing from and after  the
     effective  date  of  delivery of this  instrument;  provided
     that,  to  the  extent  that prior to  such  effective  date
     Assignor was obligated to perform such responsibilities  and
     obligations  pursuant  to said Leases,  Rights  and  Service
     Agreement, Assignor shall from and after the effective  date
     reamin  obligated  to  perform  such  responsibilities   and
     obligations,    if   Assignee   fails   to   perform    such
     responsibilities and obligations.
     
           Assignee  acknowledges receipt from  Assignor  of  all
     Assignor's interests, if any, in security deposits  Assignor
     has  paid to or deposited with any Landlord pursuant to  the
     Leases.
     
            This   Assignment  of  Leases,  Rights  and   Service
     Agreements may be executed in one or more counterparts,  and
     each  such  conuterjpart,  when so executed  and  delivered,
     shall  constitute  an  original  instrument,  ans  all  such
     separate counterparts shall constitute but one and the  same
     instrument.
     
            A  facsimile  of  an  executed  counterpart  of  this
     instrument  shall  be  deemed to  be  an  original  executed
     counterpart.
     
           EXECUTED  on the dates set forth below to be effective
     as of the 31st day of October, 1993.
     
     
     ASSIGNOR:                          ASSINGEE:
     
     TC  LEASE HOLDINGS III, V AND VI,        TEXAS TACO  CABANA, L.P. A
     INC., a Texas corporation                Texas limited partnership
     
     By:  /s/ Richard Cervera                 By: /s/ Richard Cervera
     Printed Name: Richard Cervera            Printed Name: Richard Cervera
     Title: President                         Title: President
     
     
     
     THE STATE OF TEXAS
     
     COUNTY OF BEXAR
     
           Before  me,  the undersigned authority,  on  this  day
     personally appeared Richard Cervera, President of  TC  LEASE
     HOLDINGS III, V and VI, INC., a Texas corporation, known  to
     me  to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to
     the  foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to  me  that  he
     executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein
     expressed, in the capacity therein stated and as the act and
     deed of said corporation.
     
           Given under my hand and seal of office this 28 day  of
     October, 1993.
     
     By:  /s/ J. Gayle Gawlik
     Printed Name: J. Gayle Gawlik
          Notary Publice in and for
          Bexar County, Texas
     
     My commission expires:
     06-09-97                           [notary seal]
     
     
     
     THE STATE OF TEXAS
     
     COUNTY OF BEXAR
     
           Before  me,  the undersigned authority,  on  this  day
     personally  appeared  Richard  Cervera,  President  of  TACO
     CABANA  MANAGEMENT, INC., a Texas corporation,  the  general
     partner   of  TEXAS  TACO  CABANA,  L.P.,  a  Texas  limited
     partnership, known to me to be the preson and officer  whose
     name   is  subscribed  to  the  foregoing  instrument,   and
     acknowledged  to  me  that  he executed  the  same  for  the
     purposes  and  consideration  therein  expressed,   in   the
     capacity  therein stated, and as the act and  deed  of  said
     corporation acting as said general partner.
     
           Given under my hand and seal of office this 28 day  of
     October, 1993.
     
     By:  /s/ J. Gayle Gawlik
     Printe Name: J. Gayle Gawlik
          Notary Public in and for
          Bexar County, Texas
     
     
     My commission expires:
     
     06-09-97                           [notary seal]
     


                       PROPERTY CO-TENANCY
                       OWNERSHIP AGREEMENT
              (Applebee's Restaurant - Destin, FL)
                                
                                
THIS CO-TENANCY AGREEMENT,

Made  and entered into as of the 22nd day of September, 1997,  by
and between Stanley E. La Corte, (hereinafter called "La Corte"),
and  AEI  Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership (hereinafter
called  "Fund XVIII") (La Corte, Fund XVIII (and any other  Owner
in   Fee  where  the  context  so  indicates)  being  hereinafter
sometimes collectively called "Co-Tenants" and referred to in the
neuter gender).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS,  Fund XVIII presently owns an undivided 20.17%  interest
in  and  to,  and  La Corte presently owns an undivided  17.7781%
interest  in  and  to, and Adamson presently  owns  an  undivided
31.2892% interest in and to,and Kent T. Wood and Kimberly  Pasini
Wood presently own an undivided 11.0814% interest in and to,  and
The John Pasini and Elvia Pasini Trust presently own an undivided
12.6222% interest in and to; and Joseph Nicoletta presently  owns
an undivided 7.0591% interest in and to the land, situated in the
City  of Destin, County of Walton, and State of Florida, (legally
described upon Exhibit A attached hereto and hereby made  a  part
hereof)   and   in  and  to  the  improvements  located   thereon
(hereinafter called "Premises");

WHEREAS,  The  parties  hereto wish to provide  for  the  orderly
operation and management of the Premises and La Corte's  interest
by  Fund  XVIII;  the  continued  leasing  of  space  within  the
Premises;  for the distribution of income from and  the  pro-rata
sharing in expenses of the Premises.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by La Corte of an
undivided  interest  in and to the Premises,  for  at  least  One
Dollar  ($1.00) and other good and valuable consideration by  the
parties  hereto  to  one another in hand paid,  the  receipt  and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and of  the  mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained, it is hereby agreed by
and between the parties hereto, as follows:

1.    The  operation  and  management of the  Premises  shall  be
delegated  to Fund XVIII, or its designated agent, successors  or
assigns. Provided, however, if Fund XVIII shall sell all  of  its
interest  in  the  Premises, the duties and obligations  of  Fund
XVIII  respecting management of the Premises as set forth herein,
including but not limited to paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 hereof, shall
be exercised by the holder or holders of a majority undivided co-
tenancy interest in the Premises. Except as hereinafter expressly
provided to the contrary, each of the parties hereto agrees to be
bound  by  the  decisions  of  Fund XVIII  with  respect  to  all
administrative,  operational  and  management  matters   of   the
property  comprising the Premises, including but not  limited  to
the  management of the net lease agreement  for the Premises. The
parties  hereto  hereby designate Fund XVIII as  their  sole  and
exclusive  agent  to deal with, and Fund XVIII retains  the  sole
right  to deal with, any property agent or tenant and to monitor,
execute  and  enforce  the terms of leases of  space  within  the
Premises,  including but not limited to any amendments,  consents
to  assignment, sublet, releases or modifications  to  leases  or
guarantees  of  lease  or easements affecting  the  Premises,  on
behalf  of  La Corte. Only Fund XVIII may obligate La Corte  with
respect to any expense for the Premises.

      As  further  set  forth in paragraph 2 hereof,  Fund  XVIII
agrees to require any Tenant of the Premises to name La Corte  as
an  insured  or  additional  insured in  all  insurance  policies
provided for, or contemplated by, any lease on the Premises. Fund
XVIII shall use its best efforts to obtain endorsements



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adding Co-Tenants to said policies from Tenant within 30 days  of
commencement  of this agreement. In any event, Fund  XVIII  shall
distribute  any insurance proceeds it may receive, to the  extent
consistent  with any lease on the Premises, to the Co-Tenants  in
proportion to their respective ownership of the Premises.

2.    Income and expenses shall be allocated among the Co-Tenants
in  proportion to their respective share(s) of ownership.  Shares
of  net income shall be pro-rated for any partial calendar  years
included within the term of this Agreement. Fund XVIII may offset
against,  pay  to itself and deduct from any payment  due  to  La
Corte  under this Agreement, and may pay to itself the amount  of
La Corte's share of any legitimate expenses of the Premises which
are not paid by La Corte to Fund XVIII or its assigns, within ten
(10)  days  after  demand by Fund XVIII. In the  event  there  is
insufficient  operating income from which to  deduct  La  Corte's
unpaid share of operating expenses, Fund XVIII may pursue any and
all legal remedies for collection.

Operating  Expenses  shall include all normal operating  expense,
including  but not limited to: maintenance, utilities,  supplies,
labor, management, advertising and promotional expenses, salaries
and wages of rental and management personnel, leasing commissions
to  third  parties, a monthly accrual to pay insurance  premiums,
real  estate taxes, installments of special assessments  and  for
structural repairs and replacements, management fees, legal  fees
and accounting fees, but excluding all operating expenses paid by
Tenant under terms of any lease agreement of the Premises.

La  Corte has no requirement to, but has, nonetheless, elected to
retain,  and  agrees to annually reimburse,  Fund  XVIII  in  the
amount of $892 for the expenses, direct and indirect, incurred by
Fund  XVIII  in providing La Corte with quarterly accounting  and
distributions of La Corte's share of net income and for tracking,
reporting  and assessing the calculation of La Corte's  share  of
operating  expenses  incurred from  the  Premises.  This  invoice
amount  shall  be  pro-rated  for  partial  years  and  La  Corte
authorizes Fund XVIII to deduct such amount from La Corte's share
of  revenue  from  the  Premises.  La Corte  may  terminate  this
agreement   in   this   paragraph   respecting   accounting   and
distributions at any time and seek to collect its share of rental
income  directly  from the tenant; however,  enforcement  of  all
other  provisions  of the lease remains the sole  right  of  Fund
XVIII pursuant to Section 1 hereof.

3.    Full, accurate and complete books of account shall be  kept
in  accordance  with generally accepted accounting principles  at
Fund  XVIII's  principal office, and each  Co-Tenant  shall  have
access  to  such books and may inspect and copy any part  thereof
during  normal business hours. Within ninety (90) days after  the
end  of  each  calendar year during the term hereof,  Fund  XVIII
shall  prepare an accurate income statement for the ownership  of
the  Premises for said calendar year and shall furnish copies  of
the  same  to all Co-Tenants. Quarterly, as its share,  La  Corte
shall be entitled to receive 17.7781% of all items of income  and
expense  generated  by  the  Premises.   Upon  receipt  of   said
accounting,  if the payments received by each Co-Tenant  pursuant
to  this  Paragraph 3 do not equal, in the aggregate, the amounts
which  each are entitled to receive proportional to its share  of
ownership  with  respect  to  said  calendar  year  pursuant   to
Paragraph  2 hereof, an appropriate adjustment shall be  made  so
that each Co-Tenant receives the amount to which it is entitled.

4.    If  Net Income from the Premises is less than $0.00  (i.e.,
the  Premises  operates  at a loss), or if capital  improvements,
repairs, and/or replacements, for which adequate reserves do  not
exist,  need  to  be made to the Premises, the  Co-Tenants,  upon
receipt  of  a  written request therefor from Fund XVIII,  shall,
within  fifteen (15) business days after receipt of notice,  make
payment to Fund XVIII sufficient to pay said net operating losses
and  to provide necessary operating capital for the Premises  and
to   pay   for   said   capital  improvements,   repairs   and/or
replacements, all in proportion to their undivided  interests  in
and to the Premises.



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5.    Co-Tenants  may, at any time, sell, finance,  or  otherwise
create  a lien upon their interest in the Premises but only  upon
their  interest  and not upon any part of the interest  held,  or
owned, by any other Co-Tenant.  All Co-Tenants reserve the  right
to escrow proceeds from a sale of their interests in the Premises
to obtain tax deferral by the purchase of replacement property.

6.    If any Co-Tenant shall be in default with respect to any of
its  obligations hereunder, and if said default is not  corrected
within  thirty  (30)  days after receipt by said  defaulting  Co-
Tenant  of written notice of said default, or within a reasonable
period  if  said default does not consist solely of a failure  to
pay money, the remaining Co-Tenant(s) may resort to any available
remedy to cure said default at law, in equity, or by statute.

7.    This  property management agreement shall continue in  full
force  and effect and shall bind and inure to the benefit of  the
Co-Tenant  and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns  until
October  31,  2021  or upon the sale of the  entire  Premises  in
accordance with the terms hereof and proper disbursement  of  the
proceeds   thereof,   whichever  shall   first   occur.    Unless
specifically   identified  as  a  personal  contract   right   or
obligation herein, this agreement shall run with any interest  in
the  Premises and with the title thereto. Once any person,  party
or  entity has ceased to have an interest in fee in the Premises,
it  shall  not be bound by, subject to or benefit from the  terms
hereof;   but  its  heirs,  executors,  administrators,  personal
representatives, successors or assigns, as the case may be, shall
be substituted for it hereunder.

8.    Any notice or election required or permitted to be given or
served by any party hereto to, or upon any other, shall be deemed
given  or  served  in  accordance with  the  provisions  of  this
Agreement, if said notice or elections addressed as follows;

If to Fund XVIII:

AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership
1300 Minnesota World Trade Center
30 E. Seventh Street
St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

If to La Corte:

400 East Colonial Drive
Suite 609
Orlando, FL  32803

If to Wood:

Kent T. Wood and Kimberly Pasini Wood
1550 Monte Vista Drive
Reno, NV  89509

If to Pasini:

John Pasini and Elvia Pasini, Trustees
4000 Bitter Creek Court
Reno, NV  89509




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If  to Nicoletta:

Joseph Nicoletta
5727 Camellia
North Hollywood, CA  91601


Each mailed notice or election shall be deemed to have been given
to,  or served upon, the party to which addressed on the date the
same  is  deposited in the United States certified  mail,  return
receipt  requested,  postage prepaid, or given  to  a  nationally
recognized  courier  service guaranteeing overnight  delivery  as
properly addressed in the manner above provided. Any party hereto
may  change  its address for the service of notice  hereunder  by
delivering  written notice of said change to  the  other  parties
hereunder, in the manner above specified, at least ten (10)  days
prior to the effective date of said change.

9.    This  Agreement shall not create any partnership  or  joint
venture  among or between the Co-Tenants or any of them, and  the
only  relationship  among  and between the  Co-Tenants  hereunder
shall  be  that  of owners of the premises as tenants  in  common
subject to the terms hereof.

10.    The  unenforceability or invalidity of  any  provision  or
provisions  of  this Agreement as to any person or  circumstances
shall  not render that provision, nor any other provision hereof,
unenforceable or invalid as to any other person or circumstances,
and  all  provisions hereof, in all other respects, shall  remain
valid and enforceable.

11.   In  the  event  any litigation arises between  the  parties
hereto  relating  to  this Agreement, or any  of  the  provisions
hereof, the party prevailing in such action shall be entitled  to
receive  from the losing party, in addition to all other  relief,
remedies  and  damages  to  which it is otherwise  entitled,  all
reasonable  costs  and expenses, including reasonable  attorneys'
fees,  incurred by the prevailing party in connection  with  said
litigation.






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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The parties hereto have caused this Agreement
to  be executed and delivered, as of the day and year first above
written.

