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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000890566-00-000439
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	10-K405
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		9
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	19991231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20000330

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000912595
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				621543819
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		10-K405
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12762
		FILM NUMBER:		588881

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6584 POPLAR AVE
		STREET 2:		STE 340
		CITY:			MEMPHIS
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38138
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9016826600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6584 POPLAR AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 340
		CITY:			MEMPHIS
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38138
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-K

   [X]    ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
          EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                   FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999

                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-12762

                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

               (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)


              TENNESSEE                           62-1543819
      (STATE OF INCORPORATION)          (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION
                                                    NUMBER)

                         6584 POPLAR AVENUE, SUITE 340
                            MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 38138
                    (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

                                 (901) 682-6600
               REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE

          SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 (B) OF THE ACT:


                                            NAME OF EXCHANGE
         TITLE OF EACH CLASS              ON WHICH REGISTERED
- -------------------------------------   ------------------------
  Common Stock, par value $.01 per
                 share                   New York Stock Exchange
Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock,
       par value $.01 per share          New York Stock Exchange
Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock,
       par value $.01 per share          New York Stock Exchange
   Series C Cumulative Redeemable
  Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per
                 share                   New York Stock Exchange


          SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 (G) OF THE ACT:
                                      None

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has 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 [ ]

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in PART III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [X]

     The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of
the Registrant, (based on the closing price of such stock ($22.625 per share),
as reported on the New York Stock Exchange, on March 1, 2000) was approximately
$354,000,000 (for purposes of this calculation, directors and executive officers
are treated as affiliates).

     The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant's Common Stock as of
March 17, 2000, was 17,635,277 shares, of which approximately 2,009,033 were
held by affiliates.

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<PAGE>
                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEM                                             PAGE
- ---------                                        ----

                        PART I

 1.      Business.............................     1

 2.      Properties...........................     4

 3.      Legal Proceedings....................     9

 4.      Submission of Matters to Vote of
           Security Holders...................     9


                        PART II

 5.      Market for Registrant's Common Equity
           and Related Stockholder Matters....     9

 6.      Selected Financial Data..............    10

 7.      Management's Discussion and Analysis
           of Financial Condition and Results
           of Operations......................    11

 7A.     Quantitative and Qualitative
           Disclosures About Market Risk......    17

 8.      Financial Statements and
           Supplementary Data.................    18

 9.      Changes in and Disagreements with
           Accountants on Accounting and
           Financial Disclosure...............    18

                       PART III

10.      Directors and Executive Officers of
           the Registrant.....................    19

11.      Executive Compensation...............    19

12.      Security Ownership of Certain
           Beneficial Owners and Management...    19

13.      Certain Relationships and Related
           Transactions.......................    19

                        PART IV

14.      Exhibits, Financial Statement
           Schedule and Reports on Form 8-K...    19


                                       i

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                                     PART I

ITEM 1.  BUSINESS

THE COMPANY

     Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (the "Company") is a Memphis,
Tennessee-based self-administered and self-managed umbrella partnership
("UPREIT") real estate investment trust, ("REIT") which, as of December 31,
1999, owns or has ownership interest in, including 10 properties owned by an
unconsolidated joint venture, and operates 129 apartment communities containing
33,901 apartment units in 13 states, primarily in the southeastern United States
and Texas (the "Communities"). The Company currently has 1,367 apartment units
in various stages of construction, development and pre-development in 3 new
communities and 1 addition to an existing community.

     Founded in 1977 by George E. Cates, the Company's Chairman of the Board of
Directors and Chief Executive Officer, the Company's predecessor grew from an
operator of a single 252-unit apartment community in Memphis, Tennessee into a
fully-integrated owner and operator of 5,580 apartment units in 22 apartment
communities in four southeastern states immediately prior to the Company's
initial public offering in February 1994 (the "Initial Offering"). Since the
Initial Offering, the Company's portfolio has increased by 98 apartment
communities containing 25,528 apartment units.

     On June 30, 1999, the Company sold its development, construction and fee
management businesses acquired in connection with the November 1997 merger with
Flournoy Development Company ("Flournoy or FDC") back to the principals of
Flournoy. The Company received net proceeds of $18.1 million for these assets
and recorded a net loss of approximately $4.0 million, relating mainly to the
write-off of goodwill from to the original purchase transaction. In the
transaction, Flournoy reacquired the development businesses, related fixed
assets including single family development, land and property held for sale, and
the fee management business of 5,131 tax credit apartment units. The Company has
contracted with Flournoy to complete the remaining portion of its development
pipeline.

     In March 1999 the Company entered into an agreement to form a joint venture
(the "Joint Venture") with Blackstone Real Estate Acquisitions, LLC
("Blackstone"), and operate 10 apartment communities. On March 31, 1999 the
Company sold 6 apartment communities, containing 1,660 apartment units, to the
Joint Venture for approximately $64.6 million in cash. In August 1999, the
Company sold four additional properties containing 1,133 apartment units to the
Joint Venture, for approximately $33.3 million. The Company contributed
additional capital and made a loan to the Joint Venture bringing the Company's
total investment in the Joint Venture to approximately $8.1 million. The Company
recognized a gain of approximately $9.0 million and deferred gains of
approximately $4.8 million for the Company's retained interest. Proceeds from
the transactions were used to pay down the Company's Credit Line, fund the
development pipeline and to fund two cash escrow reserves related to the planned
tax free exchange of a portion of the properties, which exchange was completed
during the balance of 1999. The Company has retained a 33.3% ownership interest
in the Joint Venture and has an agreement to manage the operations of the
communities for a fee of 4% of revenues.

     The Company's business is conducted principally through the Mid-America
Apartments, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"). The Company is the sole
general partner of the Operating Partnership, holding, as of December 31, 1999,
180,168 Common Units or a 1% general partnership interest in the Operating
Partnership. The Company's wholly-owned qualified REIT subsidiary, MAC II of
Delaware, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is a limited partner in the Operating
Partnership and, as of December 31, 1999, held 14,872,572 Common Units, or
83.55% of all outstanding Common Units.

OPERATING PHILOSOPHY

     DIVERSIFIED MARKET FOCUS.  The Company focuses on owning, operating,
developing, constructing and acquiring apartment communities mainly throughout
the southeast and Texas.

                                       1
<PAGE>
     INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT FOCUS.  The Company strongly emphasizes on-site
property management. Particular attention is paid to opportunities to increase
rents, raise average occupancy rates, and control costs, with property managers
and regional management being given the responsibility for monitoring market
trends and the discretion to react to such trends.

     DEDICATION TO CUSTOMER SERVICE.  Management's experience is that
maintaining a consistently high level of customer satisfaction leads to greater
demand for the Company's apartment units, higher occupancy and rental rates, and
increased long-term profitability. The Company, as part of its intense
management focus, has established regional training facilities to produce highly
trained property managers, leasing consultants and service technicians on-site
at each of the Communities. Management believes that this commitment to training
and excellence in associates ultimately translates to higher customer
satisfaction.

     DECENTRALIZED OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE.  The Company's operational structure
is organized on a decentralized basis. The Company's property managers have
overall operating responsibility for their specific Communities. Property
managers report to area managers or regional managers who, in turn, are
accountable to the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer. Management
believes that its decentralized operating structure capitalizes on specific
market knowledge, increases personal accountability relative to a centralized
structure and is beneficial in the acquisition, redevelopment and development
process.

PROACTIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT

     The Company reviews its existing assets routinely and sells those which no
longer fit the Company's investment criteria. The Company constantly evaluates
the effectiveness of its capital allocations and makes adjustments to its
strategy, including investing in acquisitions and new development, debt
retirement, and repurchases of Company shares.

STRATEGIES

     The Company seeks to increase operating cash flow and earnings per share to
maximize shareholder value through a balanced strategy of internal and external
growth.

     OPERATING GROWTH STRATEGY. Management's goal is to maximize its return on
investment in each Community by increasing rental rates and ancillary revenues
while tightly controlling operating expenses and maintaining high occupancy
levels. The Company seeks higher net rental revenues by enhancing the
competitiveness of the Communities, adding revenue-generating services, and
managing expenses through its system of detailed management reporting and
accountability in order to achieve increases in operating cash flow. The steps
taken to meet these objectives include:

     o  empowering the Company's property managers to adjust rents in response
        to local market conditions and to concentrate resident turnover in peak
        rental demand months;

     o  offering new services to residents, including telephone, cable, and
        internet access on which it generates fee and commission income;

     o  implementing programs to control expenses through investment in
        cost-saving initiatives, such as the installation of individual
        apartment unit water and utility meters in certain Communities;

     o  ensuring that, through monthly inspections of all Communities by senior
        management and prompt attention to maintenance and recurring capital
        needs as well as defined preventive maintenance programs conducted
        quarterly at each property, the Communities are properly maintained;

     o  improving the "curb appeal" of the Communities through extensive
        landscaping and exterior improvements and repositioning Communities from
        time to time to maintain market leadership positions;

     o  investing heavily in training programs for its property level personnel;

     o  compensating employees through performance-based compensation and stock
        ownership programs; and

                                       2
<PAGE>
     o  maintaining a hands-on management style and "flat" organizational
        structure that emphasizes senior management's continued close contact
        with the market and employees;

     o  when its cost of capital and asset values permit, selling assets and
        repurchasing common stock.

     DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. During 1998, the Company's emphasis shifted from
acquisitions to development because of the higher quality assets and higher long
term investment returns generated by development. The Company expects to
continue new development on a disciplined, selective basis. In 1999 the Company
completed the following development projects consisting of a total 1,588
apartment units which are currently in various stages of lease-up:

     o  264 unit Paddock Club in Gainesville, Florida

     o  254 unit Paddock Club in Panama City, Florida

     o  132 unit Phase II expansion of the Paddock Club in Brandon, Florida

     o  238 unit Phase II expansion of the Terraces at Towne Lake in Cherokee
        County, Georgia

     o  252 unit Reserve at Dexter Lake in Memphis, Tennessee

     o  240 unit Paddock Club in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

     o  208 unit Paddock Club in Montgomery, Alabama

     The Company currently has a total of 1,367 apartment units in various
stages of development, construction, and pre-development, of which 1,151 are
scheduled to be completed in 2000 with the remainder in 2001. The Company
anticipates a total capital investment in this development pipeline of
approximately $43.2 million in 2000 and approximately $3 million in 2001. Also
currently under consideration is a new addition to an existing community of 244
units with an estimated cost of $18 million, which is expected to begin in 2001
if development is approved. These projects are expected to be funded by the
Company's outstanding lines of credit ("Credit Lines"), selective property
dispositions and possible joint venture transactions.

     In June 1999 the Company concluded that development opportunities were
becoming less financially attractive, reduced its development commitments to
those already in process, and sold its development and construction businesses.

     ACQUISITION STRATEGY. An additional strategy of the Company is to acquire
apartment communities that meet its investment criteria and long-term strategic
objectives. Most apartment communities that the Company has identified as
available for acquisition do not meet the Company's investment objectives, and
the present status of capital markets have raised the threshold for yields. The
Company did not acquire any apartment communities in 1999 and at the present
time does not anticipate any significant investment in acquisition properties in
2000.

     JOINT VENTURE STRATEGY. An additional strategy of the Company is to sell
apartment communities to a joint venture when a favorable return can be
achieved. This allows the Company to obtain favorably-priced financing. The
Company actively is seeking attractively priced investment opportunities which
it and potential joint venture partners can invest in. At this time no
negotiations are in process.

                                       3
<PAGE>
     The following apartment communities containing an aggregate of 2,793
apartment units were sold during 1999 to the Joint Venture:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  NUMBER                           GROSS
              PROPERTY                        LOCATION           OF UNITS          DATE           PROCEEDS
- -------------------------------------  -----------------------   ---------    ---------------  --------------
<S>                                    <C>                       <C>          <C>              <C>
Colony at South Park.................  Aiken, SC                     184       March 31, 1999  $    7,900,000
Walden Run...........................  McDonough, GA                 240       March 31, 1999      13,700,000
Woodstream...........................  Greensboro, NC                304       March 31, 1999      13,200,000
Northwood............................  Arlington, TX                 270       March 31, 1999       7,500,000
Lane at Towne Crossing...............  Mesquite, TX                  384       March 31, 1999      11,300,000
The Woods............................  Austin, TX                    278       March 31, 1999      11,000,000
Cedar Mill...........................  Memphis, TN                   276       August 4, 1999      11,200,000
Hamilton Pointe......................  Chattanooga, TN               361       August 4, 1999       9,600,000
Hidden Creek.........................  Chattanooga, TN               300       August 4, 1999       8,100,000
Lakeshore Landing....................  Jackson, MS                   196       August 4, 1999       4,400,000
                                                                 ---------                     --------------
     Total...........................                              2,793                       $   97,900,000
                                                                 =========                     ==============
</TABLE>

     DISPOSITION STRATEGY. The Company is committed to the selective disposition
of non-strategic assets, those apartment communities that no longer meet its
investment criteria and long-term strategic objectives. Typically the Company
selects assets for disposition that do not meet its present investment criteria
including future return on investment, location, market, potential for growth,
and capital needs.

     The following apartment communities containing an aggregate of 1,138
apartment units were sold during 1999:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  NUMBER                               GROSS
              PROPERTY                        LOCATION           OF UNITS            DATE             PROCEEDS
- -------------------------------------  -----------------------   ---------    -------------------  --------------
<S>                                    <C>                       <C>          <C>                  <C>
Hidden Oaks..........................  Albany, Ga                    240           April 12, 1999  $    6,100,000
Sailwinds at Lake Magdalene..........  Tampa, FL                     798        November 10, 1999      31,100,000
Regency Club.........................  Albany, GA                    100         December 6, 1999         800,000
                                                                 ---------                         --------------
     Total...........................                              1,138                           $   38,000,000
                                                                 =========                         ==============
</TABLE>

SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

     In 1999, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up
to 4 million common shares, of which the Company has repurchased approximately
1.5 million common shares (7% of the common shares and Common Units
outstanding). From time to time the Company intends to sell assets based on its
disposition strategy outlined herein and repurchase shares when it believes that
shareholder value is enhanced. Factors affecting this determination include the
relative valuation of its share price, assets sold, cost of debt and rates of
return of alternative investments.

COMPETITION

     All of the Company's Communities are located in areas that include other
apartment communities. Occupancy and rental rates are affected by the number of
competitive apartment communities in a particular area. The Company's properties
compete with numerous other multifamily properties, the owners of which may have
greater resources than the Company and whose management may have more experience
than the Company's management. Moreover, single-family rental housing,
manufactured housing, condominiums and the new and existing home markets provide
housing alternatives to potential residents of apartment communities.

                                       4
<PAGE>
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

  PROPERTY DISPOSITIONS AND ACQUISITIONS

     Subsequent to December 31, 1999, the Company sold two apartment communities
containing 368 apartment units for approximately $14,890,000 and has letters of
intent to sell three additional communities, two of which will be as a tax free
exchange for two identified acquisitions.

  DISTRIBUTION INCREASE

     In January 2000, the Company raised its quarterly distribution to common
shareholders from $.575 per share to $.58 per share, effective with its
distribution paid on January 31, 2000.

ITEM 2.  PROPERTIES

     The Company's apartment communities principally appeal to middle and upper
income residents in mid-size cities in the southeastern United States and Texas.
Approximately 72% of the Company's apartment units are located in Georgia,
Florida, Tennessee, and Texas markets. The Company's strategic focus is to
provide its residents high quality apartment units in attractive community
settings, characterized by extensive landscaping and attention to aesthetic
detail. The Company utilizes its experience and expertise in maintenance,
landscaping, marketing and management to effectively "reposition" many of the
apartment communities it acquires to raise occupancy levels and per unit average
rentals. The average age of the Communities at December 31, 1999 was 12.9 years.

     The following table sets forth certain operating data regarding the Company
for the periods indicated where the Company owns or maintains an ownership
interest, including the 10 properties containing 2,793 apartment units owned by
the Joint Venture, at December 31, 1999. The table excludes development
communities.


                                         1999       1998       1997
                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
Apartment units at year end..........     33,901     33,831     30,579
Average monthly rental per
  apartment..........................       $610       $597       $568
Average occupancy at year end........       94.6%      94.1%      93.9%


     The following table sets forth certain historical information for the
communities the Company owned or maintained an ownership interest, including the
10 properties containing 2,793 apartment units owned by the Joint Venture, at
December 31, 1999:

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                           APPROXIMATE
                                                                                YEAR                        RENTABLE
                                                                  YEAR       MANAGEMENT       NUMBER          AREA
PROPERTY                               LOCATION                COMPLETED      COMMENCED      OF UNITS     (SQUARE FT.)
- -------------------------------------  ---------------------   ----------    -----------    ----------    -------------
<S>                                    <C>                     <C>           <C>            <C>           <C>
Eagle Ridge..........................  Birmingham, AL            1986           1998             200          181,400
Abbington Place......................  Huntsville, AL            1987           1998             152          162,792
Paddock Club - Huntsville............  Huntsville, AL            1989           1997             200          211,600
Paddock Club - Huntsville II.........  Huntsville, AL            1998           1997             192          212,736
                                                                                            ----------    -------------
                                                                                                 744          768,528
                                                                                            ----------    -------------
Calais Forest........................  Little Rock, AR           1987           1994             260          194,928
Napa Valley..........................  Little Rock, AR           1984           1996             240          183,216
Westside Creek I & II................  Little Rock, AR           1984           1997             308          148,030
Whispering Oaks......................  Little Rock, AR           1978           1994             207          192,422
                                                                                            ----------    -------------
                                                                                               1,015          718,596
                                                                                            ----------    -------------
Tiffany Oaks.........................  Altamonte Springs, FL     1985           1996             288          234,224
Marsh Oaks...........................  Atlantic Beach, FL        1986           1995             120           93,280
Paddock Club - Brandon...............  Brandon, FL               1997           1997             308          358,600
Anatole..............................  Daytona Beach, FL         1986           1995             208          149,136
Cooper's Hawk........................  Jacksonville, FL          1987           1995             208          218,400
Hunter's Ridge at Deerwood...........  Jacksonville, FL          1987           1997             336          294,888
Lakeside.............................  Jacksonville, FL          1985           1996             416          344,192
Paddock Club - Jacksonville I , II &
 III.................................  Jacksonville, FL          1989           1997             440          216,016
Paddock Club - Mandarin..............  Jacksonville, FL          1998           1998             288          330,336
St. Augustine........................  Jacksonville, FL          1987           1995             400          304,400
Woodbridge at the Lake...............  Jacksonville, FL          1985           1994             188          166,000
Woodhollow...........................  Jacksonville, FL          1986           1997             450          342,162
Paddock Club - Lakeland I & II.......  Lakeland, FL              1988           1997             464          217,704
Savannahs at James Landing...........  Melbourne, FL             1990           1995             256          238,592
Paddock Park - Ocala I & II..........  Ocala, FL                 1986           1997             480          202,282
Paddock Club - Tallahassee I & II....  Tallahassee, FL           1990           1997             304          208,000
Belmere..............................  Tampa, FL                 1984           1994             210          202,440
Links at Carrollwood.................  Tampa, FL                 1980           1998             204          190,536
                                                                                            ----------    -------------
                                                                                               5,568        4,311,188
                                                                                            ----------    -------------
High Ridge...........................  Athens, GA                1987           1997             160          186,608
Shenandoah Ridge.....................  Augusta, GA             1975/1984        1994             272          222,800
Bradford Pointe......................  Augusta, GA               1986           1997             192          156,232
Westbury Creek.......................  Augusta, GA               1984           1997             120          106,998
Fountain Lake........................  Brunswick, GA             1983           1997             110          118,046
Island Retreat.......................  St. Simons Island, GA     1978           1998             112          129,584
Park Walk............................  College Park, GA          1985           1997             124          112,776
Enclave at Whisperwood...............  Columbus, GA              1998           1998             154          189,728
2000 Wynnton.........................  Columbus, GA              1983           1997              72           66,056
Riverwind............................  Columbus, GA              1983           1997              44           40,304
Whisperwood I & Spa I................  Columbus, GA             1980-86         1997             854          610,876
Willow Creek.........................  Columbus, GA             1968-78         1997             285          246,668
Terraces at Fieldstone...............  Conyers, GA               1998           1998             316          351,076
Hollybrook...........................  Dalton, GA                1972           1994             158          188,640
Whispering Pines I & II..............  LaGrange, GA              1982           1997             216          123,904
Westbury Springs.....................  Lilburn, GA               1983           1997             150          137,744
Austin Chase.........................  Macon, GA                 1996           1997             256          293,016
The Vistas...........................  Macon, GA                 1985           1997             144          153,792
Georgetown Grove.....................  Savannah, GA              1997           1998             220          239,800
Wildwood I & II......................  Thomasville, GA           1980           1997             216          123,904

<CAPTION>
                                                                                               ENCUMBRANCES AT
                                                           AVERAGE          AVERAGE           DECEMBER 31, 1999
                                          AVERAGE         RENT PER         OCCUPANCY      --------------------------
                                           UNIT            UNIT AT           % AT         MORTGAGE
                                           SIZE         DECEMBER 31,     DECEMBER 31,     PRINCIPAL      INTEREST
PROPERTY                               (SQUARE FT.)         1999             1999          (000'S)         RATE
- -------------------------------------  -------------    -------------    -------------    ---------    -------------
<S>                                     <C>            <C>
Eagle Ridge..........................        907           $   602            94.50%       $ 6,349            8.250%
Abbington Place......................      1,071           $   547            93.42%         --   (2)       --      (2)
Paddock Club - Huntsville............      1,058           $   603            95.00%         --             --
Paddock Club - Huntsville II.........      1,108           $   676            95.83%         --             --
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
                                           1,033           $   610             94.8%       $ 6,349
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
Calais Forest........................        750           $   555            91.54%         --             --
Napa Valley..........................        763           $   548            92.92%         --   (7)       --      (7)
Westside Creek I & II................      1,042           $   604            92.86%       $ 4,875      8.760% & -- (7)
Whispering Oaks......................        934           $   534            93.24%         --             --
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
                                             708           $   564             92.6%       $ 4,875
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
Tiffany Oaks.........................        813           $   607            97.57%         --   (7)       --      (7)
Marsh Oaks...........................        777           $   560            94.17%         --   (7)       --      (7)
Paddock Club - Brandon...............      1,164           $   790            90.26%         --   (2)       --      (2)
Anatole..............................        717           $   588            96.63%       $ 7,000          5.625% &(1)
Cooper's Hawk........................      1,050           $   669            92.79%         --   (5)       --      (5)
Hunter's Ridge at Deerwood...........        878           $   612            97.32%         --   (10)      --      (10)
Lakeside.............................        827           $   605            91.35%         --   (7)       --      (7)
Paddock Club - Jacksonville I , II &
 III.................................      1,080           $   728            92.95%         --   (8)       --      (8)
Paddock Club - Mandarin..............      1,147           $   764            94.10%         --   (2)       --      (2)
St. Augustine........................        761           $   550            95.75%         --   (5)       --      (5)
Woodbridge at the Lake...............        883           $   617            96.81%         --   (2)       --      (2)
Woodhollow...........................        760           $   597            95.11%       $ 9,784            7.500%
Paddock Club - Lakeland I & II.......      1,089           $   682            95.91%         --   (8)       --      (8)
Savannahs at James Landing...........        932           $   604            95.31%         --   (5)       --      (5)
Paddock Park - Ocala I & II..........      1,011           $   649            94.38%       $ 6,805            6.500%
Paddock Club - Tallahassee I & II....      1,083           $   692            93.75%       $ 4,691            8.500%
Belmere..............................        964           $   649            92.86%         --   (7)       --      (7)
Links at Carrollwood.................        934           $   653            98.04%       $ 5,704            8.750%
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
                                             774           $   649             94.6%       $33,984
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
High Ridge...........................      1,166           $   765            94.38%         --   (7)       --      (7)
Shenandoah Ridge.....................        819           $   477            97.06%         --   (7)       --      (7)
Bradford Pointe......................        814           $   557            94.27%       $ 4,760             5.10%
Westbury Creek.......................        892           $   566            95.83%       $ 3,121            7.594%
Fountain Lake........................      1,180           $   690            90.00%       $ 2,929            7.750%
Island Retreat.......................      1,157           $   708            89.29%       $ 3,388            7.215%
Park Walk............................        909           $   642            95.97%       $ 3,343            6.370%
Enclave at Whisperwood...............      1,232           $   760            92.86%         --   (1)       --      (1)
2000 Wynnton.........................        917           $   468            97.22%         --             --
Riverwind............................        916           $   477            93.18%         --             --
Whisperwood I & Spa I................      1,207           $   631            95.67%         --   (1)       --      (1)
Willow Creek.........................        866           $   504            97.19%         --   (7)       --      (7)
Terraces at Fieldstone...............      1,111           $   813            96.20%         --   (2)       --      (2)
Hollybrook...........................      1,194           $   604            89.87%         --             --
Whispering Pines I & II..............      1,033           $   577            90.28%       $ 5,183            7.750%
Westbury Springs.....................        918           $   691            96.67%       $ 4,186            7.500%
Austin Chase.........................      1,144           $   667            95.70%         --   (10)      --      (10)
The Vistas...........................      1,068           $   596            98.61%       $ 4,015            6.230%
Georgetown Grove.....................      1,090           $   720            94.09%       $10,460            7.750%
Wildwood I & II......................      1,033           $   504            96.76%       $ 4,019            7.500%


                                          MATURITY
PROPERTY                                    DATE
- -------------------------------------  ---------------
Eagle Ridge..........................         07/01/28
Abbington Place......................        --        (2)
Paddock Club - Huntsville............        --
Paddock Club - Huntsville II.........        --

Calais Forest........................        --
Napa Valley..........................        --        (7)
Westside Creek I & II................   10/01/06 & --  (7)
Whispering Oaks......................        --

Tiffany Oaks.........................        --        (7)
Marsh Oaks...........................        --        (7)
Paddock Club - Brandon...............        --        (2)
Anatole..............................       12/01/27 & (1)
Cooper's Hawk........................        --        (5)
Hunter's Ridge at Deerwood...........        --        (10)
Lakeside.............................        --        (7)
Paddock Club - Jacksonville I , II &
 III.................................        --        (8)
Paddock Club - Mandarin..............        --        (2)
St. Augustine........................        --        (5)
Woodbridge at the Lake...............        --        (2)
Woodhollow...........................         09/01/02
Paddock Club - Lakeland I & II.......        --        (8)
Savannahs at James Landing...........        --        (5)
Paddock Park - Ocala I & II..........         10/01/08
Paddock Club - Tallahassee I & II....         04/01/36
Belmere..............................        --        (7)
Links at Carrollwood.................         02/01/03

High Ridge...........................        --        (7)
Shenandoah Ridge.....................        --        (7)
Bradford Pointe......................         06/01/28
Westbury Creek.......................         11/01/24
Fountain Lake........................         04/01/24
Island Retreat.......................         03/01/03
Park Walk............................         11/01/25
Enclave at Whisperwood...............        --        (1)
2000 Wynnton.........................        --
Riverwind............................        --
Whisperwood I & Spa I................        --        (1)
Willow Creek.........................        --        (7)
Terraces at Fieldstone...............        --        (2)
Hollybrook...........................        --
Whispering Pines I & II..............         01/01/23
Westbury Springs.....................         07/01/23
Austin Chase.........................        --        (10)
The Vistas...........................         03/01/28
Georgetown Grove.....................         07/01/37
Wildwood I & II......................         12/01/20
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                                                                                                           APPROXIMATE
                                                                                YEAR                        RENTABLE
                                                                  YEAR       MANAGEMENT       NUMBER          AREA
PROPERTY                               LOCATION                COMPLETED      COMMENCED      OF UNITS     (SQUARE FT.)
- -------------------------------------  ---------------------   ----------    -----------    ----------    -------------
<S>                                    <C>                     <C>           <C>            <C>           <C>
Hidden Lake I & II...................  Union City, GA            1985           1997             320          171,192
Three Oaks I & II....................  Valdosta, GA              1983           1997             240          123,904
Southland Station I & II.............  Warner Robins, GA         1987           1997             304          186,704
Terraces at Towne Lake...............  Woodstock, GA             1997           1997             264          286,968
                                                                                                 ---      -------------
                                                                                               5,303        4,567,320
                                                                                                 ---      -------------
Fairways at Hartland.................  Bowling Green, KY         1996           1997             240          251,180
Paddock Club Florence................  Florence, KY              1994           1997             200          207,036
Lakepointe...........................  Lexington, KY             1986           1994             118           90,614
Mansion, The.........................  Lexington, KY             1987           1994             184          138,720
Village, The.........................  Lexington, KY             1989           1994             252          182,716
Stonemill Village....................  Louisville, KY            1985           1994             384          324,008
                                                                                                 ---      -------------
                                                                                               1,378        1,194,274
                                                                                                 ---      -------------
Canyon Creek.........................  St. Louis, MO             1987           1994             320          312,592
                                                                                                 ---      -------------
Riverhills...........................  Grenada, MS               1972           1985              96           81,942
Advantages, The......................  Jackson, MS               1984           1991             252          199,136
Crosswinds...........................  Jackson, MS             1988/1989        1996             360          443,200
Pear Orchard.........................  Jackson, MS               1985           1994             389          338,400
Pine Trails..........................  Jackson, MS               1978           1988             120           98,560
Reflection Pointe....................  Jackson, MS               1986           1988             296          254,856
Somerset Place.......................  Jackson, MS               1981           1995             144          126,848
Woodridge............................  Jackson, MS               1987           1988             192          175,034
                                                                                                 ---      -------------
                                                                                               1,849        1,717,976
                                                                                                 ---      -------------
Hermitage at Beechtree...............  Cary, NC                  1988           1997             194          169,776
Corners, The.........................  Winston-Salem, NC         1982           1993             240          173,496
                                                                                                 ---      -------------
                                                                                                 434          343,272
                                                                                                 ---      -------------
Fairways at Royal Oak................  Cincinnati, OH            1988           1994             214          214,477
                                                                                                 ---      -------------
Woodwinds............................  Aiken, SC                 1988           1997             144          165,188
Tanglewood...........................  Anderson, SC              1980           1994             168          146,600
The Fairways.........................  Columbia, SC              1992           1994             240          213,720
Paddock Club - Columbia I & II.......  Columbia, SC              1989           1997             336          218,872
Highland Ridge.......................  Greenville, SC            1984           1995             168          144,000
Howell Commons.......................  Greenville, SC           1986/88         1997             348          292,840
Paddock Club - Greenville............  Greenville, SC            1996           1997             208          212,104
Park Haywood.........................  Greenville, SC            1983           1993             208          156,776
Spring Creek.........................  Greenville, SC            1984           1995             208          182,000
Runaway Bay..........................  Mt. Pleasant, SC          1988           1995             208          177,840
Park Place...........................  Spartanburg, SC           1987           1997             184          195,312
                                                                                                 ---      -------------
                                                                                               2,420        2,105,252
                                                                                                 ---      -------------
Steeplechase.........................  Chattanooga, TN           1986           1991             108           98,602
Windridge............................  Chattanooga, TN           1984           1997             174          238,704
Oaks, The............................  Jackson, TN               1978           1993             100           87,512
Post House Jackson...................  Jackson, TN               1987           1989             150          163,640
Post House North.....................  Jackson, TN               1987           1989             144          144,724
Williamsburg Village.................  Jackson, TN               1987           1994             148          121,412
Woods at Post House..................  Jackson, TN               1995           1995             122          118,922
Clearbrook Village...................  Memphis, TN               1974           1987             176          150,400
Crossings............................  Memphis, TN               1974           1991              80           89,968


                                                                                                ENCUMBRANCES AT
                                                           AVERAGE          AVERAGE            DECEMBER 31, 1999
                                          AVERAGE         RENT PER         OCCUPANCY      ---------------------------
                                           UNIT            UNIT AT           % AT         MORTGAGE
                                           SIZE         DECEMBER 31,     DECEMBER 31,     PRINCIPAL        INTEREST
PROPERTY                               (SQUARE FT.)         1999             1999          (000'S)           RATE
- -------------------------------------  -------------    -------------    -------------    ---------      ------------
<S>                                       <C>         <C>
Hidden Lake I & II...................      1,070           $   670            95.63%       $ 4,455        6.34% & --(7)
Three Oaks I & II....................      1,033           $   539            92.92%       $ 5,687             7.500%
Southland Station I & II.............      1,167           $   642            97.37%         --   (7)         --    (7)
Terraces at Towne Lake...............      1,087           $   814            90.91%       $15,132             8.250%
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
                                             861           $   636             94.9%       $70,678
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
Fairways at Hartland.................      1,047           $   588            92.50%       $ 4,552             8.875%
Paddock Club Florence................      1,035           $   739            84.50%       $ 9,620             7.250%
Lakepointe...........................        768           $   562            99.15%         --   (7)         --    (7)
Mansion, The.........................        754           $   576            98.91%         --               --
Village, The.........................        725           $   593            95.63%         --   (7)         --    (7)
Stonemill Village....................        844           $   587            92.45%         --   (4)         --    (4)
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
                                             867           $   607             93.3%       $14,172
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
Canyon Creek.........................        977           $   559            95.94%         --   (4)         --    (4)
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
Riverhills...........................        854           $   400            88.54%       $   785              7.000%
Advantages, The......................        790           $   466            92.46%         --   (4)         --    (4)
Crosswinds...........................      1,231           $   606            96.11%         --   (7)         --    (7)
Pear Orchard.........................        870           $   577            94.09%         --   (7)         --    (7)
Pine Trails..........................        821           $   536            96.67%       $ 1,270             7.000%
Reflection Pointe....................        861           $   590            96.28%       $ 5,882            5.35% &(1)
Somerset Place.......................        881           $   519            94.44%         --   (7)         --    (7)
Woodridge............................        912           $   530            97.92%       $ 4,677              6.500%
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
                                             929           $   548             94.9%       $12,614
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
Hermitage at Beechtree...............        875           $   687            89.18%         --   (7)         --    (7)
Corners, The.........................        723           $   551            97.08%       $ 4,081              7.850%
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
                                             791           $   612             93.5%       $ 4,081
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
Fairways at Royal Oak................      1,002           $   627            92.52%         --   (7)         --    (7)
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
Woodwinds............................      1,147           $   614            91.67%       $ 3,466              8.840%
Tanglewood...........................        873           $   532            93.45%       $ 2,410              7.600%
The Fairways.........................        891           $   606            97.08%       $ 7,566              8.500%
Paddock Club - Columbia I & II.......      1,094           $   708            87.50%         --   (2)         --    (2)
Highland Ridge.......................        857           $   515            89.88%         --   (3)         --    (3)
Howell Commons.......................        841           $   509            95.69%         --   (7)         --    (7)
Paddock Club - Greenville............      1,020           $   698            89.90%         --   (4)         --    (4)
Park Haywood.........................        754           $   537            98.08%         --   (7)         --    (7)
Spring Creek.........................        875           $   526            93.27%         --   (3)         --    (3)
Runaway Bay..........................        855           $   694            94.71%         --   (3)         --    (3)
Park Place...........................      1,061           $   604            91.85%         --   (7)         --    (7)
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
                                             870           $   598             93.0%       $13,442
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
Steeplechase.........................        913           $   566            92.59%         --   (7)         --    (7)
Windridge............................      1,372           $   676            96.55%       $ 5,391              6.314%
Oaks, The............................        875           $   521            97.00%         --   (4)         --    (4)
Post House Jackson...................      1,091           $   596            89.33%       $ 5,052              8.170%
Post House North.....................      1,005           $   609            93.06%       $ 3,461              5.750%
Williamsburg Village.................        820           $   539            90.54%         --   (7)         --    (7)
Woods at Post House..................        975           $   643            90.98%       $ 5,255              7.250%
Clearbrook Village...................        855           $   530            96.59%       $ 1,014              9.000%
Crossings............................      1,125           $   679            93.75%         --   (4)         --    (4)


