CNL INCOME FUND IX LTD
10-Q, 2000-11-13
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                                    FORM 10-Q

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

              (X) QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT of 1934

               For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2000
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                                       OR

             ( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT of 1934

For the transition period from ____________________ to ______________________


                             Commission file number
                                     0-20017
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                            CNL Income Fund IX, Ltd.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


           Florida                                             59-3004138
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(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)


450 South Orange Avenue
Orlando, Florida                                              32801-3336
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(Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number
(including area code)                                      (407) 540-2000
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by  Sections  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 _________




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                                    CONTENTS





Part I                                                                  Page

   Item 1.    Financial Statements:

                  Condensed Balance Sheets                               1

                  Condensed Statements of Income                         2

                  Condensed Statements of Partners' Capital              3

                  Condensed Statements of Cash Flows                     4

                  Notes to Condensed Financial Statements                5-7

   Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
                  Condition and Results of Operations                    8-11

   Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About
                  Market Risk                                            11

Part II

   Other Information                                                     12-13















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                            CNL INCOME FUND IX, LTD.
                         (A Florida Limited Partnership)
                            CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                September 30,           December 31,
                                                                     2000                   1999
                                                              -------------------    -------------------
<S> <C>
                               ASSETS

   Land and buildings on operating leases, less
       accumulated depreciation and
       allowance for loss on building                               $ 13,739,173           $ 14,692,716
   Net investment in direct financing leases                           5,268,812              5,319,764
   Investment in joint ventures                                        7,551,493              7,169,101
   Cash and cash equivalents                                             762,576                936,506
   Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts
       of $223,066 and $55,896, respectively                              86,488                108,238
   Due from related parties                                                7,080                     --
   Prepaid expenses                                                       20,987                 21,447
   Lease costs, less accumulated amortization of
       $4,202 and $3,077, respectively                                    10,798                 11,923
   Accrued rental income                                               1,203,737              1,183,581
   Other assets                                                            2,137                     --
                                                              -------------------    -------------------

                                                                    $ 28,653,281           $ 29,443,276
                                                              ===================    ===================

                  LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL

   Accounts payable                                                 $     28,579           $    107,139
   Escrowed real estate taxes payable                                     11,987                  8,116
   Distributions payable                                                 787,501                787,501
   Due to related parties                                                 86,156                 62,066
   Rents paid in advance and deposits                                     15,000                 29,473
                                                              -------------------    -------------------
       Total liabilities                                                 929,223                994,295

   Partners' capital                                                  27,724,058             28,448,981
                                                              -------------------    -------------------

                                                                    $ 28,653,281           $ 29,443,276
                                                              ===================    ===================




           See accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.

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                            CNL INCOME FUND IX, LTD.
                         (A Florida Limited Partnership)
                         CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME


                                                                Quarter Ended                  Nine Months Ended
                                                                September 30,                    September 30,
                                                             2000          1999              2000             1999
                                                          -----------   ------------      ------------     ------------
Revenues:
    Rental income from operating leases                    $ 397,161      $ 437,107        $1,261,702       $1,202,009
    Earned income from direct financing leases                97,376        170,369           396,898          583,953
    Interest and other income                                 18,491          3,035            45,392           61,696
                                                          -----------   ------------      ------------     ------------
                                                             513,028        610,511         1,703,992        1,847,658
                                                          -----------   ------------      ------------     ------------

Expenses:
    General operating and administrative                      50,293         33,278           146,619          117,913
    Professional services                                      9,449         12,853            28,130           38,794
    Real estate taxes                                          4,798          4,494            27,958           12,885
    State and other taxes                                         --             --            22,725           24,884
    Depreciation and amortization                             76,474         80,779           235,723          237,469
    Transaction costs                                             --         63,902            70,536          185,528
                                                          -----------   ------------      ------------     ------------
                                                             141,014        195,306           531,691          617,473
                                                          -----------   ------------      ------------     ------------