La Corte  Stanley E. La Corte

          By: /s/ Stanley E LaCorte

          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Edward A Kerber
     
          Edward A Kerber
          (Print Name)
     
          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Lavonne Harmon
     
          Lavonne Harmon
          (Print Name)


State of Florida )
                     ) ss.
County of Orange  )

The  foregoing instrument was acknowledged  before  me,  a
Notary  Public in and for the County and State  aforesaid,
this  16th  day  of  July, 1997, by Stan  Lacorte,  Notary
Public.

                              /s/ Lavone Harmon
                                   Notary Public


                              [notary seal]





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Fund XVIII AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership

           By: AEI Fund Management XVIII, Inc., its corporate general partner

           By: /s/ Robert P Johnson
                   Robert P. Johnson, President


          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Dawn E Campbell
     
          Dawn E Campbell
          (Print Name)
     
          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Jennifer Seck
     
          Jennifer Seck
          (Print Name)


State of Minnesota )
                                   ) ss.
County of Ramsey  )

I,  a Notary Public in and for the state and county of aforesaid,
hereby  certify  there  appeared  before  me  this  22nd  day  of
September,  1997,  Robert  P.  Johnson,  President  of  AEI  Fund
Management  XVIII, Inc., corporate general partner  of  AEI  Real
Estate Fund XVIIII Limited Partnership who executed the foregoing
instrument  in said capacity and on behalf of the corporation  in
its  capacity  as corporate general partner, on  behalf  of  said
limited partnership.

                              /s/ Linda A Bisdorf
                                   Notary Public



                              [notary seal]




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                         EXHIBIT A
     
                      Legal Description
     
     
     
     Premises:  APPLEBEE'S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL & BAR
     
     
     
     A  portion of Section 26, Township 2 South.  Range 21  West,
     Walton County, Florida, being more particularly described as
     follows:
     
     Commence  at  the  intersection with the East  line  of  the
     aforesaid  Section  26  and the North Right-of-way  Line  of
     State  Road  30  (U.S. 98. 100' R/W);  thence  go  North  77
     degrees 09 minutes 03 seconds West along the aforesaid Right-
     of-way  line,  a  distance of 1233.51 feet  to  a  point  of
     curvature:  thence go along a curve to the  left,  having  a
     radius of 5779.65 feet, an arc distance of 1060.26 feet (CH.
     =  1058.78',  CH.  BRG.  = North 82 degrees  24  minutes  26
     seconds West); thence departing the aforesaid North Right-of-
     way line, go North 02 degrees 59 seconds 27 minutes East,  a
     distance of 10.00 feet to a point on a curve, being  concave
     southerly and having a radius of 5789.65 feet and the  Point
     of  Beginning:  thence go northwesterly along the  aforesaid
     curve,  an  arc distance of 180.00 feet (CH. = 179.99',  CH.
     BRG.  = North 88 degrees 33 minutes 11 seconds West): thence
     go  North  02 degrees 59 minutes 27 seconds East, a distance
     of  215.00  feet: thence go South 88 degrees 38  minutes  25
     seconds  East, a distance of 178.79 feet to  a  Point  on  a
     curve,  being concave southwesterly and having a  radius  of
     44.90  feet:  thence  go Southeasterly along  the  aforesaid
     curve,  an  arc distance of 10.44 feet (CHI. = 10.42'.  CHI.
     BRAG. = South 03 degrees 39 minutes 46 seconds  East) to the
     Point of Tangency: thence go South 02 degrees 59 minutes  27
     seconds  East,  a distance of 204.89 feet to  the  Point  of
     Beginning.
     
     
     EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION
     
     lying  Northerly of and within 66 feet of the centerline  of
     survey  of State Road 30 (US 98) Section 60020, Westerly  of
     Station 248+00 and lying Northerly of and within 67 feet  of
     said  centerline  of  survey,  between  Station  248+00  and
     Station  256+51  and lying Northerly of said  centerline  of
     survey  and  within  a transition from 67  feet  at  Station
     256+51 to 87 feet at Station 256+76; and lying Northerly  of
     and  within  110 feet of said centerline of survey,  between
     Station  256+76 and Station 257+36; and lying  Northerly  of
     said  centerline of survey and within a transition  from  87
     feet  at  Station 257+36 to 67 feet at Station  257+61;  and
     lying Northerly of and within 67 feet of said centerline  of
     survey  Easterly of Station 257+611; said centerline  to  be
     described  and  said  Stations to  be  located  as  follows:
     Commence  on  a  capped rod (RLS # 1835)  at  the  Southeast
     corner  of  Sandestin  Estates  Subdivision,  as  per   plat
     recorded  in Plat Book 4, Page 25 of the Public  Records  of
     Walton County,  Florida; thence South 44 16' 49" East 101.64
     feet;  thence  North 83 48' 54" East 3476.74 feet  (crossing
     the East line of Section 27, Township 2 South, Range 21 West
     and  the West line of Section 26, Township 2 South 2  South,
     Range  21  West) to the POINT OF BEGINNING of centerline  of
     survey  to  be  described  herein,  said  point  being   the
     beginning of a curve, concave Southerly, having a radius  of
     5729.58   feet;  thence  run  Northeasterly,  Easterly   and
     Southeasterly 1302.52 feet along said curve, thru a  central
     angle  of  13  o1'  31" to Station 248+00;  thence  continue
     Southeasterly 695.62 feet along said curve, thru  a  central
     angle of 6 57' 22" to the end of curve; thence South 76  12'
     14"  East  155.38  feet to Station 256+51;  thence  continue
     South  76  12' 14" East 25.0 feet to Station 256+76;  thence
     continue South 76 12' 14" East 60.00 feet to Station 257+36;
     thence  continue South 76 12'14" East 25.0 feet  to  Station
     257+61; thence continue South 76 12' 14" East 977.87 feet to
     the  East line of said Section 26 (West line of Section  25,
     Township  2  South  Range 21 West) at a point  4561.50  feet
     South  1  50' 37" West of a four inch by four inch  concrete
     monument  on  the  Northeast  corner  of  said  Section   26
     (Northwest corner of said Section 25); thence continue South
     76 12' 14" East 1359.55 feet to a point of intersection with
     the Southerly extension of the Easterly line of Parcel A  of
     Tract  308  of  said Section 25; and end  of  centerline  of
     survey herein described; said point being 518.40 feet  South
     2 00' 23" West of a capped rod (RLS # 2535) on the Northeast
     corner of said partial A; containing 1080 square feet,  more
     or less.
     





                       PROPERTY CO-TENANCY
                       OWNERSHIP AGREEMENT
                 (Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX)
                                
                                
THIS CO-TENANCY AGREEMENT,

Made  and entered into as of the 25th day of September, 1997,  by
and   between   Nick  DeVito,  Inc.,  a  California  Corporation,
(hereinafter  called "DeVito"), and AEI Real  Estate  Fund  XVIII
Limited  Partnership (hereinafter called "Fund  XVIII")  (DeVito,
Fund  XVIII  (and  any other Owner in Fee where  the  context  so
indicates)  being hereinafter sometimes collectively called  "Co-
Tenants" and referred to in the neuter gender).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Fund XVIII presently owns an undivided 35.0623% interest
in  and  to,  and  DeVito  presently owns an  undivided  15.6724%
interest  in and to, and Anton Kuster presently owns an undivided
11.5896%  interest  in  and  to,  and  The  Hesson  Family  Trust
presently owns an undivided 13.2895% interest in and to, and Arel
D.  and Louise B. Middleton presently owns and undivided 10.6316%
interest (also referred to herein as Co-Tenant)  in and  to,  and
Carolyn W. Davidson presently owns an undivided 13.7546% interest
(also  referred  to  herein as Co-Tenant) in  and  to  the  land,
situated  in the City of San Antonio, County of Bexar, and  State
of  Texas, (legally described upon Exhibit A attached hereto  and
hereby made a part hereof) and in and to the improvements located
thereon (hereinafter called "Premises");

WHEREAS,  The  parties  hereto wish to provide  for  the  orderly
operation and management of the Premises and DeVito's interest by
Fund  XVIII; the continued leasing of space within the  Premises;
for  the distribution of income from and the pro-rata sharing  in
expenses of the Premises.

NOW  THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by DeVito of  an
undivided  interest  in and to the Premises,  for  at  least  One
Dollar  ($1.00) and other good and valuable consideration by  the
parties  hereto  to  one another in hand paid,  the  receipt  and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and of  the  mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained, it is hereby agreed by
and between the parties hereto, as follows:

1.    The  operation  and  management of the  Premises  shall  be
delegated  to Fund XVIII, or its designated agent, successors  or
assigns. Provided, however, if Fund XVIII shall sell all  of  its
interest  in  the  Premises, the duties and obligations  of  Fund
XVIII  respecting management of the Premises as set forth herein,
including but not limited to paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 hereof, shall
be exercised by the holder or holders of a majority undivided co-
tenancy interest in the Premises. Except as hereinafter expressly
provided to the contrary, each of the parties hereto agrees to be
bound  by  the  decisions  of  Fund XVIII  with  respect  to  all
administrative,  operational  and  management  matters   of   the
property  comprising the Premises, including but not  limited  to
the  management of the net lease agreement  for the Premises. The
parties  hereto  hereby designate Fund XVIII as  their  sole  and
exclusive  agent to deal with any property agent and  to  execute
leases of space within the Premises, including but not limited to
any  amendments,  consents  to assignment,  sublet,  releases  or
modifications  to  leases or guarantees  of  lease  or  easements
affecting  the Premises, on behalf of all present or  future  Co-
Tenants. Only Fund XVIII may obligate DeVito with respect to  any
expense for the Premises.

As  further set forth in paragraph 2 hereof, Fund XVIII agrees to
require  any lessee of the Premises to name DeVito as an  insured
or  additional insured in all insurance policies provided for, or
contemplated by, any lease on the Premises. Fund XVIII shall  use
its best efforts to obtain endorsements adding


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Co-Tenants  to  said  policies from  lessee  within  30  days  of
commencement  of this agreement. In any event, Fund  XVIII  shall
distribute  any insurance proceeds it may receive, to the  extent
consistent  with any lease on the Premises, to the Co-Tenants  in
proportion to their respective ownership of the Premises.

2.    Income,  expenses and any net proceeds from a sale  of  the
Premises shall be allocated among the Co-Tenants in proportion to
their  respective  share(s) of ownership. Shares  of  net  income
shall be pro-rated for any partial calendar years included within
the term of this Agreement. Fund XVIII may offset against, pay to
itself  and  deduct  from any payment due to  DeVito  under  this
Agreement, and may pay to itself the amount of DeVito's share  of
any  legitimate expenses of the Premises which are  not  paid  by
DeVito  to Fund XVIII or its assigns, within ten (10) days  after
demand  by  Fund  XVIII.  In  the  event  there  is  insufficient
operating  income from which to deduct DeVito's unpaid  share  of
operating  expenses,  Fund XVIII may pursue  any  and  all  legal
remedies for collection.

Operating  Expenses  shall include all normal operating  expense,
including  but not limited to: maintenance, utilities,  supplies,
labor, management, advertising and promotional expenses, salaries
and wages of rental and management personnel, leasing commissions
to  third  parties, a monthly accrual to pay insurance  premiums,
real  estate taxes, installments of special assessments  and  for
structural repairs and replacements, management fees, legal  fees
and accounting fees, but excluding all operating expenses paid by
Tenant under terms of any lease agreement of the Premises.

DeVito  has  no requirement to, but has, nonetheless  elected  to
retain,  and  agrees to annually reimburse,  Fund  XVIII  in  the
amount of $900 for the expenses, direct and indirect, incurred by
Fund  XVIII in providing monthly accounting and distributions  of
DeVito's  share  of  net income and for tracking,  reporting  and
assessing the calculation of DeVito's share of operating expenses
incurred  from  the Premises. This invoice amount shall  be  pro-
rated  for  partial  years and DeVito authorizes  Fund  XVIII  to
deduct  such  amount  from DeVito's share  of  revenue  from  the
Premises.  DeVito may terminate this agreement in this  paragraph
respecting  accounting and distributions at any time and  attempt
to  collect its share of rental income directly from the  tenant;
however, enforcement of all other provisions of the lease remains
the  sole right of Fund XVIII pursuant to Section 1 hereof.  Fund
XVIII  may terminate its obligation under this paragraph upon  30
days  notice  to  DeVito  prior to the end  of  each  anniversary
hereof, unless agreed in writing to the contrary.

3.    Full, accurate and complete books of account shall be  kept
in  accordance  with generally accepted accounting principles  at
Fund  XVIII's  principal office, and each  Co-Tenant  shall  have
access  to  such books and may inspect and copy any part  thereof
during  normal business hours. Within ninety (90) days after  the
end  of  each  calendar year during the term hereof,  Fund  XVIII
shall  prepare an accurate income statement for the ownership  of
the  Premises for said calendar year and shall furnish copies  of
the same to all Co-Tenants. Quarterly, as its share, DeVito shall
be  entitled  to  receive 15.6724% of all  items  of  income  and
expense   generated  by  the  Premises.  Upon  receipt  of   said
accounting,  if the payments received by each Co-Tenant  pursuant
to  this  Paragraph 3 do not equal, in the aggregate, the amounts
which  each are entitled to receive proportional to its share  of
ownership  with  respect  to  said  calendar  year  pursuant   to
Paragraph  2 hereof, an appropriate adjustment shall be  made  so
that each Co-Tenant receives the amount to which it is entitled.

4.    If  Net Income from the Premises is less than $0.00  (i.e.,
the  Premises  operates  at a loss), or if capital  improvements,
repairs, and/or replacements, for which adequate reserves do  not
exist,  need  to  be made to the Premises, the  Co-Tenants,  upon
receipt  of  a  written request therefor from Fund XVIII,  shall,
within  fifteen (15) business days after receipt of notice,  make
payment to


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Fund  XVIII  sufficient to pay said net operating losses  and  to
provide necessary operating capital for the premises and  to  pay
for  said capital improvements, repairs and/or replacements,  all
in  proportion  to  their  undivided  interests  in  and  to  the
Premises.

5.    Subject  to the rights of any Tenant under a lease  of  the
Premises,  Co-Tenants  may,  at  any  time,  sell,  finance,   or
otherwise  create a lien upon their interest in the Premises  but
only  upon  their interest and not upon any part of the  interest
held,  or owned, by any other Co-Tenant.  All Co-Tenants  reserve
the  right  to escrow proceeds from a sale of their interests  in
the   Premises  to  obtain  tax  deferral  by  the  purchase   of
replacement property.