                                          MATURITY
PROPERTY                                    DATE
- -------------------------------------  --------------
Hidden Lake I & II...................   12/1/26 & --  (7)
Three Oaks I & II....................        02/01/22
Southland Station I & II.............        --       (7)
Terraces at Towne Lake...............        01/01/37

Fairways at Hartland.................        05/01/00
Paddock Club Florence................        02/01/36
Lakepointe...........................        --       (7)
Mansion, The.........................        --
Village, The.........................        --       (7)
Stonemill Village....................        --       (4)

Canyon Creek.........................        --       (4)

Riverhills...........................        05/01/13
Advantages, The......................        --       (4)
Crosswinds...........................        --       (7)
Pear Orchard.........................        --       (7)
Pine Trails..........................        04/01/15
Reflection Pointe....................      12/01/27 & (1)
Somerset Place.......................        --       (7)
Woodridge............................        10/01/27

Hermitage at Beechtree...............        --       (7)
Corners, The.........................        06/15/03

Fairways at Royal Oak................        --       (7)

Woodwinds............................        06/01/05
Tanglewood...........................        11/15/02
The Fairways.........................        03/01/33
Paddock Club - Columbia I & II.......        --       (2)
Highland Ridge.......................        --       (3)
Howell Commons.......................        --       (7)
Paddock Club - Greenville............        --       (4)
Park Haywood.........................        --       (7)
Spring Creek.........................        --       (3)
Runaway Bay..........................        --       (3)
Park Place...........................        --       (7)

Steeplechase.........................        --       (7)
Windridge............................        12/01/24
Oaks, The............................        --       (4)
Post House Jackson...................        10/01/27
Post House North.....................        09/01/25
Williamsburg Village.................        --       (7)
Woods at Post House..................        09/01/35
Clearbrook Village...................        05/01/08
Crossings............................        --       (4)
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                                                                                                     APPROXIMATE        AVERAGE
                                                                          YEAR                        RENTABLE           UNIT
                                                            YEAR       MANAGEMENT       NUMBER          AREA             SIZE
PROPERTY                               LOCATION          COMPLETED      COMMENCED      OF UNITS     (SQUARE FT.)     (SQUARE FT.)
- -------------------------------------  ---------------   ----------    -----------    ----------    -------------    -------------
<S>                                    <C>               <C>           <C>            <C>           <C>              <C>
EastView.............................  Memphis, TN         1974           1984             432          356,480            825
Glen Eagles..........................  Memphis, TN         1975           1990             184          189,560          1,030
Greenbrook...........................  Memphis, TN         1986           1988           1,031          934,490            906
Hickory Farm.........................  Memphis, TN         1985           1994             200          150,256            751
Kirby Station........................  Memphis, TN         1978           1994             371          310,173            836
Lincoln on the Green.................  Memphis, TN         1988           1994             384          293,664            765
Lincoln on the Green II..............  Memphis, TN         1997           1997             234          241,280          1,031
McKellar Woods.......................  Memphis, TN         1976           1988             624          589,776            945
Park Estate..........................  Memphis, TN         1974           1977              82           95,751          1,182
River Trace I & II...................  Memphis, TN         1981           1977             440          205,780            843
Savannah Creek.......................  Memphis, TN (6)     1989           1996             204          237,200          1,162
Sutton Place.........................  Memphis, TN (6)     1991           1996             253          267,600          1,062
Winchester Square....................  Memphis, TN         1973           1977             253          301,409          1,196
Brentwood Downs......................  Nashville, TN       1986           1994             286          220,166            770
Park at Hermitage....................  Nashville, TN       1987           1995             440          392,480            892
                                                                                      ----------    -------------          ---
                                                                                         6,620        5,999,949            906
                                                                                      ----------    -------------          ---
Balcones Woods.......................  Austin, TX          1983           1997             384          313,756            817
Stassney Woods.......................  Austin, TX          1985           1995             288          248,832            864
Travis Station.......................  Austin, TX          1987           1995             304          249,888            822
Celery Stalk.........................  Dallas, TX          1978           1994             410          552,220          1,347
Courtyards at Campbell...............  Dallas, TX          1986           1998             231          167,475            725
Deer Run.............................  Dallas, TX          1985           1998             304          206,720            680
Lodge at Timberglen..................  Dallas, TX          1984           1994             260          226,124            870
MacArthur Ridge......................  Irving, TX          1991           1994             248          210,393            848
Westborough..........................  Katy, TX            1984           1994             274          197,264            720
Highwood.............................  Plano, TX           1983           1996             196          156,800            800
Cypresswood Court....................  Spring, TX          1984           1994             208          160,672            772
Green Tree Place.....................  Woodlands, TX       1984           1994             200          152,168            761
                                                                                      ----------    -------------          ---
                                                                                         3,307        2,842,312            859
                                                                                      ----------    -------------          ---
Township.............................  Hampton, VA         1987           1995             296          248,048            838
                                                                                      ----------    -------------          ---
   TOTAL COMPLETED PROPERTIES........                                                   29,468       25,343,784            860
                                                                                      ----------    -------------          ---

JOINT VENTURE PROPERTIES:
- -------------------------------------
Cedar Mill...........................  Memphis, TN       1973/1986     1982/1994           276          297,794          1,079
Hamilton Pointe......................  Chattanooga, TN     1989           1992             361          256,716            711
Hidden Creek.........................  Chattanooga, TN     1987           1988             300          259,152            864
Lane at Towne Crossing...............  Mesquite, TX        1983           1994             384          277,616            723
Lakeshore Landing....................  Jackson, MS         1974           1994             196          171,156            873
Woodstream...........................  Greensboro, NC      1983           1994             304          217,186            714
Walden Run...........................  McDonough, GA       1997           1998             240          271,200          1,130
Woods................................  Austin, TX          1977           1997             278          213,970            770
Colony at South Park.................  Aiken, SC          1989/91         1997             184          174,800            950
Northwood............................  Arlington, TX       1980           1998             270          224,100            830
                                                                                      ----------    -------------          ---
   TOTAL JOINT VENTURE PROPERTIES....                                                    2,793        2,363,690            846
                                                                                      ----------    -------------          ---
DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES:
- -------------------------------------
Paddock Club - Montgomery............  Montgomery, AL      1999           1999             208          230,880          1,110
Paddock Club - Brandon II (11).......  Brandon, FL         1999           1999             132          157,476          1,193
Paddock Club - Gainsville (11).......  Gainsville, FL      1999           1999             264          293,040          1,110
                                                                                      ----------    -------------          ---

                                                                                          ENCUMBRANCES AT
                                          AVERAGE          AVERAGE                       DECEMBER 31, 1999
                                         RENT PER         OCCUPANCY      -------------------------------------------------
                                          UNIT AT           % AT         MORTGAGE
                                       DECEMBER 31,     DECEMBER 31,     PRINCIPAL        INTEREST             MATURITY
PROPERTY                                   1999             1999          (000'S)           RATE                 DATE
- -------------------------------------  -------------    -------------    ---------        ---------         --------------
EastView.............................     $   508            95.83%      $ 11,696             8.630%              12/01/99
Glen Eagles..........................     $   579           100.00%         --    (4)        --    (4)            --      (4)
Greenbrook...........................     $   542            93.70%         --    (9)        --    (9)            --      (9)
Hickory Farm.........................     $   536            97.50%         --    (4)        --    (4)            --      (4)
Kirby Station........................     $   589            98.38%         --    (7)        --    (7)            --      (7)
Lincoln on the Green.................     $   598            96.09%         --    (8)        --    (8)            --      (8)
Lincoln on the Green II..............     $   768            96.58%         --    (8)        --    (8)            --      (8)
McKellar Woods.......................     $   474            93.27%         --    (9)        --    (9)            --      (9)
Park Estate..........................     $   733            91.46%         --    (9)        --    (9)            --      (9)
River Trace I & II...................     $   559            98.86%      $ 11,231             8.000%              02/01/22
Savannah Creek.......................     $   624            96.08%         --    (7)        --    (7)            --      (7)
Sutton Place.........................     $   595            95.65%         --    (7)        --    (7)            --      (7)
Winchester Square....................     $   589            96.05%         --    (4)        --    (4)            --      (4)
Brentwood Downs......................     $   666            94.76%         --               --                   --
Park at Hermitage....................     $   603            91.14%      $  7,770             5.790%              02/01/19
                                       -------------    -------------    ---------
                                          $   577             95.0%      $ 50,870
                                       -------------    -------------    ---------
Balcones Woods.......................     $   702            97.14%      $  8,608             7.630%              11/01/03
Stassney Woods.......................     $   604           100.00%      $  4,595            6.600%               10/01/19
Travis Station.......................     $   570            97.37%      $  4,065            6.600%               04/01/19
Celery Stalk.........................     $   662            94.15%      $  8,460            9.006%               12/01/04
Courtyards at Campbell...............     $   669            96.98%         --    (1)        --    (1)            --      (1)
Deer Run.............................     $   607            95.07%         --    (1)        --    (1)            --      (1)
Lodge at Timberglen..................     $   636            92.31%      $  4,740            9.006%               12/01/04
MacArthur Ridge......................     $   719            93.15%         --    (1)        --    (1)            --      (1)
Westborough..........................     $   538            98.18%      $  3,958            9.006%               12/01/04
Highwood.............................     $   675            90.31%         --    (9)        --    (9)            --      (9)
Cypresswood Court....................     $   541            95.67%      $  3,330            9.006%               12/01/04
Green Tree Place.....................     $   613            94.50%      $  3,180            9.006%               12/01/04
                                       -------------    -------------    ---------
                                          $   631             95.6%      $ 40,936
                                       -------------    -------------    ---------
Township.............................     $   584            93.92%      $ 10,800           5.10% &(1)          02/01/28 &(1)
                                       -------------    -------------    ---------
   TOTAL COMPLETED PROPERTIES........     $   610             94.6%      $262,801
                                       -------------    -------------    ---------
JOINT VENTURE PROPERTIES:
- -------------------------------------
Cedar Mill...........................     $   588            94.93%           N/A
Hamilton Pointe......................     $   481            91.14%           N/A
Hidden Creek.........................     $   499            89.33%           N/A
Lane at Towne Crossing...............     $   554            90.10%           N/A
Lakeshore Landing....................     $   531            90.82%           N/A
Woodstream...........................     $   560            98.36%           N/A
Walden Run...........................     $   736            95.00%           N/A
Woods................................     $   726            99.28%           N/A
Colony at South Park.................     $   595            92.93%           N/A
Northwood............................     $   547            93.70%           N/A
                                       -------------    -------------    ---------
   TOTAL JOINT VENTURE PROPERTIES....     $   576             93.4%           N/A
                                       -------------    -------------    ---------
DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES:
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<S>                                     <C>             <C>              <C>              <C>               <C>
Paddock Club - Montgomery............     $   717            97.12%         --    (2)        --    (2)            --      (2)
Paddock Club - Brandon II (11).......     $   878            91.67%         --    (2)        --    (2)            --      (2)
Paddock Club - Gainsville (11).......     $   794            88.64%         --    (1)        --    (1)            --      (1)
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                           APPROXIMATE
                                                                                YEAR                        RENTABLE
                                                                  YEAR       MANAGEMENT       NUMBER          AREA
PROPERTY                               LOCATION                COMPLETED      COMMENCED      OF UNITS     (SQUARE FT.)
- -------------------------------------  ---------------------   ----------    -----------    ----------    -------------
<S>                                    <C>                     <C>           <C>            <C>           <C>
Paddock Club - Panama City (11)......  Panama City, FL           1999           1999             254          283,972
Terraces at Towne Lake II............  Woodstock, GA             1999           1999             238          272,986
Grand Reserve Lexington (11).........  Lexington, KY             1999           1999              52           60,788
Reserve at Dexter Lake...............  Memphis, TN               1999           1999             252          262,332
Paddock Club - Murfreesboro (11).....  Murfreesboro, TN          1999           1999             240          268,800
                                                                                            ----------    -------------
   Total Development Properties......                                                          1,640        1,830,274
                                                                                            ----------    -------------
   TOTAL PROPERTIES..................                                                         33,901       29,537,748
                                                                                            ==========    =============

                                                                                               ENCUMBRANCES AT
                                                           AVERAGE          AVERAGE           DECEMBER 31, 1999
                                          AVERAGE         RENT PER         OCCUPANCY      --------------------------
                                           UNIT            UNIT AT           % AT         MORTGAGE
                                           SIZE         DECEMBER 31,     DECEMBER 31,     PRINCIPAL      INTEREST
PROPERTY                               (SQUARE FT.)         1999             1999          (000'S)         RATE
- -------------------------------------  -------------    -------------    -------------    ---------    -------------
Paddock Club - Panama City (11)......      1,118           $   801            73.79%         --   (1)       --      (1)
Terraces at Towne Lake II............      1,147           $   827            94.12%         --   (2)       --      (2)
Grand Reserve Lexington (11).........      1,169           $ 1,000            38.46%         --   (1)       --      (1)
Reserve at Dexter Lake...............      1,041           $   778            95.63%         --   (1)       --      (1)
Paddock Club - Murfreesboro (11).....      1,120           $   784            78.75%         --   (1)       --      (1)
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
   Total Development Properties......      1,116           $   800             86.5%       $ --
                                             ---        -------------    -------------    ---------
   TOTAL PROPERTIES..................        871           $   610(11)         94.6%(11)   $262,801
                                             ===        =============    =============    =========


                                          MATURITY
PROPERTY                                    DATE
- -------------------------------------  ---------------
Paddock Club - Panama City (11)......        --        (1)
Terraces at Towne Lake II............        --        (2)
Grand Reserve Lexington (11).........        --        (1)
Reserve at Dexter Lake...............        --        (1)
Paddock Club - Murfreesboro (11).....        --        (1)

   Total Development Properties......

   TOTAL PROPERTIES..................

</TABLE>

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 (1) Encumbered by the AmSouth Credit Line, with an outstanding balance of $60.2
     million and a variable interest rate of 7.15% at December 31, 1999.

 (2) Encumbered by the FNMA Credit Line, with an outstanding balance of $113.2
     million and a variable interest rate of 6.28% at December 31, 1999.

 (3) These three properties are encumbered by a $9.86 million mortgage securing
     a tax-exempt bond amortizing over 25 years with an average interest rate of
     6.09%.

 (4) These eight properties are encumbered by a $43.4 million mortgage with an
     interest rate of 8.65%, maturing July 01, 2001.

 (5) These three properties are encumbered by a $16.1 million mortgage securing
     a tax-exempt bond amortizing over 25 years with an average interest rate of
     5.75%.

 (6) These two properties are located in Desoto County, MS, a suburb of Memphis,
     TN. The Company considers the properties a part of the Memphis, TN market.

 (7) These 26 communities are encumbered by a $142 million loan with a maturity
     of March 3, 2003 and an average interest rate of 6.376%.

 (8) These five properties are encumbered by a $47.5 million mortgage with a
     maturity of December 15, 2004 and an interest rate of 7.04%.

 (9) These three properties, and one commercial building, are encumbered by a
     $35.3 million mortgage with a maturity of April 1, 2005.

(10) These two properties are encumbered by a $14 million mortgage securing a
     tax-exempt bond amortizing over 25 years with an average interest rate of
     5.281%.

(11) Calculation excludes five of the development properties containing 942
     units which are in lease-up at December 31, 1999.

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ITEM 3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

     The Company is not presently subject to any material litigation nor, to the
Company's knowledge, is any material litigation threatened against the Company,
other than routine litigation arising in the ordinary course of business, some
of which is expected to be covered by liability insurance and none of which is
expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition,
liquidity or results of operations of the Company.

ITEM 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
     None.

                                    PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

     The Common Stock has been listed and traded on the NYSE under the symbol
"MAA" since the Initial Offering in February 1994. On March 17, 2000, the
reported last sale price of the Company's common stock on the NYSE was $22.625
per share and there were approximately 1,700 holders of record of the Common
Stock. The Company estimates there are approximately 11,500 beneficial owners of
the Common Stock. The following table sets forth the quarterly high and low
sales prices of the Common Stock as reported on the NYSE and the distributions
declared by the Company with respect to the periods indicated.

                                           SALES PRICES
                                       --------------------   DIVIDENDS
                                         HIGH        LOW       DECLARED
                                       ---------  ---------   ----------
1998:
First Quarter........................  $  29.875  $  27.500        .55
Second Quarter.......................     29.063     25.625        .55
Third Quarter........................     28.000     22.938        .55
Fourth Quarter.......................     26.000     22.625       .575
1999:
First Quarter........................     24.125     20.875       .575
Second Quarter.......................     25.000     21.188       .575
Third Quarter........................     23.125     21.000       .575
Fourth Quarter.......................     23.063     21.438        .58

     The Company's current annual distribution rate with respect to the Common
Stock is $2.32 per share. The actual distributions made by the Company will be
affected by a number of factors, including the gross revenues received from the
Communities, the operating expenses of the Company, the interest expense
incurred on borrowings and unanticipated capital expenditures.

     The Company pays a preferential regular monthly distribution on the Series
A, Series B, Series C and Series E Preferred Stock at annual rates of $2.375,
$2.21875, $2.34375 and $2.375 per share, respectively. No distribution may be
made on the Common Stock unless all accrued distributions have been made with
respect to each series of preferred stock. No assurance can be given that the
Company will be able to maintain its distribution rate on its Common Stock or
make required distributions with respect to the Series A, Series B, Series C,
and Series E Preferred Stock.

     The Company had a Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (the
"DRSPP") under which holders of Common Stock (and Series A, Series B, Series C
and Series E Preferred Stock) could elect automatically to reinvest their
distributions in additional shares of Common Stock and/or to make optional
purchases of Common Stock free of brokerage commissions and charges. Shares
purchased directly from the Company were purchased at up to a 3% discount from
their fair market value at the Company's discretion. To fulfill its obligations
under the DRSPP, the Company may either issue additional shares of Common Stock
or repurchase Common Stock in the open market.

     In 1999, the Company implemented the Direct Stock Purchase and Distribution
Reinvestment Plan (the "DSPDRP") which has terms substantially similar to the
above DRSPP, except for certain additional benefits offered relating to purchase
of the Company's common shares. The plan replaced the DRSPP, and its
participants were automatically enrolled in the new plan.

     Future distributions by the Company will be at the discretion of the Board
of Directors and will depend on the actual funds available for distribution of
the Company, its financial condition, capital requirements, the annual
distribution requirements under the REIT provisions of the Code and such other
factors as the Board of Directors deems relevant.
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ITEM 6.  SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

     The following table sets forth selected financial data on an historical
basis for the Company. This data should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations"
included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
                            SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
                  (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                       ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                           1999          1998          1997         1996        1995
                                       ------------  ------------  ------------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                    <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>         <C>
OPERATING DATA:
Total revenues.......................  $    226,322  $    215,543  $    139,116  $  111,882  $   94,963
Expenses:
  Property expenses .................        84,885        79,917        52,404      42,570      37,954
  General and administrative.........        14,479        11,960         6,602       6,154       4,851
  Interest...........................        48,302        45,704        28,943      25,766      22,684
  Depreciation and amortization......        49,903        46,021        27,737      21,443      16,574
  Amortization of deferred financing
     costs...........................         2,854         2,348           888         661         593
Gain on dispositions.................        10,237           408       --            2,185      --
                                       ------------  ------------  ------------  ----------  ----------
Income before minority interest in
  operating partnership income and
  extraordinary item.................        36,136        30,001        22,542      17,473      12,307
Minority interest in operating
  partnership income.................         2,497         2,254         2,693       3,213       2,497
Extraordinary item...................           (67)         (990)       (8,622)     --          --
                                       ------------  ------------  ------------  ----------  ----------
Net income...........................        33,572        26,757        11,227      14,260       9,810
Preferred dividends..................        16,114        11,430         5,252         990      --
                                       ------------  ------------  ------------  ----------  ----------
Net income available for common
  shareholders.......................  $     17,458  $     15,327  $      5,975  $   13,270  $    9,810
                                       ============  ============  ============  ==========  ==========
PER SHARE DATA:
Basic and diluted:
  Before extraordinary item..........  $       0.93  $       0.87  $       1.05  $     1.21  $     1.00
  Extraordinary item.................       --              (0.05)        (0.62)     --          --
                                       ------------  ------------  ------------  ----------  ----------
  Net income available per common
     share...........................  $       0.93  $       0.82  $       0.43  $     1.21  $     1.00
                                       ============  ============  ============  ==========  ==========
Dividends declared...................  $      2.305  $      2.225  $      2.155  $    2.065  $     2.01
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Real estate owned, at cost...........  $  1,396,743  $  1,434,733  $  1,211,693  $  641,893  $  578,788
Real estate owned, net...............  $  1,248,051  $  1,315,368  $  1,134,704  $  592,335  $  549,284
Total assets.........................  $  1,298,823  $  1,366,427  $  1,193,870  $  611,199  $  565,267
Total debt...........................  $    744,238  $    753,427  $    632,213  $  315,239  $  307,939
Minority interest....................  $     56,060  $     61,441  $     62,865  $   39,238  $   41,049
Shareholders' equity.................  $    463,884  $    517,299  $    461,300  $  241,384  $  202,278
Weighted average common shares
  (000's):
  Basic..............................        18,784        18,725        13,892      10,938       9,772
  Diluted............................        18,808        18,770        13,955      10,983       9,814
OTHER DATA (AT END OF PERIOD):
Market capitalization (shares and
  units).............................  $    639,095  $    670,123  $    710,175  $  436,739  $  331,238
Ratio of total debt to total
  capitalization(1)..................          53.8%         52.9%         47.1%       41.9%       48.2%
Number of properties, including
  ownership interest.................           129           129           116          73          70
Number of apartment units, including
  ownership interest.................        33,901        33,831        30,579      19,280      18,219
</TABLE>

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(1) Total capitalization is total debt and market capitalization of preferred
    shares, common shares and partnership units.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
        OF OPERATIONS

  OVERVIEW

     The following is a discussion of the consolidated financial condition and
results of operations of the Company for the years ended December 31, 1999,
1998, and 1997. This discussion should be read in conjunction with all of the
financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

     The total number of apartment units the Company owned or had an ownership
interest in, including the 10 properties containing 2,793 apartment units owned
by its 33.3% unconsolidated Joint Venture, at December 31, 1999 was 33,901 in
129 communities, compared to the 33,831 units in 129 communities owned at
December 31, 1998 and 30,579 in 116 communities owned at December 31, 1997. The
average monthly rental per apartment unit increased to $610 at December 31, 1999
from $597 at December 31, 1998 and $568 at December 31, 1997. Overall occupancy
at December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 was 94.6%, 94.1% and 93.9%, respectively.

  FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS

     Funds from operations ("FFO") represents net income (computed in
accordance with GAAP) excluding extraordinary items, minority interest in
Operating Partnership income, gain or loss on disposition of real estate assets,
and certain non-cash and other items, primarily depreciation and amortization,
less preferred stock dividends. Adjustments for the unconsolidated joint venture
are made to include the Company's portion of FFO in the calculation. The Company
computes FFO in accordance with NAREIT's current definition, which eliminates
amortization of deferred financing costs and depreciation of non-real estate
assets as items added back to net income when computing FFO. The Company's
policy is to expense the cost of interior painting, vinyl flooring, and blinds
as incurred for stabilized properties. During the stabilization period for
acquisition properties, these items are capitalized because they are necessary
for the continued use of the property, and, thus, are not deducted in
calculating FFO.

     At its October 27, 1999 meeting, NAREIT approved the recommendations of its
Best Financial Practices Council with respect to clarifying the definition of
FFO. The Council recommends that FFO should include all operating results, both
recurring and non-recurring, except those results defined as "extraordinary"
under GAAP. The Company plans to adopt this definition effective January 1,
2000, and will reflect this clarification for all periods presented in
subsequent financial statements.

     FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income or any other
GAAP measurement of performance, as an indicator of operating performance or as
an alternative to cash flow from operating, investing, and financing activities
as a measure of liquidity. The Company believes that FFO is helpful in
understanding the Company's results of operations in that such calculation
reflects the Company's ability to support interest payments and general
operating expenses before the impact of certain activities such as changes in
other assets and accounts payable. The Company's calculation of FFO may differ
from the methodology for calculating FFO utilized by other REITs and,
accordingly, may not be comparable to such other REITs. Depreciation expense
includes $385,000, $245,000 and $195,000 at December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997,
respectively, which relates to computer software, office furniture and fixtures
and other assets found in other industries and which is required to be
recognized, for purposes of computing funds from operations.

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<PAGE>
     Funds from operations ("FFO") decreased during 1999 by $3,947,000 to
$60,046,000 versus $63,993,000 for 1998. FFO for 1997 was $44,896,000. FFO for
the three years ending December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 is calculated as follows
(dollars in thousands):

                                           YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,
                                       --------------------------------
                                          1999       1998       1997
                                       ----------  ---------  ---------
Net income available for common
  shareholders.......................  $   17,458  $  15,327  $   5,975
Depreciation and amortization........      49,188     45,776     27,542
Adjustment for joint venture
  depreciation.......................         741     --         --
Minority interest....................       2,497      2,254      2,693
Gain on disposition of assets........     (10,237)      (408)    --
Extraordinary items..................          67        990      8,622
Other non-recurring items............         332         54         64
                                       ----------  ---------  ---------
Funds from operations................  $   60,046  $  63,993  $  44,896
                                       ==========  =========  =========
Weighted average shares and units:
     Basic...........................      21,794     21,717     16,419
     Diluted.........................      21,817     21,764     16,482

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

  COMPARISON OF YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999 TO THE YEAR ENDED
     DECEMBER 31, 1998

     During 1999 the Company sold 10 apartment communities containing 2,793
apartment units to the Joint Venture and retained a 33.33% ownership interest
and continued to manage the units for a fee of 4% of revenue. The Company also
completed development of 1,277 total apartment units in 7 new communities and 2
existing communities and sold three communities containing 1,138 units.

     Rental revenues for 1999 increased by $11,507,000 due primarily to
increases of (i) $6,371,000 from the 8 communities acquired in 1998 and owned
throughout 1999, (ii) $12,587,000 from the development communities completed
during 1998 and 1999, and (iii) $4,281,000 from the communities owned throughout
both periods. These increases were partially offset by decreases of (i)
$9,691,000 due to the sale of 10 properties to the Joint Venture in 1999 and
(ii) $2,041,000 from the sale of Redford Park Apartments in 1998 and the sale of
Hidden Oaks Apartments, Sailwinds at Lake Magdalene Apartments and Regency Club
Apartments in 1999.

     Property operating expenses include costs for property personnel, building
repairs and maintenance, real estate taxes and insurance, utilities, landscaping
and other property operating related costs. As a percentage of rental revenues,
property operating expenses increased from 37.9% in 1998 to 38.2% in 1999. The
majority of the increase is related to increased real estate taxes. Reappraisals
in some of the Company's markets, coupled with changes in tax rates in Shelby
County, Tennessee, and the annexation of three of the Company's properties in
the City of Memphis were the principal causes of the increase. Certain other
expenses contributed to the increase in operating expenses, including initial
lease-up costs for the development properties, and expenses associated with
certain fires and wind damage occurring during the year. Personnel costs
remained flat as a percentage of rental revenues from 1998 to 1999. In 1999
repair and maintenance costs decreased to 4.6% of rental revenues as compared to
4.8% in 1998 primarily as a result of the Company's significant investment of
capital for the last two years to reposition the 7,600 units acquired in the
1997 FDC Merger. Also in 1999, utilities costs decreased to 4.1% of rental
revenue as compared to 4.5% for the same period in 1998 mainly due to continued
savings from the Company's program to submeter units for water usage. Property
operating expenses for 1999 increased by $4,968,000 due primarily to (i)
$2,637,000 from the 8 communities acquired in 1998 and owned throughout 1999,
(ii) $4,290,000 from the development communities completed during 1998 and 1999
and (iii) $2,530,000 from the communities owned throughout both periods. These
increases were partially offset by decreases of (i) $3,609,000 due to the sale
of 10 properties to the Joint Venture in 1999 and (ii) $880,000 from the sale of
Redford Park Apartments in 1998 and the sale of

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Hidden Oaks Apartments, Sailwinds at Lake Magdalene Apartments and Regency Club
Apartments in 1999.

     Depreciation and amortization expense increased by $3,882,000 primarily due
to (i) $1,448,000 from the 8 communities acquired in 1998 and owned throughout
1999, (ii) $2,232,000 from the development communities completed during 1998 and
1999, and (iii) $1,661,000 from the communities owned throughout both periods.
These increases were offset by decreases of (i) $1,793,000 due to the sale of 10
properties to the Joint Venture in 1999 and (ii) $291,000 from the sale of
Redford Park Apartments in 1998 and the sale of Hidden Oaks Apartments,
Sailwinds at Lake Magdalene Apartments and Regency Club Apartments in 1999.
Amortization of costs in excess of fair value of net assets acquired was
$849,000 and $1,474,000, for 1999 and 1998, respectively, which is included in
depreciation and amortization in the accompanying consolidated statement of
operations. The decrease is due to the write off of goodwill in connection with
the sale of FDC during 1999. Amortization of deferred financing costs was
$2,854,000 and $2,348,000 for 1999 and 1998, respectively. The majority of the
increase is due to additional financing costs related to the restructuring of
the AmSouth Credit Line and the addition of the new FNMA Credit Line.

     General and administrative expense increased by $2,519,000 mainly due to
(i) approximately $800,000 in additional property level and support management
bonuses related primarily to improved property level performance at certain
properties as compared to the prior year, (ii) approximately $700,000 in
additional training costs related to the Company's recent investment in regional
training centers, (iii) approximately $450,000 in additional administrative
costs related to recent systems initiatives and staffing changes to support the
Company's portfolio growth, (iv) approximately $250,000 from increased franchise
and excise taxes related to recent legislative changes in the state of
Tennessee, and (v) approximately $240,000 in increased employee insurance costs.

     Interest expense increased $2,598,000 due primarily increased debt related
to the 10 property acquisitions in 1998 and additional credit line funding to
complete the new development properties. The Company reduced its average
borrowing cost to 7.06% at December 31, 1999 as compared to 7.11% on December
31, 1998. The average maturity on the Company's debt was 10.7 years and 10.9
years at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively.

     For the year ended December 31, 1999 the Company recorded a net gain on
disposition of assets totaling $10,237,000 comprised of the following
transactions:

                                        GAIN (LOSS)
                                        -----------
Gain on sale of ten communities sold
  to Joint Venture, net of deferred
  gain of $4,581,000.................   $ 9,264,000
Gain on sale of three communities....     5,004,000
Loss on sale of FDC..................    (4,031,000)
                                        -----------
                                        $10,237,000
                                        ===========

     The Company recorded an extraordinary loss of $67,000, net of minority
interest, for 1999 related to the early extinguishment of the mortgage for
Eastview Apartments.

     As a result of the foregoing, income before minority interest and
extraordinary item for the year ended December 31, 1999 increased $6,135,000
over the same period a year earlier.

  COMPARISON OF YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998 TO THE YEAR ENDED
     DECEMBER 31, 1997

     During 1998 the Company acquired 10 apartment communities containing 2,129
apartment units and completed development of 1,335 total apartment units in 6
new communities and 4 existing communities. Also, the Company sold one community
containing 212 units.

     Total revenues for 1998 increased by $76,427,000, due primarily to (i)
$7,735,000 from the 10 communities acquired in 1998, (ii) $49,386,000 from the
30 completed communities acquired through the FDC Merger, (iii) $10,717,000 from
a full years operation of the 12 communities acquired in 1997, (iv) $5,410,000
from new development communities completed in late 1997 and 1998, and (v)
$3,116,000
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from communities owned throughout both periods. The remaining net increase is
mainly related to a full year of FSC management and development activities.

     Property operating expenses include costs for property personnel, building
repairs and maintenance, real estate taxes and insurance, utilities, landscaping
and other property related costs. Property operating expenses for 1998 increased
by $27,513,000, due primarily to (i) $3,201,000 from the 10 Communities acquired
in 1998, (ii) $17,480,000 from the 30 completed Communities acquired through the
FDC Merger, (iii) $3,715,000 from a full years operation of the 12 Communities
acquired in 1997, (iv) $2,013,000 from new development communities completed in
1997 and 1998, and (v) $1,348,000 from communities owned throughout both
periods. As a percentage of rental revenues, property operating expenses
decreased from 38.6% in 1997 to 37.9% in 1998. Personnel costs increased as a
percentage of rental revenues from 10.8% in 1997 to 11.4% in 1998, due primarily
to increased staffing to support the additional apartment units acquired in the
FDC Merger and to produce a smooth lease-up of newly developed apartment units.
As new development units are delivered, they require management, leasing, and
maintenance staff to complete lease-up on schedule and to provide customer
service. The ratio of personnel costs to revenues improves as a development
community achieves stabilized occupancy. In 1998 repair and maintenance costs
decreased to 4.8% of rental revenues as compared to 5.0% in 1997 primarily as a
result of the Company's long standing commitment to spend adequate capital
toward maintaining properties as well as the addition of the development units
to the portfolio which require less repair and maintenance. Also in 1998,
utilities costs decreased to 4.5% of rental revenue as compared to 4.7% for the
same period in 1997 mainly due to continued savings from the Company's program
to submeter units for water usage.

     General and administrative expense increased $5,358,000 for 1998 compared
to 1997. This increase is mainly attributable to the increase in the number of
employees due to the FDC Merger and the addition or expansion of certain
functions to improve productivity and the quality of the Company's management.
These additions are a one-time increase related to the acquisition and
integration of FDC and preparation for continued future growth.