Income Before Equity in Earnings of Joint Ventures
    and Gain (Loss) on Sale of Land and Building             372,014        415,205         1,172,301        1,230,185

Equity in Earnings of Joint Ventures                         175,561        152,161           492,670          436,218

Gain (Loss) on Sale of Land and Building                          --             --           (27,391 )         75,997
                                                          -----------   ------------      ------------     ------------

Net Income                                                 $ 547,575      $ 567,366        $1,637,580       $1,742,400
                                                          ===========   ============      ============     ============

Allocation of Net Income:
    General partners                                       $   5,476      $   5,673        $   16,444       $   17,227
    Limited partners                                         542,099        561,693         1,621,136        1,725,173
                                                          -----------   ------------      ------------     ------------

                                                           $ 547,575      $ 567,366        $1,637,580       $1,742,400
                                                          ===========   ============      ============     ============

Net Income Per Limited Partner Unit                        $    0.15      $    0.16        $     0.46       $     0.49
                                                          ===========   ============      ============     ============

Weighted Average Number of Limited Partner
    Units Outstanding                                      3,500,000      3,500,000         3,500,000        3,500,000
                                                          ===========   ============      ============     ============

           See accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
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                            CNL INCOME FUND IX, LTD.
                         (A Florida Limited Partnership)
                    CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL


                                                                    Nine Months Ended              Year Ended
                                                                      September 30,               December 31,
                                                                          2000                        1999
                                                                --------------------------    ----------------------

General partners:
    Beginning balance                                                        $    238,417               $   214,763
    Net income                                                                     16,444                    23,654
                                                                --------------------------    ----------------------
                                                                                  254,861                   238,417
                                                                --------------------------    ----------------------

Limited partners:
    Beginning balance                                                          28,210,564                28,999,155
    Net income                                                                  1,621,136                 2,361,413
    Distributions ($0.68 and $0.90 per limited partner
    unit, respectively)                                                        (2,362,503 )              (3,150,004 )
                                                                --------------------------    ----------------------
                                                                               27,469,197                28,210,564
                                                                --------------------------    ----------------------

Total partners' capital                                                     $  27,724,058              $ 28,448,981
                                                                ==========================    ======================



           See accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
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                            CNL INCOME FUND IX, LTD.
                         (A Florida Limited Partnership)
                       CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


                                                                     Nine Months Ended
                                                                       September 30,
                                                                 2000                1999
                                                            ----------------    ----------------

Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents

    Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities                    $1,989,804          $2,228,634
                                                            ----------------    ----------------

    Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
       Proceeds from sale of land and building                      693,350           2,400,000
       Additions to land and building under operating
          leases                                                         --          (1,641,211 )
       Investment in joint ventures                                (494,581 )                --
                                                            ----------------    ----------------
              Net cash provided by investing activities             198,769             758,789
                                                            ----------------    ----------------

    Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
       Distributions to limited partners                         (2,362,503 )        (2,362,503 )
                                                            ----------------    ----------------
              Net cash used in financing activities              (2,362,503 )        (2,362,503 )
                                                            ----------------    ----------------

Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents               (173,930 )           624,920

Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period                    936,506           1,287,379
                                                            ----------------    ----------------

Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period                        $ 762,576          $1,912,299
                                                            ================    ================

Supplemental Schedule of Non-Cash Financing
    Activities:

       Distributions declared and unpaid at end of
          period                                                  $ 787,501           $ 787,501
                                                            ================    ================


           See accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
</TABLE>

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                            CNL INCOME FUND IX, LTD.
                         (A Florida Limited Partnership)
                     NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
           Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999


1.       Basis of Presentation:

         The accompanying  unaudited  condensed  financial  statements have been
         prepared in accordance  with the  instructions  to Form 10-Q and do not
         include  all  of the  information  and  note  disclosures  required  by
         generally  accepted  accounting  principles.  The financial  statements
         reflect all adjustments,  consisting of normal  recurring  adjustments,
         which are, in the opinion of management,  necessary to a fair statement
         of the results for the interim periods presented. Operating results for
         the  quarter and nine  months  ended  September  30,  2000,  may not be
         indicative  of the  results  that may be  expected  for the year ending
         December  31, 2000.  Amounts as of December  31, 1999,  included in the
         financial   statements,   have  been  derived  from  audited  financial
         statements as of that date.