6.   If any Co-Tenant, shall be in default with respect to any of
its  obligations hereunder, and if said default is not  corrected
within  thirty  (30)  days after receipt by said  defaulting  Co-
Tenant  of written notice of said default, or within a reasonable
period  if  said default does not consist solely of a failure  to
pay money, the remaining Co-Tenant(s) may resort to any available
remedy to cure said default at law, in equity, or by statute.

7.    This  property management agreement shall continue in  full
force  and effect and shall bind and inure to the benefit of  the
Co-Tenant  and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns  until
July  19,  2016  or  upon  the sale of  the  entire  Premises  in
accordance with the terms hereof and proper disbursement  of  the
proceeds   thereof,   whichever  shall   first   occur.    Unless
specifically   identified  as  a  personal  contract   right   or
obligation herein, this agreement shall run with any interest  in
the  Premises and with the title thereto. Once any person,  party
or entity has ceased to have an interest in fee in any portion of
the  Premises,  it shall not be bound by, subject to  or  benefit
from  the terms hereof; but its heirs, executors, administrators,
personal representatives, successors or assigns, as the case  may
be, shall be substituted for it hereunder.

8.    Any notice or election required or permitted to be given or
served by any party hereto to, or upon any other, shall be deemed
given  or  served  in  accordance with  the  provisions  of  this
Agreement, if said notice or elections addressed as follows;

If to Fund XVIII:

AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership
1300 Minnesota World Trade Center
30 E. Seventh Street
St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

If to Davidson:

Carolyn W. Davidson
4407 Ortega Forest Drive
Jacksonville, FL  32210

If to Middleton:

Arel D. and Louise B. Middleton
P.O. Box 283
Wasco, OR  97065-0283



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If to Hesson:

Ivan Hesson, Trustee
3864 Via Lasbrisas
Santa Barbera, CA  93110

If to Kuster:

Tony Kuster
4214 Danbury
Amarillo, TX  79109

If to DeVito

Vito DeVito Francesco, Secretary/Treasurer
P.O, Box 591
Ontario, CA  91762

Each mailed notice or election shall be deemed to have been given
to,  or served upon, the party to which addressed on the date the
same  is  deposited in the United States certified  mail,  return
receipt  requested,  postage prepaid, or given  to  a  nationally
recognized  courier  service guaranteeing overnight  delivery  as
properly addressed in the manner above provided. Any party hereto
may  change  its address for the service of notice  hereunder  by
delivering  written notice of said change to  the  other  parties
hereunder, in the manner above specified, at least ten (10)  days
prior to the effective date of said change.

10.   This  Agreement shall not create any partnership  or  joint
venture  among or between the Co-Tenants or any of them, and  the
only  relationship  among  and between the  Co-Tenants  hereunder
shall  be  that  of owners of the premises as tenants  in  common
subject to the terms hereof.

11.    The  unenforceability or invalidity of  any  provision  or
provisions  of  this Agreement as to any person or  circumstances
shall  not render that provision, nor any other provision hereof,
unenforceable or invalid as to any other person or circumstances,
and  all  provisions hereof, in all other respects, shall  remain
valid and enforceable.

12.   In  the  event  any litigation arises between  the  parties
hereto  relating  to  this Agreement, or any  of  the  provisions
hereof, the party prevailing in such action shall be entitled  to
receive  from the losing party, in addition to all other  relief,
remedies  and  damages  to  which it is otherwise  entitled,  all
reasonable  costs  and expenses, including reasonable  attorneys'
fees,  incurred by the prevailing party in connection  with  said
litigation.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The parties hereto have caused this Agreement
to  be executed and delivered, as of the day and year first above
written.

DeVito    Nick DeVito, Inc., a California Corporation

          By: /s/ Vito DeVito Francesco
                  Vito DeVito Francesco, Secretary/Treasurer

Witness   By:/s/ Warren Stewart

Witness   By:/s/ Sharon Rose


STATE OF                                  )
                              ) ss
COUNTY OF                             )

The  foregoing instrument was acknowledged  before  me,  a
Notary  Public in and for the County and State  aforesaid,
this          day  of            ,1997, by               ,
Notary Public.




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Co-Tenancy Agreement for Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX



Fund XVIII AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership

           By: AEI Fund Management XVIII, Inc., its corporate general partner

           By:/s/ Robert P Johnson
                  Robert P. Johnson, President

Witness    By:/s/ Dawn E Campbell

Witness    By:/s/ Jennifer Seck

State of Minnesota )
                                   ) ss.
County of Ramsey  )

I,  a Notary Public in and for the state and county of aforesaid,
hereby  certify  there  appeared  before  me  this  25th  day  of
September,  1997,  Robert  P.  Johnson,  President  of  AEI  Fund
Management  XVIII, Inc., corporate general partner  of  AEI  Real
Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership, who executed the foregoing
instrument  in said capacity and on behalf of the corporation  in
its  capacity  as corporate general partner, on  behalf  of  said
limited partnership.

                                   /s/ Linda A Bisdorf
                                       Notary Public





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                         Exhibit A


                    Legal Description


Lot 31, Block 1, New City Block 15600, CKE Subdivision, Unit 3,
an addition to the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas,
according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 9504,
Page 182, Deed and Plat Records or Bexar County, Texas.



                       PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                  Taco Cabana, San Antonio, TX

This  AGREEMENT,  entered  into  effective  as  of  the  30th  of
September, 1997 .

l.  Parties.  Seller  is  AEI  Real  Estate  Fund  XVIII  Limited
Partnership  ("Seller"),  which  presently  holds  an   undivided
50.7347%  interest in the fee title to that certain real property
legally  described  in  the attached Exhibit  "A".  (the  "Entire
Property")    Buyer is Reginald O. Hill, trustee of the  Reginald
O.  Hill Trust dated 5/25/95 and Donna Jean Hill, trustee of  the
Donna  Jean Hill Trust dated 5/25/95 ("Buyer"). Seller wishes  to
sell  and  Buyer wishes to buy a portion as Tenant in  Common  of
Seller's interest in the Entire Property.

2. Property. The Property to be sold to Buyer in this transaction
consists   of   an   undivided   12.8462%   percentage   interest
(hereinafter, simply the "Property")  as Tenant in Common in  the
Entire Property.  To the best of Seller's knowledge, the purchase
of  the  Property is the purchase of an interest in real property
under Texas law.

3.  Purchase  Price  .  The purchase price  for  this  percentage
interest in the Property is $250,000, all cash.

4.  Terms.  The purchase price for the Property will be  paid  by
Buyer as follows:

     (a)  When this agreement is executed, Buyer will pay  $5,000
     to  Seller (the "First Payment"). The First Payment will  be
     credited  against  the purchase price  when  and  if  escrow
     closes  and  the  sale is completed, or otherwise  dispersed
     pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
     
     (b)  Buyer  will deposit the balance of the purchase  price,
     $245,000  (the  "Second Payment") into escrow in  sufficient
     time to allow escrow to close on the Closing Date.
     
     (c)  Seller hereby acknowledges receipt of the sum of $50.00
     cash   (the   "Option   Consideration")   from   Buyer,   as
     consideration for execution of this Agreement by Seller.  If
     the  purchase  and  sale  of  the  Property  is  consummated
     pursuant  to this Agreement, the Option Consideration  shall
     be applied toward the purchase price paid by Buyer.  If this
     Agreement  is  terminated pursuant to a  default  by  Seller
     hereunder,  the  Option Consideration shall  be  immediately
     returned   by  Seller  to  Buyer.   If  this  Agreement   is
     terminated  for  any reason other than a default  by  Seller
     hereunder,  Seller  shall be entitled to retain  the  Option
     Consideration.

5.  Closing  Date.   Escrow shall close on or before  October  3,
1997.

6.  Due  Diligence. Buyer will have until the expiration  of  the
fifth  business day (The "Review Period") after delivery of  each
of  following items, to be supplied by Seller, to conduct all  of
its  inspections  and due diligence and satisfy itself  regarding
each  item, the Property, and this transaction.  Buyer agrees  to
indemnify and hold Seller harmless for any loss or damage to  the
Leased  Premises or persons caused by Buyer or its agents arising
out of such physical inspections of the Entire Property.

     (a)   The  original  and  one  copy  of  a  title  insurance
     commitment  for  an  Owner's  Title  insurance  policy  (see
     paragraph 8 below).
     
     (b)  Copies  of  a Certificate of Occupancy  or  other  such
     document  certifying completion and granting  permission  to
     permanently  occupy the improvements on the Entire  Property
     as are in Seller's possession.
     
     
     
     
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     Purchase Agreement for Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX
     
     
     
     (c)  Copies  of  an "as built" survey of the  Property  done
     concurrent with Seller's acquisition of the Property.
     
     (d)  Lease  of  the Entire Property showing occupancy  date,
     lease   expiration  date,  rent,  and  Guarantys,  if   any,
     accompanied by such tenant financial statements as may  have
     been  provided most recently to Seller by the Tenant  and/or
     Guarantors.
     
     It is a contingency upon Seller's obligations hereunder that
two  (2)  copies  of  Co-Tenancy Agreement in the  form  attached
hereto  duly  executed by Buyer and Seller and  dated  on  escrow
Closing Date be delivered to the Seller on the Closing Date.

      Buyer may cancel this agreement for ANY REASON in its  sole
discretion  by  delivering a cancellation notice, return  receipt
requested,  to Seller and escrow holder before the expiration  of
any  Review  Period.  Such notice shall be deemed effective  only
upon receipt by Seller.  If this Agreement is not canceled as set
forth  above,  the  First Payment shall be non-refundable  unless
Seller shall default hereunder.

      If  Buyer  cancels this Agreement as permitted  under  this
Section,  except  for  any  escrow  cancellation  fees  and   any
liabilities  under sections 15(a) of this Agreement  (which  will
survive),  Buyer  (after execution of such  documents  reasonably
requested by Seller to evidence the termination hereof) shall  be
returned  its  First Payment, and Buyer will have  absolutely  no
rights,  claims  or interest of any type in connection  with  the
Property  or this transaction, regardless of any alleged  conduct
by Seller or anyone else.

      Unless this Agreement is canceled by Buyer pursuant to  the
terms  hereof, if Buyer fails to make the Second Payment,  Seller
shall   be  entitled  to  retain  the  First  Payment  and  Buyer
irrevocably will be deemed to be in default under this Agreement.
Seller  may, at its option, retain the First Payment and  declare
this Agreement null and void, in which event Buyer will be deemed
to  have canceled this Agreement and relinquish all rights in and
to  the  Property or Seller may exercise its rights under Section
14  hereof.   If  this Agreement is not canceled and  the  Second
Payment  is  made  when required, all of Buyer's  conditions  and
contingencies will be deemed satisfied.

7.  Escrow. Escrow shall be opened by Seller and funds  deposited
in  escrow upon acceptance of this Agreement by both parties. The
escrow  holder  will  be a nationally-recognized  escrow  company
selected by Seller. A copy of this Agreement will be delivered to
the  escrow holder and will serve as escrow instructions together
with the escrow holder's standard instructions and any additional
instructions required by the escrow holder to clarify its  rights
and  duties  (and  the  parties agree to  sign  these  additional
instructions).  If  there  is any conflict  between  these  other
instructions and this Agreement, this Agreement will control.

8.  Title.  Closing will be conditioned on the  commitment  of  a
title  company selected by Seller to issue an Owner's  policy  of
title  insurance, dated as of the close of escrow, in  an  amount
equal  to  the  purchase  price, insuring  that  Buyer  will  own
insurable  title  to  the Property subject  only  to:  the  title
company's  standard exceptions;  current real property taxes  and
assessments;  survey  exceptions;  the  rights  of   parties   in
possession pursuant to the lease defined in paragraph  11  below;
and  other  items of record disclosed to Buyer during the  Review
Period.

      Buyer shall be allowed five (5) days after receipt of  said
commitment  for examination and the making of any  objections  to
marketability thereto, said objections to be made in  writing  or
deemed  waived.  If any objections are so made, the Seller  shall
be  allowed eighty (80) days to make such title marketable or  in
the  alternative  to  obtain  a commitment  for  insurable  title
insuring over Buyer's objections.  If Seller shall decide to make
no  efforts to make title marketable, or is unable to make  title
marketable or obtain insurable title, (after execution  by  Buyer
of  such documents reasonably requested by Seller to evidence the
termination hereof) Buyer's First Payment



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     Purchase Agreement for Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX




shall  be returned and this Agreement shall be null and void  and
of no further force and effect.

     Pending correction of title, the payments hereunder required
shall  be postponed, but upon correction of title and within  ten
(10)  days  after written notice of correction to the Buyer,  the
parties shall perform this Agreement according to its terms.

9.  Closing Costs.  Seller will pay one-half of escrow fees,  the
cost  of  the  title  commitment and  any  brokerage  commissions
payable  except  those brokerage commissions incurred  by  Buyer.
The  buyer  will pay the cost of issuing a Standard Owners  Title
Insurance  Policy  in the full amount of the purchase  price,  if
Buyer desires to purchase the same.  Buyer will pay all recording
fees,  one-half of the escrow fees, and the cost of an update  to
the  Survey  in Sellers possession (if an update is  required  by
Buyer.)  Each party will pay its own attorney's fees and costs to
document and close this transaction.

10. Real Estate Taxes, Special Assessments and Prorations.

     (a)  Because the Entire Property (of which the Property is a
     part) is subject to a triple net lease (as further set forth
     in  paragraph 11(a)(i), the parties acknowledge  that  there
     shall  be no need for a real estate tax proration.  However,
     Seller  represents  that to the best of its  knowledge,  all
     real  estate  taxes and installments of special  assessments
     due  and  payable in all years prior to the year of  Closing
     have  been paid in full.  Unpaid levied and pending  special
     assessments  existing on the date of Closing  shall  be  the
     responsibility  of Buyer and Seller in proportion  to  their
     respective  Tenant in Common interests, pro-rated,  however,
     to  the  date  of closing; for the period prior to  closing,
     such  taxes  and  asessments shall be the responsibility  of
     Seller, if Tenant shall not pay the same.  Seller and  Buyer
     shall   likewise  pay  in  proportion  to  their   ownership
     interests  all  taxes  due and payable  in  the  year  after
     Closing  and  any unpaid installments of special assessments
     payable therewith and thereafter, if such unpaid levied  and
     pending  special assessments and real estate taxes  are  not
     paid by any tenant of the Entire Property.
     