     Depreciation and amortization expense increased $18,284,000 from 1997 to
1998 due primarily to additional depreciation expense of (i) $1,549,000 from the
10 Communities acquired in 1998, (ii) $10,050,000 from the 30 completed
Communities acquired through the FDC Merger, (iii) $2,583,000 from a full year
operation of the 12 Communities acquired in 1997, (iv) $998,000 from development
communities completed in 1997 and 1998, and (v) $2,055,000 from the communities
owned throughout both periods. Also, amortization of deferred financing costs
was $2,348,000 and $888,000 for 1998 and 1997, respectively. The majority of the
increase is due to additional financing costs related to the restructuring of
the Credit Line and the Bonds issued by the Company's special purpose
subsidiary. Amortization of costs in excess of fair value of net assets acquired
was $1,474,000 and $309,000, for 1998 and 1997, respectively, which are included
in depreciation and amortization in the accompanying consolidated statement of
operations.

     Interest expense increased $16,761,000 during 1998 due primarily to
additional funding required for apartment acquisitions, development projects,
and the FDC Merger. The Company reduced its average borrowing cost to 7.11% at
December 31, 1998 as compared to 7.41% on December 31, 1997. The average
maturity on the Company's debt was 10.9 years and 10.2 years at December 31,
1998 and 1997, respectively.

     For the year ended December 31, 1998 the Company recorded a gain on
disposition of assets of $408,000 related to the sale of Redford Park
Apartments, which also resulted in a loss on early extinguishment of the related
debt. The Company recorded a total extraordinary loss of $990,000, net of
minority interest, for 1998 related to the repayment of the mortgage for Redford
Park Apartments and certain other debt.

     As a result of the foregoing, income before minority interest and
extraordinary item for the year ended December 31, 1998 increased $7,459,000
over the same period a year earlier.
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  LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

     Net cash provided by operating activities was $74,978,000 in 1999 as
compared to $80,405,000 in 1998.

     During 1999 the Company received total proceeds of $153,311,000 from the
sale of 10 properties to the Joint Venture, the sale of 3 additional properties,
and the sale of the development, construction and fee management businesses. The
Company invested $71,563,000 in the development and construction of new
properties or expansions of existing properties, $34,377,000 in total capital
improvements to existing properties, and $8,085,000 in capital and advances to
the Joint Venture.

     During 1998 the Company invested $63,732,000 in the purchase of additional
properties, $107,963,000 in the development and construction of new properties,
and $32,336,000 in total capital improvements to existing properties. Also
during 1998 the Company received total proceeds of $5,424,000 from the
disposition of properties.

     The following table summarizes the Company's communities in various stages
of lease-up, construction, development, and pre-development as of December 31,
1999 (Dollars in 000's):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                ANTICIPATED     ANTICIPATED
                                                              TOTAL     BUDGETED    COSTS TO       FINISH         INITIAL
                                             LOCATION         UNITS       COST        DATE          DATE         OCCUPANCY
                                       ---------------------  ------    ---------   ---------   ------------    ------------
<S>                                    <C>                    <C>       <C>         <C>         <C>             <C>
COMPLETED COMMUNITIES
IN LEASE-UP:
Paddock Club Gainesville.............  Gainesville, FL          264     $ 17,688    $  17,678     1Q 1999         3Q 1998
Terraces at Towne Lake II............  Cherokee County, GA      238       13,421       13,313     1Q 1999         4Q 1998
Paddock Club Brandon II..............  Brandon, FL              132        8,063        8,018     1Q 1999         1Q 1999
Reserve at Dexter Lake...............  Memphis, TN              252       17,398       17,394     2Q 1999         4Q 1998
Paddock Club Panama City.............  Panama City, FL          254       15,536       15,138     2Q 1999         4Q 1998
Paddock Club Montgomery..............  Montgomery, AL           208       14,192       14,189     2Q 1999         1Q 1999
Paddock Club Murfreesboro............  Murfreesboro, TN         240       15,963       15,728     4Q 1999         2Q 1999
                                                              ------    ---------   ---------
                                                              1,588     $102,261    $ 101,458
                                                              ======    =========   =========
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES
IN LEASE-UP:
Grand Reserve Lexington..............  Lexington, KY            370       32,840       22,170     2Q 2000         4Q 1999
Kenwood Club.........................  Katy, TX                 320       18,807       13,696     2Q 2000         1Q 2000
                                                              ------    ---------   ---------
                                                                690       51,647       35,866
                                                              ------    ---------   ---------
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Reserve at Dexter Lake II............  Memphis, TN              244       16,645        9,115     3Q 2000         1Q 2000
Grande View..........................  Nashville, TN            433       35,550       12,554     1Q 2001         2Q 2000
                                                              ------    ---------   ---------
                                                                677       52,195       21,669
                                                              ------    ---------   ---------
                                                              ------    ---------   ---------
Total Development Communities........                         1,367     $103,842    $  57,535
                                                              ======    =========   =========

                                       ANTICIPATED
                                        STABILIZA-
                                           TION
                                       ------------
COMPLETED COMMUNITIES
IN LEASE-UP:
Paddock Club Gainesville.............    3Q 1999
Terraces at Towne Lake II............    4Q 1999
Paddock Club Brandon II..............    3Q 1999
Reserve at Dexter Lake...............    4Q 1999
Paddock Club Panama City.............    2Q 1999
Paddock Club Montgomery..............    4Q 1999
Paddock Club Murfreesboro............    2Q 2000
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES
IN LEASE-UP:
Grand Reserve Lexington..............    2Q 2001
Kenwood Club.........................    2Q 2001
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Reserve at Dexter Lake II............    1Q 2001
Grande View..........................    4Q 2001
Total Development Communities........
</TABLE>

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     Actual capital expenditures for property improvements during 1999 are
summarized below (in 000's):

Recurring capital at stabilized
properties...........................  $  13,154
Revenue enhancing projects at
stabilized properties................      9,297
Capital improvements to
pre-stabilized properties............     10,324
Corporate overhead capital
improvements.........................      1,602
                                       ---------
                                       $  34,377
                                       =========

     During 1999 the Company used $11,260,000 for net reductions in borrowings
and to fund deferred financing costs. Also during 1999 the Company initiated its
share repurchase program and acquired 1,473,600 shares for a total cost of
$33,073,000, which represented approximately 7% of the total common shares and
Common Units outstanding. Also during the year the Company paid a total of
$66,425,000 in distributions to holders of preferred shares, common shares, and
partnership units and received $3,549,000 from issuances of common shares and
units.

     During 1998 net proceeds from borrowings were $86,920,000 and an additional
$82,411,000 was received from issuances of common and preferred shares and
Common Units, which was mainly used to fund the acquisition and development of
properties mentioned above. During 1998 the Company also distributed $58,547,000
to holders of preferred shares, common shares, and Common Units.

     At December 31, 1999, the Company had $173.4 million outstanding on the
Credit Lines. Of this $25 million is effectively fixed at 7.565% through an
interest rate swap agreement which expires in 2003. The average interest rate at
December 31, 1999 for the conventional variable rate debt, including the impact
of the interest rate swap agreement, was 7.2%. At December 31, 1999, the Company
had an additional $31.9 million tax-free variable rate debt outstanding, with an
average rate of 5.1% at December 31, 1999. All other debt was fixed rate term
debt at an average interest rate of 7.1%. In November 1999, the Company
decreased its credit limit under the AmSouth Credit Line from $200 million to
$150 million. Additionally in 1999, the Company borrowed $113.2 million from a
new FNMA Credit Line which is part of a $195 million credit facility. The
Company expects to use the credit lines for future acquisitions, development,
and to provide letters of credit as credit enhancements for tax-exempt bonds.
The Credit Lines are secured and are subject to borrowing base calculations that
effectively reduce the maximum amount that may be borrowed under the credit
lines to $235.7 million as of March 1, 2000.

     The weighted average interest rate and weighted average maturity at
December 31, 1999 for the $744.2 million of notes payable were 7.06% and 10.7
years, respectively.

     The Company believes that cash provided by operations is adequate and
anticipates that it will continue to be adequate in both the short and long-term
to meet operating requirements (including recurring capital expenditures at the
Communities) and payment of distributions by the Company in accordance with REIT
requirements under the Code.

     The Company expects to meet its long term liquidity requirements, such as
scheduled mortgage debt maturities, property developments and acquisitions,
expansions and non-recurring capital expenditures, through long and medium-term
collateralized and uncollateralized fixed rate borrowings, issuance of debt or
additional equity securities in the Company, potential asset sales or joint
venture transactions and the Credit Lines.

  INSURANCE

     In the opinion of management, property and casualty insurance is in place
which provides adequate coverage to provide financial protection against normal
insurable risks such that it believes that any loss experienced would not have a
significant impact on the Company's liquidity, financial position, or results of
operations.

  INFLATION

     Substantially all of the resident leases at the Communities allow, at the
time of renewal, for adjustments in the rent payable thereunder, and thus may
enable the Company to seek rent increases. The
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substantial majority of these leases are for one year or less. The short-term
nature of these leases generally serves to reduce the risk to the Company of the
adverse effects of inflation.

  YEAR 2000

     During 1999 the Company completed all phases of an action plan designed to
minimize the impact of Year 2000 ("Y2K") issue. Currently the Company has
experienced no internal or external business disruptions associated with the Y2K
issue. There can be, however, no assurance that future unforeseen Y2K problems
will not cause disruptions to our internal business systems, or those of our
vendors.

  IMPACT OF RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

     In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activity," as amended by SFAS No. 137, effective for
all fiscal quarters of all fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000. The
accounting statement is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's
consolidated financial statements. The Company plans to adopt this accounting
standard in 2001.

  RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

     This annual report on Form 10-K, including documents incorporated herein by
reference, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are intended to be covered by the safe
harbors created thereby. These statements include the plans and objectives of
management for future operations, including plans and objectives relating to
acquisition and development of apartment communities, future expenditures for
development projects, capital expenditures, and rehabilitation costs on the
apartment communities. Future events and actual results, financial and
otherwise, may differ materially from the results discussed in the
forward-looking statements. In particular, among the factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially are continued qualification as a real estate
investment trust, general business and economic conditions, competition,
interest rates, accessibility of debt and equity capital markets and other risks
inherent in the real estate business including resident defaults, potential
liability relating to environmental matters and illiquidity of real estate
investments. Although the Company believes that the assumptions underlying the
forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be
inaccurate and, therefore, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking
statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K will prove to be
accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the
forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information
should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person
that the objectives and plans of the Company will be achieved.

ITEM 7A.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

     The Company's primary market risk exposure is to changes in interest rates
obtainable on its secured and unsecured borrowings. At December 31, 1999, 54% of
the Company's total capitalization consisted of borrowings. The Company's
interest rate risk objective is to limit the impact of interest rate
fluctuations on earnings and cash flows and to lower its overall borrowing
costs. To achieve this objective, the Company manages its exposure to
fluctuations in market interest rates for its borrowings through the use of
fixed rate debt instruments to the extent that reasonably favorable rates are
obtainable with such arrangements and may enter into derivative financial
instruments such as interest rate swaps, caps and treasury locks to mitigate its
interest rate risk on a related financial instrument or to effectively lock the
interest rate on a portion of its variable debt. The Company does not enter into
derivative or interest rate transactions for speculative purposes. Approximately
76% of the Company's outstanding debt was subject to fixed interest rates with a
weighted average rate of 7.2% at December 31, 1999. The Company regularly
reviews interest rate exposure on its outstanding borrowings in an effort to
minimize the risk of interest rate fluctuations. The Company does not have any
other material market-sensitive financial instruments.

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     The table below provides information about the Company's financial
instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. For debt
obligations, the table presents principal cash flows and related weighted
average interest rates by expected maturity dates. Weighted average variable
rates are based on rates in effect at the reporting date (Dollars in 000's).

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         TOTAL        FAIR
                            2000       2001        2002        2003         2004       THEREAFTER     VALUE
                          ---------  ---------   ---------   ---------    ---------    ----------   ---------
<S>                       <C>        <C>         <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
LIABILITIES
Long-term Debt
  Fixed Rate ..........   $   9,170  $  48,219   $  16,306   $ 166,563    $  75,886    $ 222,788    $ 516,500
  Average interest rate        7.93%      8.48%       7.36%       6.39%        7.23%        6.90%

  Variable Rate .......        --    $  60,171        --          --      $ 113,232    $  31,903    $ 205,306
  Average interest rate        --%        7.15%       --%         --%          6.28%        5.13%
</TABLE>

ITEM 8.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

     The Independent Auditors' Report, Consolidated Financial Statements and
Selected Quarterly
Financial Information are set forth on pages F-1 to F- of this Annual Report on
Form 10-K.

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
        FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

     There have been no disagreements with the Company's independent accountants
on any matter of accounting principles or practices or financial statement
disclosure.

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                                    PART III

ITEM 10.  DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

     Incorporated by reference to the Company's definitive proxy statement to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

ITEM 11.  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

     Incorporated by reference to the Company's definitive proxy statement to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

     Incorporated by reference to the Company's definitive proxy statement to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

ITEM 13.  CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

     On July 23, 1997, the Company acquired its corporate headquarters for
$2,912,000. In connection with the acquisition, the Company formed a special
committee of its external directors to negotiate the transaction on its behalf
because certain executive officers of the Company were also partners in the
partnership which owned the building. The consideration consisted of $862,000
cash, 22,246 UPREIT units valued at $634,000 ($28.50 per unit) and the
assumption of an existing loan. Certain executive officers of the Company were
partners in the partnership who owned the building and received 5,831 UPREIT
units in connection with the exchange.

     All transactions involving related parties must be approved by a majority
of the disinterested members of the Company's Board of Directors. The Company
has, and expects to have, transactions in the ordinary course of its business
with directors and officers of the Company and their affiliates, including
members of their families or corporations, partnerships or other organizations
in which such officers or directors have a controlling interest, on
substantially the same terms (including price, or interest rates and collateral)
as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with unrelated
parties.

ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

(a)  The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form
10-K:

1.       Independent Auditors' Report.........    F-1
         Consolidated Balance Sheets as of
           December 31, 1999 and 1998.........    F-2
         Consolidated Statements of Operations
           for the years ended December 31,
           1999, 1998 and 1997................    F-3
         Consolidated Statements of
           Shareholders' Equity for the years
           ended December 31, 1999, 1998 and
           1997...............................    F-4
         Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
           for the years ended December 31,
           1999, 1998 and 1997................    F-5
         Notes to Consolidated Financial
           Statements for the years ended
           December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997...    F-6
2.       Financial Statement Schedule required
           to be filed by item 8 and Paragraph
           (d) of this item 14:
         Schedule III -- Real Estate and
           Accumulated Depreciation as of
           December 31, 1999..................   F-22


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3.  The exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K, except as otherwise
    noted, have been filed with previous reports by the registrant and are
    herein incorporated by reference.


     EXHIBIT
     NUMBERS               EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
- -------------------------------------------------------
     3.1+     --  Amended and Restated Charter of
                  Mid-America Apartment Communities,
                  Inc. dated as of January 10, 1994, as
                  filed with the Tennessee Secretary of
                  State on January 25, 1994
     3.2******--  Articles of Amendment to the Charter
                  of Mid-America Apartment Communities,
                  Inc. dated as of January 28, 1994, as
                  filed with the Tennessee Secretary of
                  State on January 28, 1994
     3.3**    --  Mid-America Apartment Communities,
                  Inc. Articles of Amendment to the
                  Amended and Restated Charter
                  Designating and Fixing the Rights and
                  Preferences of A Series of Preferred
                  Stock dated as of October 9, 1996, as
                  filed with the Tennessee Secretary of
                  State on October 10, 1996
     3.4+     --  Mid-America Apartment Communities,
                  Inc. Articles of Amendment to the
                  Amended and Restated Charter dated
                  November 17, 1997, as filed with the
                  Tennessee Secretary of State on
                  November 18, 1997
     3.5***   --  Mid-America Apartment Communities,
                  Inc. Articles of Amendment to the
                  Amended and Restated Charter
                  Designating and Fixing the Rights and
                  Preferences of A Series of Preferred
                  Stock dated as of November 17, 1997,
                  as filed with the Tennessee Secretary
                  of State on November 18, 1997
     3.6+     --  Mid-America Apartment Communities,
                  Inc. Articles of Amendment to the
                  Amended and Restated Charter dated
                  December 15, 1997, as filed with the
                  Tennessee Secretary of State on
                  December 31, 1997
     3.7+     --  Bylaws of Mid-America Apartment
                  Communities, Inc.
     3.8++    --  Mid-America Apartment Communities,
                  Inc. Articles of Amendment to the
                  Amended and Restated Charter dated
                  June 25, 1998, as filed with the
                  Tennessee Secretary of State on June
                    , 1998
     3.9++++ --   Mid-America Apartment Communities,
                  Inc. Articles of Amendment to the
                  Amended and Restated Charter dated
                  December   , 1998, as filed with the
                  Tennessee Secretary of State on
                  December   , 1998
     4.1+     --  Form of Common Share Certificate
     4.2****  --  Form of 9.5% Series A Cumulative
                  Preferred Stock Certificate
     4.3***** --  Form of 8 7/8% Series B Cumulative
                  Preferred Stock Certificate
     4.4+++  --   Form of 9.375% Series C Cumulative
                  Preferred Stock Certificate
     4.5++++ --   Form of 9.5% Series E Cumulative
                  Preferred Stock Certificate
     4.6++++ --   Shareholders' Rights Plan dated March
                  1, 1999
    10.1+     --  Second Amended and Restated Agreement
                  of Limited Partnership of Mid-America
                  Apartments, L.P., a Tennessee limited
                  partnership
    10.2+     --  1994 Restricted Stock and Stock
                  Option Plan
    10.3++++ --   Revolving Credit Agreement between
                  the Registrant and AmSouth Bank of
                  Alabama
    10.4       -- Sixth amendment to the Revolving
                  Credit Agreement between the
                  Registrant and AmSouth Bank of
                  Alabama
    10.5+     --  Note Purchase Agreement of the
                  Operating Partnership and the
                  Registrant and Prudential Insurance
                  Company of America
    10.6+     --  Amendment 1 to Note Purchase
                  Agreement of the Operating
                  Partnership and the Registrant and
                  Prudential Insurance Company of
                  America
    10.7       -- Employment Agreement between
                  Registrant and George E. Cates
    10.8       -- Employment Agreement between
                  Registrant and H. Eric Bolton
    10.9       -- Employment Agreement between
                  Registrant and Simon R.C. Wadsworth
    10.10      -- Master Credit Facility Agreement
                  between Registrant and WMF Washington
                  Mortgage Corp. dated November 10,
                  1999
    11.1       -- Statement re: computation of per
                  share earnings (included within the
                  Form 10-K)
    12.1       -- Statement re: computation of ratios
                  (definition of ratios used are
                  disclosed as footnotes on the related
                  table(s) within the Form 10-K)
    21.1       -- List of Subsidiaries
    23.1       -- Consent of KPMG LLP
    27.1       -- Financial Data Schedule


                                                   (FOOTNOTES ON FOLLOWING PAGE)

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- ------------

       * Filed as Exhibit 10.20 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K,
         filed with the Commission on September 19, 1997 (Commission File No.
         1-12762)

      ** Filed as Exhibit 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
         8-A filed with the Commission on October 11, 1996

     *** Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
         8-A filed with the Commission on November 19, 1997

   **** Filed as Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
        8-A filed with the Commission on October 11, 1996

  ***** Filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
        8-A filed with the Commission on November 19, 1997

 ****** Filed as an exhibit to the 1996 Annual Report of the Registrant on Form
        10-K as of March 31, 1997

******* Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (SEC File
        No. 33-81970), as amended, of the Registrant and incorporated herein by
        reference.

       + Filed as an exhibit to the 1997 Annual Report of the Registrant on Form
         10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997

      ++ Filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
         8-A filed with the Commission on June 25, 1998

     +++ Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
         8-A filed with the Commission on June 25, 1998

   ++++ Filed as an exhibit to the 1998 Annual Report of the Registrant on Form
        10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998

(b)  Reports on Form 8-K

     The following report was filed on Form 8-K by the registrant during the
     fourth quarter of 1999:

                                                 DATE OF
FORM            EVENTS REPORTED                   REPORT
- ------------------------------------------       --------
 8-K Announcement of an approval by the          11/22/99
     Board of Directors to authorize the
     Company to repurchase common stock

(c)  Exhibits:

     See Item 14(a)(3) above.

(d)  Financial Statement Schedules:

     See Item 14(a)(2) above.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                       MID-AMERICA APARTMENT
                                       COMMUNITIES, INC.

Date: March 17, 2000                   /s/ GEORGE E. CATES
                                           GEORGE E. CATES
                                           CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CHIEF
                                           EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                           (PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.


Date: March 17, 2000                   /s/ GEORGE E. CATES
                                           GEORGE E. CATES
                                           CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CHIEF
                                           EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                           (PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Date: March 30, 2000                   /s/ SIMON R.C. WADSWORTH
                                           SIMON R.C. WADSWORTH
                                           EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
                                           (PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING
                                           OFFICER)

Date: March 17, 2000                   /s/ H. ERIC BOLTON
                                           H. ERIC BOLTON
                                           PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Date: March 20, 2000                   /s/ JOHN F. FLOURNOY
                                           JOHN F. FLOURNOY
                                           DIRECTOR

Date: March 20, 2000                   /s/ ROBERT F. FOGELMAN
                                           ROBERT F. FOGELMAN
                                           DIRECTOR

Date: March 21, 2000                   /s/ JOHN S. GRINALDS
                                           JOHN S. GRINALDS
                                           DIRECTOR

Date: March 20, 2000                   /s/ O. MASON HAWKINS
                                           O. MASON HAWKINS
                                           DIRECTOR

Date: March 30, 2000                   /s/ RALPH HORN
                                           RALPH HORN
                                           DIRECTOR

Date: March 19, 2000                   /s/ MICHAEL S. STARNES
                                           MICHAEL S. STARNES
                                           DIRECTOR

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                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Mid-America
Apartment Communities, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December
31, 1999 and 1998 and the related consolidated statements of operations,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1999. In connection with our audits of the
consolidated financial statements, we have also audited the accompanying
financial statement schedule III -- Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation.
These financial statements and the financial statement schedule are the
responsibility of the management of the Company. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and the financial
statement schedule based on our audits.

     We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

     In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects the financial position of the Company
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the results of the their
operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 1999, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when
considered in relationship to the basic financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

                                          KPMG LLP

Memphis, Tennessee
February 25, 2000

                                      F-1
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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                           DECEMBER 31, 1999 AND 1998
                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)

                                           1999          1998
                                       ------------  ------------
ASSETS:
REAL ESTATE ASSETS:
     Land............................  $    119,823  $    124,912
     Buildings and improvements......     1,172,780     1,184,611
     Furniture, fixtures and
      equipment......................        28,238        26,779
     Construction in progress........        58,840        75,776
                                       ------------  ------------
                                          1,379,681     1,412,078
     Less accumulated depreciation...      (146,611)     (117,773)
                                       ------------  ------------
                                          1,233,070     1,294,305
     Land held for future
      development....................         1,710        11,781
     Commercial properties, net......         5,217         9,282
Investment in and advances to real
  estate joint venture...............         8,054       --
                                       ------------  ------------
     REAL ESTATE ASSETS, NET.........     1,248,051     1,315,368
Cash and cash equivalents............        14,092         7,237
Restricted cash......................        12,537         9,282
Deferred financing costs, net........        10,272        10,359
Other assets.........................        13,871        24,181
                                       ------------  ------------
          TOTAL ASSETS...............  $  1,298,823  $  1,366,427
                                       ============  ============
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
LIABILITIES:
     Notes payable...................  $    744,238  $    753,427
     Accounts payable................         2,122        10,384
     Accrued expenses and other
      liabilities....................        23,199        18,959
     Security deposits...............         4,739         4,917
     Deferred gain on disposition of
      properties.....................         4,581       --
                                       ------------  ------------
          TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
              DEFERRED GAIN..........       778,879       787,687
MINORITY INTEREST....................        56,060        61,441
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Preferred stock, $.01 par value,
  20,000,000 shares authorized,
  $173,470,750 or $25 per share
  liquidation preference:
          2,000,000 shares at 9.5%
              Series A Cumulative....            20            20
          1,938,830 shares at 8.875%
              Series B Cumulative....            19            19
          2,000,000 shares at 9.375%
              Series C Cumulative....            20            20
          1,000,000 shares at 9.5%
              Series E Cumulative....            10            10
Common stock, $.01 par value
  (authorized 50,000,000 shares;
  issued and outstanding 17,971,960
  and 18,877,691 shares December 31,
  1999 and 1998, respectively).......           190           189
Additional paid-in capital...........       562,537       583,154
Other................................        (1,053)       (2,237)
Accumulated distributions in excess
  of net income......................       (89,869)      (63,876)
Treasury stock at cost, 355,900,
  shares in 1999.....................        (7,990)      --
                                       ------------  ------------
          TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS'
              EQUITY.................       463,884       517,299
                                       ------------  ------------
          TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
              SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY...  $  1,298,823  $  1,366,427
                                       ============  ============

          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999, 1998 AND 1997
                  (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

                                          1999        1998        1997
                                       ----------  ----------  ----------
Revenues:
     Rental..........................  $  222,098  $  210,591  $  135,673
     Other...........................       3,504       3,111       3,279
     Management and development
       income, net...................         751       1,841         164
     Equity in loss of real estate
       joint venture.................         (31)     --          --
                                       ----------  ----------  ----------
     Total revenues..................     226,322     215,543     139,116
                                       ----------  ----------  ----------
Expenses:
     Personnel.......................      25,239      24,053      14,623
     Building repairs and
       maintenance...................      10,107      10,030       6,811
     Real estate taxes and
       insurance.....................      24,561      22,459      14,465
     Utilities.......................       9,119       9,376       6,341
     Landscaping.....................       5,634       5,009       3,684
     Other operating.................      10,225       8,990       6,480
     Depreciation and amortization...      49,903      46,021      27,737
     General and administrative......      14,479      11,960       6,602
     Interest........................      48,302      45,704      28,943
     Amortization of deferred
       financing costs...............       2,854       2,348         888
                                       ----------  ----------  ----------
     Total expenses..................     200,423     185,950     116,574
                                       ----------  ----------  ----------
Income before gain on disposition of
  properties, minority interest in
  operating partnership income and
  extraordinary item.................      25,899      29,593      22,542
                                       ----------  ----------  ----------
Gain on dispositions.................      10,237         408      --
                                       ----------  ----------  ----------
Income before minority interest in
  operating partnership income and
  extraordinary item.................      36,136      30,001      22,542
Minority interest in operating
  partnership income.................       2,497       2,254       2,693
                                       ----------  ----------  ----------
Income before extraordinary item.....      33,639      27,747      19,849
Extraordinary item -- loss on debt
  extinguishment, net of minority
  interest...........................         (67)       (990)     (8,622)
                                       ----------  ----------  ----------
Net income...........................      33,572      26,757      11,227
Dividends on preferred shares........      16,114      11,430       5,252
                                       ----------  ----------  ----------
Net income available for common
  shareholders.......................  $   17,458  $   15,327  $    5,975
                                       ==========  ==========  ==========
Net income available per common
  share:
Basic (in thousands):
     Average common shares
       outstanding...................      18,784      18,725      13,892
                                       ==========  ==========  ==========
Basic earnings per share:
     Net income available per common
       share before extraordinary
       item..........................  $     0.93  $     0.87  $     1.05
     Extraordinary item..............      --           (0.05)      (0.62)
                                       ----------  ----------  ----------
     Net income available per common
       share.........................  $     0.93  $     0.82  $     0.43
                                       ==========  ==========  ==========
Diluted (in thousands):
  Average common shares
     outstanding.....................      18,784      18,725      13,892
  Effect of dilutive stock options...          24          45          63
                                       ----------  ----------  ----------
  Average dilutive common shares
     outstanding.....................      18,808      18,770      13,955
                                       ==========  ==========  ==========
Diluted earnings per share:
     Net income available per common
       share before extraordinary
       item..........................  $     0.93  $     0.87  $     1.05
     Extraordinary item..............      --           (0.05)      (0.62)
                                       ----------  ----------  ----------
     Net income available per common
       share.........................  $     0.93  $     0.82  $     0.43
                                       ==========  ==========  ==========

          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999, 1998 AND 1997
                       (DOLLARS AND SHARES IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                              ACCUMULATED
                                         PREFERRED STOCK        COMMON STOCK        ADDITIONAL                DISTRIBUTIONS
                                       -------------------   -------------------      PAID-IN                 IN EXCESS OF
                                        SHARES     AMOUNT     SHARES     AMOUNT       CAPITAL       OTHER      NET INCOME
                                       ---------   -------   ---------   -------    -----------   ---------   ------------
<S>                                    <C>         <C>       <C>         <C>        <C>           <C>         <C>
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1996............      2,000     $20        10,949    $ 109      $ 256,689    $    (260)    $(15,174)
Issuance of common shares............     --        --           5,911       59        163,531       --           --
Issuance of Series B preferred
  shares.............................      1,939      19        --         --           46,616       --           --
Exercise of stock options............     --          --             9     --              (31)      --           --
Notes receivable issued for shares
  and units (Note 8).................     --        --          --         --           --             (906)      --
Shares issued in exchange for
  units..............................     --        --              60        1            973       --           --
Shares issued in FDC Merger..........     --        --           1,550       16         44,374       --           --
Adjustment for minority interest of
  Unitholders resulting from:
    Common Stock Offerings...........     --        --          --         --          (10,008)      --           --
    FDC Merger.......................     --        --          --         --             (834)      --           --
    Other............................     --        --          --         --             (818)      --           --
Amortization of unearned
  compensation.......................     --        --          --         --           --              121       --
Dividends on common stock ($2.14 per
  share).............................     --        --          --         --           --           --          (29,172)
Dividends on preferred stock.........     --        --          --         --           --           --           (5,252)
Net income...........................     --        --          --         --           --           --           11,227
                                       ---------   -------   ---------   -------    -----------   ---------   ------------
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1997............      3,939      39        18,479      185        500,492       (1,045)     (38,371)
Issuance of common shares............     --        --             308        4          7,953       --           --
Issuance of Series C preferred
  shares.............................      2,000      20        --         --           48,060       --           --
Issuance of Series E preferred
  shares.............................      1,000      10        --         --           24,735       --           --
Exercise of stock options............     --        --               5     --              129       --           --
Notes receivable issued for shares
  and units (Note 8).................     --        --          --         --           --           (1,458)      --
Payments received on notes receivable
  (Note 8)...........................     --        --          --         --           --              145       --
Shares issued in exchange for
  units..............................     --        --              86     --            1,785       --           --
Amortization of unearned
  compensation.......................     --        --          --         --           --              121       --
Dividends on common stock
  ($2.225 per share).................     --        --          --         --           --           --          (40,832)
Dividends on preferred stock.........     --        --          --         --           --           --          (11,430)
Net income...........................     --        --          --         --           --           --           26,757
                                       ---------   -------   ---------   -------    -----------   ---------   ------------
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1998............      6,939      69        18,878      189        583,154       (2,237)     (63,876)
Repurchase of common shares (Note
  9).................................     --        --          (1,118)      (1)       (25,082)      --           --
Issuance of common shares............     --        --             154        2          3,516       --           --
Exercise of stock options............     --        --          --         --               27       --           --
Notes receivable issued for shares
  (Note 8)...........................     --        --               9     --           --             (100)      --
Payments received on notes receivable
  (Note 8)...........................     --        --          --         --           --              343       --
Reductions to notes receivables (Note
  8).................................     --        --          --         --           --              447       --
Shares issued in exchange for
  units..............................     --        --              49     --              922       --           --
Amortization of unearned
  compensation.......................     --        --          --         --           --              494       --
Dividends on common stock
  ($2.30 per share)..................     --        --          --         --           --           --          (43,451)
Dividends on preferred stock.........     --        --          --         --           --           --          (16,114)
Net income...........................     --        --          --         --           --           --           33,572
                                       ---------   -------   ---------   -------    -----------   ---------   ------------
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1999............      6,939     $69        17,972    $ 190      $ 562,537    $  (1,053)    $(89,869)
                                       =========   =======   =========   =======    ===========   =========   ============


                                       TREASURY
                                        STOCK       TOTAL
                                       --------   ---------
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1996............  $ --       $ 241,384
Issuance of common shares............    --         163,590
Issuance of Series B preferred
  shares.............................    --          46,635
Exercise of stock options............    --             (31)
Notes receivable issued for shares
  and units (Note 8).................    --            (906)
Shares issued in exchange for
  units..............................    --             974
Shares issued in FDC Merger..........    --          44,390
Adjustment for minority interest of
  Unitholders resulting from:
    Common Stock Offerings...........    --         (10,008)
    FDC Merger.......................    --            (834)
    Other............................    --            (818)
Amortization of unearned
  compensation.......................    --             121
Dividends on common stock ($2.14 per
  share).............................    --         (29,172)
Dividends on preferred stock.........    --          (5,252)
Net income...........................    --          11,227
                                       --------   ---------
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1997............    --         461,300
Issuance of common shares............    --           7,957
Issuance of Series C preferred
  shares.............................    --          48,080
Issuance of Series E preferred
  shares.............................    --          24,745
Exercise of stock options............    --             129
Notes receivable issued for shares
  and units (Note 8).................    --          (1,458)
Payments received on notes receivable
  (Note 8)...........................    --             145
Shares issued in exchange for
  units..............................    --           1,785
Amortization of unearned
  compensation.......................    --             121
Dividends on common stock
  ($2.225 per share).................    --         (40,832)
Dividends on preferred stock.........    --         (11,430)
Net income...........................    --          26,757
                                       --------   ---------
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1998............    --         517,299
Repurchase of common shares (Note
  9).................................   (7,990 )    (33,073)
Issuance of common shares............    --           3,518
Exercise of stock options............    --              27
Notes receivable issued for shares
  (Note 8)...........................    --            (100)
Payments received on notes receivable
  (Note 8)...........................    --             343
Reductions to notes receivables (Note
  8).................................    --             447
Shares issued in exchange for
  units..............................    --             922
Amortization of unearned
  compensation.......................    --             494
Dividends on common stock
  ($2.30 per share)..................    --         (43,451)
Dividends on preferred stock.........    --         (16,114)
Net income...........................    --          33,572
                                       --------   ---------
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1999............  $(7,990 )  $ 463,884
                                       ========   =========
</TABLE>

          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

                                      F-4
<PAGE>
                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999, 1998 AND 1997
                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)

                                             1999        1998        1997
                                          ----------  ----------  ----------
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
    Net income..........................  $   33,572  $   26,757  $   11,227
    Adjustments to reconcile net income
      to net cash provided by operating
      activities:
         Depreciation and
           amortization.................      52,757      48,369      28,746
         Amortization of unearned stock
           compensation.................         494         121         121
         Equity in loss of real estate
           joint venture................          31      --          --
         Minority interest in operating
           partnership income...........       2,497       2,254       2,693
         Extraordinary item.............          67         990       8,622
         Gain on dispositions...........     (10,237)       (408)     --
         Changes in assets and
           liabilities:
             Restricted cash............      (3,300)      4,115      (1,214)
             Other assets...............      (4,591)      1,044      (1,341)
             Accounts payable...........      (4,459)        786         140
             Accrued expenses and other
               liabilities..............       8,325      (4,031)     (4,550)
             Security deposits..........        (178)        408         474
                                          ----------  ----------  ----------
         NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING
           ACTIVITIES...................      74,978      80,405      44,918
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
         Purchases of real estate
           assets.......................      --         (63,732)    (76,287)
         Improvements to properties.....     (34,377)    (32,336)    (20,205)
         Construction of units in
           progress and future
           development..................     (71,563)   (107,963)    (16,093)
         Proceeds from disposition of
           real estate assets...........     134,977       5,424      --
         Proceeds from sale of
           development and construction
           assets.......................      18,134      --          --
         Investment in and advances to
           real estate joint venture....      (8,085)     --          --
         Net cash paid in business
           combination..................      --          --         (25,678)
                                          ----------  ----------  ----------
         NET CASH PROVIDED (USED) IN
           INVESTING ACTIVITIES.........      39,086    (198,607)   (138,263)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
         Net change in credit lines.....      56,389      71,789      14,820
         Proceeds from notes payable....      11,760     232,799     187,500
         Principal payments on notes
           payable......................     (75,989)   (210,571)   (267,003)
         Payment of deferred financing
           costs........................      (3,420)     (7,097)     (3,813)
         Repurchase of common stock.....     (33,073)     --          --
         Proceeds from issuances of
           common shares and units......       3,549       9,586     165,737
         Proceeds from issuance of
           preferred shares.............      --          72,825      46,635
         Redemption of unitholder
           interests....................      --            (150)         (8)
         Distributions to unitholders...      (6,860)     (6,285)     (5,347)
         Dividends paid on common
           shares.......................     (43,451)    (40,832)    (29,172)
         Dividends paid on preferred
           shares.......................     (16,114)    (11,430)     (5,252)
                                          ----------  ----------  ----------
         NET CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY
           FINANCING ACTIVITIES.........    (107,209)    110,634     104,097
                                          ----------  ----------  ----------
         NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH
           AND CASH EQUIVALENTS.........       6,855      (7,568)     10,752
                                          ----------  ----------  ----------
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of
  period................................       7,237      14,805       4,053
                                          ----------  ----------  ----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
  period................................  $   14,092  $    7,237  $   14,805
                                          ==========  ==========  ==========
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW
  INFORMATION:
    Interest paid.......................  $   49,375  $   45,607  $   27,468
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NONCASH
  INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
    Increase in basis of properties
      acquired in connection with
      business combination..............  $   --      $   --      $   58,359
    Assumption of debt related to
      property acquisitions.............  $   --      $   26,231  $   63,690
    Conversion of units for common
      shares............................  $      922  $    1,785  $      974
    Issuance of units related to
      property acquisitions.............  $   --      $    1,911  $      880
    Issuance of advances in exchange for
      common shares and units...........  $      100  $    1,458  $      906
    Interest capitalized................  $    3,967  $    4,265  $      388


          See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

                                      F-5
<PAGE>
                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999, 1998 AND 1997

1.  ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

  ORGANIZATION AND FORMATION OF THE COMPANY

     Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. ("Mid-America") is a
self-administrated and self-managed real estate investment trust which owns,
develops, constructs, acquires and operates multifamily apartment communities
mainly in the southeast and Texas. The company owns and operates 120 apartment
communities principally through its majority owned subsidiary, Mid-America
Apartments, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership") and its subsidiary, Mid-America
Capital Partners, L.P. ("MACP"). MACP is a special purpose entity established
in 1997 to issue first mortgage bonds. The Company also owns a 33.33% interest
in a real estate joint venture which owns 10 apartment communities. From the
period November 1997 through June 1999, the company conducted third party
property management, construction and development activities through its service
corporation, Flournoy Development Corporation.