         These unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with
         the financial statements and notes thereto included in Form 10-K of CNL
         Income Fund IX, Ltd. (the  "Partnership")  for the year ended  December
         31, 1999.

2.       Land and Buildings on Operating Leases:

         Land and buildings on operating leases consisted of the following at:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                 September 30,         December 31,
                                                     2000                  1999
                                              --------------------    -------------------
<S> <C>
          Land                                        $ 7,116,309             $ 7,465,608
          Buildings                                     8,729,293               9,378,821
                                              --------------------    -------------------
                                                       15,845,602              16,844,429

          Less accumulated depreciation                (2,106,429 )            (1,902,345 )
                                              --------------------    -------------------

                                                       13,739,173              14,942,084
          Less allowance for loss on
              building                                         --                (249,368 )
                                              --------------------    -------------------

                                                     $ 13,739,173             $14,692,716
                                              ====================    ===================
</TABLE>

         At December 31, 1998, the Partnership  recorded a provision for loss on
         building in the amount of $249,368  for  financial  reporting  purposes
         relating  to the  Perkins  property  in  Williamsville,  New York which
         represented  the difference  between the property's  carrying value and
         the  current  estimate  of net  realizable  value  of the  property  at
         December 31, 1998. The tenant of this property filed for bankruptcy and
         discontinued

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                            CNL INCOME FUND IX, LTD.
                         (A Florida Limited Partnership)
                     NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
           Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999


2.       Land and Buildings on Operating Leases- Continued:

         the payment of rents. In May 2000, the  Partnership  sold this property
         to a third  party for  $715,000,  and  received  net sales  proceeds of
         $693,350  and  recognized  a loss of $27,391  for  financial  reporting
         purposes.

3.       Investment in Joint Ventures:

         In August 2000, the  Partnership  used the net sales proceeds  received
         from the sale of the property in Williamsville, New York, to acquire an
         interest in a Baker's Square property in Libertyville,  Illinois,  with
         CNL Income  Fund  VIII,  Ltd.,  a Florida  limited  partnership  and an
         affiliate  of  the  general   partners,   as   tenants-in-common.   The
         Partnership  acquired this interest from CNL BB Corp.,  an affiliate of
         the  general  partners  (see  Note 4).  In  connection  therewith,  the
         Partnership  and CNL Income Fund VIII,  Ltd.  entered into an agreement
         whereby  each  co-venturer  will share in the profits and losses of the
         property in  proportion  to its  applicable  percentage  interest.  The
         Partnership accounts for its interest in this property using the equity
         method since the  Partnership  shares  control with an  affiliate.  The
         Partnership contributed approximately $495,000 to the tenants-in-common
         and as of  September  30,  2000,  the  Partnership  owned a 34  percent
         interest in this property.

         The following presents the combined,  condensed  financial  information
         for the joint  ventures and the  properties  held as  tenants-in-common
         with affiliates at:



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              September 30,          December 31,
                                                                  2000                   1999
                                                            ------------------    -------------------
<S> <C>

            Land and buildings on operating leases, less
                 accumulated depreciation                        $ 15,237,498           $ 14,054,203
            Net investment in direct financing leases               1,891,744              1,910,711
            Cash                                                       29,661                122,661
            Receivables                                                 3,890                 53,584
            Accrued rental income                                      22,998                 22,155
            Other assets                                              133,890                 67,411
            Liabilities                                                 7,465                116,326
            Partners' capital                                      17,312,216             16,114,399
            Revenues                                                1,416,498              1,626,728
            Net income                                              1,104,854              1,256,254

</TABLE>


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                            CNL INCOME FUND IX, LTD.
                         (A Florida Limited Partnership)
                     NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
           Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999


3.       Investment in Joint Ventures:

         The Partnership recognized income totaling $492,670 and $436,218 during
         the nine months ended  September 30, 2000 and 1999,  respectively  from
         these joint ventures,  of which $175,561 and $152,161 was earned during
         the quarters ended September 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively.