     (b)   All income and all operating expenses from the  Entire
     Property  shall be prorated between the parties and adjusted
     by them as of the date of Closing.  Seller shall be entitled
     to  all  income  earned  and shall be  responsible  for  all
     expenses  incurred prior to the date of Closing,  and  Buyer
     shall  be entitled to its proportionate share of all  income
     earned and shall be responsible for its proportionate  share
     of  all  operating expenses of the Property incurred on  and
     after  the date of closing, if the same are not paid by  any
     tenant of the Entire Property.
     
11. Seller's Representation and Agreements.

     (a)  Seller represents and warrants as of this date that:

     (i)   Except  for the lease in existence between Seller  and
     Taco Cabana, Inc. ("Lessee"), dated July 19, 1991 which  was
     assigned  to  Texas Taco Cabana LP pursuant to  the  General
     Assignment  and  Assumption of Leases between  Taco  Cabana,
     Inc. and TC Lease Holdings III, V and VI, Inc. dated October
     31,   1993  and  pursuant  to  the  General  Assignment  and
     Assumption of Leases between TC Lease Holding III V and  VI,
     Inc.  and  Texas Taco Cabana LP dated October 31,  1993  and
     pursuant to the Consents and Acknowledgments Concerning  Net
     Lease  Agreements  between Taco Cabana, Inc.  and  AEI  Real
     Estate  Fund XVIII Limited Partnership dated June  2,  1994,
     Seller  is not aware of any leases of the Property.  A  copy
     of  the above referenced documents is incorporated herein as
     "Exhibit "B".   The above referenced lease agreement has  an
     option  to purchase in favor of the Lessee as set  forth  in
     article 34 of said lease agreement.
     
     
     
     
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     Purchase Agreement for Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX
     

     (ii)   It  is  not  aware  of  any  pending  litigation   or
     condemnation  proceedings against the Property  or  Seller's
     interest in the Property.
     
     (iii)   Except as previously disclosed to Buyer and  as  set
     forth  in  paragraph (b) below, Seller is not aware  of  any
     contracts Seller has executed that would be binding on Buyer
     after the Closing Date.
          
     (b)   Provided  that  Buyer performs  its  obligations  when
     required, Seller agrees that it will not enter into any  new
     contracts  prior  to the Closing Date that would  materially
     affect  the  Property  and be binding  on  Buyer  after  the
     Closing  Date without Buyer's prior consent, which will  not
     be  unreasonably withheld.  However, Buyer acknowledges that
     Seller retains the right both prior to and after the Closing
     Date  to  freely  transfer  all or  a  portion  of  Seller's
     remaining undivided interest in the Entire Property provided
     such sale shall not encumber the Property being purchased by
     Buyer  in  violation of the terms hereof or the contemplated
     Co-Tenancy Agreement.
     
12. Disclosures.

     (a)   To the best of Seller's knowledge: there are now,  and
     at  the  Closing  there  will be, no material,  physical  or
     mechanical  defects  of  the  Property,  including,  without
     limitation,   the   plumbing,  heating,  air   conditioning,
     ventilating, electrical systems, and all such items  are  in
     good  operating condition and repair and in compliance  with
     all  applicable  governmental , zoning and  land  use  laws,
     ordinances, regulations and requirements.
     
     (b)   To  the  best  of  Seller's  knowledge:  the  use  and
     operation of the Property now is, and at the time of Closing
     will  be, in full compliance with applicable building codes,
     safety,   fire,  zoning,  and  land  use  laws,  and   other
     applicable   local,  state  and  federal  laws,  ordinances,
     regulations and requirements.
     
     (c)   Seller  knows  of no facts nor has  Seller  failed  to
     disclose  to  Buyer  any fact known to  Seller  which  would
     prevent  the  use  and operation of the Property  after  the
     Closing  in the manner in which the Property has  been  used
     and operated prior to the date of this Agreement.
     
     (d)  To the best of Seller's knowledge: the Property is not,
     and  as  of  the  Closing will not be, in violation  of  any
     federal,  state  or  local  law,  ordinance  or  regulations
     relating  to  industrial  hygiene or  to  the  environmental
     conditions  on, under, or about the Property including,  but
     not  limited  to, soil and groundwater conditions.   To  the
     best  of  Seller's  knowledge: there  is  no  proceeding  or
     inquiry  by any governmental authority with respect  to  the
     presence  of  Hazardous Materials on  the  Property  or  the
     migration  of Hazardous Materials from or to other property.
     Buyer agrees that Seller will have no liability of any  type
     to  Buyer  or Buyer's successors, assigns, or affiliates  in
     connection  with any Hazardous Materials on or in connection
     with  the Property either before or after the Closing  Date,
     except such Hazardous Materials on or in connection with the
     Property  arising  out  of  Seller's  gross  negligence   or
     intentional misconduct.
     
     (e)   Buyer agrees that it shall be purchasing the  Property
     in  its  then present condition, as is, where is, and Seller
     has  no  obligations to construct or repair any improvements
     thereon  or to perform any other act regarding the Property,
     except as expressly provided herein.
     
     (f)    Buyer  acknowledges  that,  having  been  given   the
     opportunity  to  inspect  the Property  and  such  financial
     information  on the Lessee and Guarantors of  the  Lease  as
     Buyer or its advisors shall request, Buyer is relying solely
     on its own investigation of the Property and not on any
     
     
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     information provided by Seller  or to be provided except  as
     set  forth  herein.   Buyer further  acknowledges  that  the
     information  provided  and to be  provided  by  Seller  with
     respect to the Property and to the Lessee and Guarantors  of
     Lease  was  obtained  from a variety of sources  and  Seller
     neither   (a)   has   made  independent   investigation   or
     verification   of  such  information,  or  (b)   makes   any
     representations as to the accuracy or completeness  of  such
     information.   The  sale  of the Property  as  provided  for
     herein  is  made  on an "AS IS" basis, and  Buyer  expressly
     acknowledges  that, in consideration of  the  agreements  of
     Seller  herein, except as otherwise specified herein, Seller
     makes no warranty or representation, express or implied,  or
     arising by operation of law, including, but not limited  to,
     any  warranty  or  condition,  habitability,  tenantability,
     suitability  for  commercial purposes,  merchantability,  or
     fitness  for  a  particular  purpose,  in  respect  of   the
     Property.
     
     The provisions (d) - (f) above shall survive closing.
     
13. Closing.

     (a)   Before  the  Closing Date, Seller  will  deposit  into
     escrow an executed special warranty deed conveying insurable
     title  of the Property to Buyer, subject to the encumbrances
     contained in paragraph 8 above.
     
     (b)   On or before the Closing Date, Buyer will deposit into
     escrow:  the  balance  of the purchase price  when  required
     under  Section  4; any additional funds required  of  Buyer,
     (pursuant to this agreement or any other agreement  executed
     by  Buyer) to close escrow.  Both parties will sign the  Co-
     Tenancy  Agreement,  and deliver to the  escrow  holder  any
     other documents reasonably required by the escrow holder  to
     close escrow.
     
     (c)   On  the  Closing Date, if escrow is in a  position  to
     close,  the  escrow  holder will: record  the  deed  in  the
     official  records  of  the  county  where  the  Property  is
     located;  cause  the title company to commit  to  issue  the
     owners  title policy purchase by Buyer; immediately  deliver
     to  Seller the portion of the purchase price deposited  into
     escrow by cashier's check or wire transfer (less debits  and
     prorations,  if any); deliver to Seller and Buyer  a  signed
     counterpart   of  the  escrow  holder's  certified   closing
     statement  and  take  all other actions necessary  to  close
     escrow.

14.  Defaults.  If Buyer defaults, Buyer will forfeit all  rights
and  claims  and  Seller will be relieved of all obligations  and
will  be  entitled to retain all monies heretofore  paid  by  the
Buyer.   In  addition, Seller shall retain all remedies available
to Seller at law or in equity.

     If Seller shall default, Buyer irrevocably waives any rights
to file a lis pendens, a specific performance action or any other
claim,  action or proceeding of any type in connection  with  the
Property or this or any other transaction involving the Property,
and  will  not  do  anything to affect title to the  Property  or
hinder,  delay  or  prevent  any  other  sale,  lease  or   other
transaction involving the Property (any and all of which will  be
null  and void), unless: it has paid the First Payment, deposited
the  balance  of the second payment for the purchase  price  into
escrow, performed all of its other obligations and satisfied  all
conditions  under  this  Agreement, and unconditionally  notified
Seller  that it stands ready to tender full performance, purchase
the  Property and close escrow as per this Agreement,  regardless
of  any  alleged  default  or misconduct  by  Seller.   Provided,
however, that in no event shall Seller be liable for any  actual,
punitive, consequential or speculative damages arising out of any
default by Seller hereunder.
     
15. Buyer's Representations and Warranties.
     
     a.  Buyer represents and warrants to Seller as follows:



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     (i)   In  addition to the acts and deeds recited herein  and
     contemplated  to  be performed, executed, and  delivered  by
     Buyer, Buyer shall perform, execute and deliver or cause  to
     be  performed,  executed, and delivered at  the  Closing  or
     after  the  Closing,  any and all further  acts,  deeds  and
     assurances as Seller or the Title Company may require and be
     reasonable   in   order  to  consummate   the   transactions
     contemplated herein.
     
     (ii)   Buyer  has  all  requisite  power  and  authority  to
     consummate  the  transaction contemplated by this  Agreement
     and  has by proper proceedings duly authorized the execution
     and  delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of  the
     transaction contemplated hereby.
     
     (iii)   To  Buyer's  knowledge, neither  the  execution  and
     delivery  of  this  Agreement nor the  consummation  of  the
     transaction  contemplated  hereby  will  violate  or  be  in
     conflict with (a) any applicable provisions of law, (b)  any
     order  of  any  court or other agency of  government  having
     jurisdiction  hereof, or (c) any agreement or instrument  to
     which Buyer is a party or by which Buyer is bound.
     
16. Damages, Destruction and Eminent Domain.

     (a)   If, prior to closing, the Property or any part thereof
     be  destroyed  or further damaged by fire, the elements,  or
     any cause, due to events occurring subsequent to the date of
     this Agreement to the extent that the cost of repair exceeds
     $10,000.00,  this Agreement shall become null and  void,  at
     Buyer's  option exercised, if at all, by written  notice  to
     Seller within ten (10) days after Buyer has received written
     notice  from Seller of said destruction or damage.   Seller,
     however,  shall  have  the right to  adjust  or  settle  any
     insured  loss  until  (i)  all contingencies  set  forth  in
     Paragraph 6 hereof have been satisfied, or waived; and  (ii)
     any  five-day period provided for above in this Subparagraph
     16a  for  Buyer  to  elect to terminate this  Agreement  has
     expired  or  Buyer has, by written notice to Seller,  waived
     Buyer's right to terminate this Agreement.  If Buyer  elects
     to  proceed  and  to  consummate the purchase  despite  said
     damage  or  destruction, there shall be no reduction  in  or
     abatement of the purchase price, and Seller shall assign  to
     Buyer the Seller's right, title, and interest in and to  all
     insurance  proceeds  (pro-rata in  relation  to  the  Entire
     Property) resulting from said damage or destruction  to  the
     extent  that the same are payable with respect to damage  to
     the  Property, subject to rights of any Tenant of the Entire
     Property.
     
     If  the cost of repair is less than $10,000.00, Buyer  shall
     be  obligated  to  otherwise  perform  hereinunder  with  no
     adjustment  to  the Purchase Price, reduction or  abatement,
     and  Seller shall assign Seller's right, title and  interest
     in and to all insurance proceeds pro-rata in relation to the
     Entire  Property,  subject to rights of any  Tenant  of  the
     Entire Property.
     
     (b)   If,  prior  to  closing, the  Property,  or  any  part
     thereof,  is  taken by eminent domain, this Agreement  shall
     become null and void, at Buyer's option.  If Buyer elects to
     proceed  and to consummate the purchase despite said taking,
     there  shall  be  no  reduction in,  or  abatement  of,  the
     purchase  price,  and  Seller  shall  assign  to  Buyer  the
     Seller's  right,  title, and interest in and  to  any  award
     made, or to be made, in the condemnation proceeding pro-rata
     in relation to the Entire Property, subject to rights of any
     Tenant of the Entire Property.
     
      In the event that this Agreement is terminated by Buyer  as
provided  above  in  Subparagraph 16a or 16b, the  First  Payment
shall  be immediately returned to Buyer (after execution by Buyer
of  such documents reasonably requested by Seller to evidence the
termination hereof).

17. Buyer's 1031 Tax Free Exchange.



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      While  Seller  acknowledges that Buyer  is  purchasing  the
Property  as  "replacement property" to  accomplish  a  tax  free
exchange,   Buyer   acknowledges  that   Seller   has   made   no
representations,  warranties, or agreements to Buyer  or  Buyer's
agents  that  the transaction contemplated by the Agreement  will
qualify  for such tax treatment, nor has there been any  reliance
thereon by Buyer respecting the legal or tax implications of  the
transactions contemplated hereby.  Buyer further represents  that
it has sought and obtained such third party advice and counsel as
it  deems  necessary in regards to the tax implications  of  this
transaction.

      Buyer  wishes  to  novate/assign the ownership  rights  and
interest  of this Purchase Agreement to Chicago Deferred Exchange
who  will  act  as  Facilitator to perfect the 1031  exchange  by
preparing  an  agreement  of exchange of  Real  Property  whereby
Chicago  Deferred  Exchange will be an  independent  third  party
purchasing the ownership interest in subject property from Seller
and  selling the ownership interest in subject property to  Buyer
under  the  same  terms  and conditions  as  documented  in  this
Purchase  Agreement.  Buyer asks the Seller to cooperate  in  the
perfection  of such an exchange at no additional cost or  expense
or  delay  in  time.  Buyer hereby indemnifies and  holds  Seller
harmless  from  any  claims and/or actions  resulting  from  said
exchange.    Pursuant  to  the  direction  of  Chicago   Deferred
Exchange, Seller will deed the Property to Buyer.

18. Cancellation

     If  any party elects to cancel this Contract because of  any
     breach by another party, the party electing to cancel  shall
     deliver  to escrow agent a notice containing the address  of
     the party in breach and stating that this Contract shall  be
     canceled unless the breach is cured within 13 days following
     the  delivery  of  the notice to the escrow  agent.   Within
     three  days  after receipt of such notice, the escrow  agent
     shall  send it by United States Mail to the party in  breach
     at the address contained in the Notice and no further notice
     shall be required. If the breach is not cured within the  13
     days  following  the delivery of the notice  to  the  escrow
     agent, this Contract shall be canceled.