  BASIS OF PRESENTATION

     The consolidated financial statements presented herein include the accounts
of Mid-America, the Operating Partnership, MACP, and all other subsidiaries
("the Company"). The Company owns 51% to 100% of these subsidiaries. The
Company uses the equity method of accounting for its investments in 20 to 50
percent-owned entities. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions
have been eliminated in consolidation.

  MINORITY INTEREST

     Minority interest in the accompanying consolidated financial statements
relates to the ownership interest in the Operating Partnership by the holders of
Class A Common Units of the Operating Partnership ("Operating Partnership
Units") Mid-America is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership.
Net income is allocated to the minority interest based on their respective
ownership percentage of the Operating Partnership. Issuance of additional common
shares or Operating Partnership Units changes the ownership of both the minority
interest and Mid-America. Such transactions and the proceeds therefrom are
treated as capital transactions and result in an allocation between
shareholders' equity and minority interest to account for the change in the
respective percentage ownership of the underlying equity of the Operating
Partnership.

     The Company's Board of Directors established economic rights in respect of
each Operating Partnership Unit that were equivalent to the economic rights in
respect of each share of common stock. The holder of each unit may redeem their
units in exchange for one share of common stock or cash, at the option of the
Company. The Operating Partnership has followed the policy of paying the same
per unit distribution in respect of the units as the per share distribution in
respect of the common stock. Operating Partnership net income for 1999, 1998 and
1997 was allocated approximately 15.6%, 15.6% and 17.9%, respectively, to
holders of Operating Partnership Units and 84.4%, 84.4% and 82.1%, respectively,
to Mid-America.

  USE OF ESTIMATES

     Management of the Company has made a number of estimates and assumptions
relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses to prepare these financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.

  REVENUE RECOGNITION

     The Company leases multifamily residential apartments under operating
leases with terms of one year or less. Rental and other revenues are recorded
when earned.

                                      F-6
<PAGE>
                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)

  DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION AND FEE MANAGEMENT REVENUES

     The Company provided development, construction and property management
services to third parties from November 1997 (the date of the FDC Merger -- note
2) until June 1999 (the date of disposing of those businesses -- note 3).

     The Company provided development services related to the development of
third party properties. Development fee income was recognized as earned as the
property was developed and certain operating and financing performance
conditions were met.

     Construction contract revenues, which are presented net of construction
contract costs in the accompanying statements of operations, were recognized
using the percentage-of-completion method. Under this method, the percentage of
contract revenue to be recognized currently was computed based upon that
percentage of estimated total revenue that incurred costs to date bear to total
estimated costs, after giving effect to the most recent estimates of costs to
complete. Revisions in cost and revenue estimates were reflected in the period
in which the facts, which require the revision, become known. When revised cost
estimates indicate a loss on an individual contract, the total estimated loss
was provided for currently in its entirety without regard to the percentage of
completion.

     The Company provided property management services for Section 42 Housing
Tax Credit multifamily properties and conventional properties. Property
management revenue was recorded on the accrual method of accounting as earned.

  RENTAL COSTS

     Costs associated with rental activities are expensed as incurred. Certain
costs associated with the lease-up of development projects, including cost of
model units, their furnishings, signs, and "grand openings" are capitalized
and amortized over their estimated useful lives. All other costs relating to
renting development projects are expenses as incurred.

  CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

     The Company considers cash, investments in money market accounts and
certificates of deposit with original maturities of three months or less to be
cash equivalents.

  RESTRICTED CASH

     Restricted cash consists of escrow deposits held by lenders for property
taxes, insurance, debt service and replacement reserves.

  REAL ESTATE ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION

     Real estate assets are carried at the lower of depreciated cost or
estimated fair value, less cost to sell. Repairs and maintenance costs are
expensed as incurred while significant improvements, renovations, and
replacements are capitalized. The cost of interior painting, vinyl flooring, and
blinds are expensed as incurred.

     In conjunction with acquisitions of properties, the Company's policy is to
provide in its acquisition budgets adequate funds to complete any deferred
maintenance items to bring the properties to the required standard, including
the cost of replacement appliances, carpet, interior painting, vinyl flooring,
and blinds. These costs are capitalized.

     Depreciation is computed on a straight line basis over the estimated useful
lives of the related assets which range from 8 to 40 years for land improvements
and buildings and 5 years for furniture, fixtures and equipment.

                                      F-7
<PAGE>
                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)

     The Company records all gains and losses on real estate in accordance with
SFAS No. 66. The total gain for the period ended December 31, 1999 and 1998 was
approximately $10,237,000 and $408,000, respectively.

     The Company periodically evaluates its real estate asset investments to
determine whether any impairment indicators are present by comparing current
capitalized net operating income to the carrying value of the asset. If any
investment asset is considered impaired, a loss is provided to reduce the
carrying value of the property to its estimated fair value. No such losses have
been required or provided in the accompanying financial statements.

     Development projects and the related carrying costs, including interest,
property taxes, insurance and allocated development overhead during the
construction period, are capitalized and reported on the accompanying balance
sheet as "construction in progress" during the construction period. Upon
completion and certification for occupancy of individual units within a
development, amounts representing the completed unit's portion of total
estimated development costs for the project are transferred to land, buildings
and furniture, fixtures and equipment as real estate held for investment.
Capitalization of interest, property taxes, insurance and allocated development
overhead costs ceases upon the transfer, and the assets are depreciated over
their estimated useful lives. Total interest capitalized during 1999, 1998 and
1997 was $3,967,000, $4,265,000 and $388,000 respectively.

  LAND HELD FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

     Real estate held for future development consists primarily of sites
intended for future multifamily developments and is stated at the lower of cost
or fair value less its cost to sell.

  INVESTMENT IN AND ADVANCES TO REAL ESTATE JOINT VENTURE

     The Company's investment in an unconsolidated real estate joint venture is
recorded on the equity method as the Company does not have a controlling
interest in the joint venture. The portion of the gain realized upon the
Company's sale of apartment communities to the joint venture was deferred in
proportion to the Company's ownership interest in the joint venture. The
deferred gain will be amortized over 20 years, which approximates the useful
life of the joint venture's real estate assets.

  DEFERRED COSTS AND OTHER INTANGIBLES

     Deferred financing costs are amortized over the terms of the related debt
using a method which approximates the interest method. Cost in excess of fair
value of net assets acquired is amortized using the straight line method over 30
years.

  RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

     In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activity," effective for years beginning after June 15,
1999. In June 1999, SFAS No. 137 was issued to defer the implementation of SFAS
No. 133 to all fiscal years beginning June 15, 2000. The accounting statement is
not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial
statements. The Company plans to adopt this accounting standard in 2001.

  RECLASSIFICATION

     Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with 1999
presentation. The reclassifications had no effect on net income available for
common shareholders.

                                      F-8
<PAGE>
                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)

2.  BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

     On November 25, 1997, the Company completed the merger with Flournoy
Development Company and related entities ("FDC") (the "FDC Merger")
accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. Total consideration
consisted of $88,271,000, including 1,550,311 shares of common stock and 412,110
Class A common units of the Operating Partnership, valued at $56,213,000
($28.6875 per share and unit), $29,608,000 cash and transaction costs of
approximately $2,450,000. The operating results of FDC are included in the
accompanying statement of operations commencing November 25, 1997.

     The assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with the merger
were recorded at their respective fair values as follows:

Fair value of assets acquired,
primarily real estate assets.........  $   411,397,000
Liabilities assumed..................      335,326,000
                                       ---------------
     Net assets acquired.............  $    76,071,000
                                       ===============

3.  SALE OF DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION AND FEE MANAGEMENT BUSINESSES

     On June 30, 1999, the Company sold its development, construction and fee
management businesses acquired in connection with the November 1997 FDC Merger
back to the principals of Flournoy Development Company ("Flournoy"). The
Company received net proceeds of $18.1 million for these assets and recorded a
net loss for approximately $4.0 million, relating mainly to the write-off of
goodwill related to the original purchase transaction as described in Note 2. In
the transaction, Flournoy reacquired the development businesses, related fixed
assets including single family development, land and property held for sale, and
the fee management business of 5,131 tax credit apartment units. The Company has
contracted with Flournoy to complete the remaining portion of its development
pipeline.

4.  REAL ESTATE JOINT VENTURE

     In March 1999 the Company entered into an agreement to form a joint venture
(the "Joint Venture") with Blackstone Real Estate Acquisitions, LLC
("Blackstone"), to own and operate 10 apartment communities to be completed in
two transactions. The first transaction was completed on March 31, 1999 when the
Company sold 6 apartment communities, containing 1,660 apartment units, to the
Joint Venture for approximately $64.6 million in cash. In August 1999, the
Company closed the second portion of the Joint Venture transaction with
Blackstone. The Company sold four additional properties containing 1,134
apartment units to the Joint Venture, for proceeds of approximately $33.3
million. The Company contributed cash and made an additional loan to the Joint
Venture related to this transaction bringing the total investment in the Joint
Venture to approximately $4.6 million and the total loan to $3.4 million, $3
million at an interest rate of 10% and $.4 million at a rate of 7%, both for the
life of the entity. The loan is unsecured and is presented in the accompanying
consolidated balance sheets in the caption "Investments in and advances to real
estate joint venture". Interest and management fees are recorded as earned and
presented in the accompanying consolidated income statement as "Other revenue"
and "Management and development income, net", respectively.

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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)

     The Company recognized a gain of approximately $9.0 million and deferred
gains for the Company's retained interest of approximately $4.8 million. The
Company retained a 33.33 percent ownership interest in the Joint Venture and
manages the communities for a fee of 4% of revenues. The agreement provides that
income and cash flows generated by the Joint Venture are to be allocated based
on respective ownership percentages. Summary combined unaudited financial
information for the Joint Venture for the year ended December 31, 1999 follows:

                                          1999
                                       ----------
Real estate assets, net..............  $   98,323
Total assets.........................  $  103,011

Long-term debt.......................  $   86,150
Total liabilities....................  $   89,313
Partners' capital....................  $   13,698

Total revenues.......................  $   11,344
Depreciation expense.................  $    2,226
Net loss.............................  $       64

5.  BORROWINGS

     At December 31, 1999 the Company has two lines of credit (the Credit Lines)
with a total outstanding balance of $173.4 million. The Credit Lines are secured
by certain of the properties and have restrictive financial covenants. The
AmSouth Credit Line has a $150 million borrowing limit at December 31, 1999 and
expires in November 2001. The AmSouth Credit Line has a tiered interest rate as
determined by the Company's percentage of total liabilities to a valuation of
the Company's investment in real estate assets ("AmSouth Ratio"), as defined by
the loan agreement, which is reviewed quarterly for interest rate adjustments.
The AmSouth Credit Line bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.45%, 1.65%, and 1.75%
based on an AmSouth Ratio less than 55%, between 55% and 60%, and over 60%,
respectively. The AmSouth Credit Line had an interest rate at December 31, 1999
of LIBOR plus 1.75% (7.75%). The FNMA Credit Line has a $195 million borrowing
limit, bears interest at the 90-day FNMA mortgage backed security rate plus .67%
(6.28% at December 31, 1999) and expires November 2004. At December 31, 1998 the
Company had $117.0 million outstanding under the AmSouth Credit Line and $25.0
million outstanding under a short-term note payable.

     During 1999, the Company paid off approximately $73.2 million of various
notes payable including $18.4 million relating to property dispositions and a
$25.0 million short-term note payable established in 1998. The Company incurred
costs of $67,000, net of minority interest, related to the early extinguishment
of one mortgage which is included in "Extraordinary item -- loss on early
extinguishment of debt" in the accompanying financial statements.

     The Company had approximately $570.8 million and $612.0 million at December
31, 1999 and 1998, respectively, outstanding under various mortgage notes and
bonds payable secured by real estate assets.

     The Company has issued $142 million aggregate principal amount of 6.376%
Bonds due 2003 (the "Bonds"). The Bonds are secured by a first priority deed
of trust, security agreement and assignment of rents and leases in respect of 26
mortgaged properties, with a net book value of $207.2 million at December 31,
1999. In anticipation of the Bond issuance, the Company entered four separate
forward interest rate lock agreements in 1997 with notional amounts aggregating
$140 million, the effect of which was to lock the interest rate on $140 million
of the Bonds at an average rate of 6.62%. In 1998 the Company realized a $1.4
million loss on the interest rate contracts. The realized loss resulting from
the change in the

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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)


market value of these contracts is being amortized into interest expense over
the life of the related debt issuance.

     During 1998, the Company refinanced approximately $29.1 million of various
notes payable. The Company also refunded $4.8 million of bonds secured by its
Sterling Ridge Apartments and refunded $14.0 million of bonds secured by its
Hunters Ridge Apartments. The Company incurred costs of $449,000, net of
minority interest, for these combined transactions which is included in
"Extraordinary item -- loss on early extinguishment of debt" in the accompany
financial statements along with $455,000 related to extinguishment of debt due
to the sale of real estate and $86,000 related to refinancing of a bridge loan.

     During 1997, the Company extinguished a bond note, resulting in an
extraordinary loss of $771,000. At consummation of the merger with FDC, the
Company repaid certain debt primarily attributable to FDC, resulting in an
extraordinary loss of $7,851,000, net of minority interest.

     As of December 31, 1999, the Company estimated that the weighted average
interest rate on the Company's debt was 7.06% with an average maturity of 10.7
years.

     The following table summarizes the Company's indebtedness at December 31,
1999.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            ACTUAL            AVERAGE
                                        INTEREST RATES     INTEREST RATE       MATURITY      1999       1998
                                        --------------     --------------     ----------   ---------  ---------
<S>                                     <C>                <C>                <C>          <C>        <C>
                                                                                               (DOLLARS IN
                                                                                                MILLIONS)
Fixed Rate:
     Taxable.........................      6.376-9.006%         7.371%         2000-2037   $   442.6  $   481.5
     Tax-exempt......................      5.281-7.594%         6.118%         2008-2028        96.3       97.9
                                                                                           ---------  ---------
                                                                                           $   538.9  $   579.4
Variable Rate:
     Taxable.........................        6.28-7.15%         7.127%         2000-2004   $   173.4* $   142.0
     Tax-exempt......................          5.0-5.4%         5.133%         2025-2028        31.9       32.0
                                                                                           ---------  ---------
                                                                                           $   205.3  $   174.0
                                                                                           ---------  ---------
                                                                                           $   744.2  $   753.4
                                                                                           =========  =========
</TABLE>

- ------------

* Includes $25 million of variable rate effectively fixed through the interest
  rate swap.

     Scheduled principal repayments on the borrowings at December 31, 1999 are
as follows (dollars in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR                                    AMORTIZATION      BALLOON PAYMENTS     TOTAL
- -------------------------------------   ------------      ----------------   ----------
<S>                                     <C>               <C>                <C>
2000.................................     $  4,618            $  4,552       $    9,170
2001.................................        4,819             103,571          108,390
2002.................................        4,916              11,390           16,306
2003.................................        4,742             161,821          166,563
2004.................................        4,719             184,399          189,118
Thereafter...........................      170,082              84,609          254,691
                                        ------------      ----------------   ----------
                                          $193,896            $550,342       $  744,238
                                        ============      ================   ==========
</TABLE>

     The Company's indebtedness includes various restrictive financial
covenants. The Company believes that it was in compliance with these covenants
as of December 31, 1999.

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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)

6.  FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

     Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts payable, accrued
expenses and other liabilities and security deposits are carried at amounts
which reasonably approximate their fair value due to their short term nature.

     Fixed rate notes payable at December 31, 1999 and 1998 total $538.9 million
and $579.4 million, respectively, and have an estimated fair value of $516.5
million and $582.4 million (excluding prepayment penalties) based upon interest
rates available for the issuance of debt with similar terms and remaining
maturities as of December 31, 1999 and 1998. These notes were subject to
prepayment penalties in the event of repayment prior to maturity, which were not
considered in determining their estimated fair value. The carrying value of
variable rate notes payable at December 31, 1999 and 1998 total $205.3 million
and $174.0 million, respectively, and reasonably approximates their fair value
because the related variable interest rates reasonably approximate market rates.
Included in these variable rate notes are certain Multifamily Housing Renewal
bonds with rates which are less than the prime lending rates at December 31,
1999 and 1998. Approximately $32.0 million in 1999 and 1998 of these mortgages
are non-taxable and have lower rates than would be expected for taxable notes
with similar terms.

     The fair value estimates presented herein are based on information
available to management as of December 31, 1999 and 1998. Although management is
not aware of any factors that would significantly affect the estimated fair
value amounts, such amounts have not been comprehensively revalued for purposes
of these financial statements since that date, and current estimates of fair
value may differ significantly from the amounts presented herein.

7.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

     The Company is not presently subject to any material litigation nor, to the
Company's knowledge, is any material litigation threatened against the Company,
other than routine litigation arising in the ordinary course of business, some
of which is expected to be covered by liability insurance and none of which is
expected to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial
statements of the Company.

     The Company leases an aircraft to facilitate transportation between its
properties. In 1998, the Company entered a new five year aircraft lease which
generally provides for the Company to pay maintenance, insurance, and certain
other operating costs of the leased property. The agreement has been accounted
for as an operating lease. The Company incurred lease expense relating to
aircraft lease agreements for the years ended December 31, 1999, 1998, and 1997
of $256,000, $138,000, and $187,000, respectively.

8.  INCOME TAXES

     No provision for federal income taxes has been made in the accompanying
consolidated financial statements. The Company has made an election to be taxed
as a Real Estate Investment Trust ("REIT") under Sections 856 through 860 of
the Code. As a REIT, the Company generally is not subject to Federal income tax
to the extent it distributes 95% of its REIT taxable income to its shareholders
and meets certain other tests relating to the number of shareholders, types of
assets and allocable income. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any
taxable year, the Company will be subject to the Federal income tax (including
any applicable alternative minimum tax) on its taxable income at regular
corporate rates. Even though the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, the
Company may be subject to certain Federal, state and local taxes on its income
and property and to Federal income and excise tax on its undistributed income.

                                      F-12
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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)

     Earnings and profits, which determine the taxability of dividends to
shareholders, differ from net income reported for financial reporting purposes
primarily because of differences in depreciable lives, bases of certain assets
and liabilities and in the timing of recognition of earnings upon disposition of
properties. For federal income tax purposes, the following summarizes the
taxability of cash distributions paid on the common shares in 1998 and 1997 and
the estimated taxability for 1999:

                                        1999     1998     1997
                                        -----    -----    -----
Per common share
     Ordinary income.................   $1.40    $1.28    $1.16
     Capital gains...................     .18     --       --
     Return of capital...............     .72      .92      .98
                                        -----    -----    -----
          Total......................   $2.30    $2.20    $2.14
                                        =====    =====    =====

9.  SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

  SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK

     Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock ("Series A Preferred Stock") has a
$25.00 per share liquidation preference and a preferential cumulative annual
distribution of $2.375 per share, payable monthly. On and after November 1,
2001, the Series A Preferred shares will be redeemable for cash at the option of
the Company, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the liquidation
preference plus dividends accrued and unpaid to the redemption date.

  SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK

     Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock ("Series B Preferred Stock") has a
$25.00 per share liquidation preference and a preferential cumulative annual
distribution of $2.21875 per share, payable monthly. In November 1997 the
Company issued 1,938,830 Series B Preferred shares and received net proceeds of
$46.6 million. On and after December 1, 2002, the Series B Preferred shares will
be redeemable for cash at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at a
redemption price equal to the liquidation preference plus dividends accrued and
unpaid to the redemption date.

  SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK

     Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock ("Series C Preferred
Stock") has a $25.00 per share liquidation preference and a preferential
cumulative annual distribution of $2.34375 per share, payable quarterly. In June
1998 the Company issued 2,000,000 Series C Preferred shares and received net
proceeds of $48.1 million. On and after June 30, 2003, the Series C Preferred
shares will be redeemable for cash at the option of the Company, in whole or in
part, at a redemption price equal to the liquidation preference plus dividends
accrued and unpaid to the redemption date.

  SERIES D PREFERRED STOCK -- SHAREHOLDERS RIGHTS PLAN

     During December 1998, the Board of Directors authorized a Shareholders
Rights Plan (the "Rights Plan"). In implementing the Rights Plan, the Board
declared a distribution of one right for each of the Company's outstanding
common shares which would become exercisable only if a person or group (the
"Acquiring Person") becomes the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the common
shares or announces a tender or exchange offer that would result in ownership of
10% of the Company's common shares. The rights will trade with the Company's
common stock until exercisable. Each holder of a right, other than the Acquiring
Person, is in that event entitled to purchase one common share of the Company
for each right at one half of the then current price.

                                      F-13
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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)

  SERIES E PREFERRED STOCK

     Series E Cumulative Preferred Stock ("Series E Preferred Stock") has a
$25.00 per share liquidation preference and a preferential cumulative annual
distribution of $2.375 per share, payable monthly. In December 1998 the Company
issued 1,000,000 Series E Preferred shares in a direct placement with a private
investor. The Company received net proceeds of $24.7 million. After five years,
the securities may be required by the purchaser to be redeemed by the Company in
cash or common stock, at the Company's option, at the then market price. The
Series E Preferred Stock is equal in rank with the Company's other series of
Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and amounts upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

  COMMON STOCK OFFERINGS

     In March 1997 the Company issued 2,300,000 shares of common stock and
received net proceeds of $62.5 million. In October 1997 the Company issued
3,499,000 shares of common stock and received net proceeds of $98.2 million. The
Company contributed the net proceeds of the offerings to the Operating
Partnership in exchange for additional Operating Partnership Units.

  DIRECT STOCK PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN

     In January 1999 the Company adopted the DSPDRP pursuant to which the
Company's shareholders have the ability to reinvest all or part of distributions
from Mid-America common stock, preferred stock or limited partnership interests
in Mid-America Apartments, L.P. Also, the plan provides the opportunity for
shareholders to buy additional shares through an optional cash investment. This
plan replaced the Company's previous Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase
Plan (the "DRSPP"). The Company has registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission the offer and sale of up to 1,600,000 shares of common stock
pursuant to the DSPDRP and DRSPP. Additional shares will be purchased at the
market price on the "Investment Date" each month, which shall in no case be
later than ten business days following the distribution payment date. Common
stock shares totaling 111,637, 62,175 and 24,785 were acquired by shareholders
during 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively.

  STOCK REPURCHASE PLAN

     In 1999, the Company's Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase plan
to acquire up to a total of 4.0 million shares of the Company's common shares.
In 1999, the Company repurchased approximately 1.5 million shares of common
stock, of which 1.1 million were retired, for a cost of approximately $33
million at an average price per common share of $22.40.

  EARNINGS PER SHARE

     The computation of basic earnings per share is based on the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding. The computation of diluted earnings
per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding
plus the shares resulting from the assumed exercise of all dilutive outstanding
options using the treasury stock method. The Series E Preferred Shares, which
are convertible five years from the date of issuance, are not included in the
calculation because the assumed conversion would be anti-dilutive.

     A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and
diluted earnings per share computations for the years ended December 31, 1999,
1998 and 1997 is presented on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

                                      F-14
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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)

10.  EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

  401 (K) SAVINGS PLAN

     The Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan is a
defined contribution plan that satisfies the requirements of Section 401(a) and
401(k) of the Code. The Company may, but is not obligated to, make a matching
contribution of $.50 for each $1.00 contributed, up to 6% of the participant's
compensation. The Company's contribution to this plan was $204,200, $318,200 and
$154,300 in 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively.

  NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

     The Company has adopted a non-qualified deferred compensation plan for key
employees who are not qualified for participation in the Company's 401 (k)
Savings Plan. Under the terms of the plan, employees may elect to defer a
percentage of their compensation and the Company matches a portion of their
salary deferral. The plan is designed so that the employees' investment earnings
under the non-qualified plan should be the same as the earning assets in the
Company's 401 (k) Savings Plan. The Company's match to this plan in 1999, 1998
and 1997 was $17,300, $19,100 and $18,600, respectively.

  EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

     The Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(the "ESPP") provides a means for employees to purchase common stock of the
Company. The board has authorized the issuance of 150,000 shares for the plan.
The ESPP is administered by the Compensation Committee who may annually grant
options to employees to purchase annually up to an aggregate of 15,000 shares of
common stock at a price equal to 85% of the market price of the common stock.
During 1999, 1998 and 1997, the ESPP purchased 6,721, 5,242 and 2,758 shares,
respectively.

  EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

     The Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
(the "ESOP") which is a non-contributory stock bonus plan that satisfies the
requirements of Section 401 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Each employee of
the Company is eligible to participate in the ESOP after attaining the age of 21
years and completing one year of service with the Company. Participants' ESOP
accounts will be 100% vested after five years of continuous service, with no
vesting prior to that time. The Company contributed 22,500 shares of common
stock to the ESOP upon conclusion of the IPO. During 1999, 1998 and 1997, the
Company contributed $640,100, $448,300 and $344,000, respectively, to the ESOP
which purchased an additional 28,233, 17,156 and 11,921 shares, respectively.

  STOCK OPTION PLAN

     The Company has adopted the 1994 Restricted Stock and Stock Option Plan
(the "Plan") to provide incentives to attract and retain independent
directors, executive officers and key employees. The Plan provides for the grant
of options to purchase a specified number of shares of common stock
("Options") or grants of restricted shares of common stock ("Restricted
Stock"). The Plan also allows the Company to grant options to purchase
Operating Partnership Units at the price of the common stock on the New York
Stock Exchange on the day prior to issuance of the units (the "LESOP
Provision"). The Plan authorizes the issuance of 1,000,000 common shares or
options to acquire shares.

     The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors is responsible for
granting Options and shares of Restricted Stock and for establishing the
exercise price of Options and terms and conditions of Restricted Stock. In 1997
options to purchase 75,000 shares of common stock and 110,000 Operating
Partnership Units were exercised pursuant to the LESOP Provision and the Company
advanced a portion of the purchase price of these shares and units. The employee
advances mature five years from date of issuance and accrue interest, payable in
arrears, at a rate of 7.0% per annum and are presented as a reduction of

                                      F-15
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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)


shareholders' equity in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The
Company entered into supplemental bonus agreements with the employees which are
intended to fund the payment of the advances over a five year period. Under the
terms of the supplemental bonus agreements, the Company will pay cash bonuses to
these employees equal to 20% of the original note balance on each anniversary
date of the advances. The bonuses are limited to 15% of the aggregate purchase
price of the common shares and units.

     During 1998, the Company issued 150,000 shares of common stock and 100,000
Operating Partnership Units to certain executive officers of the Company. The
Company received approximately $5,899,250 cash and advanced the employees
approximately $1,040,750 secured by the common stock and Operating Partnership
Units of the Company. The advances bear interest at rates ranging from 5.59% to
5.68% per annum, and are presented as a reduction of shareholders' equity in the
accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

     In addition, the Company has agreed to pay a bonus to the executive
officers mentioned above for as long as they remain employed by the Company in
an amount equal to the debt service on the advances from the Company. The
advances will become due and payable and the bonus agreement will terminate if
the employees voluntarily terminate their employment with the Company.

     Additionally throughout 1998, the Company issued 69,000 shares of common
stock to certain other officers of the Company at the market price on the date
of issuance. The Company received approximately $900,000 cash and advanced the
employees approximately $900,000. The advances bear interest at 7.5% and 8.25%
per annum, are secured by the common stock of the Company and are presented as a
reduction of shareholders' equity in the accompanying consolidated balance
sheets.

     During 1999, the Company issued 9,000 shares of common stock to certain
other officers of the Company at the market price on the date of issuance. The
Company received approximately $100,000 cash and advanced the employees
approximately $100,000. The advances bear interest at 7.5% and 8.25% per annum,
are secured by the common stock of the Company and are presented as a reduction
of shareholders' equity in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

     The Company has agreed to pay an annual bonus for five years to these
officers amounting to 3% of the original purchase price of the shares. The
advances will become due and payable if the employees terminate their employment
with the Company.

     In connection with the sale of the development, construction and fee
management businesses (note 3) certain executive officers of the Company
resigned. Amounts due from these officers which related to the issuances of
shares, totaling approximately $447,000, were forgiven as a part of the sale.
The effect of this debt forgiveness is included in the loss on disposition of
those businesses in the accompanying financial statements.

     At December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, the total outstanding principal
balance on the employee advances was approximately $1,296,000, $2,219,000 and
$906,000 respectively, and is presented as a reduction in the Company's
statements of shareholders' equity.

                                      F-16
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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)

     A summary of changes in Options to acquire shares of Common Stock and
Operating Partnership Units, including grants and exercises pursuant to the
LESOP provision, for the three years ended December 31, 1999 is as follows:


                                                        WEIGHTED AVERAGE
                                        OPTIONS          EXERCISE PRICE
                                       ----------       ----------------
Outstanding at December 31, 1996.....     338,650            $22.53
     Granted.........................     416,500             29.46
     Exercised.......................    (218,625)            28.17
     Forfeited.......................     (13,025)            27.91
                                       ----------
Outstanding at December 31, 1997.....     523,500             25.40
     Granted.........................     663,250             28.78
     Exercised.......................    (338,581)            28.28
     Forfeited.......................     (52,850)            27.81
                                       ----------
Outstanding at December 31, 1998.....     795,319             26.87
     Granted.........................     371,750             22.25
     Exercised.......................      (1,300)            19.75
     Forfeited.......................    (219,550)            25.47
                                       ----------
Outstanding at December 31, 1999.....     946,219
                                       ==========
Options exercisable:
     December 31, 1997...............     140,500            $21.71
     December 31, 1998...............     208,769             23.19
     December 31, 1999...............     285,694             23.34


     Exercise prices for options outstanding as of December 31, 1999 ranged from
$19.75 to $29.50. The weighted average remaining contractual life of those
options is 7.3 years.

     On January 1, 1996, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation", which requires either the (i) fair value of employee
stock-based compensation plans be recorded as a component of compensation
expense in the statement of operations as of the date of grant of awards related
to such plans, or (ii) impact of such fair value on net income and earnings per
share be disclosed on a pro forma basis in a footnote to financial statements
for awards granted after December 15, 1994, if the accounting for such awards
continues to be in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25,
"Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," ("APB 25"). The Company will
continue such accounting under the provisions of APB 25. If the fair value
method of accounting allowed under SFAS No. 123 had been used by the Company,
the pro forma net income available to common shareholders would have been
$17,254,000, $14,681,000, $5,452,000 for 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. The
pro forma diluted net income available per common share would have been $0.92,
$0.78 and $0.39 for 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively. The calculation was
prepared using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following
factors: 1) risk free interest rate of 6.38%, 2) expected life of 7.3 years, 3)
expected volatility of 19.14%, and 4) expected dividends of 10.16%. The weighted
average fair value of all options granted during the year is $8,271,000 at a
weighted average option price of $22.25 per share.