4.       Related Party Transactions:

         During the nine months ended  September 30, 2000, the  Partnership  and
         CNL Income Fund VIII, Ltd., as tenants-in-common,  acquired an interest
         in a Baker's  Square  property  from CNL BB Corp.,  an affiliate of the
         general partners,  for a purchase price of $1,454,545.  CNL Income Fund
         VIII,  Ltd., is a Florida  limited  partnership and an affiliate of the
         general partners. CNL BB Corp. had purchased and temporarily held title
         to this property in order to facilitate the acquisition of the property
         by  the  Partnership.  The  purchase  price  paid  by  the  Partnership
         represents  the costs incurred by CNL BB Corp. to acquire and carry the
         property,  including closing costs. In accordance with the Statement of
         Policy  of Real  Estate  Programs  for the  North  American  Securities
         Administrators  Association,  Inc., all income,  expenses,  profits and
         losses  generated by or associated  with the property,  were treated as
         belonging to the  Partnership.  For the nine months ended September 30,
         2000,  other  income  of the  tenants-in-common  includes  $394 of such
         amounts.

5.       Termination of Merger:

         On March 1, 2000,  the general  partners  and CNL  American  Properties
         Fund, Inc.  ("APF") mutually agreed to terminate the Agreement and Plan
         of  Merger  entered  into in  March  1999.  The  general  partners  are
         continuing  to evaluate  strategic  alternatives  for the  Partnership,
         including alternatives to provide liquidity to the limited partners.





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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
         OF OPERATIONS

         CNL Income  Fund IX,  Ltd.  (the  "Partnership")  is a Florida  limited
partnership  that was organized on April 16, 1990,  to acquire for cash,  either
directly or through  joint  venture  arrangements,  both newly  constructed  and
existing  restaurants,  as  well  as  land  upon  which  restaurants  were to be
constructed  (the  "Properties"),  which are leased  primarily  to  operators of
national and regional  fast-food and family-style  restaurant chains. The leases
generally are triple-net  leases,  with the lessees  responsible for all repairs
and maintenance,  property taxes,  insurance and utilities.  As of September 30,
2000,  the  Partnership  owned 41  Properties,  which  included  interests in 13
Properties owned by joint ventures in which the Partnership is a co-venturer and
four   Properties   owned  with   affiliates   of  the   general   partners   as
tenants-in-common.

Capital Resources

         The  Partnership's  primary  source of capital  during the nine  months
ended September 30, 2000 and 1999 was cash from operations  (which includes cash
received from tenants, distributions from joint ventures, and interest and other
income  received,  less cash paid for  expenses) of $1,989,804  and  $2,228,634,
respectively.  The  decrease in cash from  operations  for the nine months ended
September 30, 2000, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 1999, was
primarily a result of changes in the Partnership's working capital.

         Other  sources and uses of capital  included the  following  during the
nine months ended September 30, 2000.