19. Miscellaneous.

     (a)  This Agreement may be amended only by written agreement
     signed by both Seller and Buyer, and all waivers must be  in
     writing  and signed by the waiving party.  Time  is  of  the
     essence.   This  Agreement  will not  be  construed  for  or
     against  a party whether or not that party has drafted  this
     Agreement.  If there is any action or proceeding between the
     parties relating to this Agreement the prevailing party will
     be  entitled to recover attorney's fees and costs.  This  is
     an  integrated  agreement containing all agreements  of  the
     parties  about the Property and the other matters described,
     and  it  supersedes any other agreements or  understandings.
     Exhibits  attached  to this Agreement are incorporated  into
     this Agreement.
     
     (b)   If  this  escrow  has not closed by  October  3,  1997
     through  no  fault  of Seller, Seller  may  either,  at  its
     election,  extend  the Closing Date or exercise  any  remedy
     available   to   it  by  law,  including  terminating   this
     Agreement.
     
     (c)  Funds to be deposited or paid by Buyer must be good and
     clear  funds in the form of cash, cashier's checks  or  wire
     transfers.
     
     (d)   All notices from either of the parties hereto  to  the
     other  shall be in writing and shall be considered  to  have
     been  duly  given or served if sent by first class certified
     mail,  return receipt requested, postage prepaid,  or  by  a
     nationally recognized courier service guaranteeing overnight
     delivery to the party at his or its address set forth below,
     or  to  such  other  address  as such  party  may  hereafter
     designate by written notice to the other party.
     
     
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     If to Seller:
     
          Attention:  Robert P. Johnson
          AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership
          1300 Minnesota World Trade Center
          30 E. 7th Street
          St. Paul, MN  55101
     
     If to Buyer:
     
          Reginald Hill
          Donna Hill
          1912 Lakeside Lane
          Indianapolis, IN  46229
     
     
      When  accepted, this offer will be a binding agreement  for
valid  and  sufficient consideration which will bind and  benefit
Buyer, Seller and their respective successors and assigns.  Buyer
is  submitting  this offer by signing a copy of  this  offer  and
delivering it to Seller.  Seller has five (5) business days  from
receipt within which to accept this offer.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and Buyer have executed this
Agreement effective as of the day and year above first written.

BUYER:   THE REGINALD O. HILL TRUST DATED 5/25/95

          By: /s/ Reginald O Hill, Trustee
                  Reginald O. Hill, Trustee

          THE DONNA JEAN HILL TRUST DATED 5/25/95

          By: /s/ Donna Jean Hill, Trustee
                  Donna Jean Hill, Trustee


SELLER:   AEI  REAL  ESTATE  FUND XVIII  LIMITED  PARTNERSHIP,  a
Minnesota limited partnership.

          By: AEI Fund Management XVIII, Inc., its corporate general
              partner

          By:/s/ Robert P Johnson
                 Robert P. Johnson, President





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                       Exhibit A


                    Legal Description


Lot 31, Block 1, New City Block 15600, CKE Subdivision, Unit 3,
an addition to the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas,
according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 9504,
Page 182, Deed and Plat Records or Bexar County, Texas.
     


                       PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                  Taco Cabana, San Antonio, TX

This AGREEMENT, entered into effective as of the 5 of Oct, 1997 .

l.  Parties.  Seller  is  AEI  Real  Estate  Fund  XVIII  Limited
Partnership  ("Seller"),  which  presently  holds  an   undivided
50.7347%  interest in the fee title to that certain real property
legally  described  in  the attached Exhibit  "A".  (the  "Entire
Property")    Buyer is Anthony Drago, Trustee, U/A  DTD  8/19/80,
FBO  Anthony  and  Sydelle Drago Family Trust  ("Buyer").  Seller
wishes  to  sell and Buyer wishes to buy a portion as  Tenant  in
Common of Seller's interest in the Entire Property.

2. Property. The Property to be sold to Buyer in this transaction
consists   of   an   undivided   12.8462%   percentage   interest
(hereinafter, simply the "Property")  as Tenant in Common in  the
Entire Property.  To the best of Seller's knowledge, the purchase
of  the  Property is the purchase of an interest in real property
under Texas law.

3.  Purchase  Price  .  The purchase price  for  this  percentage
interest in the Property is $250,000, all cash.

4.  Terms.  The purchase price for the Property will be  paid  by
Buyer as follows:

     (a)  When this agreement is executed, Buyer will pay  $5,000
     to  Seller (the "First Payment"). The First Payment will  be
     credited  against  the purchase price  when  and  if  escrow
     closes  and  the  sale is completed, or otherwise  dispersed
     pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
     
     (b)  Buyer  will deposit the balance of the purchase  price,
     $245,000  (the  "Second Payment") into escrow in  sufficient
     time to allow escrow to close on the Closing Date.
     
     (c)  Seller hereby acknowledges receipt of the sum of $50.00
     cash   (the   "Option   Consideration")   from   Buyer,   as
     consideration for execution of this Agreement by Seller.  If
     the  purchase  and  sale  of  the  Property  is  consummated
     pursuant  to this Agreement, the Option Consideration  shall
     be applied toward the purchase price paid by Buyer.  If this
     Agreement  is  terminated pursuant to a  default  by  Seller
     hereunder,  the  Option Consideration shall  be  immediately
     returned   by  Seller  to  Buyer.   If  this  Agreement   is
     terminated  for  any reason other than a default  by  Seller
     hereunder,  Seller  shall be entitled to retain  the  Option
     Consideration.

5.  Closing  Date.  Escrow shall close on or before  October  30,
1997.

6.  Due  Diligence. Buyer will have until the expiration  of  the
fifth  business day (The "Review Period") after delivery of  each
of  following items, to be supplied by Seller, to conduct all  of
its  inspections  and due diligence and satisfy itself  regarding
each  item, the Property, and this transaction.  Buyer agrees  to
indemnify and hold Seller harmless for any loss or damage to  the
Leased  Premises or persons caused by Buyer or its agents arising
out of such physical inspections of the Entire Property.

     (a)   The  original  and  one  copy  of  a  title  insurance
     commitment  for  an  Owner's  Title  insurance  policy  (see
     paragraph 8 below).
     
     (b)  Copies  of  a Certificate of Occupancy  or  other  such
     document  certifying completion and granting  permission  to
     permanently  occupy the improvements on the Entire  Property
     as are in Seller's possession.
     
     
     
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     (c)  Copies  of  an "as built" survey of the  Property  done
     concurrent with Seller's acquisition of the Property.
     
     (d)  Lease  of  the Entire Property showing occupancy  date,
     lease   expiration  date,  rent,  and  Guarantys,  if   any,
     accompanied by such tenant financial statements as may  have
     been  provided most recently to Seller by the Tenant  and/or
     Guarantors.
     
     It is a contingency upon Seller's obligations hereunder that
two  (2)  copies  of  Co-Tenancy Agreement in the  form  attached
hereto  duly  executed by Buyer and Seller and  dated  on  escrow
Closing Date be delivered to the Seller on the Closing Date.

      Buyer may cancel this agreement for ANY REASON in its  sole
discretion  by  delivering a cancellation notice, return  receipt
requested,  to Seller and escrow holder before the expiration  of
any  Review  Period.  Such notice shall be deemed effective  only
upon receipt by Seller.  If this Agreement is not canceled as set
forth  above,  the  First Payment shall be non-refundable  unless
Seller shall default hereunder.

      If  Buyer  cancels this Agreement as permitted  under  this
Section,  except  for  any  escrow  cancellation  fees  and   any
liabilities  under sections 15(a) of this Agreement  (which  will
survive),  Buyer  (after execution of such  documents  reasonably
requested by Seller to evidence the termination hereof) shall  be
returned  its  First Payment, and Buyer will have  absolutely  no
rights,  claims  or interest of any type in connection  with  the
Property  or this transaction, regardless of any alleged  conduct
by Seller or anyone else.

      Unless this Agreement is canceled by Buyer pursuant to  the
terms  hereof, if Buyer fails to make the Second Payment,  Seller
shall   be  entitled  to  retain  the  First  Payment  and  Buyer
irrevocably will be deemed to be in default under this Agreement.
Seller  may, at its option, retain the First Payment and  declare
this Agreement null and void, in which event Buyer will be deemed
to  have canceled this Agreement and relinquish all rights in and
to  the  Property or Seller may exercise its rights under Section
14  hereof.   If  this Agreement is not canceled and  the  Second
Payment  is  made  when required, all of Buyer's  conditions  and
contingencies will be deemed satisfied.

7.  Escrow. Escrow shall be opened by Seller and funds  deposited
in  escrow upon acceptance of this Agreement by both parties. The
escrow  holder  will  be a nationally-recognized  escrow  company
selected by Seller. A copy of this Agreement will be delivered to
the  escrow holder and will serve as escrow instructions together
with the escrow holder's standard instructions and any additional
instructions required by the escrow holder to clarify its  rights
and  duties  (and  the  parties agree to  sign  these  additional
instructions).  If  there  is any conflict  between  these  other
instructions and this Agreement, this Agreement will control.

8.  Title.  Closing will be conditioned on the  commitment  of  a
title  company selected by Seller to issue an Owner's  policy  of
title  insurance, dated as of the close of escrow, in  an  amount
equal  to  the  purchase  price, insuring  that  Buyer  will  own
insurable  title  to  the Property subject  only  to:  the  title
company's  standard exceptions;  current real property taxes  and
assessments;  survey  exceptions;  the  rights  of   parties   in
possession pursuant to the lease defined in paragraph  11  below;
and  other  items of record disclosed to Buyer during the  Review
Period.

      Buyer shall be allowed five (5) days after receipt of  said
commitment  for examination and the making of any  objections  to
marketability thereto, said objections to be made in  writing  or
deemed  waived.  If any objections are so made, the Seller  shall
be  allowed eighty (80) days to make such title marketable or  in
the  alternative  to  obtain  a commitment  for  insurable  title
insuring over Buyer's objections.  If Seller shall decide to make
no  efforts to make title marketable, or is unable to make  title
marketable or obtain insurable title, (after execution  by  Buyer
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requested  by Seller to evidence the termination hereof)  Buyer's
First Payment shall be returned and this Agreement shall be  null
and void and of no further force and effect.

     Pending correction of title, the payments hereunder required
shall  be postponed, but upon correction of title and within  ten
(10)  days  after written notice of correction to the Buyer,  the
parties shall perform this Agreement according to its terms.

9.  Closing Costs.  Seller will pay one-half of escrow fees,  the
cost  of  the  title  commitment and  any  brokerage  commissions
payable  except  those brokerage commissions incurred  by  Buyer.
The  buyer  will pay the cost of issuing a Standard Owners  Title
Insurance  Policy  in the full amount of the purchase  price,  if
Buyer desires to purchase the same.  Buyer will pay all recording
fees,  one-half of the escrow fees, and the cost of an update  to
the  Survey  in Sellers possession (if an update is  required  by
Buyer.)  Each party will pay its own attorney's fees and costs to
document and close this transaction.

10. Real Estate Taxes, Special Assessments and Prorations.

     (a)  Because the Entire Property (of which the Property is a
     part) is subject to a triple net lease (as further set forth
     in  paragraph 11(a)(i), the parties acknowledge  that  there
     shall  be no need for a real estate tax proration.  However,
     Seller  represents  that to the best of its  knowledge,  all
     real  estate  taxes and installments of special  assessments
     due  and  payable in all years prior to the year of  Closing
     have  been paid in full.  Unpaid levied and pending  special
     assessments  existing on the date of Closing  shall  be  the
     responsibility  of Buyer and Seller in proportion  to  their
     respective  Tenant in Common interests, pro-rated,  however,
     to  the  date  of closing; for the period prior to  closing,
     such  taxes  and  asessments shall be the responsibility  of
     Seller, if Tenant shall not pay the same.  Seller and  Buyer
     shall   likewise  pay  in  proportion  to  their   ownership
     interests  all  taxes  due and payable  in  the  year  after
     Closing  and  any unpaid installments of special assessments
     payable therewith and thereafter, if such unpaid levied  and
     pending  special assessments and real estate taxes  are  not
     paid by any tenant of the Entire Property.
     
     (b)   All income and all operating expenses from the  Entire
     Property  shall be prorated between the parties and adjusted
     by them as of the date of Closing.  Seller shall be entitled
     to  all  income  earned  and shall be  responsible  for  all
     expenses  incurred prior to the date of Closing,  and  Buyer
     shall  be entitled to its proportionate share of all  income
     earned and shall be responsible for its proportionate  share
     of  all  operating expenses of the Property incurred on  and
     after  the date of closing, if the same are not paid by  any
     tenant of the Entire Property.
     
11. Seller's Representation and Agreements.

     (a)  Seller represents and warrants as of this date that:

     (i)   Except  for the lease in existence between Seller  and
     Taco Cabana, Inc. ("Lessee"), dated July 19, 1991 which  was
     assigned  to  Texas Taco Cabana LP pursuant to  the  General
     Assignment  and  Assumption of Leases between  Taco  Cabana,
     Inc. and TC Lease Holdings III, V and VI, Inc. dated October
     31,   1993  and  pursuant  to  the  General  Assignment  and
     Assumption of Leases between TC Lease Holding III V and  VI,
     Inc.  and  Texas Taco Cabana LP dated October 31,  1993  and
     pursuant to the Consents and Acknowledgments Concerning  Net
     Lease  Agreements  between Taco Cabana, Inc.  and  AEI  Real
     Estate  Fund XVIII Limited Partnership dated June  2,  1994,
     Seller  is not aware of any leases of the Property.  A  copy
     of  the above referenced documents is incorporated herein as
     "Exhibit "B".   The
     
     
     
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     above  referenced lease agreement has an option to  purchase
     in  favor of the Lessee as set forth in article 34  of  said
     lease agreement.

     (ii)   It  is  not  aware  of  any  pending  litigation   or
     condemnation  proceedings against the Property  or  Seller's
     interest in the Property.
     
     (iii)   Except as previously disclosed to Buyer and  as  set
     forth  in  paragraph (b) below, Seller is not aware  of  any
     contracts Seller has executed that would be binding on Buyer
     after the Closing Date.
          
     (b)   Provided  that  Buyer performs  its  obligations  when
     required, Seller agrees that it will not enter into any  new
     contracts  prior  to the Closing Date that would  materially
     affect  the  Property  and be binding  on  Buyer  after  the
     Closing  Date without Buyer's prior consent, which will  not
     be  unreasonably withheld.  However, Buyer acknowledges that
     Seller retains the right both prior to and after the Closing
     Date  to  freely  transfer  all or  a  portion  of  Seller's
     remaining undivided interest in the Entire Property provided
     such sale shall not encumber the Property being purchased by
     Buyer  in  violation of the terms hereof or the contemplated
     Co-Tenancy Agreement.
     