11.  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK

     The Company has only limited involvement with derivative financial
instruments and does not use them for trading purposes. The Company occasionally
utilizes derivative financial instruments as hedges in anticipation of future
debt transactions to manage well-defined interest rate risk or as protection to
hedge the interest rate risk of the Company's variable rate debt by locking the
effective rate on portions of the outstanding lines of credit.

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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)


     In 1998 the Company entered an Interest Rate Swap Agreement which expires
on August 15, 2003 that effectively locks the interest rate the Company pays on
a portion of its AmSouth Credit Line. As of December 31, 1999, $25 million
notional amount was outstanding on this agreement with a fixed interest rate
paid by the Company of 7.57%. The fair value of this agreement at December 31,
1999 was $894,000.

12.  RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION

     During 1997 the Company acquired its corporate headquarters building for
$2,912,000 from a partnership whose partners included certain executive officers
of the Company. The consideration paid consisted of $862,000 cash, 22,246
Operating Partnership Units valued at $634,000 ($28.50 per unit) and the
assumption of an existing loan. Prior to acquisition the Company leased the
building from the partnership.

     Pursuant to a management contract with the Joint Venture, the Company
manages the operations of the 10 Joint Venture apartment communities for a fee
of 4% of the revenues of the Joint Venture. In 1999 the Company received
approximately $453,000 as management fees from the Joint Venture.

13.  SEGMENT INFORMATION

     At December 31, 1999, the Company owned or had an ownership interest in 130
multifamily apartment communities, including the 10 apartment communities owned
by the Joint Venture, in 13 different states from which it derives all
significant sources of earnings and operating cash flows. The Company's
operational structure is organized on a decentralized basis, with individual
property managers having overall responsibility and authority regarding the
operations of their respective properties. Each property manager individually
monitors local and area trends in rental rates, occupancy percentages, and
operating costs. Property managers are given the on-site responsibility and
discretion to react to such trends in the best interest of the Company. The
Company's chief operating decision maker evaluates the performance of each
individual property based on its contribution to net operating income in order
to ensure that the individual property continues to meet the Company's return
criteria and long term investment goals. The Company defines each of its
multifamily communities as an individual operating segment. It has also
determined that all of its communities have similar economic characteristics and
also meet the other criteria which permit the communities to be aggregated into
one reportable segment, which is acquisition, development, and operation of the
multifamily communities owned.

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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)

     The revenues, net operating income, assets and real estate investment
capital expenditures for the aggregated multifamily segment are summarized as
follows for the years ended as of December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997 (in 000's).
For purposes of this disclosure multifamily revenues, net operating income and
real estate assets include amounts related to the 10 properties owned by the
unconsolidated Joint Venture.

                                          1999         1998        1997
                                       -----------  -----------  ---------
Multifamily rental revenues..........  $   233,442  $   210,591  $ 135,673
Other multifamily revenues...........        2,116        2,248      1,426
                                       -----------  -----------  ---------
    Segment revenues.................      235,558      212,839    137,099
Reconciling items to consolidated
  revenues:
    Joint Venture revenues...........      (11,344)     --          --
    Management and development
      income, net....................          751        1,841        164
    Equity in loss of joint
      venture........................          (31)     --          --
    Interest income and other
      revenues.......................        1,388          863      1,853
                                       -----------  -----------  ---------
      Total revenues.................  $   226,322  $   215,543  $ 139,116
                                       ===========  ===========  =========
Multifamily net operating income.....      145,874      132,922     84,695
Reconciling items to net income
  available for common shareholders:
    Joint Venture net operating
      income.........................       (6,545)     --          --
    Management and development
      income, net....................          751        1,841        164
    Equity in loss of real estate
      joint venture..................          (31)     --          --
    Interest income and other
      revenues.......................        1,388          863      1,853
    Interest expense.................      (48,302)     (45,704)   (28,943)
    General and administrative
      expenses.......................      (14,479)     (11,960)    (6,602)
    Depreciation and amortization....      (49,903)     (46,021)   (27,737)
    Amortization of deferred
      financing costs................       (2,854)      (2,348)      (888)
    Gain on dispositions.............       10,237          408     --
    Extraordinary items, net.........          (67)        (990)    (8,622)
    Minority interest................       (2,497)      (2,254)    (2,693)
    Dividends on preferred shares....      (16,114)     (11,430)    (5,252)
                                       -----------  -----------  ---------
      Net income available for common
         shareholders................  $    17,458  $    15,327  $   5,975
                                       ===========  ===========  =========

                                          1999         1998
                                       -----------  -----------
ASSETS:
Multifamily real estate assets.......  $ 1,480,232  $ 1,412,078
Accumulated
  depreciation -- multifamily
  assets.............................     (148,839)    (117,773)
                                       -----------  -----------
                                         1,331,393    1,294,305
Reconciling items to total assets:
Joint Venture multifamily real estate
  assets, net........................      (98,323)     --
    Land held for future
      development....................        1,710       11,781
    Commercial properties, net.......        5,217        9,282
    Investment in and advances to
      real estate joint venture......        8,054      --
    Cash and Restricted Cash.........       26,629       16,519
    Other assets.....................       24,143       34,540
                                       -----------  -----------
         Total assets................  $ 1,298,823  $ 1,366,427
                                       ===========  ===========


                                          1999         1998        1997
                                       -----------  -----------  ---------
Multifamily expenditures for property
  improvements, acquisitions and
  construction.......................  $   107,508  $   204,031  $ 112,585
Less reconciling items:
    Joint Venture property
      improvements...................       (1,568)     --          --
                                       -----------  -----------  ---------
         Total expenditures for
           property improvements,
           acquisitions and
           construction..............  $   105,940  $   240,031  $ 112,585
                                       ===========  ===========  =========


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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)


14.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (UNAUDITED)

  DECLARATION OF DIVIDEND

     The Company declared a 1999 fourth quarter common stock dividend of $0.58
per share to be paid January 31, 2000 to holders of record on January 24, 2000.

  PROPERTY DISPOSITIONS

     On February 11, 2000, the Company sold the 120-unit Pine Trails apartment
community in Clinton, Mississippi for approximately $2,815,000 for cash. On
February 25, 2000, the Company sold the 248-unit MacArthur Ridge apartment
community for approximately $12,075,000 for cash. The proceeds from both
dispositions were to be used to reduce debt, fund the development pipeline, and
as a source of capital for future share repurchases.

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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)

15.  SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)

(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999
                                       -------------------------------------------
                                         FIRST      SECOND      THIRD      FOURTH
                                       ---------    -------   ---------    -------
<S>                                    <C>          <C>       <C>          <C>
Total revenues .....................   $ 57,089    $ 56,362    $ 56,983   $ 55,888
Income before minority interest in
  operating partnership income and
  extraordinary item ...............   $  7,512    $  2,275    $ 11,445   $ 14,904
Minority interest in operating
  partnership income (loss) ........   $  1,196    $   (414)   $    917   $    798
Extraordinary item, net of minority
  interest .........................   $    (67)       --          --         --
Net income (loss) available for
  common shareholders ..............   $  6,920    $ (1,340)   $  6,500   $  5,378
Per share:
Basic and diluted per share:
Net income available per common
  shares
     Before extraordinary item .....   $   0.37    $  (0.07)   $   0.34   $   0.29
     Extraordinary item ............       --          --          --         --
                                       --------    --------    --------   --------
     Net income available per common
       share .......................   $   0.37    $  (0.07)   $   0.34   $   0.29
                                       ========    ========    ========   ========
Dividend declared ..................   $  0.575    $  0.575    $  0.575   $   0.58
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998
                                       -------------------------------------------
                                         FIRST      SECOND      THIRD      FOURTH
                                       ---------    -------   ---------    -------
<S>                                    <C>          <C>       <C>          <C>
Total revenues.......................  $  50,982    $52,166   $  56,086    $56,309
Income before minority interest in
  operating partnership income and
  extraordinary item.................  $   7,467    $ 7,459   $   7,764    $ 7,311
Minority interest in operating
  partnership income.................  $     421    $   746   $     610    $   477
Extraordinary item, net of minority
  interest...........................  $    (371)   $  (619)  $  --        $ --
Net income (loss) available for
  common shareholder.................  $   4,412    $ 3,818   $   3,719    $ 3,378

Per share:
Basic and diluted per share:
Net income available per common
  shares
     Before extraordinary item.......  $    0.26    $  0.24   $    0.20    $  0.18
     Extraordinary item..............  $   (0.02)   $ (0.04)  $  --        $ --
                                       ---------    -------   ---------    -------
     Net income available per common
       share.........................  $    0.24    $  0.20   $    0.20    $  0.18
                                       =========    =======   =========    =======
Dividend declared....................  $    0.55    $  0.55   $    0.55    $ 0.575
</TABLE>

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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
                                  SCHEDULE III
                    REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
                               DECEMBER 31, 1999
                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                    GROSS
                                                                                                                    AMOUNT
                                                                                                                   CARRIED
                                                                                                                      AT
                                                                                                COST CAPITALIZED   DECEMBER
                                                                                                 SUBSEQUENT TO       31,
                                                                             INITIAL COST         ACQUISITION      1999(6)
                                                                         --------------------   ----------------   --------
                                                                                    BUILDING            BUILDING
                                                                                       AND                AND
PROPERTY NAME                          LOCATION           ENCUMBRANCES     LAND     FIXTURES    LAND    FIXTURES     LAND
- -------------------------------------  -------------------------------   --------   ---------   -----   --------   --------
<S>                                    <C>                <C>            <C>        <C>         <C>     <C>        <C>
The Advantages.......................  Jackson, MS            --    (1)  $    422   $   3,727   $--     $    949   $    422
McKellar Woods.......................  Memphis, TN            --    (8)       737      13,200    --        2,054        737
Pine Trails..........................  Clinton, MS          $  1,270          178       2,728    --          775        178
Reflection Pointe....................  Jackson, MS          $  5,882          710       8,770     140      2,517        850
Riverhills...........................  Grenada, MS          $    785          153       2,092    --          385        153
Woodridge............................  Jackson, MS          $  4,677          471       5,522    --          515        471
Greenbrook...........................  Memphis, TN            --    (8)     2,100      24,468      25      9,295      2,125
Steeplechase.........................  Hixson, TN             --    (9)       217       1,957    --        1,305        217
Clearbrook Village...................  Memphis, TN          $  1,014          260       3,658    --          992        260
Crossings............................  Memphis, TN            --    (1)       554       2,216    --          627        554
Eastview.............................  Memphis, TN          $ 11,696          700       9,646    --        1,633        700
Gleneagles...........................  Memphis, TN            --    (1)       443       3,983    --        1,851        443
The Park Estate......................  Memphis, TN            --    (8)       178       1,141    --          920        178
Winchester Square....................  Memphis, TN            --    (1)       350       7,279    --        1,187        350
Post House North.....................  Jackson, TN          $  3,461          381       4,299    --          862        381
Post House Jackson...................  Jackson, TN          $  5,052          443       5,078    --          754        443
The Oaks.............................  Jackson, TN            --    (1)       177       1,594    --          742        177
The Corners..........................  Winston-Salem, NC    $  4,081          685       6,165    --          673        685
Park Haywood.........................  Greenville, SC         --    (9)       325       2,925      35      2,595        360
Hickory Farm.........................  Memphis, TN            --    (1)       580       5,220    --          598        580
Stonemill Village....................  Louisville, KY         --    (1)     1,169      10,518    --        1,562      1,169
Canyon Creek.........................  St. Louis, MO          --    (1)       880       7,923     220      2,091      1,100
Whispering Oaks......................  Little Rock, AR        --              506       4,551    --        1,644        506
Pear Orchard.........................  Jackson, MS            --    (9)     1,352      12,168    --        1,444      1,352
Celery Stalk.........................  Dallas, TX           $  8,460        1,463      13,165    --        2,282      1,463
Hollybrook...........................  Dalton, GA             --              405       3,646    --        1,123        405
Green Tree Place.....................  Woodlands, TX        $  3,180          539       4,850    --          836        539
MacArthur Ridge......................  Irving, TX             --    (2)     1,131      10,183    --          763      1,131
Lincoln on the Green.................  Memphis, TN            --    (10)    1,498      13,484    --          993      1,498
Brentwood Downs......................  Nashville, TN          --    (3)     1,193      10,739    --          778      1,193
Shenandoah Ridge.....................  Augusta, GA            --    (9)       650       5,850    --        1,955        650
Westborough Crossing.................  Katy, TX             $  3,958          677       6,091    --          935        677
Woodbridge at the Lake...............  Jacksonville, FL       --    (3)       645       5,804    --        1,025        645
Lakepointe...........................  Lexington, KY          --    (9)       411       3,699    --          665        411
The Mansion..........................  Lexington, KY          --    (3)       694       6,242    --          999        694
The Village..........................  Lexington, KY          --    (9)       900       8,097    --        1,067        900
Cypresswood Court....................  Spring, TX           $  3,330          577       5,190    --          926        577
The Lodge at Timberglen..............  Dallas, TX           $  4,740          825       7,422    --        1,856        825
Calais Forest........................  Little Rock, AR      $ --            1,026       9,244    --        1,378      1,026
The Fairways.........................  Columbia, SC         $  7,566          910       8,207    --          523        910
Kirby Station........................  Memphis, TN            --    (9)     1,148      10,337    --        2,317      1,148
Belmere..............................  Tampa, FL              --    (9)       851       7,667    --        1,730        851
Williamsburg Village.................  Jackson, TN            --    (9)       523       4,711    --          543        523
Fairways @ Royal Oak.................  Cincinnati, OH         --    (9)       814       7,335    --          964        814
Tanglewood...........................  Anderson, SC         $  2,410          427       3,853    --          829        427
Woods at Post House..................  Jackson, TN          $  5,255          240       6,839    --          670        240
Somerset.............................  Jackson, MS            --    (9)       477       4,294    --          694        477
Highland Ridge.......................  Greenville, SC         --    (4)       482       4,337    --          473        482
Spring Creek.........................  Greenville, SC         --    (4)       597       5,374    --          667        597
St. Augustine........................  Jacksonville, FL       --    (5)     2,858       6,475    --        2,026      2,858
Cooper's Hawk........................  Jacksonville, FL       --    (5)       854       7,500    --          879        854
Marsh Oaks...........................  Atlantic Beach, FL     --    (9)       244       2,829    --          600        244
Park at Hermitage....................  Nashville, TN        $  7,770        1,524      14,800    --        1,638      1,524


                                                                                                        LIFE USED
                                                                                                        TO COMPUTE
                                                                                                       DEPRECIATION
                                       BUILDING                                                         IN LATEST
                                          AND                  ACCUMULATED                DATE OF         INCOME
PROPERTY NAME                          FIXTURES      TOTAL     DEPRECIATION     NET     CONSTRUCTION   STATEMENT(7)
- -------------------------------------  ---------   ---------   -----------   ---------  ------------   ------------
The Advantages.......................  $   4,676   $   5,098    $  (1,443)   $   3,655         1984       5 - 40
McKellar Woods.......................     15,254      15,991       (3,483)      12,508         1976       5 - 40
Pine Trails..........................      3,503       3,681       (1,348)       2,333         1978       5 - 40
Reflection Pointe....................     11,287      12,137       (2,061)      10,076         1986       5 - 40
Riverhills...........................      2,477       2,630         (692)       1,938         1972       5 - 40
Woodridge............................      6,037       6,508       (1,135)       5,373         1987       5 - 40
Greenbrook...........................     33,759      35,888       (6,565)      29,323         1986       5 - 40
Steeplechase.........................      3,262       3,479         (816)       2,663         1986       5 - 40
Clearbrook Village...................      4,650       4,910         (965)       3,945         1974       5 - 40
Crossings............................      2,843       3,397         (864)       2,533         1974       5 - 40
Eastview.............................     11,279      11,979       (2,780)       9,199         1974       5 - 40
Gleneagles...........................      5,834       6,277       (2,075)       4,202         1975       5 - 40
The Park Estate......................      2,061       2,239         (988)       1,251         1974       5 - 40
Winchester Square....................      8,466       8,816       (1,873)       6,943         1973       5 - 40
Post House North.....................      5,161       5,542         (980)       4,562         1987       5 - 40
Post House Jackson...................      5,832       6,275       (1,102)       5,173         1987       5 - 40
The Oaks.............................      2,336       2,513         (526)       1,987         1978       5 - 40
The Corners..........................      6,838       7,523       (1,433)       6,090         1982       5 - 40
Park Haywood.........................      5,520       5,880       (1,004)       4,876         1983       5 - 40
Hickory Farm.........................      5,818       6,398       (1,224)       5,174         1985       5 - 40
Stonemill Village....................     12,080      13,249       (2,525)      10,724         1985       5 - 40
Canyon Creek.........................     10,014      11,114       (1,991)       9,123         1987       5 - 40
Whispering Oaks......................      6,195       6,701       (1,369)       5,332         1978       5 - 40
Pear Orchard.........................     13,612      14,964       (2,792)      12,172         1985       5 - 40
Celery Stalk.........................     15,447      16,910       (3,044)      13,866         1978       5 - 40
Hollybrook...........................      4,769       5,174         (948)       4,226         1972       5 - 40
Green Tree Place.....................      5,686       6,225       (1,119)       5,106         1984       5 - 40
MacArthur Ridge......................     10,946      12,077       (2,131)       9,946         1991       5 - 40
Lincoln on the Green.................     14,477      15,975       (2,782)      13,193         1988       5 - 40
Brentwood Downs......................     11,517      12,710       (2,311)      10,399         1986       5 - 40
Shenandoah Ridge.....................      7,805       8,455       (1,628)       6,827         1982       5 - 40
Westborough Crossing.................      7,026       7,703       (1,370)       6,333         1984       5 - 40
Woodbridge at the Lake...............      6,829       7,474       (1,355)       6,119         1985       5 - 40
Lakepointe...........................      4,364       4,775         (879)       3,896         1986       5 - 40
The Mansion..........................      7,241       7,935       (1,381)       6,554         1987       5 - 40
The Village..........................      9,164      10,064       (1,825)       8,239         1989       5 - 40
Cypresswood Court....................      6,116       6,693       (1,167)       5,526         1984       5 - 40
The Lodge at Timberglen..............      9,278      10,103       (1,868)       8,235         1984       5 - 40
Calais Forest........................     10,622      11,648       (2,058)       9,590         1987       5 - 40
The Fairways.........................      8,730       9,640       (1,629)       8,011         1992       5 - 40
Kirby Station........................     12,654      13,802       (2,443)      11,359         1978       5 - 40
Belmere..............................      9,397      10,248       (1,698)       8,550         1984       5 - 40
Williamsburg Village.................      5,254       5,777       (1,016)       4,761         1987       5 - 40
Fairways @ Royal Oak.................      8,299       9,113       (1,559)       7,554         1988       5 - 40
Tanglewood...........................      4,682       5,109         (860)       4,249         1980       5 - 40
Woods at Post House..................      7,509       7,749       (1,817)       5,932         1995       5 - 40
Somerset.............................      4,988       5,465         (969)       4,496         1981       5 - 40
Highland Ridge.......................      4,810       5,292         (722)       4,570         1984       5 - 40
Spring Creek.........................      6,041       6,638         (910)       5,728         1984       5 - 40
St. Augustine........................      8,501      11,359       (1,754)       9,605         1987       5 - 40
Cooper's Hawk........................      8,379       9,233       (1,448)       7,785         1987       5 - 40
Marsh Oaks...........................      3,429       3,673         (630)       3,043         1986       5 - 40
Park at Hermitage....................     16,438      17,962       (2,765)      15,197         1987       5 - 40
</TABLE>

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                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
                                  SCHEDULE III
                    REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
                               DECEMBER 31, 1999
                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                    GROSS
                                                                                                                    AMOUNT
                                                                                                                   CARRIED
                                                                                                                      AT
                                                                                                COST CAPITALIZED   DECEMBER
                                                                                                 SUBSEQUENT TO       31,
                                                                             INITIAL COST         ACQUISITION      1999(6)
                                                                         --------------------   ----------------   --------
                                                                                    BUILDING            BUILDING
                                                                                       AND                AND
PROPERTY NAME                          LOCATION           ENCUMBRANCES     LAND     FIXTURES    LAND    FIXTURES     LAND
- -------------------------------------  -------------------------------   --------   ---------   -----   --------   --------
<S>                                    <C>                <C>            <C>        <C>         <C>     <C>        <C>
Anatole..............................  Daytona Beach, FL    $  7,000        1,227       5,879    --          676      1,227
The Savannahs........................  Melbourne, FL          --    (5)       582       7,868    --        1,551        582
Stassney Woods.......................  Austin, TX           $  4,595        1,621       7,501    --        1,537      1,621
Travis Station.......................  Austin, TX           $  4,065        2,282       6,169    --        1,058      2,282
Runaway Bay..........................  Mt. Pleasant, SC       --    (4)     1,085       7,269    --          849      1,085
The Township.........................  Hampton, VA          $ 10,800        1,509       8,189    --          709      1,509
Lakeside.............................  Jacksonville, FL       --    (9)     1,431      12,883     288      2,456      1,719
Crosswinds...........................  Jackson, MS            --    (9)     1,535      13,826    --        1,145      1,535
Sutton Place.........................  Horn Lake, MS          --    (9)       894       8,053    --          977        894
Savannah Creek.......................  Southaven, MS          --    (9)       778       7,013    --          609        778
Napa Valley..........................  Little Rock, AR        --    (9)       960       8,642    --          700        960
                                       Altamonte Springs,
Tiffany Oaks.........................  FL                     --    (9)     1,024       9,219    --        1,199      1,024
Lincoln on the Green II..............  Memphis, TN            --                0       6,999    --        6,987          0
Howell Commons.......................  Greenville, SC         --    (9)     1,304      11,740    --          672      1,304
Balcones Woods.......................  Austin, TX           $  8,608        1,598      14,398    --        1,635      1,598
Westside Creek I.....................  Little Rock, AR        --    (9)       616       5,559    --          495        616
Fairways at Hartland.................  Bowling Green, KY    $  4,552        1,038       9,342    --          766      1,038
Woodhollow...........................  Jacksonville, FL     $  9,784        1,686      15,179    --        1,732      1,686
Hunters Ridge at Deerwood............  Jacksonville, FL       --    (11)    1,533      13,835    --          494      1,533
Austin Chase.........................  Macon, GA              --    (11)    1,409      12,687    --         (433)     1,409
Westside Creek II....................  Little Rock, AR      $  4,875          654       5,904    --          237        654
Woodwinds............................  Aiken, SC            $  3,466          503       4,540    --          389        503
Hermitage at Beechtree...............  Cary, NC               --    (9)       900       8,099    --          851        900
Bradford Pointe (Sterling Ridge).....  Augusta, GA          $  4,760          772       6,949    --          420        772
Fountain Lake........................  Brunswick, GA        $  2,929          502       4,551    --          782        502
Hidden Lake I........................  Union City, GA       $  4,455          675       6,128    --          348        675
Hidden Lake II.......................  Union City, GA         --    (9)       621       5,587    --          224        621
High Ridge...........................  Athens, GA             --    (9)       884       7,958    --          289        884
Paddock Club Columbia................  Columbia, SC           --    (3)     1,840      16,560    --          469      1,840
Paddock Club Huntsville..............  Huntsville, AL         --              830       7,470    --          403        830
Paddock Club Jacksonville I..........  Jacksonville, FL       --    (10)      963       8,739    --          273        963
Paddock Club Lakeland................  Lakeland, FL           --    (10)    2,254      20,452    --          974      2,254
Paddock Club Tallahassee I...........  Tallahassee, FL        --    (3)       950       8,550    --          270        950
Paddock Park I.......................  Ocala, FL            $  6,805          901       8,177    --          544        901
Paddock Park II......................  Ocala, FL              --    (3)     1,383      12,547    --          509      1,383
Park Place...........................  Spartanburg, SC        --    (9)       723       6,504    --          812        723
Park Walk............................  College Park, GA     $  3,343          536       4,859    --          281        536
River Trace I........................  Memphis, TN          $  5,648          881       7,996    --          703        881
River Trace II.......................  Memphis, TN          $  5,583          741       6,727    --          303        741
Riverwind............................  Columbus, GA           --              108         979    --          223        108
Southland Station I..................  Warner Robins, GA      --    (9)       777       6,992    --          571        777
Southland Station II.................  Warner Robins, GA      --              693       6,292    --          229        693
Three Oaks I.........................  Valdosta, GA         $  2,801          462       4,188    --          494        462
Three Oaks II........................  Valdosta, GA         $  2,885          460       4,170    --          227        460
The Vistas...........................  Macon, GA            $  4,015          595       5,403    --          399        595
Westbury Creek.......................  Augusta, GA          $  3,121          400       3,626    --          373        400
Westbury Springs.....................  Lilburn, GA          $  4,186          665       6,038    --          441        665
Whispering Pines I...................  LaGrange, GA         $  2,701          454       4,116    --          343        454
Whispering Pines II..................  LaGrange, GA         $  2,482          370       3,354    --          248        370
Whisperwood..........................  Columbus, GA           --    (2)     2,330      20,970    --        1,686      2,330
Whisperwood Spa I....................  Columbus, GA           --    (2)     1,510      13,590    --          474      1,510
Wildwood I...........................  Thomasville, GA      $  2,034          438       3,971    --          240        438
Wildwood II..........................  Thomasville, GA      $  1,985          372       3,372    --          155        372
Willow Creek.........................  Columbus, GA           --    (9)       614       5,523    --          678        614


                                                                                                        LIFE USED
                                                                                                        TO COMPUTE
                                                                                                       DEPRECIATION
                                       BUILDING                                                         IN LATEST
                                          AND                  ACCUMULATED                DATE OF         INCOME
PROPERTY NAME                          FIXTURES      TOTAL     DEPRECIATION     NET     CONSTRUCTION   STATEMENT(7)
- -------------------------------------  ---------   ---------   -----------   ---------  ------------   ------------
Anatole..............................      6,555       7,782       (1,145)       6,637         1986       5 - 40
The Savannahs........................      9,419      10,001       (1,549)       8,452         1990       5 - 40
Stassney Woods.......................      9,038      10,659       (1,514)       9,145         1985       5 - 40
Travis Station.......................      7,227       9,509       (1,226)       8,283         1987       5 - 40
Runaway Bay..........................      8,118       9,203       (1,345)       7,858         1988       5 - 40
The Township.........................      8,898      10,407       (1,366)       9,041         1987       5 - 40
Lakeside.............................     15,339      17,058       (2,418)      14,640         1985       5 - 40
Crosswinds...........................     14,971      16,506       (1,917)      14,589    1988/1990       5 - 40
Sutton Place.........................      9,030       9,924       (1,152)       8,772         1991       5 - 40
Savannah Creek.......................      7,622       8,400         (973)       7,427         1989       5 - 40
Napa Valley..........................      9,342      10,302       (1,083)       9,219         1984       5 - 40

Tiffany Oaks.........................     10,418      11,442       (1,140)      10,302         1985       5 - 40
Lincoln on the Green II..............     13,986      13,986       (1,269)      12,717         1997       5 - 40
Howell Commons.......................     12,412      13,716       (1,302)      12,414    1986/1988       5 - 40
Balcones Woods.......................     16,033      17,631       (1,653)      15,978         1983       5 - 40
Westside Creek I.....................      6,054       6,670         (612)       6,058         1984       5 - 40
Fairways at Hartland.................     10,108      11,146       (1,024)      10,122         1996       5 - 40
Woodhollow...........................     16,911      18,597       (1,752)      16,845         1986       5 - 40
Hunters Ridge at Deerwood............     14,329      15,862         (636)      15,226         1987       5 - 40
Austin Chase.........................     12,254      13,663         (501)      13,162         1996       5 - 40
Westside Creek II....................      6,141       6,795         (502)       6,293         1986       5 - 40
Woodwinds............................      4,929       5,432         (398)       5,034         1988       5 - 40
Hermitage at Beechtree...............      8,950       9,850         (675)       9,175         1988       5 - 40
Bradford Pointe (Sterling Ridge).....      7,369       8,141         (557)       7,584         1986       5 - 40
Fountain Lake........................      5,333       5,835         (426)       5,409         1983       5 - 40
Hidden Lake I........................      6,476       7,151         (486)       6,665         1985       5 - 40
Hidden Lake II.......................      5,811       6,432         (432)       6,000         1987       5 - 40
High Ridge...........................      8,247       9,131         (611)       8,520         1987       5 - 40
Paddock Club Columbia................     17,029      18,869       (1,241)      17,628    1989/1995       5 - 40
Paddock Club Huntsville..............      7,873       8,703         (577)       8,126         1989       5 - 40
Paddock Club Jacksonville I..........      9,012       9,975         (672)       9,303         1989       5 - 40
Paddock Club Lakeland................     21,426      23,680       (1,606)      22,074    1988/1990       5 - 40
Paddock Club Tallahassee I...........      8,820       9,770         (659)       9,111         1990       5 - 40
Paddock Park I.......................      8,721       9,622         (674)       8,948         1986       5 - 40
Paddock Park II......................     13,056      14,439         (991)      13,448         1988       5 - 40
Park Place...........................      7,316       8,039         (550)       7,489         1987       5 - 40
Park Walk............................      5,140       5,676         (386)       5,290         1985       5 - 40
River Trace I........................      8,699       9,580         (654)       8,926         1981       5 - 40
River Trace II.......................      7,030       7,771         (536)       7,235         1985       5 - 40
Riverwind............................      1,202       1,310          (89)       1,221         1983       5 - 40
Southland Station I..................      7,563       8,340         (565)       7,775         1987       5 - 40
Southland Station II.................      6,521       7,214         (481)       6,733         1990       5 - 40
Three Oaks I.........................      4,682       5,144         (354)       4,790         1983       5 - 40
Three Oaks II........................      4,397       4,857         (334)       4,523         1984       5 - 40
The Vistas...........................      5,802       6,397         (427)       5,970         1985       5 - 40
Westbury Creek.......................      3,999       4,399         (310)       4,089         1984       5 - 40
Westbury Springs.....................      6,479       7,144         (474)       6,670         1983       5 - 40
Whispering Pines I...................      4,459       4,913         (342)       4,571         1982       5 - 40
Whispering Pines II..................      3,602       3,972         (268)       3,704         1984       5 - 40
Whisperwood..........................     22,656      24,986       (1,645)      23,341    1981/1986       5 - 40
Whisperwood Spa I....................     14,064      15,574       (1,054)      14,520         1988       5 - 40
Wildwood I...........................      4,211       4,649         (311)       4,338         1980       5 - 40
Wildwood II..........................      3,527       3,899         (266)       3,633         1984       5 - 40
Willow Creek.........................      6,201       6,815         (473)       6,342    1971/1977       5 - 40
</TABLE>

                                      F-23
<PAGE>
                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
                                  SCHEDULE III
                    REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
                               DECEMBER 31, 1999
                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                    GROSS
                                                                                                                    AMOUNT
                                                                                                                   CARRIED
                                                                                                                      AT
                                                                                                                   DECEMBER
                                                                                                COST CAPITALIZED     31,
                                                                                                 SUBSEQUENT TO
                                                                             INITIAL COST         ACQUISITION      1999(6)
                                                                         --------------------   ----------------   --------
                                                                                    BUILDING            BUILDING
                                                                                       AND                AND
PROPERTY NAME                          LOCATION           ENCUMBRANCES     LAND     FIXTURES    LAND    FIXTURES     LAND
- -------------------------------------  -------------------------------   --------   ---------   -----   --------   --------
<S>                                    <C>                <C>            <C>        <C>         <C>     <C>        <C>
Windridge............................  Chattanooga, TN      $  5,391          817       7,416    --          344        817
2000 Wynnton.........................  Columbus, GA           --              192       1,741    --          197        192
Paddock Club Tallahassee II..........  Tallahassee, FL      $  4,691          530       4,805    --          128        530
Paddock Club Jacksonville II.........  Jacksonville, FL       --    (10)      689       6,255    --           56        689
Paddock Club Florence................  Florence, KY         $  9,620        1,209      10,969    --          362      1,209
Paddock Club Greenville..............  Greenville, SC         --            1,200      10,800    --          315      1,200
Paddock Club Brandon I...............  Brandon, FL            --    (3)     2,100      18,900    --          134      2,100
Terraces at Towne Lake I.............  Woodstock, GA        $ 15,132        1,689      15,321    --           51      1,689
Paddock Club Jacksonville III........  Jacksonville, FL       --    (10)      642       5,756    --          122        642
Paddock Club Huntsville II...........  Huntsville, AL         --              909      10,152    --           56        909
Paddock Club Mandarin................  Jacksonville, FL       --    (3)     1,410      14,967    --          147      1,410
Enclave at Whisperwood...............  Columbus, GA           --    (2)       450       8,162    --           53        450
Terraces at Fieldstone...............  Conyers, GA            --    (3)     1,284      15,819    --        --         1,284
Abbington Place at SouthPoint........  Huntsville, AL         --    (3)       524       4,724    --          741        524
Eagle Ridge..........................  Birmingham, AL       $  6,349          851       7,667    --          636        851
Georgetown Grove.....................  Savannah, GA         $ 10,460        1,288      11,579    --          210      1,288
Courtyards at Campbell...............  Dallas, TX             --    (2)       988       8,893    --          680        988
Deer Run.............................  Dallas, TX             --    (2)     1,252      11,271    --        1,163      1,252
Highwood.............................  Plano, TX              --              864       7,783    --          755        864
Links at Carrollwood.................  Tampa, FL            $  5,704          817       7,355    --        1,093        817
                                       St. Simons Island,
Island Retreat.......................  GA                   $  3,388          510       4,594    --          435        510
                                                          ------------   --------   ---------   -----   --------   --------
Total Completed Communities..........                       $262,801     $110,642   $ 997,152   $ 708   $119,454   $111,350
                                                          ------------   --------   ---------   -----   --------   --------
Construction of units in lease-up:
- -------------------------------------
Reserve at Dexter Lake...............  Memphis, TN            --    (2)     1,260      16,043              --         1,260
Paddock Club Gainesville.............  Gainesville, FL        --    (2)     1,800      15,879              --         1,800
Terraces at Towne Lake II............  Woodstock, GA          --    (3)     1,331      11,918              --         1,331
Paddock Club Panama City.............  Panama City, FL        --    (2)       898      14,276              --           898
Paddock Club Murfreesboro............  Murfreesboro, TN       --    (2)       915      14,774              --           915
Paddock Club Brandon II..............  Brandon, FL            --    (3)       796       7,211              --           796
Paddock Club Montgomery..............  Montgomery, AL         --    (3)       965      13,190              --           965
Grand Reserve Lexington..............  Lexington, KY          --    (2)       392      18,849              --           392
Kenwood Park.........................  Katy, TX               --              109      12,275              --           109
                                                          ------------   --------   ---------   -----   --------   --------
Total Construction of units in
  lease-up...........................                       $ --         $  8,466   $ 124,415   $--     $  --      $  8,466
Construction of units in process:
- -------------------------------------
Reserve at Dexter Lake II............  Memphis, TN            --            --         --                  7,583      --
Grand View Nashville.................  Nashville, TN          --    (2)     --         --                 11,257      --
                                                          ------------   --------   ---------   -----   --------   --------
Total Construction of Units in
  process............................                       $ --         $  --      $  --       $--     $ 18,840   $  --
                                                          ------------   --------   ---------   -----   --------   --------
Total Apartments.....................                       $262,801     $119,108   $1,121,567  $ 708   $138,294   $119,816
                                                          ------------   --------   ---------   -----   --------   --------
Land held for future developments....  Various                --            1,710    --        --        --         1,710
Commercial properties................  Various                --              300       2,769    --        4,229        300
                                                          ------------   --------   ---------   -----   --------   --------
Total other..........................                       $ --         $  2,010   $   2,769   $--     $  4,229   $  2,010
                                                          ------------   --------   ---------   -----   --------   --------
Total Real Estate Assets.............                       $262,801     $121,118   $1,124,336  $ 708   $142,523   $121,826
                                                          ============   ========   =========   =====   ========   ========