         In May 2000, the Partnership  sold its Property in  Williamsville,  New
York, to a third party for $715,000 and received net sales proceeds of $693,350,
resulting in a loss of $27,391 for financial reporting purposes. In August 2000,
the  Partnership  invested a majority of the net sales proceeds in a Property in
Libertyville,  Illinois,  with CNL Income  Fund VIII,  Ltd.,  a Florida  limited
partnership  and affiliate of the general  partners,  as  tenants-in-common.  In
connection  therewith,  the  Partnership  and  the  affiliate  entered  into  an
agreement  whereby each  co-venturer will share in the profits and losses of the
Property in proportion to its applicable  percentage interest.  The Property was
acquired from an affiliate of the general partners.  The affiliate had purchased
and  temporarily  held  title  to  the  Property  in  order  to  facilitate  the
acquisition of the Property by the  Partnership.  The purchase price paid by the
Partnership  represented  the costs  incurred  by the  affiliate  to acquire the
Property,  including  closing costs.  As of September 30, 2000, the  partnership
owned a 34 percent interest in this Property.

         Currently,  rental income from the Partnership's Properties and any net
sales proceeds held by the  Partnership  pending  reinvestment  in an additional
Property  are  invested in money  market  accounts or other  short-term,  highly
liquid  investments,  such as demand deposit accounts at commercial banks, money
market accounts and  certificates  of deposit,  with less than a 30-day maturity
date,  pending the Partnership's use of such funds to pay Partnership  expenses,
to make distributions to the partners, or to reinvest in an additional Property.
At September 30, 2000, the Partnership had $762,576  invested in such short-term
investments,  as compared to $936,506 at December 31, 1999. The decrease in cash
and cash  equivalents  was primarily due to the fact that during the quarter and
nine months ended  September 30, 2000,  the  Partnership  invested in a Property
with CNL Income Fund VIII, Ltd., as  tenants-in-common,  as described above. The
funds remaining at September 30, 2000 pay distributions and other liabilities.

Short-Term Liquidity

         The Partnership's  short-term liquidity  requirements consist primarily
of the operating expenses of the Partnership.

         The Partnership's  investment strategy of acquiring Properties for cash
and  leasing  them  under  triple-net  leases to  operators  who meet  specified
financial standards minimizes the Partnership's  operating expenses. The general
partners  believe that the leases will  continue to generate cash flow in excess
of operating expenses.

         The general  partners have the right,  but not the obligation,  to make
additional capital  contributions if they deem it appropriate in connection with
the operations of the Partnership.

         Total liabilities of the Partnership,  including distributions payable,
decreased to $929,223 at September 30, 2000, from $994,295 at December 31, 1999.
The decrease was  primarily  attributable  to a decrease in accounts  payable at
September  30,  2000,  as compared to December 31, 1999.  Total  liabilities  at
September  30,  2000,  to the extent they exceed  cash and cash  equivalents  at
September  30, 2000,  will be paid from future cash from  operations  and in the
event the general partners elect to make additional contributions,  from general
partners contributions.

         The Partnership  generally  distributes cash from operations  remaining
after the payment of operating  expenses of the Partnership,  to the extent that
the general partners  determine that such funds are available for  distribution.
Based on current and anticipated  future cash from  operations,  the Partnership
declared  distributions  to the limited  partners of $2,362,503  for each of the
nine months ended September 30, 2000 and 1999 ($787,501 for each of the quarters
ended September 30, 2000 and 1999).  This represents  distributions  for each of
the nine months ended  September  30, 2000 and 1999 of $0.68 per unit ($0.23 per
unit for each applicable  quarter).  No  distributions  were made to the general
partners  during the quarter and nine months ended  September 30, 2000 and 1999.
No amounts  distributed  to the limited  partners  during the nine months  ended
September  30,  2000 and 1999 are  required  to be or have been  treated  by the
Partnership  as a return of capital  for  purposes  of  calculating  the limited
partners'  return  on their  adjusted  capital  contributions.  The  Partnership
intends to continue to make  distributions of cash available for distribution to
the limited partners on a quarterly basis.

Long-Term Liquidity

         The  Partnership  has no long-term  debt or other  long-term  liquidity
requirements.