12. Disclosures.

     (a)   To the best of Seller's knowledge: there are now,  and
     at  the  Closing  there  will be, no material,  physical  or
     mechanical  defects  of  the  Property,  including,  without
     limitation,   the   plumbing,  heating,  air   conditioning,
     ventilating, electrical systems, and all such items  are  in
     good  operating condition and repair and in compliance  with
     all  applicable  governmental , zoning and  land  use  laws,
     ordinances, regulations and requirements.
     
     (b)   To  the  best  of  Seller's  knowledge:  the  use  and
     operation of the Property now is, and at the time of Closing
     will  be, in full compliance with applicable building codes,
     safety,   fire,  zoning,  and  land  use  laws,  and   other
     applicable   local,  state  and  federal  laws,  ordinances,
     regulations and requirements.
     
     (c)   Seller  knows  of no facts nor has  Seller  failed  to
     disclose  to  Buyer  any fact known to  Seller  which  would
     prevent  the  use  and operation of the Property  after  the
     Closing  in the manner in which the Property has  been  used
     and operated prior to the date of this Agreement.
     
     (d)  To the best of Seller's knowledge: the Property is not,
     and  as  of  the  Closing will not be, in violation  of  any
     federal,  state  or  local  law,  ordinance  or  regulations
     relating  to  industrial  hygiene or  to  the  environmental
     conditions  on, under, or about the Property including,  but
     not  limited  to, soil and groundwater conditions.   To  the
     best  of  Seller's  knowledge: there  is  no  proceeding  or
     inquiry  by any governmental authority with respect  to  the
     presence  of  Hazardous Materials on  the  Property  or  the
     migration  of Hazardous Materials from or to other property.
     Buyer agrees that Seller will have no liability of any  type
     to  Buyer  or Buyer's successors, assigns, or affiliates  in
     connection  with any Hazardous Materials on or in connection
     with  the Property either before or after the Closing  Date,
     except such Hazardous Materials on or in connection with the
     Property  arising  out  of  Seller's  gross  negligence   or
     intentional misconduct.
     
     (e)   Buyer agrees that it shall be purchasing the  Property
     in  its  then present condition, as is, where is, and Seller
     has  no  obligations to construct or repair any improvements
     thereon  or to perform any other act regarding the Property,
     except as expressly provided herein.
     
     
     
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     (f)    Buyer  acknowledges  that,  having  been  given   the
     opportunity  to  inspect  the Property  and  such  financial
     information  on the Lessee and Guarantors of  the  Lease  as
     Buyer or its advisors shall request, Buyer is relying solely
     on  its  own  investigation of the Property and not  on  any
     information provided by Seller  or to be provided except  as
     set  forth  herein.   Buyer further  acknowledges  that  the
     information  provided  and to be  provided  by  Seller  with
     respect to the Property and to the Lessee and Guarantors  of
     Lease  was  obtained  from a variety of sources  and  Seller
     neither   (a)   has   made  independent   investigation   or
     verification   of  such  information,  or  (b)   makes   any
     representations as to the accuracy or completeness  of  such
     information.   The  sale  of the Property  as  provided  for
     herein  is  made  on an "AS IS" basis, and  Buyer  expressly
     acknowledges  that, in consideration of  the  agreements  of
     Seller  herein, except as otherwise specified herein, Seller
     makes no warranty or representation, express or implied,  or
     arising by operation of law, including, but not limited  to,
     any  warranty  or  condition,  habitability,  tenantability,
     suitability  for  commercial purposes,  merchantability,  or
     fitness  for  a  particular  purpose,  in  respect  of   the
     Property.
     
     The provisions (d) - (f) above shall survive closing.
     
13. Closing.

     (a)   Before  the  Closing Date, Seller  will  deposit  into
     escrow an executed special warranty deed conveying insurable
     title  of the Property to Buyer, subject to the encumbrances
     contained in paragraph 8 above.
     
     (b)   On or before the Closing Date, Buyer will deposit into
     escrow:  the  balance  of the purchase price  when  required
     under  Section  4; any additional funds required  of  Buyer,
     (pursuant to this agreement or any other agreement  executed
     by  Buyer) to close escrow.  Both parties will sign the  Co-
     Tenancy  Agreement,  and deliver to the  escrow  holder  any
     other documents reasonably required by the escrow holder  to
     close escrow.
     
     (c)   On  the  Closing Date, if escrow is in a  position  to
     close,  the  escrow  holder will: record  the  deed  in  the
     official  records  of  the  county  where  the  Property  is
     located;  cause  the title company to commit  to  issue  the
     owners  title policy purchase by Buyer; immediately  deliver
     to  Seller the portion of the purchase price deposited  into
     escrow by cashier's check or wire transfer (less debits  and
     prorations,  if any); deliver to Seller and Buyer  a  signed
     counterpart   of  the  escrow  holder's  certified   closing
     statement  and  take  all other actions necessary  to  close
     escrow.

14.  Defaults.  If Buyer defaults, Buyer will forfeit all  rights
and  claims  and  Seller will be relieved of all obligations  and
will  be  entitled to retain all monies heretofore  paid  by  the
Buyer.   In  addition, Seller shall retain all remedies available
to Seller at law or in equity.

     If Seller shall default, Buyer irrevocably waives any rights
to file a lis pendens, a specific performance action or any other
claim,  action or proceeding of any type in connection  with  the
Property or this or any other transaction involving the Property,
and  will  not  do  anything to affect title to the  Property  or
hinder,  delay  or  prevent  any  other  sale,  lease  or   other
transaction involving the Property (any and all of which will  be
null  and void), unless: it has paid the First Payment, deposited
the  balance  of the second payment for the purchase  price  into
escrow, performed all of its other obligations and satisfied  all
conditions  under  this  Agreement, and unconditionally  notified
Seller  that it stands ready to tender full performance, purchase
the  Property and close escrow as per this Agreement,  regardless
of  any  alleged  default  or misconduct  by  Seller.   Provided,
however, that in no event shall Seller be liable for any  actual,
punitive, consequential or speculative damages arising out of any
default by Seller hereunder.




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     Purchase Agreement for Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX

     
15. Buyer's Representations and Warranties.
     
     a.  Buyer represents and warrants to Seller as follows:

     (i)   In  addition to the acts and deeds recited herein  and
     contemplated  to  be performed, executed, and  delivered  by
     Buyer, Buyer shall perform, execute and deliver or cause  to
     be  performed,  executed, and delivered at  the  Closing  or
     after  the  Closing,  any and all further  acts,  deeds  and
     assurances as Seller or the Title Company may require and be
     reasonable   in   order  to  consummate   the   transactions
     contemplated herein.
     
     (ii)   Buyer  has  all  requisite  power  and  authority  to
     consummate  the  transaction contemplated by this  Agreement
     and  has by proper proceedings duly authorized the execution
     and  delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of  the
     transaction contemplated hereby.
     
     (iii)   To  Buyer's  knowledge, neither  the  execution  and
     delivery  of  this  Agreement nor the  consummation  of  the
     transaction  contemplated  hereby  will  violate  or  be  in
     conflict with (a) any applicable provisions of law, (b)  any
     order  of  any  court or other agency of  government  having
     jurisdiction  hereof, or (c) any agreement or instrument  to
     which Buyer is a party or by which Buyer is bound.
     
16. Damages, Destruction and Eminent Domain.

     (a)   If, prior to closing, the Property or any part thereof
     be  destroyed  or further damaged by fire, the elements,  or
     any cause, due to events occurring subsequent to the date of
     this Agreement to the extent that the cost of repair exceeds
     $10,000.00,  this Agreement shall become null and  void,  at
     Buyer's  option exercised, if at all, by written  notice  to
     Seller within ten (10) days after Buyer has received written
     notice  from Seller of said destruction or damage.   Seller,
     however,  shall  have  the right to  adjust  or  settle  any
     insured  loss  until  (i)  all contingencies  set  forth  in
     Paragraph 6 hereof have been satisfied, or waived; and  (ii)
     any  five-day period provided for above in this Subparagraph
     16a  for  Buyer  to  elect to terminate this  Agreement  has
     expired  or  Buyer has, by written notice to Seller,  waived
     Buyer's right to terminate this Agreement.  If Buyer  elects
     to  proceed  and  to  consummate the purchase  despite  said
     damage  or  destruction, there shall be no reduction  in  or
     abatement of the purchase price, and Seller shall assign  to
     Buyer the Seller's right, title, and interest in and to  all
     insurance  proceeds  (pro-rata in  relation  to  the  Entire
     Property) resulting from said damage or destruction  to  the
     extent  that the same are payable with respect to damage  to
     the  Property, subject to rights of any Tenant of the Entire
     Property.
     
     If  the cost of repair is less than $10,000.00, Buyer  shall
     be  obligated  to  otherwise  perform  hereinunder  with  no
     adjustment  to  the Purchase Price, reduction or  abatement,
     and  Seller shall assign Seller's right, title and  interest
     in and to all insurance proceeds pro-rata in relation to the
     Entire  Property,  subject to rights of any  Tenant  of  the
     Entire Property.
     
     (b)   If,  prior  to  closing, the  Property,  or  any  part
     thereof,  is  taken by eminent domain, this Agreement  shall
     become null and void, at Buyer's option.  If Buyer elects to
     proceed  and to consummate the purchase despite said taking,
     there  shall  be  no  reduction in,  or  abatement  of,  the
     purchase  price,  and  Seller  shall  assign  to  Buyer  the
     Seller's  right,  title, and interest in and  to  any  award
     made, or to be made, in the condemnation proceeding pro-rata
     in relation to the Entire Property, subject to rights of any
     Tenant of the Entire Property.
     
     
     
     
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     Purchase Agreement for Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX
     
     
      In the event that this Agreement is terminated by Buyer  as
provided  above  in  Subparagraph 16a or 16b, the  First  Payment
shall  be immediately returned to Buyer (after execution by Buyer
of  such documents reasonably requested by Seller to evidence the
termination hereof).

17. Buyer's 1031 Tax Free Exchange.

      While  Seller  acknowledges that Buyer  is  purchasing  the
Property  as  "replacement property" to  accomplish  a  tax  free
exchange,   Buyer   acknowledges  that   Seller   has   made   no
representations,  warranties, or agreements to Buyer  or  Buyer's
agents  that  the transaction contemplated by the Agreement  will
qualify  for such tax treatment, nor has there been any  reliance
thereon by Buyer respecting the legal or tax implications of  the
transactions contemplated hereby.  Buyer further represents  that
it has sought and obtained such third party advice and counsel as
it  deems  necessary in regards to the tax implications  of  this
transaction.

      Buyer  wishes  to  novate/assign the ownership  rights  and
interest  of this Purchase Agreement to Western American Exchange
who  will  act  as  Facilitator to perfect the 1031  exchange  by
preparing  an  agreement  of exchange of  Real  Property  whereby
Western  American  Exchange will be an  independent  third  party
purchasing the ownership interest in subject property from Seller
and  selling the ownership interest in subject property to  Buyer
under  the  same  terms  and conditions  as  documented  in  this
Purchase  Agreement.  Buyer asks the Seller to cooperate  in  the
perfection  of such an exchange at no additional cost or  expense
or  delay  in  time.  Buyer hereby indemnifies and  holds  Seller
harmless  from  any  claims and/or actions  resulting  from  said
exchange.    Pursuant  to  the  direction  of  Western   American
Exchange, Seller will deed the Property to Buyer.

18. Cancellation

     If  any party elects to cancel this Contract because of  any
     breach by another party, the party electing to cancel  shall
     deliver  to escrow agent a notice containing the address  of
     the party in breach and stating that this Contract shall  be
     canceled unless the breach is cured within 13 days following
     the  delivery  of  the notice to the escrow  agent.   Within
     three  days  after receipt of such notice, the escrow  agent
     shall  send it by United States Mail to the party in  breach
     at the address contained in the Notice and no further notice
     shall be required. If the breach is not cured within the  13
     days  following  the delivery of the notice  to  the  escrow
     agent, this Contract shall be canceled.

19. Miscellaneous.

     (a)  This Agreement may be amended only by written agreement
     signed by both Seller and Buyer, and all waivers must be  in
     writing  and signed by the waiving party.  Time  is  of  the
     essence.   This  Agreement  will not  be  construed  for  or
     against  a party whether or not that party has drafted  this
     Agreement.  If there is any action or proceeding between the
     parties relating to this Agreement the prevailing party will
     be  entitled to recover attorney's fees and costs.  This  is
     an  integrated  agreement containing all agreements  of  the
     parties  about the Property and the other matters described,
     and  it  supersedes any other agreements or  understandings.
     Exhibits  attached  to this Agreement are incorporated  into
     this Agreement.
     
     (b)   If  this  escrow has not closed by  October  30,  1997
     through  no  fault  of Seller, Seller  may  either,  at  its
     election,  extend  the Closing Date or exercise  any  remedy
     available   to   it  by  law,  including  terminating   this
     Agreement.
     
     (c)  Funds to be deposited or paid by Buyer must be good and
     clear  funds in the form of cash, cashier's checks  or  wire
     transfers.
     
     
     
     
     
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     Purchase Agreement for Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX
     
     
     (d)   All notices from either of the parties hereto  to  the
     other  shall be in writing and shall be considered  to  have
     been  duly  given or served if sent by first class certified
     mail,  return receipt requested, postage prepaid,  or  by  a
     nationally recognized courier service guaranteeing overnight
     delivery to the party at his or its address set forth below,
     or  to  such  other  address  as such  party  may  hereafter
     designate by written notice to the other party.
     
     If to Seller:
     
          Attention:  Robert P. Johnson
          AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership
          1300 Minnesota World Trade Center
          30 E. 7th Street
          St. Paul, MN  55101
     
     If to Buyer:
     
          Anthony Drago
          17719 Royce Dr W
          Encino, CA  91316
     
     
      When  accepted, this offer will be a binding agreement  for
valid  and  sufficient consideration which will bind and  benefit
Buyer, Seller and their respective successors and assigns.  Buyer
is  submitting  this offer by signing a copy of  this  offer  and
delivering it to Seller.  Seller has five (5) business days  from
receipt within which to accept this offer.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and Buyer have executed this
Agreement effective as of the day and year above first written.

BUYER:    ANTHONY AND SYDELLE DRAGO FAMILY TRUST

          By: /s/ Anthony Drago TTEE
                  Anthony Drago, Trustee

          WITNESS:
     
          /s/ Gary Benson
     
          Gary Benson
          (Print Name)


SELLER:  AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,  a
         Minnesota limited partnership.