                                                                                                        LIFE USED
                                                                                                        TO COMPUTE
                                                                                                       DEPRECIATION
                                       BUILDING                                                         IN LATEST
                                          AND                  ACCUMULATED                DATE OF         INCOME
PROPERTY NAME                          FIXTURES      TOTAL     DEPRECIATION     NET     CONSTRUCTION   STATEMENT(7)
- -------------------------------------  ---------   ---------   -----------   ---------  ------------   ------------
Windridge............................      7,760       8,577         (574)       8,003         1984       5 - 40
2000 Wynnton.........................      1,938       2,130         (148)       1,982         1983       5 - 40
Paddock Club Tallahassee II..........      4,933       5,463         (366)       5,097         1995       5 - 40
Paddock Club Jacksonville II.........      6,311       7,000         (465)       6,535         1996       5 - 40
Paddock Club Florence................     11,331      12,540         (839)      11,701         1994       5 - 40
Paddock Club Greenville..............     11,115      12,315         (806)      11,509         1996       5 - 40
Paddock Club Brandon I...............     19,034      21,134       (1,392)      19,742         1997       5 - 40
Terraces at Towne Lake I.............     15,372      17,061       (1,127)      15,934         1997       5 - 40
Paddock Club Jacksonville III........      5,878       6,520         (312)       6,208         1997       5 - 40
Paddock Club Huntsville II...........     10,208      11,117         (411)      10,706         1998       5 - 40
Paddock Club Mandarin................     15,114      16,524         (612)      15,912         1998       5 - 40
Enclave at Whisperwood...............      8,215       8,665         (329)       8,336         1998       5 - 40
Terraces at Fieldstone...............     15,819      17,103         (501)      16,602         1998       5 - 40
Abbington Place at SouthPoint........      5,465       5,989         (354)       5,635         1987       5 - 40
Eagle Ridge..........................      8,303       9,154         (468)       8,686         1986       5 - 40
Georgetown Grove.....................     11,789      13,077         (650)      12,427         1997       5 - 40
Courtyards at Campbell...............      9,573      10,561         (458)      10,103         1986       5 - 40
Deer Run.............................     12,434      13,686         (582)      13,104         1985       5 - 40
Highwood.............................      8,538       9,402         (407)       8,995         1983       5 - 40
Links at Carrollwood.................      8,448       9,265         (459)       8,806         1980       5 - 40

Island Retreat.......................      5,029       5,539         (177)       5,362         1978       5 - 40
                                       ---------   ---------   -----------   ---------
Total Completed Communities..........  $1,116,606  $1,227,960   $(145,160)   $1,082,800
                                       ---------   ---------   -----------   ---------
Construction of units in lease-up:
- -------------------------------------
Reserve at Dexter Lake...............     16,043      17,303         (240)      17,063         1999       5 - 40
Paddock Club Gainesville.............     15,879      17,679         (420)      17,259         1999       5 - 40
Terraces at Towne Lake II............     11,918      13,249         (289)      12,960         1999       5 - 40
Paddock Club Panama City.............     14,276      15,174         (364)      14,810         1999       5 - 40
Paddock Club Murfreesboro............     14,774      15,689         (138)      15,551         1999       5 - 40
Paddock Club Brandon II..............      7,211       8,007       --            8,007         1999       5 - 40
Paddock Club Montgomery..............     13,190      14,155       --           14,155         1999       5 - 40
Grand Reserve Lexington..............     18,849      19,241       --           19,241      --            N/A
Kenwood Park.........................     12,275      12,384       --           12,384      --            N/A
                                       ---------   ---------   -----------   ---------
Total Construction of units in
  lease-up...........................  $ 124,415   $ 132,881    $  (1,451)   $ 131,430
Construction of units in process:
- -------------------------------------
Reserve at Dexter Lake II............      7,583       7,583       --            7,583      --            N/A
Grand View Nashville.................     11,257      11,257       --           11,257      --            N/A
                                       ---------   ---------   -----------   ---------
Total Construction of Units in
  process............................  $  18,840   $  18,840    $  --        $  18,840
                                       ---------   ---------   -----------   ---------
Total Apartments.....................  $1,259,861  $1,379,681   $(146,611)   $1,233,070
                                       ---------   ---------   -----------   ---------
Land held for future developments....     --           1,710       --            1,710      N/A              N/A
Commercial properties................      6,998       7,298       (2,081)       5,217      Various       5 - 40
                                       ---------   ---------   -----------   ---------
Total other..........................  $   6,998   $   9,008    $  (2,081)   $   6,927
                                       ---------   ---------   -----------   ---------
Total Real Estate Assets.............  $1,266,859  $1,388,689   $(148,692)   $1,239,997
                                       =========   =========   ===========   =========
</TABLE>

                                      F-24
<PAGE>
                       MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
                                  SCHEDULE III
                           REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
                                DECEMBER 31, 1999
                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                    GROSS
                                                                                                                    AMOUNT
                                                                                                                   CARRIED
                                                                                                                      AT
                                                                                                COST CAPITALIZED   DECEMBER
                                                                                                 SUBSEQUENT TO       31,
                                                                             INITIAL COST         ACQUISITION      1999(6)
                                                                         --------------------   ----------------   --------
                                                                                    BUILDING            BUILDING
                                                                                       AND                AND
PROPERTY NAME                          LOCATION           ENCUMBRANCES     LAND     FIXTURES    LAND    FIXTURES     LAND
- -------------------------------------  -------------------------------   --------   ---------   -----   --------   --------
<S>                                    <C>                               <C>



                                                                                                        LIFE USED
                                                                                                        TO COMPUTE
                                                                                                       DEPRECIATION
                                       BUILDING                                                         IN LATEST
                                          AND                  ACCUMULATED                DATE OF         INCOME
PROPERTY NAME                          FIXTURES      TOTAL     DEPRECIATION     NET     CONSTRUCTION   STATEMENT(7)
- -------------------------------------  ---------   ---------   -----------   ---------  ------------   ------------

</TABLE>

     Note:  This schedule excludes the dispositions.

       (1) These ten properties are encumbered by a $43.4 million note payable
           with an interest rate of 8.65% at December 31, 1999, maturing July 1,
           2001.

       (2) Encumbered by the AmSouth Credit Line, with an outstanding balance of
           $60.2 million at December 31, 1999 and a variable interest rate of
           7.15%.

       (3) Encumbered by the FNMA Credit Line, with an outstanding balance of
           $113.2 million at December 31, 1999 and a variable interest rate of
           6.28%.

       (4) These three properties are encumbered by a $9.86 million mortgage
           securing a tax-exempt bond amortizing over 25 years with an average
           interest rate of 6.09%.

       (5) These three properties are encumbered by a $16.1 million mortgage
           securing a tax-exempt bond amortizing over 25 years with an average
           interest rate of 5.75%.

       (6) The aggregate cost for Federal income tax purposes was approximately
           $1,015 million at December 31, 1999. The total gross amount of real
           estate assets for GAAP purposes exceeds the aggregate cost for
           Federal income tax purposes, principally due to purchase accounting
           adjustments recorded under generally accepted accounting principles.

       (7) Depreciation is on a straight line basis over the estimated useful
           asset life which ranges from 8 to 40 years for land improvements and
           buildings and 5 years for furniture, fixtures and equipment.

       (8) These 3 properties, and one commercial building, are encumbered by a
           $35.3 million mortgage with a maturity of April 1, 2005.

       (9) These 26 communities are encumbered by a $142 million loan with a
           maturity of March 3, 2003 and an average interest rate of 6.376%.

      (10) These five communities are encumbered by a $47.5 million note payable
           with a maturity of December 15, 2004 and an interest rate of 7.04%.

      (11) These two properties are encumbered by a $14 million mortgage
           securing a tax-exempt bond amortizing over 25 years with an average
           interest rate of 5.281%.

                                      F-25
<PAGE>
                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
                                  SCHEDULE III
              REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

     A summary of activity for real estate investments and accumulated
depreciation is as follows:


                                               YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                           1999          1998          1997
                                       ------------  ------------  ------------
                                                (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
Real estate investments:
     Balance at beginning of year....  $  1,434,733  $  1,211,693  $    641,893
     Acquisitions....................       --             91,895       140,858
     Improvements and development....       105,940       136,933        36,298
     Assets acquired from business
       combination...................       --            --            392,644
     Disposition of real estate
       assets........................      (152,015)       (5,788)      --
     Investment in and advances to
       real estate joint
       venture.......................         8,085       --            --
                                       ------------  ------------  ------------
          Balance at end of year.....  $  1,396,743  $  1,434,733  $  1,211,693
                                       ============  ============  ============
Accumulated depreciation:
     Balance at beginning of year....  $    117,773  $     76,989  $     49,558
     Depreciation....................        48,687        41,556        27,431
     Disposition of real estate
       assets........................       (19,849)         (772)      --
                                       ------------  ------------  ------------
          Balance at end of year.....  $    146,611  $    117,773  $     76,989
                                       ============  ============  ============


The Company's consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 1999 includes
accumulated depreciation of $2,081 in the caption "Commercial properties,
net".

                 See accompanying independent auditors' report.

                                      F-26

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-10.4
<SEQUENCE>2
<TEXT>

                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.4


                  SIXTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

            This Sixth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement (the "Sixth
Amendment") is dated as of November 12, 1999, among MID-AMERICA APARTMENT
COMMUNITIES, INC. ("MAAC"), MID-AMERICA APARTMENTS, L.P. ("Mid-America"), the
financial institutions listed on SCHEDULE 1, as amended or supplemented from
time to time (the "Lenders"), and AMSOUTH BANK, an Alabama banking corporation,
as Administrative Agent for the Lenders, its successors and assigns (in such
capacity, the "Administrative Agent").

                                    RECITALS

            A. MAAC, Mid-America, certain Lenders and the Administrative Agent
entered into that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of March 16, 1998,
executed in amendment and restatement of that certain Revolving Credit Agreement
among MAAC, Mid-America, the Administrative Agent and certain lenders, dated
November 20, 1997, as amended by First Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of May 15, 1998, by Second Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of October 1, 1998, by Third Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of November 12, 1998, by Fourth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of March 31, 1999, and by Fifth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of May 28, 1999 (as it may be amended further from time to time, the
"Agreement"). Unless otherwise defined in this Sixth Amendment, capitalized
terms shall the meaning assigned to them in the Agreement.

            B. The Borrowers have requested that the Agreement be amended to
extend the Maturity Date and to modify certain other provisions of the
Agreement.

            C. The parties to the Agreement desire to execute this Sixth
Amendment to evidence the extension of the Maturity Date and the other
modifications.

                                    AGREEMENT

            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above Recitals, the parties
hereby agree as follows:

      1. SECTION 1.1, The Loans, is hereby amended by deleting the amount of
         "$200,000,000" and replacing it with the amount of "$150,000,000".

      2. SECTION 1.3, Commitments, is hereby amended by deleting the amount of
         "$200,000,000.00" and replacing it with the amount of
         "$150,000,000.00".

      3. SECTION 1.11(A), Letter of Credit Fees, is hereby amended by replacing
         the percentage of (a) one and fifteen hundredths of one percent (1.15%)
         with one and fifty hundredths of one percent (1.50%), and (b) one
         fortieth of one percent (.025%) with

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         five hundredths of one percent (.05%), to be effective for any Letters
         of Credit issued or renewed after the date of this Sixth Amendment.

      4. SECTION 1.11(C), Facility Fee, is hereby deleted in its entirety and
         replaced with the following:

         (c) Facility Fee

             The Borrowers shall pay to Lenders in accordance with their
             respective Proportionate Share an annual fee quarterly in arrears
             beginning December 31, 1999 (the "Facility Fee"). Said Facility Fee
             shall be determined based upon the then current ratio of Total
             Liabilities to Total Market Value of Assets, as follows:

             TOTAL LIABILITIES/TOTAL
             MARKET VALUE OF ASSETS              FACILITY FEE

                     < 55%                         20 basis points
                     > 55% but <60%                20 basis points
                     -
                     > 60%                         25 basis points
                     -

      5. SECTION 1.11, Fees, is further amended by adding the following
         subclauses:

         (i) In consideration of this Sixth Amendment, the Borrowers shall pay
         to the Lenders on the date hereof an extension fee equal to 22.5 basis
         points of the Commitments ($337,500.00). An additional extension fee
         shall be payable by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent on the
         date hereof pursuant to a separate letter agreement between the
         Administrative Agent and the Borrowers.

         (j) The Borrowers shall pay the Administrative Agent such other fees as
         required by the Administrative Agent in a separate letter agreement
         between the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers.

      6. SECTION 1.13, Interest, is hereby amended by deleting therefrom
         subclause (e)(1).

      7. SECTION 6.8, Other Financial Covenants, is hereby amended as follows:

         (a) Subsection (a) is hereby amended by replacing "sixty percent (60%)"
         with "sixty-two percent (62%)".

         (b) Subsection (b) is hereby amended by replacing "ten percent (10%)"
         with "seven and one-half of one percent (7.5%)".

         (c) Subsection (c) is hereby amended by replacing "1.75" with "1.70".

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         (d) Subsection (e) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with
         the following:

             (e) Fail to maintain at all times a consolidated Tangible Net Worth
             which is not less than Five Hundred Fifty Million Dollars
             ($550,000,000) plus seventy percent (70%) of net proceeds of new
             equity offerings, which calculation shall include accumulated
             depreciation.

         (e) Subsection (f) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with
             the following:

             (f) Through the quarter ended June 30, 2000, permit the ratio of
         Adjusted NOI for all Mortgaged Properties (based on the prior three (3)
         months, annualized) to Assumed Debt Service to be less than 1.25 to
         1.0. For the quarter ended September 30, 2000, permit such ratio to be
         less than 1.35 to 1.0. Thereafter, permit such ratio to be less than
         1.50 to 1.0.

         (f) Subsection (g) is hereby amended by replacing "22.5%" with "10%".

         (g) A new subsection (h) is hereby added as follows:

             (h) Fail to maintain as of the end of each fiscal quarter a ratio
             of Adjusted NOI from Stabilized Properties only (based on the prior
             three (3) months, annualized) to Assumed Debt Service for the same
             period (utilizing a 30-year assumed amortization period instead of
             a 25-year period) of at least 1.25 to 1.0, commencing with the
             quarter ended March 31, 2000.

      8. SECTION 7.1, Events of Default, is hereby amended by deleting
         subsection (k) thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the
         following:

         (k) if MAAC shall cease to be the sole general partner of Mid-America;
             or if any single Person or related group of Persons shall control
             more than twenty percent (20%), in the aggregate, of MAAC's voting
             shares and Mid- America's partnership interests. Exchanges by
             existing limited partners of Mid-America of their respective
             limited partnership interests for capital stock of MAAC, not
             exceeding, in the aggregate, as to all such exchanges, transfers of
             not more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the partnership
             interests of Mid- America, shall not constitute an Event of
             Default; or

      9. SECTION 10.6, Amendments and Waivers, is hereby amended by adding a new
         subsection (h) as follows:

         (h) permits a change in control. For purposes of this subsection (h), a
             "change in control" shall have occurred if MAAC shall cease to be
             the sole general

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             partner of Mid-America or if any single Person or related group of
             Persons shall control more than twenty percent (20%), in the
             aggregate, of MAAC's voting shares and Mid-America's partnership
             interests. Exchanges by existing limited partners of Mid-America of
             their respective limited partnership interests for capital stock of
             MAAC, not exceeding, in the aggregate, as to all such exchanges,
             transfers of not more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the
             partnership interests of Mid-America, shall not constitute a change
             in control hereunder.

      10. SECTION 11.1, Definitions, is hereby amended as follows:

         (a) The definition of "Borrowing Base" is hereby amended by (i)
         deleting the last sentence thereof (added pursuant to the Fourth
         Amendment) and (ii) replacing "$50,000,000" with "$41,250,000".
         Commencing January 1, 2001, said $41,250,000 limitation shall have a
         sublimit of $15,000,000 for Development Projects for which all
         appropriate Certificates of Occupancy have not yet been issued.

         (b) The definition of "Fees" is hereby amended by replacing "(E)" with
         "(J)".

         (c) The definition of "Margin" is hereby deleted in its entirety and
         replaced with the following:

             MARGIN shall be determined based upon the then applicable ratio of
         Total Liabilities to Total Market Value of Assets, as follows:

             TOTAL LIABILITIES/TOTAL
             MARKET VALUE OF ASSETS                 LIBOR MARGIN

                     < 55%                         145 basis points
                     > 55% but <60%                165 basis points
                     -
                     > 60%                         175 basis points
                     -

         (d) The definition of "Maturity Date" is hereby amended by replacing
         "November 24, 2000" with "November 24, 2001".

      11. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that EBITDA shall include
          Borrowers' pro rata share of NOI directly resulting from any joint
          venture arrangement with any Person.

      12. SCHEDULE 1 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with
          SCHEDULE 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

      13. SCHEDULE 2 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with
          SCHEDULE 2 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

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      14. SCHEDULE 3 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with
          SCHEDULE 3 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

      15. SCHEDULE 4 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with
          SCHEDULE 4 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

      16. EXHIBIT J is hereby amended by replacing the Debt Covenant Worksheet
          for Compliance Certificate with the Worksheet attached hereto and made
          a part hereof.

      17. This Sixth Amendment shall not be effective until the following
          conditions have been fulfilled:

          a. The Administrative Agent has received a fully executed original of
             this Sixth Amendment;

          b. The Administrative Agent has received an original Note executed to
             the order of each Lender, in the principal amount of such Lender's
             commitment and evidencing such Lender's Loans;

          c. The fees required herein have been received by the Administrative
             Agent;

          d. The Administrative Agent has received appropriate resolutions of
             the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries authorizing the transactions
             contemplated herein;

          e. The Administrative Agent has received an opinion of counsel to each
             of the Borrowers, which opinion shall be satisfactory to the
             Administrative Agent in all respects; and

          f. The Administrative Agent has received a confirmation from each
             Subsidiary that is a Mortgagor that its Subsidiary Guaranty is in
             full force and effect.

          Except as expressly amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect in accordance with its terms.

          Each Borrower represents and warrants that no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing under the Agreement, nor does any event that upon
notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such an Event of Default exist.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Sixth Amendment as
of the date first set forth above.

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                                Signature page to
                  Sixth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement


                              MID-AMERICA APARTMENT
                              COMMUNITIES, INC.

                              By __________________________________
                              Name________________________________
                              Title_________________________________

<PAGE>
                                Signature page to
                  Sixth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement


                              MID-AMERICA APARTMENTS, L.P.

                              By Mid-America Apartment
                              Communities, Inc.
                                Its Sole General Partner

                              By _________________________________
                              Name_______________________________
                              Title________________________________

<PAGE>
                                Signature page to
                  Sixth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement



                              AMSOUTH BANK,
                              in its individual capacity as Lender
                              and as Administrative Agent

                              By __________________________________
                              Name________________________________
                              Title_________________________________

<PAGE>
                                Signature page to
                  Sixth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement


                              HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK

                              By ________________________________
                              Name______________________________
                              Title_______________________________

<PAGE>
                                Signature page to
                  Sixth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement


                              COMMERZBANK AG
                              NEW YORK AND GRAND CAYMAN
                              BRANCHES

                              By _______________________________
                              Name_____________________________
                              Title______________________________


                              By _______________________________
                              Name_____________________________
                              Title______________________________

<PAGE>
                                Signature page to
                  Sixth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement


                              PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                              By _______________________________
                              Name_____________________________
                              Title______________________________

<PAGE>
                                Signature page to
                  Sixth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement


                              FIRST TENNESSEE BANK, N.A.

                              By _______________________________
                              Name_____________________________
                              Title______________________________

<PAGE>
                                Signature page to
                  Sixth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement


                              NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE

                              By _______________________________
                              Name_____________________________
                              Title______________________________

<PAGE>
                                Signature page to
                  Sixth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement


                              MELLON BANK, N.A.

                              By _______________________________
                              Name_____________________________
                              Title______________________________

<PAGE>
                                Signature page to
                  Sixth Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement


                              NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE OF
                              BIRMINGHAM

                              By _______________________________
                              Name_____________________________
                              Title______________________________

<PAGE>
                                   SCHEDULE 1


LIST OF LENDERS                                                   PERCENTAGE
- ---------------                                                   ----------

AmSouth Bank                                                       19.1667%

Hibernia National Bank                                             10.0%

National Bank of Commerce                                           7.5%
of Birmingham

First Tennessee Bank, N.A.                                         13.3333%

Commerzbank AG, New York                                           12.0%
 and Grand Cayman Branches

PNC Bank, National Association                                     14.0%

National Bank of Commerce                                          10.0%

Mellon Bank, N.A.                                                  14.0%
                                                                  ---------
TOTAL                                                             100.0%

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                                   SCHEDULE 2

                          [CURRENT LIST OF PROPERTIES]

                                                            AVAILABILITY
      PROPERTY                      ADVANCE RATE          AS OF [9/30/99]
      --------                      ------------          ---------------

I.    STABILIZED PROPERTIES:

1.    Reflection Point (MS)            60%                 $  7,441,787
2.    Anatole (FL)                     60%                    5,505,411
3.    Whisperwood (GA)                 60%                   14,529,411
4.    Whisperwood Spa I (GA)           60%                    9,381,347
5.    Township (VA)                    60%                    6,473,053
6.    Sterling Ridge (GA)              60%                    4,685,646
7.    Courtyards at Campbell (TX)      60%                    5,764,345
8.    Deer Run (TX)                    60%                    7,566,720
9.    MacArthur Ridge (TX)             60%                    5,277,537
10.   Whisperwood Spa II (GA)          60%                    5,092,099

II.   DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS:

1.    Paddock Club Gainesville (FL)    50% of cost          $ 8,332,491
2.    Paddock Club Panama City (FL)    50% of cost            6,505,188
3.    Grande View Nashville (TN)       50% of cost            4,272,800
4.    Paddock Club Murfreesboro (TN)   50% of cost            7,401,442
5.    Grand Reserve Lexington (KY)     50% of cost            7,465,847
6.    Reserve at Dexter (TN)           50% of cost            6,921,261

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                                   SCHEDULE 3

                               [NOTICE ADDRESSES]

AmSouth Bank
Real Estate Department
9th Floor
AmSouth/Sonat Building
1900 5th Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama  35203
Attention: Mr. Lawrence B. Clark


Hibernia National Bank
313 Carondolet Street
Suite 1400
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Attn: Ms. Yancey Jones


First Tennessee Bank, N.A.
1st Floor-Real Estate
165 Madison Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
Attn: Ms. Jennifer Andrews


Commerzbank AG, New York
and Grand Cayman Branches
Two World Financial Center
225 Liberty Street, 34th Floor
New York, New York 10281
Attn: Mr. Doug Traynor


PNC Bank, N.A.
249 5th Avenue
Mail Stop #P1-POOP-19-2
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 15222
Attn: Mr. Wayne Robertson


National Bank of Commerce
7770 Poplar Avenue, Suite 105
Germantown, Tennessee 38138

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Attn: Mr. Billy Frank


Mellon Bank, N.A.
One Mellon Bank Center, Suite 5325
Pittsburgh, PA 15258-0001
Attn: Mr. John G. Kozeka, CPM


National Bank of Commerce of Birmingham
1927 1st Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
Attn: Mr. J. Cotten Volman


Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
6584 Poplar
Suite 340
Memphis, Tennessee  38138
Attention:  Mr. Simon R.C. Wadsworth


Mid-America Apartments, L.P.
6584 Poplar
Suite 340
Memphis, Tennessee  38138
Attention:  Mr. Simon R.C. Wadsworth

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                                   SCHEDULE 4

                           [SUBSIDIARIES & OWNERSHIP]


Whisperwood Associates, A Limited Partnership, a Georgia limited partnership

Whisperwood Spa & Club, A Limited Partnership, a Georgia limited partnership

Mid-America Apartments of Texas, L.P., a Texas limited partnership

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                        MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES
                           REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
                             DEBT COVENANT WORKSHEET
                           FOR COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE


                                      Quarter        Quarter
                                      Ending         Ending        Annualized
                                      ---------      ---------     ----------
Total Liabilities
________________________________________________________________________________
EBITDA-MAA
________________________________________________________________________________
EBITDA-FDC
________________________________________________________________________________
EBITDA-Combined
________________________________________________________________________________
Total Market Value
________________________________________________________________________________
Total Liabilities/Total Market Value
________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AND JV INVESTMENT
As % of Total Market Value
________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

Total Annualized Fixed Charges
________________________________________________________________________________
Preferred Dividend
________________________________________________________________________________
Principal (from below)
________________________________________________________________________________
Interest Total Annualized Fixed Charges
________________________________________________________________________________
EBITDA/ANNUALIZED FIXED CHARGES:
________________________________________________________________________________
Principal
________________________________________________________________________________
From Mac Schedule
________________________________________________________________________________
Westside Creek II
________________________________________________________________________________
FDC
________________________________________________________________________________
Total Principal
________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

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________________________________________________________________________________
TOTAL ANNUALIZED DEBT SERVICE:
________________________________________________________________________________
Principal
________________________________________________________________________________
Interest
________________________________________________________________________________
Total Debt Service
________________________________________________________________________________
EBITDA/DEBT SERVICE
________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

TANGIBLE NET WORTH
________________________________________________________________________________
Equity
________________________________________________________________________________
Less Intangibles
________________________________________________________________________________
Tangible Net Worth
________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
AmSouth Properties only
________________________________________________________________________________
ADJUSTED NOI OF MORTGAGED PROPERTIES
________________________________________________________________________________
Assumed Debt Service
________________________________________________________________________________
Adjusted NOI/Assumed Debt Service
________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
Dividend Payments
________________________________________________________________________________
Common Dividend Payment
________________________________________________________________________________
Preferred Dividend Payment
________________________________________________________________________________
Total Dividend Payment
________________________________________________________________________________
FFO
________________________________________________________________________________
FFO + Preferred Dividend
________________________________________________________________________________
TOTAL DIVIDENDS/FFO+PREFERRED
================================================================================

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================================================================================
                                                                [QUARTER]
________________________________________________________________________________
         >2.00:1.0          Debt Service Ratio
________________________________________________________________________________
         >1.70:1.0          Fixed Charge Ratio
________________________________________________________________________________
>1.25:1.0 (through 6/30/00) Adjusted NOI Ratio
________________________________________________________________________________
>1.35:1.0 (quarter ended    Adjusted NOI Ratio
           9/30/00)
________________________________________________________________________________
   >1.50:1.0 thereafter     Adjusted NOI Ratio
________________________________________________________________________________
>$550MM with accumulated    Net Worth
depreciation added back
________________________________________________________________________________
         <7.5% MVA          Development & Construction
                            Debt
________________________________________________________________________________
         <90% FFO           Dividend payout
________________________________________________________________________________
           <62%             Debt/Total Market Value of
                            Assets
________________________________________________________________________________
           <10%             Development Project Costs/
                            Total Market Value of Assets
________________________________________________________________________________
        >1.25:1.0           Adjusted NOI Ratio
                            (Stabilized Properties)
================================================================================

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-10.7
<SEQUENCE>3
<TEXT>

                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.7


                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

      THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") effective as of December __,
1999, by and between Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., a Tennessee
corporation (the "Company"), and George E. Cates (the "Executive").


                                   WITNESSETH:

      WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Executive to serve as the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company; and

      WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive each deem it necessary and
desirable to execute a written document setting forth the terms and conditions
of said relationship.

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual obligations
hereinafter set forth the parties agree as follows:

      1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the following definitions:

      "1994 PLAN" means the Company's Amended and Restated 1994 Restricted Stock
and Stock Option Plan.

      "1999 PLAN" means the Company's 1999 Equity Compensation Plan.

      "ADDITIONAL AMOUNT" means the amount the Company shall pay to the
Executive in order to indemnify the Executive against all claims, losses,
damages, penalties, expenses, interest, and Excise Taxes (including additional
taxes on such Additional Amount) incurred by Executive as a result of Executive
receiving Change of Control Benefits as further described in SECTION 9(E) of
this Agreement.

      "ARBITRATORS" means the arbitrators selected to conduct any arbitration
proceeding in connection with any disputes arising out of or relating to this
Agreement.

      "AWARD PLANS" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 4(B)of this Agreement.

      "BASE SALARY" means the annual salary to be paid to Executive as set forth
in SECTION 4(A) of this Agreement.

      "BENEFIT PLANS" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 4(C) of this
Agreement.

      "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

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      "CHANGE OF CONTROL" means any of the following events which occur during
the Term of this Agreement:

      (i) any "person", as that term is used in Section 13(d) and Section
      14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
      Act"), becomes, is discovered to be, or files a report on Schedule 13D or
      14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form or report) disclosing that such
      person is, a beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
      Act or any successor rule or regulation), directly or indirectly, of
      securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting
      power of the Company's then outstanding securities entitled to vote
      generally in the election of directors, regardless of whether or not the
      Board shall have approved the acquisition of such securities by the
      acquiring person;

      (ii) individuals who, as of the effective date of this Agreement,
      constitute the Board of Directors of the Company cease for any reason to
      constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company,
      unless any such change is approved by the vote of at least 80% of the
      members of the Board of Directors of the Company in office immediately
      prior to such cessation;

      (iii) the Company is merged, consolidated or reorganized into or with
      another corporation or other legal person, or securities of the Company
      are exchanged for securities of another corporation or other legal person,
      and immediately after such merger, consolidation, reorganization or
      exchange less than 80% of the combined voting power of the
      then-outstanding securities of such corporation or person immediately
      after such transaction are held, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate
      by the holders of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
      directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction;

      (iv) the Company in any transaction or series of related transactions,
      sells all or substantially all of its assets to any other corporation or
      other legal person and less than a majority of the combined voting power
      of the then-outstanding securities of such corporation or person
      immediately after such sale or sales are held, directly or indirectly, in
      the aggregate by the holders of securities entitled to vote generally in
      the election of directors of the Company immediately prior to such sale;

      (v) the Company and its affiliates shall sell or transfer (in a single
      transaction or series of related transactions) to a non-affiliate business
      operations or assets that generated at least two-thirds of the
      consolidated revenues (determined on the basis of the Company's four most
      recently completed fiscal quarters for which reports have been filed under
      the Exchange Act) of the Company and its subsidiaries immediately prior
      thereto;

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      (vi) the Company files a report or proxy statement with the Securities and
      Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act disclosing in response to
      Form 8-K (or any successor, form or report or item therein) that a change
      in control of the Company has occurred;

      (vii) the shareholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the
      liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

      (viii) any other transaction or series of related transactions occur that
      have substantially the effect of the transactions specified in any of the
      preceding clauses in this sentence.

      "CHANGE OF CONTROL BENEFITS" means the Executive's receipt of the
Termination Payment or any other payment, benefit or compensation (except for
the Additional Amount) which the Executive receives or has the right to receive
from the Company or any of its affiliates as a result of Executive's
termination.

      "CHANGE OF CONTROL TERMINATION" means (i) a Termination Without Cause of
the Executive's employment by the Company, in anticipation of, on, or within
three (3) years after a Change of Control, (ii) the Executive's resignation for
Good Reason on or within three (3) years after a Change of Control, or (iii)
Executive's giving of a Termination Notice of Voluntary Termination during the
thirty days immediately following the Change of Control or during the thirty
days immediately following the one year anniversary of the Change of Control.

      "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

      "COMPANY" means Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., a Tennessee
corporation, and any successor to its business and/or assets which assumes and
agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

      "COMPANY SHARES" means the shares of common stock of the Company or any
securities of a successor company which shall have replaced such common stock.

      "COMPENSATION COMMITTEE" means the compensation committee of the Board.

      "EXCESS PARACHUTE PAYMENTS" has the meaning set forth in section 280G of
the Code.

      "EXCISE TAX" means a tax on Excess Parachute Payments imposed pursuant to
Code section 4999.

      "EXECUTIVE" means the person identified in the preamble paragraph of this
Agreement.

      "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, on any give date, the closing sale price of the
common stock of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange on such date, or, if
the New York Stock

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Exchange shall be closed on such date, the next preceding date on which the New
York Stock Exchange shall have been open.

      "GOOD REASON" means any of the following:

      (i) a change in the Executive's status, position or responsibilities
      (including reporting responsibilities) which, in the Executive's
      reasonable judgment and without Executive's consent, represents a
      reduction in or demotion of the Executive's status, position or
      responsibilities as in effect immediately prior to a Change of Control;
      the assignment to the Executive of any duties or responsibilities which,
      in the Executive's reasonable judgment, are inconsistent with such status,
      position or responsibilities; or any removal of the Executive from or
      failure to reappoint or reelect the Executive to any of such positions,
      except in connection with a Termination with Cause, as a result of the
      Executive's death or Permanent Disability or by Voluntary Termination;

       (ii) a reduction in the Executive's Base Salary as in effect on the date
      hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time or modifying,
      suspending, discontinuing, or terminating any Award Plan or Benefit Plan
      in a manner which treats Executive differently than other similarly
      situated employees or singles out or discriminates against Executive;

      (iii) the relocation of the Company's principal executive offices to a
      location outside a thirty-mile radius of Memphis, Tennessee or the
      Company's requiring the Executive to be based at any place other than a
      location within a thirty-mile radius of Memphis, Tennessee, except for
      reasonably required travel on the Company's business;

      (iv) the failure by the Company to continue to provide the Executive with
      compensation and benefits provided for under this Agreement or benefits
      substantially similar to those provided to the Executive under any of the
      employee benefit plans in which the Executive is or becomes a participant,
      or the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or
      indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the Executive
      of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive at the time of the
      Change of Control;

      (v) any material breach by the Company of any provision of this Agreement;

      (vi) any purported termination of Executive's employment by the Company
      which is not effected pursuant to the procedures set forth in SECTION 3;
      or

      (vii) the failure of the Company to obtain an agreement reasonably
      satisfactory to Executive from any successor or assign of the Company to
      assume and agree to perform this Agreement.