Results of Operations

         During the nine months ended September 30, 1999, the Partnership  owned
and leased 28 wholly owned Properties  (which included two Properties which were
sold during  1999),  and during the nine months ended  September  30, 2000,  the
Partnership  owned and leased 25 wholly  owned  Properties  (which  included one
Property which was sold during 2000) to operators of fast-food and  family-style
restaurant  chains.  In  connection  therewith,  during  the nine  months  ended
September 30, 2000 and 1999, the Partnership  earned  $1,658,600 and $1,785,962,
respectively,  in rental  income from  operating  leases and earned  income from
direct  financing leases from these  Properties,  $494,537 and $607,476 of which
was earned during the quarters ended September 30, 2000 and 1999,  respectively.
Rental,  earned and contingent  rental income  decreased  during the quarter and
nine months ended September 30, 2000, as compared to the quarter and nine months
ended  September  30,  1999,  partially  as a result of the fact that during the
quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2000, the Partnership established an
allowance  for  doubtful   accounts  of  approximately   $95,300  and  $143,700,
respectively,  for past due rental  amounts  relating to the Properties in Grand
Prairie,  Texas, Blufton, Ohio and North Baltimore,  Ohio in accordance with the
Partnership's policy. The general partners will continue to pursue collection of
past due rental  amounts  relating to these  Properties  and will recognize such
amounts as income if collected.

         In  addition,  the  decrease  in rental  and earned  income  during the
quarter and nine  months  ended  September  30,  2000,  was  partially  due to a
decrease in rental and earned income of approximately $11,900 and $30,200 during
the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2000, respectively,  as a result
of the sale of two  Properties  in 1999 and the sale of a Property in 2000.  The
decrease during the nine months ended  September 30, 2000, was partially  offset
by an increase of  approximately  $51,000 during the nine months ended September
30, 2000 due to the fact that the Partnership  reinvested a portion of these net
sales proceeds in a Property in Albany, Georgia, during 1999.

         During  the  nine  months  ended  September  30,  2000  and  1999,  the
Partnership also owned and leased 13 Properties indirectly through joint venture
arrangements  and one  Property  with an  affiliate  of the general  partners as
tenants-in-common.  During  the  nine  months  ended  September  30,  2000,  the
Partnership owned and leased three additional  Properties with affiliates of the
general partners as tenants-in-common.  In connection therewith, during the nine
months ended  September 30, 2000 and 1999, the  Partnership  earned $492,670 and
$436,218,  respectively,  $175,561 and  $152,161 of which was earned  during the
quarters ended  September 30, 2000 and 1999,  respectively.  The increase in net
income  earned by joint  ventures  during  the  quarter  and nine  months  ended
September 30, 2000,  as compared to the quarter and nine months ended  September
30,  1999,  was  primarily  due to the fact that in June 1999,  the  Partnership
reinvested  the net sales  proceeds it received  from a Property sold in 1999 in
two Properties as tenants-in-common  with affiliates of the general partners and
the  Partnership  reinvested  the net sale  proceeds it received from a Property
sold in 2000 in one Property as tenants-in-common with affiliates of the general
partners.

         Operating expenses,  including  depreciation and amortization  expense,
were $531,691 and $617,473  during the nine months ended  September 30, 2000 and
1999,  respectively,  $141,044  and $195,306 of which were  incurred  during the
quarters  ended  September  30,  2000 and 1999  respectively.  The  decrease  in
operating  expenses during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2000,
as  compared  to the  quarter and nine months  ended  September  30,  1999,  was
partially   attributable  to  the  fact  that  the  Partnership   incurred  less
transaction costs related to the general partners retaining  financial and legal
advisors to assist them in evaluating and  negotiating  the proposed merger with
CNL  American  Properties  Fund,  Inc.  ("APF")  due to the  termination  of the
proposed merger, as described below in "Termination of Merger."