         By: AEI Fund Management XVIII, Inc., its corporate general partner

         By: /s/ Robert P Johnson
                 Robert P. Johnson, President
     
     
     
     
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     Purchase Agreement for Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX
     
     
     
                        Exhibit A


                    Legal Description


Lot 31, Block 1, New City Block 15600, CKE Subdivision, Unit 3,
an addition to the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas,
according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 9504,
Page 182, Deed and Plat Records or Bexar County, Texas.
     


                       PROPERTY CO-TENANCY
                       OWNERSHIP AGREEMENT
                 (Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX)
                                
                                
THIS CO-TENANCY AGREEMENT,

Made and entered into as of the 9th day of October, 1997, by  and
between  Reginald O. Hill, trustee of the Reginald O. Hill  Trust
dated 5/25/95 and Donna Jean Hill, trustee of the Donna Jean Hill
Trust  dated 5/25/95  (hereinafter called "Hill"), and  AEI  Real
Estate  Fund XVIII Limited Partnership (hereinafter called  "Fund
XVIII")  (Hill, Fund XVIII (and any other Owner in Fee where  the
context  so  indicates) being hereinafter sometimes  collectively
called "Co-Tenants" and referred to in the neuter gender).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Fund XVIII presently owns an undivided 22.2161% interest
in and to, and Hill presently owns an undivided 12.8462% interest
in  and  to,  and Nick DeVito, Inc. presently owns  an  undivided
15.6724% interest in and to, and Anton Kuster presently  owns  an
undivided  11.5896%  interest in and to, and  The  Hesson  Family
Trust  presently owns an undivided 13.2895% interest in  and  to,
and  Arel D. and Louise B. Middleton presently owns and undivided
10.6316% interest (also referred to herein as Co-Tenant)  in  and
to,  and Carolyn W. Davidson presently owns an undivided 13.7546%
interest  (also referred to herein as Co-Tenant) in  and  to  the
land,  situated in the City of San Antonio, County of Bexar,  and
State of Texas, (legally described upon Exhibit A attached hereto
and  hereby  made  a part hereof) and in and to the  improvements
located thereon (hereinafter called "Premises");

WHEREAS,  The  parties  hereto wish to provide  for  the  orderly
operation  and management of the Premises and Hill's interest  by
Fund  XVIII; the continued leasing of space within the  Premises;
for  the distribution of income from and the pro-rata sharing  in
expenses of the Premises.

NOW  THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by  Hill  of  an
undivided  interest  in and to the Premises,  for  at  least  One
Dollar  ($1.00) and other good and valuable consideration by  the
parties  hereto  to  one another in hand paid,  the  receipt  and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and of  the  mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained, it is hereby agreed by
and between the parties hereto, as follows:

1.    The  operation  and  management of the  Premises  shall  be
delegated  to Fund XVIII, or its designated agent, successors  or
assigns. Provided, however, if Fund XVIII shall sell all  of  its
interest  in  the  Premises, the duties and obligations  of  Fund
XVIII  respecting management of the Premises as set forth herein,
including but not limited to paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 hereof, shall
be exercised by the holder or holders of a majority undivided co-
tenancy interest in the Premises. Except as hereinafter expressly
provided to the contrary, each of the parties hereto agrees to be
bound  by  the  decisions  of  Fund XVIII  with  respect  to  all
administrative,  operational  and  management  matters   of   the
property  comprising the Premises, including but not  limited  to
the  management of the net lease agreement  for the Premises. The
parties  hereto  hereby designate Fund XVIII as  their  sole  and
exclusive  agent to deal with any property agent and  to  execute
leases of space within the Premises, including but not limited to
any  amendments,  consents  to assignment,  sublet,  releases  or
modifications  to  leases or guarantees  of  lease  or  easements
affecting  the Premises, on behalf of all present or  future  Co-
Tenants.  Only Fund XVIII may obligate Hill with respect  to  any
expense for the Premises.


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As  further set forth in paragraph 2 hereof, Fund XVIII agrees to
require any lessee of the Premises to name Hill as an insured  or
additional  insured in all insurance policies  provided  for,  or
contemplated by, any lease on the Premises. Fund XVIII shall  use
its best efforts to obtain endorsements adding Co-Tenants to said
policies  from  lessee  within 30 days of  commencement  of  this
agreement.  In  any  event,  Fund  XVIII  shall  distribute   any
insurance proceeds it may receive, to the extent consistent  with
any  lease  on  the Premises, to the Co-Tenants in proportion  to
their respective ownership of the Premises.

2.    Income,  expenses and any net proceeds from a sale  of  the
Premises shall be allocated among the Co-Tenants in proportion to
their  respective  share(s) of ownership. Shares  of  net  income
shall be pro-rated for any partial calendar years included within
the term of this Agreement. Fund XVIII may offset against, pay to
itself  and  deduct  from  any payment due  to  Hill  under  this
Agreement,  and may pay to itself the amount of Hill's  share  of
any  legitimate expenses of the Premises which are  not  paid  by
Hill  to  Fund XVIII or its assigns, within ten (10)  days  after
demand  by  Fund  XVIII.  In  the  event  there  is  insufficient
operating  income  from which to deduct Hill's  unpaid  share  of
operating  expenses,  Fund XVIII may pursue  any  and  all  legal
remedies for collection.

Operating  Expenses  shall include all normal operating  expense,
including  but not limited to: maintenance, utilities,  supplies,
labor, management, advertising and promotional expenses, salaries
and wages of rental and management personnel, leasing commissions
to  third  parties, a monthly accrual to pay insurance  premiums,
real  estate taxes, installments of special assessments  and  for
structural repairs and replacements, management fees, legal  fees
and accounting fees, but excluding all operating expenses paid by
Tenant under terms of any lease agreement of the Premises.

Hill  has  no  requirement to, but has,  nonetheless  elected  to
retain,  and  agrees to annually reimburse,  Fund  XVIII  in  the
amount of $740 for the expenses, direct and indirect, incurred by
Fund XVIII in providing quarterly accounting and distributions of
Hill's  share  of  net  income and for  tracking,  reporting  and
assessing  the calculation of Hill's share of operating  expenses
incurred  from  the Premises. This invoice amount shall  be  pro-
rated  for partial years and Hill authorizes Fund XVIII to deduct
such  amount from Hill's share of revenue from the Premises. Hill
may   terminate  this  agreement  in  this  paragraph  respecting
accounting  and distributions at any time and attempt to  collect
its  share  of  rental income directly from the tenant;  however,
enforcement of all other provisions of the lease remains the sole
right of Fund XVIII pursuant to Section 1 hereof.  Fund XVIII may
terminate its obligation under this paragraph upon 30 days notice
to  Hill  prior  to  the end of each anniversary  hereof,  unless
agreed in writing to the contrary.

3.    Full, accurate and complete books of account shall be  kept
in  accordance  with generally accepted accounting principles  at
Fund  XVIII's  principal office, and each  Co-Tenant  shall  have
access  to  such books and may inspect and copy any part  thereof
during  normal business hours. Within ninety (90) days after  the
end  of  each  calendar year during the term hereof,  Fund  XVIII
shall  prepare an accurate income statement for the ownership  of
the  Premises for said calendar year and shall furnish copies  of
the  same to all Co-Tenants. Quarterly, as its share, Hill  shall
be  entitled  to  receive 12.8462% of all  items  of  income  and
expense   generated  by  the  Premises.  Upon  receipt  of   said
accounting,  if the payments received by each Co-Tenant  pursuant
to  this  Paragraph 3 do not equal, in the aggregate, the amounts
which  each are entitled to receive proportional to its share  of
ownership  with  respect  to  said  calendar  year  pursuant   to
Paragraph  2 hereof, an appropriate adjustment shall be  made  so
that each Co-Tenant receives the amount to which it is entitled.

4.    If  Net Income from the Premises is less than $0.00  (i.e.,
the  Premises  operates  at a loss), or if capital  improvements,
repairs, and/or replacements, for which adequate reserves do  not
exist,  need  to  be made to the Premises, the  Co-Tenants,  upon
receipt  of  a  written request therefor from Fund XVIII,  shall,
within  fifteen (15) business days after receipt of notice,  make
payment to Fund XVIII sufficient to pay said net operating losses
and to provide


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necessary operating capital for the premises and to pay for  said
capital  improvements,  repairs  and/or  replacements,   all   in
proportion to their undivided interests in and to the Premises.

5.    Subject  to the rights of any Tenant under a lease  of  the
Premises,  Co-Tenants  may,  at  any  time,  sell,  finance,   or
otherwise  create a lien upon their interest in the Premises  but
only  upon  their interest and not upon any part of the  interest
held,  or owned, by any other Co-Tenant.  All Co-Tenants  reserve
the  right  to escrow proceeds from a sale of their interests  in
the   Premises  to  obtain  tax  deferral  by  the  purchase   of
replacement property.

6.   If any Co-Tenant, shall be in default with respect to any of
its  obligations hereunder, and if said default is not  corrected
within  thirty  (30)  days after receipt by said  defaulting  Co-
Tenant  of written notice of said default, or within a reasonable
period  if  said default does not consist solely of a failure  to
pay money, the remaining Co-Tenant(s) may resort to any available
remedy to cure said default at law, in equity, or by statute.

7.    This  property management agreement shall continue in  full
force  and effect and shall bind and inure to the benefit of  the
Co-Tenant  and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns  until
July  19,  2016  or  upon  the sale of  the  entire  Premises  in
accordance with the terms hereof and proper disbursement  of  the
proceeds   thereof,   whichever  shall   first   occur.    Unless
specifically   identified  as  a  personal  contract   right   or
obligation herein, this agreement shall run with any interest  in
the  Premises and with the title thereto. Once any person,  party
or entity has ceased to have an interest in fee in any portion of
the  Premises,  it shall not be bound by, subject to  or  benefit
from  the terms hereof; but its heirs, executors, administrators,
personal representatives, successors or assigns, as the case  may
be, shall be substituted for it hereunder.  Hill agrees to notify
Fund XVIII upon the appointment of any successor trustee, or  any
amendment  of the Reginald O. Hill Trust or the Donna  Jean  Hill
Trust  affecting the powers of the Trustees to manage or  dispose
of the Hill Trust's interest in the Premises.

8.    Any notice or election required or permitted to be given or
served by any party hereto to, or upon any other, shall be deemed
given  or  served  in  accordance with  the  provisions  of  this
Agreement, if said notice or elections addressed as follows;

If to Fund XVIII:

AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership
1300 Minnesota World Trade Center
30 E. Seventh Street
St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

If to Davidson:

Carolyn W. Davidson
4407 Ortega Forest Drive
Jacksonville, FL  32210

If to Middleton:

Arel D. and Louise B. Middleton
P.O. Box 283
Wasco, OR  97065-0283




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Co-Tenancy Agreement for Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX

If to Hesson:

Ivan Hesson, Trustee
3864 Via Lasbrisas
Santa Barbera, CA  93110

If to Kuster:

Tony Kuster
4214 Danbury
Amarillo, TX  79109

If to DeVito:

Vito DeVito Francesco, Secretary/Treasurer
P.O, Box 591
Ontario, CA  91762

If to Hill:

Reginald Hill
Donna Hill
1912 Lakeside Lane
Indianapolis, IN 46229


Each mailed notice or election shall be deemed to have been given
to,  or served upon, the party to which addressed on the date the
same  is  deposited in the United States certified  mail,  return
receipt  requested,  postage prepaid, or given  to  a  nationally
recognized  courier  service guaranteeing overnight  delivery  as
properly addressed in the manner above provided. Any party hereto
may  change  its address for the service of notice  hereunder  by
delivering  written notice of said change to  the  other  parties
hereunder, in the manner above specified, at least ten (10)  days
prior to the effective date of said change.

10.   This  Agreement shall not create any partnership  or  joint
venture  among or between the Co-Tenants or any of them, and  the
only  relationship  among  and between the  Co-Tenants  hereunder
shall  be  that  of owners of the premises as tenants  in  common
subject to the terms hereof.

11.    The  unenforceability or invalidity of  any  provision  or
provisions  of  this Agreement as to any person or  circumstances
shall  not render that provision, nor any other provision hereof,
unenforceable or invalid as to any other person or circumstances,
and  all  provisions hereof, in all other respects, shall  remain
valid and enforceable.

12.   In  the  event  any litigation arises between  the  parties
hereto  relating  to  this Agreement, or any  of  the  provisions
hereof, the party prevailing in such action shall be entitled  to
receive  from the losing party, in addition to all other  relief,
remedies  and  damages  to  which it is otherwise  entitled,  all
reasonable  costs  and expenses, including reasonable  attorneys'
fees,  incurred by the prevailing party in connection  with  said
litigation.





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Co-Tenancy Agreement for Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The parties hereto have caused this Agreement
to  be executed and delivered, as of the day and year first above
written.

Hill      Reginald O. Hill Trust dated 5/25/95 and the Donna Jean
          Hill Trust dated 5/25/95

          By: /s/ Reginald O Hill, Trustee
                  Reginald O. Hill, Trustee

Witness   By: /s/ Thomas E Crawford

Witness   By:/s/ Judith L. Crawford


STATE OF Indiana)
                 ) ss
COUNTY OF Koseiusku)

The  foregoing instrument was acknowledged  before  me,  a
Notary  Public in and for the County and State  aforesaid,
this 18th day of September,1997, by Janet A Miller, Notary
Public.

                  /s/ Janet A Miller
                      My commission expires 3/2/98

          By:/s/ Donna Jean Hill
                 Donna Jean Hill, Trustee

Witness   By: /s/ Thomas E Crawford

Witness   By:/s/ Judith L Crawford


STATE OF Indiana)
                  ) ss
COUNTY OF Koseiusku)

The  foregoing instrument was acknowledged  before  me,  a
Notary  Public in and for the County and State  aforesaid,
this  18th  day  of September, 1997, by  Janet  A  Miller,
Notary Public.

                  /s/ Janet A Miller
                      My commission expires 3/2/98



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Co-Tenancy Agreement for Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX


Fund XVIII AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership

           By: AEI Fund Management XVIII, Inc., its corporate general partner

           By:/s/ Robert P Johnson
                  Robert P. Johnson, President

Witness    By:/s/ Dawn E Campbell

Witness    By: /s/ Jennifer Seck

State of Minnesota )
                                   ) ss.
County of Ramsey  )

I,  a Notary Public in and for the state and county of aforesaid,
hereby  certify there appeared before me this 9th day of October,
1997,  Robert P. Johnson, President of AEI Fund Management XVIII,
Inc.,  corporate  general partner of AEI Real Estate  Fund  XVIII
Limited  Partnership,  who executed the foregoing  instrument  in
said capacity and on behalf of the corporation in its capacity as
corporate general partner, on behalf of said limited partnership.