      "MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS" means the business of acquiring,
developing, constructing, owning or operating multi-family residential apartment
communities.

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      "MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY" means any real estate upon which the
Multi-Family Residential Business is being conducted.

      "OPTION(S)" means any options issued pursuant to the 1994 Plan, 1999 Plan
or any other stock option plan adopted by the Company, any option granted with
respect to Partnership Units, or any option granted under the plan of any
successor company that replaces or assumes the Company's or the Partnership's
options.

      "PARTNERSHIP" means Mid-America Apartments, L.P., a Tennessee limited
partnership.

      "PARTNERSHIP UNIT(S)" means limited partnership interests of the
Partnership. The holder has the option of requiring the Company to redeem such
interests. The Company may elect to effectuate such redemption by either paying
cash or exchanging Company Shares for such interests.

      "PERMANENT DISABILITY" means a complete physical or mental inability,
confirmed by a licensed physician, to perform the services described in SECTION
2 of the Agreement that continues for a period of six (6) consecutive months.

      "TERM" has the meaning assigned to it in SECTION 3 of this Agreement.

      "TERMINATION DATE" means the date employment of Executive is terminated,
which date shall be (i) in the case of Executive's Permanent Disability, 30 days
after a Termination Notice is given and Executive does not return to the
full-time performance of his duties within such 30 day period or (ii) in all
other instances, the date specified as the Termination Date in the Termination
Notice, which date shall not be less than thirty nor more than sixty days from
the date the Termination Notice is given.

      "TERMINATION NOTICE" means a written notice of termination of employment
by Executive or the Company.

      "TERMINATION PAYMENT" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 9(B)(I) of this
Agreement.

      "TERMINATION WITH CAUSE" means the termination of the Executive's
employment by act of the Board for any of the following reasons:

      (i) the Executive's conviction for a felony;

      (ii) the Executive's theft, embezzlement, misappropriation of or
      intentional infliction of material damage to the Company's property or
      business opportunity;

      (iii) the Executive's intentional breach of the noncompetition provisions
      contained in SECTION 10 of this Agreement; or

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      (iv) the Executive's ongoing willful neglect of or failure to perform his
      duties hereunder or his ongoing willful failure or refusal to follow any
      reasonable, unambiguous duly adopted written direction of the Board or any
      duly constituted committee thereof that is not inconsistent with the
      description of the Executive's duties set forth in SECTION 2, if such
      willful neglect or failure is materially damaging or materially
      detrimental to the business and operations of the Company; provided that
      Executive shall have received written notice of such failure and shall
      have continued to engage in such failure after 30 days following receipt
      of such notice from the Board, which notice specifically identifies the
      manner in which the Board believes that Executive has engaged in such
      failure.

For purposes of this subsection, no act, or failure to act, shall be deemed
"willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by Executive not in good faith,
and without reasonable belief that such action or omission was in the best
interest of the Company. Executive shall not be deemed to have been terminated
for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to Executive a copy
of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than
three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board
called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice to Executive and an
opportunity for Executive, together with his counsel, to be heard before the
Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, Executive was
guilty of misconduct as set forth above, and of continuing such misconduct after
notice from the Board.

      "TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE" means the termination of the Executive's
employment by the Company for any reason other than Termination With Cause, or
termination by the Company due to Executive's death or Permanent Disability.

      "UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT" means the Uniform Arbitration Act, Tennessee
Code Annotated ss. 29-5-391 ET SEQ., as amended.

      "VOLUNTARY TERMINATION" means the Executive's voluntary termination of his
employment hereunder for any reason other than Good Reason. If the Executive
gives a Termination Notice of Voluntary Termination and, prior to the
Termination Date, the Executive voluntarily refuses or fails to provide
substantially all the services described in SECTION 2 hereof for a period
greater than two consecutive weeks, the Voluntary Termination shall be deemed to
be effective as of the date on which the Executive so ceases to carry out his
duties. Voluntary refusal to perform services shall not include taking vacation
otherwise permitted in accordance with SECTION 4 hereof, the Executive's failure
to perform services on account of his illness or the illness of a member of his
immediate family, provided such illness is adequately substantiated at the
reasonable request of the Company, or any other absence from service with the
written consent of the Board.

      2. EMPLOYMENT; SERVICES. The Company shall employ the Executive, and the
Executive agrees to be so employed, in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer
of the Company to serve for the Term hereof, subject to earlier termination as
hereinafter provided. The Executive shall devote such amount of his time and
attention to the Company's affairs as are necessary to perform his duties to the
Company in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer. The Executive shall have
authority and

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responsibility with respect to the day-to-day management of the Company,
consistent with direction from the Company's Board.

      3.    TERM; TERMINATION.

            (a) The term of the Executive's employment hereunder shall be one
year and shall commence on the date hereof and shall be extended automatically,
for so long as the Executive remains employed by the Company hereunder, the
first day of each month beginning January 1, 2000 for an additional one-month
period (such period, as it may be extended from time to time, being herein
referred to as the "Term"), unless terminated earlier in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, to the effect that on the first day of each month, the
remaining term of this Agreement and the Executive's employment hereunder shall
be one year.

            (b) Any purported termination of employment by Executive or the
Company shall be communicated by a Termination Notice. The Termination Notice
shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon
and set forth the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for
termination. If the party receiving the Termination Notice notifies the other
party prior to the Termination Date that a dispute exists concerning the
termination, the Termination Date shall be extended until the dispute is finally
determined, either by mutual written agreement of the parties, by a binding
arbitration award, or by a final judgment, order or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction. The Termination Date shall be extended by a notice of
dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and the party giving such
notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with reasonable diligence.
Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the Company will continue to
pay Executive his full compensation in effect when the notice giving rise to the
dispute was given and Executive shall continue as a participant in all Award
Plans and Benefit Plans in which Executive participated when the Termination
Notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the dispute is finally
resolved in accordance with this subsection. Amounts paid under this subsection
are in addition to all other amounts due under this Agreement and shall not be
offset against or reduce any other amounts due under this Agreement.

      4.    COMPENSATION.

            (a) BASE SALARY. During the Term, the Company shall pay the
Executive for his services a Base Salary of $276,750.00, to be paid in
accordance with customary Company policies, such Base Salary being subject to
any increases approved by the Compensation Committee or the Board, as the case
may be.

            (b) AWARD PLANS. During the Term, the Executive shall also be
eligible for additional compensation in the form of a cash bonus, shares of
stock in the Company, Partnership Units, or Options, and shall be eligible to
participate the 1994 Plan, 1999 Plan, and any other stock option, incentive
compensation, profit participation, bonus or extra compensation plan that is
adopted by the Company and in which the Company's executive officers generally
participate (collectively, "AWARD PLANS").

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            (c) BENEFIT PLANS. During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to
participate in, and to all rights and benefits provided by, each and every
health, life, medical, dental, disability, insurance and welfare plan maintained
by the Company including, without limitation, the benefits contemplated by
SECTION 5 of this Agreement, that are maintained from time to time by the
Company for the benefit of Executive, the executives of the Company generally or
for the Company's employees generally, provided that Executive is eligible to
participate in such plan under the eligibility provisions thereof that are
generally applicable to the participants thereof (collectively, "BENEFIT
PLANS").

            (d) VACATION. The Executive shall be entitled each calendar year to
vacation time, during which time his compensation shall be paid in full. The
time allotted for such vacation shall be three (3) weeks.

            (e) CONTINUATION OF WELFARE BENEFITS. If Executive's employment is
terminated due to Executive's Permanent Disability, Termination Without Cause,
or termination for Good Reason, and if Executive is no longer eligible to
participate in one or more of the Benefit Plans because of such termination,
Executive shall be entitled to, and the Company shall provide to Executive at
the Company's sole expense, benefits substantially equivalent to those Benefit
Plans to which Executive was entitled immediately prior to such termination for
one (1) year after the Termination Date. If Executive's employment is terminated
due to a Change of Control Termination, and if Executive is no longer eligible
to participate in one or more of the Benefit Plans because of such termination,
Executive shall be entitled to, and the Company shall provide to Executive at
the Company's sole expense, benefits substantially equivalent to those Benefit
Plans to which Executive was entitled immediately prior to such termination for
two (2) years after the Termination Date.

            (f) OVERALL QUALIFICATION. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed as preventing the Company from modifying, suspending, discontinuing or
terminating any of the Company Benefit Plans or Award Plans without notice or
liability to Executive so long as (i) the modification, suspension,
discontinuation or termination of any such plan is authorized by and performed
in accordance with the specific provisions of such plan and (ii) such
modification, suspension, discontinuation or termination is taken generally with
respect to all similarly situated employees of the Company and does not single
out or discriminate against Executive.

      5. EXPENSES. The Company recognizes that the Executive will have to incur
certain out-of-pocket expenses, including but not limited to travel expenses,
related to his services and the Company's business and the Company agrees to
reimburse the Executive for all reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by him
in the performance of his duties upon presentation of a voucher or documentation
indicating the amount and business purposes of any such expenses, including, but
not limited to, expenses incurred in connection with the operation of
Executive's aircraft in the course of conducting the Company's business;
provided that Executive complies with the Company's policies and procedures
regarding business expenses.

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       6. VOLUNTARY TERMINATION; TERMINATION WITH CAUSE. Except as otherwise
provided in SECTION 9 of this Agreement, if (i) the Executive shall cease being
an employee of the Company on account of a Voluntary Termination or (ii) there
shall be a Termination With Cause, the Executive shall not be entitled to any
compensation after the Termination Date of such Voluntary Termination or
Termination With Cause (except Base Salary and vacation accrued but unpaid on
the Termination Date of such event). In the event of a Voluntary Termination or
Termination With Cause, the Executive shall continue to be subject to the
noncompetition covenant contained in SECTION 10 hereof for the remainder of the
Term.

      7. DEATH OR DISABILITY. In the event of the Executive's death or Permanent
Disability, the Company may elect to terminate Executive's employment with the
Company. Upon termination of Executive by the Company due to Executive's death
or Permanent Disability, the Company shall continue to pay the Executive or his
heirs, devisees, executors, legatees or personal representatives, as
appropriate, the semi-monthly payments of the Base Salary then in effect for one
year from the Termination Date. The Company shall also pay any amounts due
pursuant to the terms of any Benefit Plans and Award Plans in which Executive
was a participant, including, without limitation, the pro rata amount of any
bonus to be paid to Executive for the fiscal year in which Executive was
terminated. In addition, Executive shall be permitted to participate in, and
have all rights and benefits provided by, all Benefit Plans which Executive was
eligible to participate in immediately prior to the Termination Date (to the
extent such participation is possible under the laws then pertaining to such
Benefit Plans), for a minimum of one (1) year following the Termination Date.

      8. TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE. RESIGNATION FOR GOOD REASON. The Company may
terminate Executive for any reason, or no reason at all, at any time and
Executive may terminate this Agreement at any time for Good Reason, provided
that, upon termination of this Agreement by the Executive for Good Reason or in
the event of a Termination Without Cause, except as otherwise provided in
SECTION 9 of this Agreement, the Company shall provide the compensation and
benefits set forth in this SECTION 8. Executive may terminate this Agreement for
Good Reason notwithstanding any incapacity due to physical or mental illness.
Executive's continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver
of, rights with respect to any circumstances constituting Good Reason hereunder.

            (a) BASE SALARY, BENEFIT AND AWARD PLANS. The Company shall continue
to pay the Executive the semi-monthly payments of the Base Salary then in effect
for one year after the Termination Date. The Company shall also pay on the
Termination Date any amounts due pursuant to the terms of any Benefit Plans and
Award Plans in which Executive was a participant, including, without limitation,
the pro rata amount of any bonus to be paid to Executive for the fiscal year in
which Executive was terminated. In addition, Executive shall be permitted to
participate in, and have all rights and benefits provided by, all Benefit Plans
which Executive was eligible to participate in immediately prior to the
Termination Date (to the extent such participation is possible under the laws
then pertaining to such Benefit Plans), for a minimum of one year following the
Termination Date.

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            (b) STOCK OPTIONS. All Options granted to Executive shall become
fully vested at the Termination Date. In lieu of Company Shares issuable upon
exercise of any outstanding and unexercised Options granted to Executive,
Executive may, at Executive's option, receive an amount in cash equal to the
product of (i) the Fair Market Value of Company Shares on the Termination Date
over the per share exercise price of each Option held by Executive, times (ii)
the number of Company Shares covered by each such Option. In the event Executive
does not elect to receive a cash payment for any outstanding and unexercised
Options granted to Executive, Executive shall have the right to exercise such
Options in accordance with the terms and conditions provided in the applicable
stock option plans as if Executive had continued his employment with the
Company, notwithstanding Executive's termination.

            (c) LEGAL FEES. The Company shall also pay to Executive all legal
fees and expenses incurred by Executive as a result of a Termination Without
Cause or Executive's resignation for Good Reason (including all such fees and
expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any such termination or in
seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement).

      9.    CHANGE OF CONTROL.

            (a) TERMINATION IN CONNECTION WITH A CHANGE OF CONTROL.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, in the event of a Change
of Control Termination, the Company shall, on the Termination Date, pay the
Executive, in addition to any Base Salary earned but not paid through the
Termination Date and any amounts due pursuant to Award Plans and Benefit Plans
including, without limitation, the pro rata amount of Executive's anticipated
bonus for the fiscal year in which Executive is terminated, the compensation and
benefits set forth in SECTION 9(B).

            (b) COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.

            (i) A Termination Payment shall be paid which is equal to the sum of
two and 99/100 (2.99) times the Executive's annual base salary in effect on the
Termination Date plus two and 99/100 (2.99) times the average annual cash bonus
paid to the Executive for the two immediately preceding fiscal years, under this
Agreement or otherwise (but not including compensation under the Company's
Shareholder Value Plan) ("Termination Payment"). Notwithstanding SECTION 9(A),
the Termination Payment shall be calculated and paid immediately prior to the
closing of the transactions constituting a Change of Control if the Executive
receives notice prior to the Change of Control that his employment will be
terminated on or after the Change of Control.

            (ii) Executive shall be permitted to participate in, and have all
rights and benefits provided by, all Benefit Plans which Executive was eligible
to participate in immediately prior to the Termination Date (to the extent such
participation is possible under the laws then pertaining to such Benefit Plans),
for a minimum of two years following the Termination Date.

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            (iii) In lieu of Company Shares issuable upon exercise of any
outstanding and unexercised Options granted to Executive, Executive may, at
Executive's option, receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the
excess of the higher of the Fair Market Value of Company Shares on the
Termination Date, or the highest per share price for Company Shares actually
paid in connection with any Change of Control of the Company, over the per share
exercise price of each Option held by Executive, times (ii) the number of
Company Shares covered by each such Option. In the event Executive does not
elect to receive a cash payment for any outstanding and unexercised Options
granted to Executive, Executive shall have the right to exercise such Options in
accordance with the terms and conditions provided in the applicable stock option
plans.

            (iv) The Company shall also pay to Executive all legal fees and
expenses incurred by Executive as a result of a termination described in SECTION
9(A) of this Agreement (including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred
in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or
enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement or in connection with
any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of
Section 4999 of the Code to any payment or benefit provided hereunder).

            (c) CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. Notwithstanding the provisions of
subparagraphs (i) or (vi) in the definition of change of control, unless
otherwise determined in a specific case by majority vote of the Board, a Change
of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Agreement
solely because (i) an entity in which the Company directly or indirectly
beneficially owns 50% or more of the voting securities or (ii) any
Company-sponsored employee stock ownership plan, or any other employee benefit
plan of the Company, either files or becomes obligated to file a report or a
proxy statement under or in response to Schedule 13D, Schedule 14D-l, Form 8-K
or Schedule 14A (or any successor schedule, form or report or item thereon)
under the Exchange Act, disclosing beneficial ownership by it of shares of stock
of the Company, or because the Company reports that a Change of Control of the
Company has or may have occurred or will or may occur in the future by reason of
such beneficial ownership.

            (d) ESCROW ARRANGEMENT. If within thirty (30) days after the
effective date of a Change of Control Executive's employment has not been
terminated, the Company shall deposit with an escrow agent, pursuant to an
escrow agreement between the Company and such escrow agent, a sum of money, or
other property permitted by such escrow agreement, which is substantially
sufficient in the opinion of the Company's management to fund the amounts due to
Executive set forth in SECTION 9(B) of this Agreement. The escrow agreement
shall provide that such agreement may not be terminated until the earlier of (i)
Executive's employment has terminated and all amounts due to Executive as set
forth in this Agreement have been paid to Executive or (ii) three (3) years
after the effective date of the Change of Control.

            (e) TAX MATTERS. If the Excise Tax on Excess Parachute Payments will
be imposed on the Executive under Code section 4999 as a result of the
Executive's receipt of the Change of Control Benefits, the Company shall
indemnify the Executive and hold him harmless against all claims, losses,
damages, penalties, expenses, interest, and Excise Taxes. To effect this

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indemnification, the Company shall pay to the Executive the Additional Amount
which is sufficient to indemnify and hold the Executive harmless from the
application of Code sections 280G and 4999, including the amount of (i) the
Excise Tax that will be imposed on the Executive under section 4999 of the Code
with respect to the Change of Control Benefits; (ii) the additional (A) Excise
Tax under section 4999 of the Code, (B) hospital insurance tax under section
3111(b) of the Code and (C) federal, state and local income taxes for which the
Executive is or will be liable on account of the payment of the amount described
in subitem (i); and (iii) the further excise, hospital insurance and income
taxes for which the Executive is or will be liable on account of the payment of
the amount described in subitem (ii) and this subitem (iii) and any other
indemnification payment under this SECTION 9(E). The Additional Amount shall be
calculated and paid to the Executive at the time that the Termination Payment is
paid to the Executive. In calculating the Additional Amount, the highest
marginal rates of federal and applicable state and local income taxes applicable
to individuals and in effect for the year in which the Change of Control occurs
shall be used. Nothing in this paragraph shall give the Executive the right to
receive indemnification from the Company for federal, state or local income
taxes or hospital insurance taxes payable solely as a result of the Executive's
receipt of (a) the Change in Control Benefits, or (b) any additional payment,
benefit or compensation other than the Additional Amount. As specified in items
(ii) and (iii), above, all income, hospital insurance and additional Excise
Taxes resulting from additional compensation in the form of the Excise Tax
payment specified in item (i), above, shall be paid to the Executive.

      The provisions of this SECTION 9(E) are illustrated by the following
example:

      Assume that the Termination Payment and all other Change of Control
Benefits result in a total federal, state and local income tax and hospital
insurance tax liability of $180,000; and an Excise Tax liability under Code
section 4999 of $70,000. Under such circumstances, the Executive is solely
responsible for the $180,000 income and hospital insurance tax liability; and
the Company must pay to the Executive $70,000, plus an amount necessary to
indemnify the Executive for all federal, state and local income taxes, hospital
insurance taxes, and Excise Taxes that will result from the $70,000 payment to
the Executive and from all further indemnification to the Executive of taxes
attributable to the initial $70,000 payment.

      10. NONCOMPETITION. During the Term, the Executive shall not, other than
through the Company or affiliates of the Company, own any interest in any
Multi-Family Residential Property (other than Multi-Family Residential Property
in which the Company or the Partnership has an ownership interest), as partner,
shareholder or otherwise, or engage in the Multi-Family Residential Business,
directly or indirectly, for his own account or for the account of others, either
as an officer, director, shareholder, owner, partner, promoter, employee,
consultant, advisor, agent, manager, or in any other capacity. For a period of
two (2) years after a Change of Control Termination, Executive shall not own any
interest in any Multi-Family Residential Property as partner, shareholder or
otherwise, or directly or indirectly, for his own account or for the account of
others, either as an officer, director, promoter, employee, consultant, advisor,
agent, manager, or in any other capacity, engage in the Multi-Family Residential
Business within 5 miles of any Multi-Family Residential Property owned by the
Company or the Partnership at the time of termination of employment.

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      The Executive agrees that damages at law for violation of the restrictive
covenant contained herein would not be an adequate or proper remedy to the
Company, and that should the Executive violate or threaten to violate any of the
provisions of such covenant, the Company, its successors or assigns, shall be
entitled to obtain a temporary or permanent injunction, as appropriate, against
the Executive in any court having jurisdiction over the person and the subject
matter, prohibiting any further violation of any such covenants. The injunctive
relief provided herein shall be in addition to any award of damages,
compensatory, exemplary or otherwise, payable by reason of such violation.

      Furthermore, the Executive acknowledges that this Agreement has been
negotiated at arms' length by the parties, neither being under any compulsion to
enter into this Agreement, and that the foregoing restrictive covenant does not
in any respect inhibit his ability to earn a livelihood in his chosen profession
without violating the restrictive covenant contained herein. The Company by
these presents has attempted to limit the Executive's right to compete only to
the extent necessary to protect the Company from unfair competition. The Company
recognizes, however, that reasonable people may differ in making such a
determination. Consequently, the Company agrees that if the scope or
enforceability of the restricted covenant contained herein is in any way
disputed at any time, a court or other trier of fact may modify and enforce the
covenant to the extent that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances
existing at the time.

      11. EMPLOYMENT STATUS. The parties acknowledge and agree that Executive is
an employee of the Company, not an independent contractor. Any payments made to
Executive by the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated for federal
and state payroll tax purposes as payments made to a Company employee,
irrespective whether such payments are made subsequent to the Termination Date.

      12. NOTICES. All notices or deliveries authorized or required pursuant to
this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given when in writing and personally
delivered or when deposited in the U.S. mail, certified, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the parties at the following addresses
or to such other addresses as either may designate in writing to the other
party:

            To the Company:         6584 Poplar Avenue
                                    Suite 340
                                    Memphis, TN 38128
                                    Attn: Chief Financial Officer

            To the Executive:       George E. Cates
                                    211 E. Galloway
                                    Memphis, Tennessee 38111

      13. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire understanding
between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall
not be modified in any manner except by instrument in writing signed, by or on
behalf of, the parties hereto; provided, however, that any amendment or
termination of the covenant of noncompetition in SECTION 10 must be approved

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by a majority of the Directors of the Company other than the Executive, if the
Executive is then a director of the Company. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors and assigns of the
parties hereto.

      14. ARBITRATION. Any controversy concerning or claim arising out of or
relating to this Agreement shall be settled by final and binding arbitration in
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee at a location specified by the party seeking
such arbitration.

            (a) THE ARBITRATORS. Any arbitration proceeding shall be conducted
by three (3) Arbitrators and the decision of the Arbitrators shall be binding on
all parties. Each Arbitrator shall have substantial experience and expert
competence in the matters being arbitrated. The party desiring to submit any
matter relating to this Agreement to arbitration shall do so by written notice
to the other party, which notice shall set forth the items to be arbitrated,
such party's choice of Arbitrator, and such party's substantive position in the
arbitration. The party receiving such notice shall, within fifteen (15) days
after receipt of such notice, appoint an Arbitrator and notify the other party
of its appointment and of its substantive position. The Arbitrators appointed by
the parties to the Arbitration shall select an additional Arbitrator meeting the
aforedescribed criteria. The Arbitrators shall be required to render a decision
in accordance with the procedures set forth in Subparagraph (b) below within
thirty (30) days after being notified of their selection. The fees of the
Arbitrators shall be equally divided amongst the parties to the arbitration.

            (b) ARBITRATION PROCEDURES. Arbitration shall be conducted in
accordance with the Uniform Arbitration Act, except to the extent the provisions
of such Act are modified by this Agreement or the subsequent mutual agreement of
the parties. Judgment upon the award rendered by the Arbitrator(s) may be
entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Any party hereto may bring an
action, including a summary or expedited proceeding, to compel arbitration of
any controversy or claim to which this provision applies in any court having
jurisdiction over such action in Shelby County, Tennessee, and the parties agree
that jurisdiction and venue in Shelby County, Tennessee are appropriate and
approved by such parties.

      15. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee.

      16. ASSIGNMENT. The Executive acknowledges that his services are unique
and personal. Accordingly, the Executive may not assign his rights or delegate
his duties or obligations under this Agreement, except with respect to certain
rights to receive payments as described in SECTION 7.

      17. HEADINGS. Headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and
shall not be used to interpret or construe its provisions.

      18. SUCCESSORS; BINDING AGREEMENT. The Company will require any successor
to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to
expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to
the same extent that the Company would be

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required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the
Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of
any such succession shall be a beach of this Agreement and shall entitle
Executive to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same
terms as Executive would be entitled to hereunder if Executive terminates his
employment for Good Reason. The Company's rights and obligations under this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company's
successors and assigns.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective as
of the date first above written.

                                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.


                                    By: ____________________________
                                    Name: __________________________
                                    Title: _________________________


                                    EXECUTIVE:


                                    ________________________________
                                    George E. Cates

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<SEQUENCE>4
<TEXT>

                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.8


                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

      THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") effective as of December ___,
1999, by and between Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., a Tennessee
corporation (the "Company"), and H. Eric Bolton (the "Executive").


                                   WITNESSETH:

      WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Executive to serve as the
President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company; and

      WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive each deem it necessary and
desirable to execute a written document setting forth the terms and conditions
of said relationship.

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual obligations
hereinafter set forth the parties agree as follows:

      1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the following definitions:

      "1994 PLAN" means the Company's Amended and Restated 1994 Restricted Stock
and Stock Option Plan.

      "1999 PLAN" means the Company's 1999 Equity Compensation Plan.

      "ADDITIONAL AMOUNT" means the amount the Company shall pay to the
Executive in order to indemnify the Executive against all claims, losses,
damages, penalties, expenses, interest, and Excise Taxes (including additional
taxes on such Additional Amount) incurred by Executive as a result of Executive
receiving Change of Control Benefits as further described in SECTION 9(E) of
this Agreement.

      "ARBITRATORS" means the arbitrators selected to conduct any arbitration
proceeding in connection with any disputes arising out of or relating to this
Agreement.

      "AWARD PLANS" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 4(B)of this Agreement.

      "BASE SALARY" means the annual salary to be paid to Executive as set forth
in SECTION 4(A) of this Agreement.

      "BENEFIT PLANS" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 4(C) of this
Agreement.

      "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

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      "CHANGE OF CONTROL" means any of the following events which occur during
the Term of this Agreement:

      (i) any "person", as that term is used in Section 13(d) and Section
      14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
      Act"), becomes, is discovered to be, or files a report on Schedule 13D or
      14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form or report) disclosing that such
      person is, a beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
      Act or any successor rule or regulation), directly or indirectly, of
      securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting
      power of the Company's then outstanding securities entitled to vote
      generally in the election of directors, regardless of whether or not the
      Board shall have approved the acquisition of such securities by the
      acquiring person;

      (ii) individuals who, as of the effective date of this Agreement,
      constitute the Board of Directors of the Company cease for any reason to
      constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company,
      unless any such change is approved by the vote of at least 80% of the
      members of the Board of Directors of the Company in office immediately
      prior to such cessation;

      (iii) the Company is merged, consolidated or reorganized into or with
      another corporation or other legal person, or securities of the Company
      are exchanged for securities of another corporation or other legal person,
      and immediately after such merger, consolidation, reorganization or
      exchange less than 80% of the combined voting power of the
      then-outstanding securities of such corporation or person immediately
      after such transaction are held, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate
      by the holders of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
      directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction;

      (iv) the Company in any transaction or series of related transactions,
      sells all or substantially all of its assets to any other corporation or
      other legal person and less than a majority of the combined voting power
      of the then-outstanding securities of such corporation or person
      immediately after such sale or sales are held, directly or indirectly, in
      the aggregate by the holders of securities entitled to vote generally in
      the election of directors of the Company immediately prior to such sale;

      (v) the Company and its affiliates shall sell or transfer (in a single
      transaction or series of related transactions) to a non-affiliate business
      operations or assets that generated at least two-thirds of the
      consolidated revenues (determined on the basis of the Company's four most
      recently completed fiscal quarters for which reports have been filed under
      the Exchange Act) of the Company and its subsidiaries immediately prior
      thereto;

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      (vi) the Company files a report or proxy statement with the Securities and
      Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act disclosing in response to
      Form 8-K (or any successor, form or report or item therein) that a change
      in control of the Company has occurred;

      (vii) the shareholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the
      liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

      (viii) any other transaction or series of related transactions occur that
      have substantially the effect of the transactions specified in any of the
      preceding clauses in this sentence.

      "CHANGE OF CONTROL BENEFITS" means the Executive's receipt of the
Termination Payment or any other payment, benefit or compensation (except for
the Additional Amount) which the Executive receives or has the right to receive
from the Company or any of its affiliates as a result of Executive's
termination.

      "CHANGE OF CONTROL TERMINATION" means (i) a Termination Without Cause of
the Executive's employment by the Company, in anticipation of, on, or within
three (3) years after a Change of Control, (ii) the Executive's resignation for
Good Reason on or within three (3) years after a Change of Control, or (iii)
Executive's giving of a Termination Notice of Voluntary Termination during the
thirty days immediately following the Change of Control or during the thirty
days immediately following the one year anniversary of the Change of Control.

      "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

      "COMPANY" means Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., a Tennessee
corporation, and any successor to its business and/or assets which assumes and
agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

      "COMPANY SHARES" means the shares of common stock of the Company or any
securities of a successor company which shall have replaced such common stock.

      "COMPENSATION COMMITTEE" means the compensation committee of the Board.

      "EXCESS PARACHUTE PAYMENTS" has the meaning set forth in section 280G of
the Code.

      "EXCISE TAX" means a tax on Excess Parachute Payments imposed pursuant to
Code section 4999.

      "EXECUTIVE" means the person identified in the preamble paragraph of this
Agreement.

      "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, on any give date, the closing sale price of the
common stock of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange on such date, or, if
the New York Stock

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Exchange shall be closed on such date, the next preceding date on which the New
York Stock Exchange shall have been open.

      "GOOD REASON" means any of the following:

      (i) a change in the Executive's status, position or responsibilities
      (including reporting responsibilities) which, in the Executive's
      reasonable judgment and without Executive's consent, represents a
      reduction in or demotion of the Executive's status, position or
      responsibilities as in effect immediately prior to a Change of Control;
      the assignment to the Executive of any duties or responsibilities which,
      in the Executive's reasonable judgment, are inconsistent with such status,
      position or responsibilities; or any removal of the Executive from or
      failure to reappoint or reelect the Executive to any of such positions,
      except in connection with a Termination with Cause, as a result of the
      Executive's death or Permanent Disability or by Voluntary Termination;

       (ii) a reduction in the Executive's Base Salary as in effect on the date
      hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time or modifying,
      suspending, discontinuing, or terminating any Award Plan or Benefit Plan
      in a manner which treats Executive differently than other similarly
      situated employees or singles out or discriminates against Executive;

      (iii) the relocation of the Company's principal executive offices to a
      location outside a thirty-mile radius of Memphis, Tennessee or the
      Company's requiring the Executive to be based at any place other than a
      location within a thirty-mile radius of Memphis, Tennessee, except for
      reasonably required travel on the Company's business;

      (iv) the failure by the Company to continue to provide the Executive with
      compensation and benefits provided for under this Agreement or benefits
      substantially similar to those provided to the Executive under any of the
      employee benefit plans in which the Executive is or becomes a participant,
      or the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or
      indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the Executive
      of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive at the time of the
      Change of Control;

      (v) any material breach by the Company of any provision of this Agreement;

      (vi) any purported termination of Executive's employment by the Company
      which is not effected pursuant to the procedures set forth in SECTION 3;
      or

      (vii) the failure of the Company to obtain an agreement reasonably
      satisfactory to Executive from any successor or assign of the Company to
      assume and agree to perform this Agreement.

      "MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS" means the business of acquiring,
developing, constructing, owning or operating multi-family residential apartment
communities.

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      "MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY" means any real estate upon which the
Multi-Family Residential Business is being conducted.

      "OPTION(S)" means any options issued pursuant to the 1994 Plan, 1999 Plan
or any other stock option plan adopted by the Company, any option granted with
respect to Partnership Units, or any option granted under the plan of any
successor company that replaces or assumes the Company's or the Partnership's
options.

      "PARTNERSHIP" means Mid-America Apartments, L.P., a Tennessee limited
partnership.

      "PARTNERSHIP UNIT(S)" means limited partnership interests of the
Partnership. The holder has the option of requiring the Company to redeem such
interests. The Company may elect to effectuate such redemption by either paying
cash or exchanging Company Shares for such interests.

      "PERMANENT DISABILITY" means a complete physical or mental inability,
confirmed by a licensed physician, to perform the services described in SECTION
2 of the Agreement that continues for a period of six (6) consecutive months.

      "TERM" has the meaning assigned to it in SECTION 3 of this Agreement.

      "TERMINATION DATE" means the date employment of Executive is terminated,
which date shall be (i) in the case of Executive's Permanent Disability, 30 days
after a Termination Notice is given and Executive does not return to the
full-time performance of his duties within such 30 day period or (ii) in all
other instances, the date specified as the Termination Date in the Termination
Notice, which date shall not be less than thirty nor more than sixty days from
the date the Termination Notice is given.

      "TERMINATION NOTICE" means a written notice of termination of employment
by Executive or the Company.

      "TERMINATION PAYMENT" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 9(B)(I) of this
Agreement.

      "TERMINATION WITH CAUSE" means the termination of the Executive's
employment by act of the Board for any of the following reasons:

      (i) the Executive's conviction for a felony;

      (ii) the Executive's theft, embezzlement, misappropriation of or
      intentional infliction of material damage to the Company's property or
      business opportunity;

      (iii) the Executive's intentional breach of the noncompetition provisions
      contained in SECTION 10 of this Agreement; or

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      (iv) the Executive's ongoing willful neglect of or failure to perform his
      duties hereunder or his ongoing willful failure or refusal to follow any
      reasonable, unambiguous duly adopted written direction of the Board or any
      duly constituted committee thereof that is not inconsistent with the
      description of the Executive's duties set forth in SECTION 2, if such
      willful neglect or failure is materially damaging or materially
      detrimental to the business and operations of the Company; provided that
      Executive shall have received written notice of such failure and shall
      have continued to engage in such failure after 30 days following receipt
      of such notice from the Board, which notice specifically identifies the
      manner in which the Board believes that Executive has engaged in such
      failure.