         The decrease in operating  expenses  during the quarter and nine months
ended  September  30, 2000 was  partially  offset by an  increase  in  operating
expenses due to the fact that during the quarter and nine months ended September
30, 2000 the Partnership incurred legal fees, insurance, real estate tax expense
and maintenance  expense in connection with its Property in  Williamsville,  New
York as a result of the tenant of the Property,  in 1998, filing for bankruptcy,
rejecting the lease,  and  discontinuing  the payment of rent.  The  Partnership
continued  to incur these types of expenses  until the  Property was sold in May
2000, as described above in "Capital Resources."

         As a result of the sale of the Property in Williamsville,  New York, as
described above in "Capital  Resources,"  the  Partnership  recognized a loss of
$27,391 for financial  reporting purposes during the nine months ended September
30, 2000.  In addition,  the  Partnership  sold two  Properties  during 1999 and
recognized a total gain of $75,997 for financial  reporting  purposes during the
nine months ended September 30, 1999.

Termination of Merger

         On March 1, 2000,  the  general  partners  and APF  mutually  agreed to
terminate the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger")  entered into in March
1999. The general partners are continuing to evaluate strategic alternatives for
the  Partnership,  including  alternatives  to provide  liquidity to the limited
partners.


ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

         Not applicable.


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                           PART II. OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1.    Legal Proceedings.  Inapplicable.

Item 2.    Changes in Securities.      Inapplicable.

Item 3.    Default upon Senior Securities.   Inapplicable.

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

Item 5.    Other Information.    Inapplicable.

Item 6.    Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.

           (a)  Exhibits

                3.1      Affidavit and Certificate of Limited Partnership of CNL
                         Income  Fund  IX,  Ltd.  (Included  as  Exhibit  3.1 to
                         Registration  Statement  No.  33-35049 on Form S-11 and
                         incorporated herein by reference.)

                4.1      Affidavit and Certificate of Limited Partnership of CNL
                         Income  Fund  IX,  Ltd.  (Included  as  Exhibit  3.1 to
                         Registration  Statement  No.  33-35049 on Form S-11 and
                         incorporated herein by reference.)

                4.2      Amended and Restated  Agreement of Limited  Partnership
                         of CNL Income Fund IX, Ltd. (Included as Exhibit 4.6 to
                         Post-Effective   Amendment   No.   1  to   Registration
                         Statement  No.  33-35049 on Form S-11 and  incorporated
                         herein by reference.)

                10.1     Management  Agreement  between CNL Income Fund IX, Ltd.
                         and CNL Investment Company (Included as Exhibit 10.1 to
                         Form  10-K  filed  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
                         Commission on March 17, 1998, and  incorporated  herein
                         by reference.)

                10.2     Assignment of Management  Agreement from CNL Investment
                         Company to CNL Income Fund Advisors,  Inc. (Included as
                         Exhibit 10.2 to Form 10-K filed with the Securities and
                         Exchange Commission on March 30, 1995, and incorporated
                         herein by reference.)


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                10.3     Assignment of Management Agreement from CNL Income Fund
                         Advisors,  Inc. to CNL Fund Advisors, Inc. (Included as
                         Exhibit 10.3 to Form 10-K filed with the Securities and
                         Exchange  Commission on April 1, 1996, and incorporated
                         herein by reference.)

                27       Financial Data Schedule (Filed herewith.)

           (b)  Reports on Form 8-K

                No  reports  on Form 8-K were filed  during  the  quarter  ended
                September 30, 2000.



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                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

         DATED this 9th day of November, 2000.


                                    CNL INCOME FUND IX, LTD.

                                    By: CNL REALTY CORPORATION
                                        General Partner


                                        By:/s/ James M. Seneff, Jr.
                                           ----------------------------------
                                           JAMES M. SENEFF, JR.
                                           Chief Executive Officer
                                           (Principal Executive Officer)


                                        By:/s/ Robert A. Bourne
                                           ----------------------------------
                                           ROBERT A. BOURNE
                                           President and Treasurer
                                           (Principal Financial and
                                            Accounting Officer)








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