NORTHSTAR ADVANTAGE STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
NSAR-B, 1998-02-26
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SIGNATURE   GUY NORDAHL                                  
TITLE       VICE PRESIDENT      
 


[ARTICLE] 6
[CIK] 0000920544
[NAME] NORTHSTAR STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
[SERIES]
   [NUMBER] 1
   [NAME] NORTHSTAR STRATEGIC INCOME FUND CLASS A
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[ARTICLE] 6
[CIK] 0000920544
[NAME] NORTHSTAR STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
[SERIES]
   [NUMBER] 2
   [NAME] NORTHSTAR STRATEGIC INCOME FUND CLASS B
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[ARTICLE] 6
[CIK] 0000920544
[NAME] NORTHSTAR STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
[SERIES]
   [NUMBER] 3
   [NAME] NORTHSTAR STRATEGIC INCOME FUND CLASS C
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[ARTICLE] 6
[CIK] 0000920544
[NAME] NORTHSTAR STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
[SERIES]
   [NUMBER] 4
   [NAME] NORTHSTAR STRATEGIC INCOME FUND CLASS T
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
________________

To the Shareholders and Trustees  
of the Northstar Strategic Income Fund:

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements and financial
highlights of the Northstar Strategic Income Fund ( the "Fund"), for the year
ended December 31, 1997, we considered its internal control structure,
including controls over safeguarding securities, in order to determine our
auditing procedures for the purposes of expressing our opinion on the
financial statements and financial highlights and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on the internal control
structure.
          
The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining
internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments
by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs
of controls.  Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to
the entity's objective of preparing financial statements for external
purposes that are fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.  Those controls include the safeguarding of assets
against unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or irregularities
may occur and not be detected.  Also, projection of any evaluation of internal
control to future periods is subject to the risk that it may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and
operation may deteriorate.

Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all
matters in the internal control that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.  A material weakness is a condition in which the design or
operation of any specific internal control component does not reduce to a
relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities in amounts that
would be material in relation to the financial statements being audited may
occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal
course of performing their assigned functions.  However, we noted no matters
involving internal control, including controls over safeguarding securities,
that we consider to be material weaknesses, as defined above, as of December
31, 1997.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and
the Securities and Exchange Commission.

COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


New York, New York		

February 12, 1998




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