                                   /s/ Brian K Schulz
                                       Notary Public


[notary seal]




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Co-Tenancy Agreement for Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX





                         Exhibit A


                    Legal Description


Lot 31, Block 1, New City Block 15600, CKE Subdivision, Unit 3,
an addition to the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas,
according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 9504,
Page 182, Deed and Plat Records or Bexar County, Texas.



                       PROPERTY CO-TENANCY
                       OWNERSHIP AGREEMENT
                 (Taco Cabana - San Antonio, TX)
                                
                                
THIS CO-TENANCY AGREEMENT,

Made and entered into as of the 24th day of October, 1997, by and
between Anthony Drago, Trustee, U/A DTD 8/19/80, FBO Anthony  and
Sydelle Drago Family Trust (hereinafter called "Drago"), and  AEI
Real  Estate  Fund XVIII Limited Partnership (hereinafter  called
"Fund  XVIII")  (Drago, Fund XVIII (and any other  Owner  in  Fee
where  the  context  so  indicates) being  hereinafter  sometimes
collectively  called "Co-Tenants" and referred to in  the  neuter
gender).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS,  Fund XVIII presently owns an undivided 9.3699% interest
in  and  to,  and  Drago  presently owns  an  undivided  12.8462%
interest in and to, and The Reginald O. Hill Trust and Donna Jean
Hill  Trust presently owns an undivided 12.8462% interest in  and
to,  and  Nick DeVito, Inc. presently owns an undivided  15.6724%
interest  in and to, and Anton Kuster presently owns an undivided
11.5896%  interest  in  and  to,  and  The  Hesson  Family  Trust
presently owns an undivided 13.2895% interest in and to, and Arel
D.  and Louise B. Middleton presently owns and undivided 10.6316%
interest (also referred to herein as Co-Tenant)  in and  to,  and
Carolyn W. Davidson presently owns an undivided 13.7546% interest
(also  referred  to  herein as Co-Tenant) in  and  to  the  land,
situated  in the City of San Antonio, County of Bexar, and  State
of  Texas, (legally described upon Exhibit A attached hereto  and
hereby made a part hereof) and in and to the improvements located
thereon (hereinafter called "Premises");

WHEREAS,  The  parties  hereto wish to provide  for  the  orderly
operation and management of the Premises and Drago's interest  by
Fund  XVIII; the continued leasing of space within the  Premises;
for  the distribution of income from and the pro-rata sharing  in
expenses of the Premises.

NOW  THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by Drago  of  an
undivided  interest  in and to the Premises,  for  at  least  One
Dollar  ($1.00) and other good and valuable consideration by  the
parties  hereto  to  one another in hand paid,  the  receipt  and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and of  the  mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained, it is hereby agreed by
and between the parties hereto, as follows:

1.    The  operation  and  management of the  Premises  shall  be
delegated  to Fund XVIII, or its designated agent, successors  or
assigns. Provided, however, if Fund XVIII shall sell all  of  its
interest  in  the  Premises, the duties and obligations  of  Fund
XVIII  respecting management of the Premises as set forth herein,
including but not limited to paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 hereof, shall
be exercised by the holder or holders of a majority undivided co-
tenancy interest in the Premises. Except as hereinafter expressly
provided to the contrary, each of the parties hereto agrees to be
bound  by  the  decisions  of  Fund XVIII  with  respect  to  all
administrative,  operational  and  management  matters   of   the
property  comprising the Premises, including but not  limited  to
the  management of the net lease agreement  for the Premises. The
parties  hereto  hereby designate Fund XVIII as  their  sole  and
exclusive  agent to deal with any property agent and  to  execute
leases of space within the Premises, including but not limited to
any  amendments,  consents  to assignment,  sublet,  releases  or
modifications  to  leases or guarantees  of  lease  or  easements
affecting  the Premises, on behalf of all present or  future  Co-
Tenants. Only Fund XVIII may obligate Drago with respect  to  any
expense for the Premises.




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As  further set forth in paragraph 2 hereof, Fund XVIII agrees to
require any lessee of the Premises to name Drago as an insured or
additional  insured in all insurance policies  provided  for,  or
contemplated by, any lease on the Premises. Fund XVIII shall  use
its best efforts to obtain endorsements adding Co-Tenants to said
policies  from  lessee  within 30 days of  commencement  of  this
agreement.  In  any  event,  Fund  XVIII  shall  distribute   any
insurance proceeds it may receive, to the extent consistent  with
any  lease  on  the Premises, to the Co-Tenants in proportion  to
their respective ownership of the Premises.

2.    Income,  expenses and any net proceeds from a sale  of  the
Premises shall be allocated among the Co-Tenants in proportion to
their  respective  share(s) of ownership. Shares  of  net  income
shall be pro-rated for any partial calendar years included within
the term of this Agreement. Fund XVIII may offset against, pay to
itself  and  deduct  from any payment due  to  Drago  under  this
Agreement, and may pay to itself the amount of Drago's  share  of
any  legitimate expenses of the Premises which are  not  paid  by
Drago  to  Fund XVIII or its assigns, within ten (10) days  after
demand  by  Fund  XVIII.  In  the  event  there  is  insufficient
operating  income from which to deduct Drago's  unpaid  share  of
operating  expenses,  Fund XVIII may pursue  any  and  all  legal
remedies for collection.

Operating  Expenses  shall include all normal operating  expense,
including  but not limited to: maintenance, utilities,  supplies,
labor, management, advertising and promotional expenses, salaries
and wages of rental and management personnel, leasing commissions
to  third  parties, a monthly accrual to pay insurance  premiums,
real  estate taxes, installments of special assessments  and  for
structural repairs and replacements, management fees, legal  fees
and accounting fees, but excluding all operating expenses paid by
Tenant under terms of any lease agreement of the Premises.

Drago  has  no  requirement to, but has, nonetheless  elected  to
retain,  and  agrees to annually reimburse,  Fund  XVIII  in  the
amount of $740 for the expenses, direct and indirect, incurred by
Fund XVIII in providing quarterly accounting and distributions of
Drago's  share  of  net  income and for tracking,  reporting  and
assessing the calculation of Drago's share of operating  expenses
incurred  from  the Premises. This invoice amount shall  be  pro-
rated for partial years and Drago authorizes Fund XVIII to deduct
such  amount  from  Drago's share of revenue from  the  Premises.
Drago  may  terminate this agreement in this paragraph respecting
accounting  and distributions at any time and attempt to  collect
its  share  of  rental income directly from the tenant;  however,
enforcement of all other provisions of the lease remains the sole
right of Fund XVIII pursuant to Section 1 hereof.  Fund XVIII may
terminate its obligation under this paragraph upon 30 days notice
to  Drago  prior  to the end of each anniversary  hereof,  unless
agreed in writing to the contrary.

3.    Full, accurate and complete books of account shall be  kept
in  accordance  with generally accepted accounting principles  at
Fund  XVIII's  principal office, and each  Co-Tenant  shall  have
access  to  such books and may inspect and copy any part  thereof
during  normal business hours. Within ninety (90) days after  the
end  of  each  calendar year during the term hereof,  Fund  XVIII
shall  prepare an accurate income statement for the ownership  of
the  Premises for said calendar year and shall furnish copies  of
the  same to all Co-Tenants. Quarterly, as its share, Drago shall
be  entitled  to  receive 12.8462% of all  items  of  income  and
expense   generated  by  the  Premises.  Upon  receipt  of   said
accounting,  if the payments received by each Co-Tenant  pursuant
to  this  Paragraph 3 do not equal, in the aggregate, the amounts
which  each are entitled to receive proportional to its share  of
ownership  with  respect  to  said  calendar  year  pursuant   to
Paragraph  2 hereof, an appropriate adjustment shall be  made  so
that each Co-Tenant receives the amount to which it is entitled.


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4.    If  Net Income from the Premises is less than $0.00  (i.e.,
the  Premises  operates  at a loss), or if capital  improvements,
repairs, and/or replacements, for which adequate reserves do  not
exist,  need  to  be made to the Premises, the  Co-Tenants,  upon
receipt  of  a  written request therefor from Fund XVIII,  shall,
within  fifteen (15) business days after receipt of notice,  make
payment to Fund XVIII sufficient to pay said net operating losses
and  to provide necessary operating capital for the premises  and
to   pay   for   said   capital  improvements,   repairs   and/or
replacements, all in proportion to their undivided  interests  in
and to the Premises.

5.    Subject  to the rights of any Tenant under a lease  of  the
Premises,  Co-Tenants  may,  at  any  time,  sell,  finance,   or
otherwise  create a lien upon their interest in the Premises  but
only  upon  their interest and not upon any part of the  interest
held,  or owned, by any other Co-Tenant.  All Co-Tenants  reserve
the  right  to escrow proceeds from a sale of their interests  in
the   Premises  to  obtain  tax  deferral  by  the  purchase   of
replacement property.

6.   If any Co-Tenant, shall be in default with respect to any of
its  obligations hereunder, and if said default is not  corrected
within  thirty  (30)  days after receipt by said  defaulting  Co-
Tenant  of written notice of said default, or within a reasonable
period  if  said default does not consist solely of a failure  to
pay money, the remaining Co-Tenant(s) may resort to any available
remedy to cure said default at law, in equity, or by statute.

7.    This  property management agreement shall continue in  full
force  and effect and shall bind and inure to the benefit of  the
Co-Tenant  and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns  until
July  19,  2016  or  upon  the sale of  the  entire  Premises  in
accordance with the terms hereof and proper disbursement  of  the
proceeds   thereof,   whichever  shall   first   occur.    Unless
specifically   identified  as  a  personal  contract   right   or
obligation herein, this agreement shall run with any interest  in
the  Premises and with the title thereto. Once any person,  party
or entity has ceased to have an interest in fee in any portion of
the  Premises,  it shall not be bound by, subject to  or  benefit
from  the terms hereof; but its heirs, executors, administrators,
personal representatives, successors or assigns, as the case  may
be,  shall  be  substituted for it hereunder.   Drago  agrees  to
notify  Fund XVIII upon the appointment of any successor trustee,
or any amendment of the Reginald O. Drago Trust or the Donna Jean
Drago  Trust  affecting the powers of the Trustees to  manage  or
dispose of the Drago Trust's interest in the Premises.

8.    Any notice or election required or permitted to be given or
served by any party hereto to, or upon any other, shall be deemed
given  or  served  in  accordance with  the  provisions  of  this
Agreement, if said notice or elections addressed as follows;

If to Fund XVIII:

AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership
1300 Minnesota World Trade Center
30 E. Seventh Street
St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

If to Davidson:

Carolyn W. Davidson
4407 Ortega Forest Drive
Jacksonville, FL  32210

If to Middleton:




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Arel D. and Louise B. Middleton
P.O. Box 283
Wasco, OR  97065-0283

If to Hesson:

Ivan Hesson, Trustee
3864 Via Lasbrisas
Santa Barbera, CA  93110

If to Kuster:

Tony Kuster
4214 Danbury
Amarillo, TX  79109

If to DeVito:

Vito DeVito Francesco, Secretary/Treasurer
P.O, Box 591
Ontario, CA  91762

If to Hill:

Reginald Hill
Donna Hill
1912 Lakeside Lane
Indianapolis, IN  46229

If to Drago:

Anthony Drago, TTEE
17719 Royce Dr. W
Encino, CA  91316

Each mailed notice or election shall be deemed to have been given
to,  or served upon, the party to which addressed on the date the
same  is  deposited in the United States certified  mail,  return
receipt  requested,  postage prepaid, or given  to  a  nationally
recognized  courier  service guaranteeing overnight  delivery  as
properly addressed in the manner above provided. Any party hereto
may  change  its address for the service of notice  hereunder  by
delivering  written notice of said change to  the  other  parties
hereunder, in the manner above specified, at least ten (10)  days
prior to the effective date of said change.

10.   This  Agreement shall not create any partnership  or  joint
venture  among or between the Co-Tenants or any of them, and  the
only  relationship  among  and between the  Co-Tenants  hereunder
shall  be  that  of owners of the premises as tenants  in  common
subject to the terms hereof.

11.    The  unenforceability or invalidity of  any  provision  or
provisions  of  this Agreement as to any person or  circumstances
shall  not render that provision, nor any other provision hereof,
unenforceable or invalid as to any other person or circumstances,
and  all  provisions hereof, in all other respects, shall  remain
valid and enforceable.


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12.   In  the  event  any litigation arises between  the  parties
hereto  relating  to  this Agreement, or any  of  the  provisions
hereof, the party prevailing in such action shall be entitled  to
receive  from the losing party, in addition to all other  relief,
remedies  and  damages  to  which it is otherwise  entitled,  all
reasonable  costs  and expenses, including reasonable  attorneys'
fees,  incurred by the prevailing party in connection  with  said
litigation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The parties hereto have caused this Agreement
to  be executed and delivered, as of the day and year first above
written.

Drago     Anthony and Sydelle Drago Family Trust

          By: /s/ Anthony Drago
                  Anthony Drago, Trustee

          WITNESS:
          /s/ Gary Benson
          Gary Benson
          (Print Name)

STATE OF )
                              ) ss
COUNTY OF                             )

The  foregoing instrument was acknowledged  before  me,  a
Notary  Public in and for the County and State  aforesaid,
this         day of ,1997, by              , Notary Public.

Fund XVIII AEI Real Estate Fund XVIII Limited Partnership

           By: AEI Fund Management XVIII, Inc., its corporate general partner

           By: /s/ Robert P Johnson
                   Robert P. Johnson, President

          WITNESS:
          /s/ Dawn E Campbell
          Dawn E Campbell
          (Print Name)

State of Minnesota )
                                   ) ss.
County of Ramsey  )

I,  a Notary Public in and for the state and county of aforesaid,
hereby certify there appeared before me this 24th day of October,
1997,  Robert P. Johnson, President of AEI Fund Management XVIII,
Inc.,  corporate  general partner of AEI Real Estate  Fund  XVIII
Limited  Partnership,  who executed the foregoing  instrument  in
said capacity and on behalf of the corporation in its capacity as
corporate general partner, on behalf of said limited partnership.

                                   /s/ Laura M Steidl
                                       Notary Public


                                   [notary seal]



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                         Exhibit A


                    Legal Description


Lot 31, Block 1, New City Block 15600, CKE Subdivision, Unit 3,
an addition to the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas,
according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 9504,
Page 182, Deed and Plat Records or Bexar County, Texas.



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