For purposes of this subsection, no act, or failure to act, shall be deemed
"willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by Executive not in good faith,
and without reasonable belief that such action or omission was in the best
interest of the Company. Executive shall not be deemed to have been terminated
for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to Executive a copy
of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than
three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board
called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice to Executive and an
opportunity for Executive, together with his counsel, to be heard before the
Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, Executive was
guilty of misconduct as set forth above, and of continuing such misconduct after
notice from the Board.

      "TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE" means the termination of the Executive's
employment by the Company for any reason other than Termination With Cause, or
termination by the Company due to Executive's death or Permanent Disability.

      "UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT" means the Uniform Arbitration Act, Tennessee
Code Annotated ss. 29-5-391 ET SEQ., as amended.

      "VOLUNTARY TERMINATION" means the Executive's voluntary termination of his
employment hereunder for any reason other than Good Reason. If the Executive
gives a Termination Notice of Voluntary Termination and, prior to the
Termination Date, the Executive voluntarily refuses or fails to provide
substantially all the services described in SECTION 2 hereof for a period
greater than two consecutive weeks, the Voluntary Termination shall be deemed to
be effective as of the date on which the Executive so ceases to carry out his
duties. Voluntary refusal to perform services shall not include taking vacation
otherwise permitted in accordance with SECTION 4 hereof, the Executive's failure
to perform services on account of his illness or the illness of a member of his
immediate family, provided such illness is adequately substantiated at the
reasonable request of the Company, or any other absence from service with the
written consent of the Board.

      2. EMPLOYMENT; SERVICES. The Company shall employ the Executive, and the
Executive agrees to be so employed, in the capacity of President and Chief
Operating Officer of the Company to serve for the Term hereof, subject to
earlier termination as hereinafter provided. The Executive shall devote such
amount of his time and attention to the Company's affairs as are necessary to
perform his duties to the Company in his capacity as President and Chief
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Executive shall have authority and responsibility with respect to the day-to-day
management of the Company, consistent with direction from the Company's Board.

      3.    TERM; TERMINATION.

            (a) The term of the Executive's employment hereunder shall be one
year and shall commence on the date hereof and shall be extended automatically,
for so long as the Executive remains employed by the Company hereunder, the
first day of each month beginning January 1, 2000 for an additional one-month
period (such period, as it may be extended from time to time, being herein
referred to as the "Term"), unless terminated earlier in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, to the effect that on the first day of each month, the
remaining term of this Agreement and the Executive's employment hereunder shall
be one year.

            (b) Any purported termination of employment by Executive or the
Company shall be communicated by a Termination Notice. The Termination Notice
shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon
and set forth the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for
termination. If the party receiving the Termination Notice notifies the other
party prior to the Termination Date that a dispute exists concerning the
termination, the Termination Date shall be extended until the dispute is finally
determined, either by mutual written agreement of the parties, by a binding
arbitration award, or by a final judgment, order or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction. The Termination Date shall be extended by a notice of
dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and the party giving such
notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with reasonable diligence.
Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the Company will continue to
pay Executive his full compensation in effect when the notice giving rise to the
dispute was given and Executive shall continue as a participant in all Award
Plans and Benefit Plans in which Executive participated when the Termination
Notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the dispute is finally
resolved in accordance with this subsection. Amounts paid under this subsection
are in addition to all other amounts due under this Agreement and shall not be
offset against or reduce any other amounts due under this Agreement.

      4.    COMPENSATION.

            (a) BASE SALARY. During the Term, the Company shall pay the
Executive for his services a Base Salary of $225,500.00, to be paid in
accordance with customary Company policies, such Base Salary being subject to
any increases approved by the Compensation Committee or the Board, as the case
may be.

            (b) AWARD PLANS. During the Term, the Executive shall also be
eligible for additional compensation in the form of a cash bonus, shares of
stock in the Company, Partnership Units, or Options, and shall be eligible to
participate the 1994 Plan, 1999 Plan, and any other stock option, incentive
compensation, profit participation, bonus or extra compensation plan that is
adopted by the Company and in which the Company's executive officers generally
participate (collectively, "AWARD PLANS").

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            (c) BENEFIT PLANS. During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to
participate in, and to all rights and benefits provided by, each and every
health, life, medical, dental, disability, insurance and welfare plan maintained
by the Company including, without limitation, the benefits contemplated by
SECTION 5 of this Agreement, that are maintained from time to time by the
Company for the benefit of Executive, the executives of the Company generally or
for the Company's employees generally, provided that Executive is eligible to
participate in such plan under the eligibility provisions thereof that are
generally applicable to the participants thereof (collectively, "BENEFIT
PLANS").

            (d) VACATION. The Executive shall be entitled each calendar year to
vacation time, during which time his compensation shall be paid in full. The
time allotted for such vacation shall be three (3) weeks.

            (e) CONTINUATION OF WELFARE BENEFITS. If Executive's employment is
terminated due to Executive's Permanent Disability, Termination Without Cause,
or termination for Good Reason, and if Executive is no longer eligible to
participate in one or more of the Benefit Plans because of such termination,
Executive shall be entitled to, and the Company shall provide to Executive at
the Company's sole expense, benefits substantially equivalent to those Benefit
Plans to which Executive was entitled immediately prior to such termination for
one (1) year after the Termination Date. If Executive's employment is terminated
due to a Change of Control Termination, and if Executive is no longer eligible
to participate in one or more of the Benefit Plans because of such termination,
Executive shall be entitled to, and the Company shall provide to Executive at
the Company's sole expense, benefits substantially equivalent to those Benefit
Plans to which Executive was entitled immediately prior to such termination for
two (2) years after the Termination Date.

            (f) OVERALL QUALIFICATION. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed as preventing the Company from modifying, suspending, discontinuing or
terminating any of the Company Benefit Plans or Award Plans without notice or
liability to Executive so long as (i) the modification, suspension,
discontinuation or termination of any such plan is authorized by and performed
in accordance with the specific provisions of such plan and (ii) such
modification, suspension, discontinuation or termination is taken generally with
respect to all similarly situated employees of the Company and does not single
out or discriminate against Executive.

      5. EXPENSES. The Company recognizes that the Executive will have to incur
certain out-of-pocket expenses, including but not limited to travel expenses,
related to his services and the Company's business and the Company agrees to
reimburse the Executive for all reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by him
in the performance of his duties upon presentation of a voucher or documentation
indicating the amount and business purposes of any such expenses, including, but
not limited to, expenses incurred in connection with the operation of
Executive's aircraft in the course of conducting the Company's business;
provided that Executive complies with the Company's policies and procedures
regarding business expenses.

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       6. VOLUNTARY TERMINATION; TERMINATION WITH CAUSE. Except as otherwise
provided in SECTION 9 of this Agreement, if (i) the Executive shall cease being
an employee of the Company on account of a Voluntary Termination or (ii) there
shall be a Termination With Cause, the Executive shall not be entitled to any
compensation after the Termination Date of such Voluntary Termination or
Termination With Cause (except Base Salary and vacation accrued but unpaid on
the Termination Date of such event). In the event of a Voluntary Termination or
Termination With Cause, the Executive shall continue to be subject to the
noncompetition covenant contained in SECTION 10 hereof for the remainder of the
Term.

      7. DEATH OR DISABILITY. In the event of the Executive's death or Permanent
Disability, the Company may elect to terminate Executive's employment with the
Company. Upon termination of Executive by the Company due to Executive's death
or Permanent Disability, the Company shall continue to pay the Executive or his
heirs, devisees, executors, legatees or personal representatives, as
appropriate, the semi-monthly payments of the Base Salary then in effect for one
year from the Termination Date. The Company shall also pay any amounts due
pursuant to the terms of any Benefit Plans and Award Plans in which Executive
was a participant, including, without limitation, the pro rata amount of any
bonus to be paid to Executive for the fiscal year in which Executive was
terminated. In addition, Executive shall be permitted to participate in, and
have all rights and benefits provided by, all Benefit Plans which Executive was
eligible to participate in immediately prior to the Termination Date (to the
extent such participation is possible under the laws then pertaining to such
Benefit Plans), for a minimum of one (1) year following the Termination Date.

      8. TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE. RESIGNATION FOR GOOD REASON. The Company may
terminate Executive for any reason, or no reason at all, at any time and
Executive may terminate this Agreement at any time for Good Reason, provided
that, upon termination of this Agreement by the Executive for Good Reason or in
the event of a Termination Without Cause, except as otherwise provided in
SECTION 9 of this Agreement, the Company shall provide the compensation and
benefits set forth in this SECTION 8. Executive may terminate this Agreement for
Good Reason notwithstanding any incapacity due to physical or mental illness.
Executive's continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver
of, rights with respect to any circumstances constituting Good Reason hereunder.

            (a) BASE SALARY, BENEFIT AND AWARD PLANS. The Company shall continue
to pay the Executive the semi-monthly payments of the Base Salary then in effect
for one year after the Termination Date. The Company shall also pay on the
Termination Date any amounts due pursuant to the terms of any Benefit Plans and
Award Plans in which Executive was a participant, including, without limitation,
the pro rata amount of any bonus to be paid to Executive for the fiscal year in
which Executive was terminated. In addition, Executive shall be permitted to
participate in, and have all rights and benefits provided by, all Benefit Plans
which Executive was eligible to participate in immediately prior to the
Termination Date (to the extent such participation is possible under the laws
then pertaining to such Benefit Plans), for a minimum of one year following the
Termination Date.

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            (b) STOCK OPTIONS. All Options granted to Executive shall become
fully vested at the Termination Date. In lieu of Company Shares issuable upon
exercise of any outstanding and unexercised Options granted to Executive,
Executive may, at Executive's option, receive an amount in cash equal to the
product of (i) the Fair Market Value of Company Shares on the Termination Date
over the per share exercise price of each Option held by Executive, times (ii)
the number of Company Shares covered by each such Option. In the event Executive
does not elect to receive a cash payment for any outstanding and unexercised
Options granted to Executive, Executive shall have the right to exercise such
Options in accordance with the terms and conditions provided in the applicable
stock option plans as if Executive had continued his employment with the
Company, notwithstanding Executive's termination.

            (c) LEGAL FEES. The Company shall also pay to Executive all legal
fees and expenses incurred by Executive as a result of a Termination Without
Cause or Executive's resignation for Good Reason (including all such fees and
expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any such termination or in
seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement).

      9.    CHANGE OF CONTROL.

            (a) TERMINATION IN CONNECTION WITH A CHANGE OF CONTROL.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, in the event of a Change
of Control Termination, the Company shall, on the Termination Date, pay the
Executive, in addition to any Base Salary earned but not paid through the
Termination Date and any amounts due pursuant to Award Plans and Benefit Plans
including, without limitation, the pro rata amount of Executive's anticipated
bonus for the fiscal year in which Executive is terminated, the compensation and
benefits set forth in SECTION 9(B).

            (b)   COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.

            (i) A Termination Payment shall be paid which is equal to the sum of
two and 99/100 (2.99) times the Executive's annual base salary in effect on the
Termination Date plus two and 99/100 (2.99) times the average annual cash bonus
paid to the Executive for the two immediately preceding fiscal years, under this
Agreement or otherwise (but not including compensation under the Company's
Shareholder Value Plan) ("Termination Payment"). Notwithstanding SECTION 9(A),
the Termination Payment shall be calculated and paid immediately prior to the
closing of the transactions constituting a Change of Control if the Executive
receives notice prior to the Change of Control that his employment will be
terminated on or after the Change of Control.

            (ii) Executive shall be permitted to participate in, and have all
rights and benefits provided by, all Benefit Plans which Executive was eligible
to participate in immediately prior to the Termination Date (to the extent such
participation is possible under the laws then pertaining to such Benefit Plans),
for a minimum of two years following the Termination Date.

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            (iii) In lieu of Company Shares issuable upon exercise of any
outstanding and unexercised Options granted to Executive, Executive may, at
Executive's option, receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the
excess of the higher of the Fair Market Value of Company Shares on the
Termination Date, or the highest per share price for Company Shares actually
paid in connection with any Change of Control of the Company, over the per share
exercise price of each Option held by Executive, times (ii) the number of
Company Shares covered by each such Option. In the event Executive does not
elect to receive a cash payment for any outstanding and unexercised Options
granted to Executive, Executive shall have the right to exercise such Options in
accordance with the terms and conditions provided in the applicable stock option
plans.

            (iv) The Company shall also pay to Executive all legal fees and
expenses incurred by Executive as a result of a termination described in SECTION
9(A) of this Agreement (including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred
in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or
enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement or in connection with
any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of
Section 4999 of the Code to any payment or benefit provided hereunder).

            (c) CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. Notwithstanding the provisions of
subparagraphs (i) or (vi) in the definition of change of control, unless
otherwise determined in a specific case by majority vote of the Board, a Change
of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Agreement
solely because (i) an entity in which the Company directly or indirectly
beneficially owns 50% or more of the voting securities or (ii) any
Company-sponsored employee stock ownership plan, or any other employee benefit
plan of the Company, either files or becomes obligated to file a report or a
proxy statement under or in response to Schedule 13D, Schedule 14D-l, Form 8-K
or Schedule 14A (or any successor schedule, form or report or item thereon)
under the Exchange Act, disclosing beneficial ownership by it of shares of stock
of the Company, or because the Company reports that a Change of Control of the
Company has or may have occurred or will or may occur in the future by reason of
such beneficial ownership.

            (d) ESCROW ARRANGEMENT. If within thirty (30) days after the
effective date of a Change of Control Executive's employment has not been
terminated, the Company shall deposit with an escrow agent, pursuant to an
escrow agreement between the Company and such escrow agent, a sum of money, or
other property permitted by such escrow agreement, which is substantially
sufficient in the opinion of the Company's management to fund the amounts due to
Executive set forth in SECTION 9(B) of this Agreement. The escrow agreement
shall provide that such agreement may not be terminated until the earlier of (i)
Executive's employment has terminated and all amounts due to Executive as set
forth in this Agreement have been paid to Executive or (ii) three (3) years
after the effective date of the Change of Control.

            (e) TAX MATTERS. If the Excise Tax on Excess Parachute Payments will
be imposed on the Executive under Code section 4999 as a result of the
Executive's receipt of the Change of Control Benefits, the Company shall
indemnify the Executive and hold him harmless against all claims, losses,
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indemnification, the Company shall pay to the Executive the Additional Amount
which is sufficient to indemnify and hold the Executive harmless from the
application of Code sections 280G and 4999, including the amount of (i) the
Excise Tax that will be imposed on the Executive under section 4999 of the Code
with respect to the Change of Control Benefits; (ii) the additional (A) Excise
Tax under section 4999 of the Code, (B) hospital insurance tax under section
3111(b) of the Code and (C) federal, state and local income taxes for which the
Executive is or will be liable on account of the payment of the amount described
in subitem (i); and (iii) the further excise, hospital insurance and income
taxes for which the Executive is or will be liable on account of the payment of
the amount described in subitem (ii) and this subitem (iii) and any other
indemnification payment under this SECTION 9(E). The Additional Amount shall be
calculated and paid to the Executive at the time that the Termination Payment is
paid to the Executive. In calculating the Additional Amount, the highest
marginal rates of federal and applicable state and local income taxes applicable
to individuals and in effect for the year in which the Change of Control occurs
shall be used. Nothing in this paragraph shall give the Executive the right to
receive indemnification from the Company for federal, state or local income
taxes or hospital insurance taxes payable solely as a result of the Executive's
receipt of (a) the Change in Control Benefits, or (b) any additional payment,
benefit or compensation other than the Additional Amount. As specified in items
(ii) and (iii), above, all income, hospital insurance and additional Excise
Taxes resulting from additional compensation in the form of the Excise Tax
payment specified in item (i), above, shall be paid to the Executive.

      The provisions of this SECTION 9(E) are illustrated by the following
example:

      Assume that the Termination Payment and all other Change of Control
Benefits result in a total federal, state and local income tax and hospital
insurance tax liability of $180,000; and an Excise Tax liability under Code
section 4999 of $70,000. Under such circumstances, the Executive is solely
responsible for the $180,000 income and hospital insurance tax liability; and
the Company must pay to the Executive $70,000, plus an amount necessary to
indemnify the Executive for all federal, state and local income taxes, hospital
insurance taxes, and Excise Taxes that will result from the $70,000 payment to
the Executive and from all further indemnification to the Executive of taxes
attributable to the initial $70,000 payment.

      10. NONCOMPETITION. During the Term, the Executive shall not, other than
through the Company or affiliates of the Company, own any interest in any
Multi-Family Residential Property (other than Multi-Family Residential Property
in which the Company or the Partnership has an ownership interest), as partner,
shareholder or otherwise, or engage in the Multi-Family Residential Business,
directly or indirectly, for his own account or for the account of others, either
as an officer, director, shareholder, owner, partner, promoter, employee,
consultant, advisor, agent, manager, or in any other capacity. For a period of
two (2) years after a Change of Control Termination, Executive shall not own any
interest in any Multi-Family Residential Property as partner, shareholder or
otherwise, or directly or indirectly, for his own account or for the account of
others, either as an officer, director, promoter, employee, consultant, advisor,
agent, manager, or in any other capacity, engage in the Multi-Family Residential
Business within 5 miles of any Multi-Family Residential Property owned by the
Company or the Partnership at the time of termination of employment.

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      The Executive agrees that damages at law for violation of the restrictive
covenant contained herein would not be an adequate or proper remedy to the
Company, and that should the Executive violate or threaten to violate any of the
provisions of such covenant, the Company, its successors or assigns, shall be
entitled to obtain a temporary or permanent injunction, as appropriate, against
the Executive in any court having jurisdiction over the person and the subject
matter, prohibiting any further violation of any such covenants. The injunctive
relief provided herein shall be in addition to any award of damages,
compensatory, exemplary or otherwise, payable by reason of such violation.

      Furthermore, the Executive acknowledges that this Agreement has been
negotiated at arms' length by the parties, neither being under any compulsion to
enter into this Agreement, and that the foregoing restrictive covenant does not
in any respect inhibit his ability to earn a livelihood in his chosen profession
without violating the restrictive covenant contained herein. The Company by
these presents has attempted to limit the Executive's right to compete only to
the extent necessary to protect the Company from unfair competition. The Company
recognizes, however, that reasonable people may differ in making such a
determination. Consequently, the Company agrees that if the scope or
enforceability of the restricted covenant contained herein is in any way
disputed at any time, a court or other trier of fact may modify and enforce the
covenant to the extent that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances
existing at the time.

      11. EMPLOYMENT STATUS. The parties acknowledge and agree that Executive is
an employee of the Company, not an independent contractor. Any payments made to
Executive by the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated for federal
and state payroll tax purposes as payments made to a Company employee,
irrespective whether such payments are made subsequent to the Termination Date.

      12. NOTICES. All notices or deliveries authorized or required pursuant to
this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given when in writing and personally
delivered or when deposited in the U.S. mail, certified, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the parties at the following addresses
or to such other addresses as either may designate in writing to the other
party:

            To the Company:         6584 Poplar Avenue
                                    Suite 340
                                    Memphis, Tennessee 38128
                                    Attn: Chief Financial Officer

            To the Executive:       H. Eric Bolton
                                    3290 Kenny Drive
                                    Germantown, Tennessee 38139

      13. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire understanding
between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall
not be modified in any manner except by instrument in writing signed, by or on
behalf of, the parties hereto; provided, however, that any amendment or
termination of the covenant of noncompetition in SECTION 10 must be approved

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by a majority of the Directors of the Company other than the Executive, if the
Executive is then a director of the Company. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors and assigns of the
parties hereto.

      14. ARBITRATION. Any controversy concerning or claim arising out of or
relating to this Agreement shall be settled by final and binding arbitration in
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee at a location specified by the party seeking
such arbitration.

            (a) THE ARBITRATORS. Any arbitration proceeding shall be conducted
by three (3) Arbitrators and the decision of the Arbitrators shall be binding on
all parties. Each Arbitrator shall have substantial experience and expert
competence in the matters being arbitrated. The party desiring to submit any
matter relating to this Agreement to arbitration shall do so by written notice
to the other party, which notice shall set forth the items to be arbitrated,
such party's choice of Arbitrator, and such party's substantive position in the
arbitration. The party receiving such notice shall, within fifteen (15) days
after receipt of such notice, appoint an Arbitrator and notify the other party
of its appointment and of its substantive position. The Arbitrators appointed by
the parties to the Arbitration shall select an additional Arbitrator meeting the
aforedescribed criteria. The Arbitrators shall be required to render a decision
in accordance with the procedures set forth in Subparagraph (b) below within
thirty (30) days after being notified of their selection. The fees of the
Arbitrators shall be equally divided amongst the parties to the arbitration.

            (b) ARBITRATION PROCEDURES. Arbitration shall be conducted in
accordance with the Uniform Arbitration Act, except to the extent the provisions
of such Act are modified by this Agreement or the subsequent mutual agreement of
the parties. Judgment upon the award rendered by the Arbitrator(s) may be
entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Any party hereto may bring an
action, including a summary or expedited proceeding, to compel arbitration of
any controversy or claim to which this provision applies in any court having
jurisdiction over such action in Shelby County, Tennessee, and the parties agree
that jurisdiction and venue in Shelby County, Tennessee are appropriate and
approved by such parties.

      15. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee.

      16. ASSIGNMENT. The Executive acknowledges that his services are unique
and personal. Accordingly, the Executive may not assign his rights or delegate
his duties or obligations under this Agreement, except with respect to certain
rights to receive payments as described in SECTION 7.

      17. HEADINGS. Headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and
shall not be used to interpret or construe its provisions.

      18. SUCCESSORS; BINDING AGREEMENT. The Company will require any successor
to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to
expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to
the same extent that the Company would be

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required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the
Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of
any such succession shall be a beach of this Agreement and shall entitle
Executive to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same
terms as Executive would be entitled to hereunder if Executive terminates his
employment for Good Reason. The Company's rights and obligations under this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company's
successors and assigns.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective as
of the date first above written.

                                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.


                                    By: __________________________________
                                    Name: ________________________________
                                    Title: _______________________________


                                    EXECUTIVE:


                                    ______________________________________
                                    H. Eric Bolton

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.9


                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

      THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") effective as of December ___,
1999, by and between Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., a Tennessee
corporation (the "Company"), and Simon R. Wadsworth (the "Executive").


                                   WITNESSETH:

      WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Executive to serve as the
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company; and

      WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive each deem it necessary and
desirable to execute a written document setting forth the terms and conditions
of said relationship.

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual obligations
hereinafter set forth the parties agree as follows:

      1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the following definitions:

      "1994 PLAN" means the Company's Amended and Restated 1994 Restricted Stock
and Stock Option Plan.

      "1999 PLAN" means the Company's 1999 Equity Compensation Plan.

      "ADDITIONAL AMOUNT" means the amount the Company shall pay to the
Executive in order to indemnify the Executive against all claims, losses,
damages, penalties, expenses, interest, and Excise Taxes (including additional
taxes on such Additional Amount) incurred by Executive as a result of Executive
receiving Change of Control Benefits as further described in SECTION 9(E) of
this Agreement.

      "ARBITRATORS" means the arbitrators selected to conduct any arbitration
proceeding in connection with any disputes arising out of or relating to this
Agreement.

      "AWARD PLANS" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 4(B)of this Agreement.

      "BASE SALARY" means the annual salary to be paid to Executive as set forth
in SECTION 4(A) of this Agreement.

      "BENEFIT PLANS" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 4(C) of this
Agreement.

      "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

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      "CHANGE OF CONTROL" means any of the following events which occur during
the Term of this Agreement:

      (i) any "person", as that term is used in Section 13(d) and Section
      14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
      Act"), becomes, is discovered to be, or files a report on Schedule 13D or
      14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form or report) disclosing that such
      person is, a beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
      Act or any successor rule or regulation), directly or indirectly, of
      securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting
      power of the Company's then outstanding securities entitled to vote
      generally in the election of directors, regardless of whether or not the
      Board shall have approved the acquisition of such securities by the
      acquiring person;

      (ii) individuals who, as of the effective date of this Agreement,
      constitute the Board of Directors of the Company cease for any reason to
      constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company,
      unless any such change is approved by the vote of at least 80% of the
      members of the Board of Directors of the Company in office immediately
      prior to such cessation;

      (iii) the Company is merged, consolidated or reorganized into or with
      another corporation or other legal person, or securities of the Company
      are exchanged for securities of another corporation or other legal person,
      and immediately after such merger, consolidation, reorganization or
      exchange less than 80% of the combined voting power of the
      then-outstanding securities of such corporation or person immediately
      after such transaction are held, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate
      by the holders of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
      directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction;

      (iv) the Company in any transaction or series of related transactions,
      sells all or substantially all of its assets to any other corporation or
      other legal person and less than a majority of the combined voting power
      of the then-outstanding securities of such corporation or person
      immediately after such sale or sales are held, directly or indirectly, in
      the aggregate by the holders of securities entitled to vote generally in
      the election of directors of the Company immediately prior to such sale;

      (v) the Company and its affiliates shall sell or transfer (in a single
      transaction or series of related transactions) to a non-affiliate business
      operations or assets that generated at least two-thirds of the
      consolidated revenues (determined on the basis of the Company's four most
      recently completed fiscal quarters for which reports have been filed under
      the Exchange Act) of the Company and its subsidiaries immediately prior
      thereto;

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      (vi) the Company files a report or proxy statement with the Securities and
      Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act disclosing in response to
      Form 8-K (or any successor, form or report or item therein) that a change
      in control of the Company has occurred;

      (vii) the shareholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the
      liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

      (viii) any other transaction or series of related transactions occur that
      have substantially the effect of the transactions specified in any of the
      preceding clauses in this sentence.

      "CHANGE OF CONTROL BENEFITS" means the Executive's receipt of the
Termination Payment or any other payment, benefit or compensation (except for
the Additional Amount) which the Executive receives or has the right to receive
from the Company or any of its affiliates as a result of Executive's
termination.

      "CHANGE OF CONTROL TERMINATION" means (i) a Termination Without Cause of
the Executive's employment by the Company, in anticipation of, on, or within
three (3) years after a Change of Control, (ii) the Executive's resignation for
Good Reason on or within three (3) years after a Change of Control, or (iii)
Executive's giving of a Termination Notice of Voluntary Termination during the
thirty days immediately following the Change of Control or during the thirty
days immediately following the one year anniversary of the Change of Control.

      "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

      "COMPANY" means Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., a Tennessee
corporation, and any successor to its business and/or assets which assumes and
agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

      "COMPANY SHARES" means the shares of common stock of the Company or any
securities of a successor company which shall have replaced such common stock.

      "COMPENSATION COMMITTEE" means the compensation committee of the Board.

      "EXCESS PARACHUTE PAYMENTS" has the meaning set forth in section 280G of
the Code.

      "EXCISE TAX" means a tax on Excess Parachute Payments imposed pursuant to
Code section 4999.

      "EXECUTIVE" means the person identified in the preamble paragraph of this
Agreement.

      "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means, on any give date, the closing sale price of the
common stock of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange on such date, or, if
the New York Stock

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Exchange shall be closed on such date, the next preceding date on which the New
York Stock Exchange shall have been open.

      "GOOD REASON" means any of the following:

      (i) a change in the Executive's status, position or responsibilities
      (including reporting responsibilities) which, in the Executive's
      reasonable judgment and without Executive's consent, represents a
      reduction in or demotion of the Executive's status, position or
      responsibilities as in effect immediately prior to a Change of Control;
      the assignment to the Executive of any duties or responsibilities which,
      in the Executive's reasonable judgment, are inconsistent with such status,
      position or responsibilities; or any removal of the Executive from or
      failure to reappoint or reelect the Executive to any of such positions,
      except in connection with a Termination with Cause, as a result of the
      Executive's death or Permanent Disability or by Voluntary Termination;

       (ii) a reduction in the Executive's Base Salary as in effect on the date
      hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time or modifying,
      suspending, discontinuing, or terminating any Award Plan or Benefit Plan
      in a manner which treats Executive differently than other similarly
      situated employees or singles out or discriminates against Executive;

      (iii) the relocation of the Company's principal executive offices to a
      location outside a thirty-mile radius of Memphis, Tennessee or the
      Company's requiring the Executive to be based at any place other than a
      location within a thirty-mile radius of Memphis, Tennessee, except for
      reasonably required travel on the Company's business;

      (iv) the failure by the Company to continue to provide the Executive with
      compensation and benefits provided for under this Agreement or benefits
      substantially similar to those provided to the Executive under any of the
      employee benefit plans in which the Executive is or becomes a participant,
      or the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or
      indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the Executive
      of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive at the time of the
      Change of Control;

      (v) any material breach by the Company of any provision of this Agreement;

      (vi) any purported termination of Executive's employment by the Company
      which is not effected pursuant to the procedures set forth in SECTION 3;
      or

      (vii) the failure of the Company to obtain an agreement reasonably
      satisfactory to Executive from any successor or assign of the Company to
      assume and agree to perform this Agreement.

      "MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS" means the business of acquiring,
developing, constructing, owning or operating multi-family residential apartment
communities.

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      "MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY" means any real estate upon which the
Multi-Family Residential Business is being conducted.

      "OPTION(S)" means any options issued pursuant to the 1994 Plan, 1999 Plan
or any other stock option plan adopted by the Company, any option granted with
respect to Partnership Units, or any option granted under the plan of any
successor company that replaces or assumes the Company's or the Partnership's
options.

      "PARTNERSHIP" means Mid-America Apartments, L.P., a Tennessee limited
partnership.

      "PARTNERSHIP UNIT(S)" means limited partnership interests of the
Partnership. The holder has the option of requiring the Company to redeem such
interests. The Company may elect to effectuate such redemption by either paying
cash or exchanging Company Shares for such interests.

      "PERMANENT DISABILITY" means a complete physical or mental inability,
confirmed by a licensed physician, to perform the services described in SECTION
2 of the Agreement that continues for a period of six (6) consecutive months.

      "TERM" has the meaning assigned to it in SECTION 3 of this Agreement.

      "TERMINATION DATE" means the date employment of Executive is terminated,
which date shall be (i) in the case of Executive's Permanent Disability, 30 days
after a Termination Notice is given and Executive does not return to the
full-time performance of his duties within such 30 day period or (ii) in all
other instances, the date specified as the Termination Date in the Termination
Notice, which date shall not be less than thirty nor more than sixty days from
the date the Termination Notice is given.

      "TERMINATION NOTICE" means a written notice of termination of employment
by Executive or the Company.

      "TERMINATION PAYMENT" has the meaning set forth in SECTION 9(B)(I) of this
Agreement.

      "TERMINATION WITH CAUSE" means the termination of the Executive's
employment by act of the Board for any of the following reasons:

      (i) the Executive's conviction for a felony;

      (ii) the Executive's theft, embezzlement, misappropriation of or
      intentional infliction of material damage to the Company's property or
      business opportunity;

      (iii) the Executive's intentional breach of the noncompetition provisions
      contained in SECTION 10 of this Agreement; or

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      (iv) the Executive's ongoing willful neglect of or failure to perform his
      duties hereunder or his ongoing willful failure or refusal to follow any
      reasonable, unambiguous duly adopted written direction of the Board or any
      duly constituted committee thereof that is not inconsistent with the
      description of the Executive's duties set forth in SECTION 2, if such
      willful neglect or failure is materially damaging or materially
      detrimental to the business and operations of the Company; provided that
      Executive shall have received written notice of such failure and shall
      have continued to engage in such failure after 30 days following receipt
      of such notice from the Board, which notice specifically identifies the
      manner in which the Board believes that Executive has engaged in such
      failure.

For purposes of this subsection, no act, or failure to act, shall be deemed
"willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by Executive not in good faith,
and without reasonable belief that such action or omission was in the best
interest of the Company. Executive shall not be deemed to have been terminated
for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to Executive a copy
of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than
three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board
called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice to Executive and an
opportunity for Executive, together with his counsel, to be heard before the
Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, Executive was
guilty of misconduct as set forth above, and of continuing such misconduct after
notice from the Board.

      "TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE" means the termination of the Executive's
employment by the Company for any reason other than Termination With Cause, or
termination by the Company due to Executive's death or Permanent Disability.

      "UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT" means the Uniform Arbitration Act, Tennessee
Code Annotated ss. 29-5-391 ET SEQ., as amended.

      "VOLUNTARY TERMINATION" means the Executive's voluntary termination of his
employment hereunder for any reason other than Good Reason. If the Executive
gives a Termination Notice of Voluntary Termination and, prior to the
Termination Date, the Executive voluntarily refuses or fails to provide
substantially all the services described in SECTION 2 hereof for a period
greater than two consecutive weeks, the Voluntary Termination shall be deemed to
be effective as of the date on which the Executive so ceases to carry out his
duties. Voluntary refusal to perform services shall not include taking vacation
otherwise permitted in accordance with SECTION 4 hereof, the Executive's failure
to perform services on account of his illness or the illness of a member of his
immediate family, provided such illness is adequately substantiated at the
reasonable request of the Company, or any other absence from service with the
written consent of the Board.

      2. EMPLOYMENT; SERVICES. The Company shall employ the Executive, and the
Executive agrees to be so employed, in the capacity of Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer of the Company to serve for the Term hereof, subject
to earlier termination as hereinafter provided. The Executive shall devote such
amount of his time and attention to the Company's affairs as are necessary to
perform his duties to the Company in his capacity as Executive Vice President
and

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Chief Financial Officer. The Executive shall have authority and responsibility
with respect to the day-to-day management of the Company and the financial
status of the Company, consistent with direction from the Company's Board.

      3.    TERM; TERMINATION.

            (a) The term of the Executive's employment hereunder shall be one
year and shall commence on the date hereof and shall be extended automatically,
for so long as the Executive remains employed by the Company hereunder, the
first day of each month beginning January 1, 2000 for an additional one-month
period (such period, as it may be extended from time to time, being herein
referred to as the "Term"), unless terminated earlier in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, to the effect that on the first day of each month, the
remaining term of this Agreement and the Executive's employment hereunder shall
be one year.

            (b) Any purported termination of employment by Executive or the
Company shall be communicated by a Termination Notice. The Termination Notice
shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon
and set forth the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for
termination. If the party receiving the Termination Notice notifies the other
party prior to the Termination Date that a dispute exists concerning the
termination, the Termination Date shall be extended until the dispute is finally
determined, either by mutual written agreement of the parties, by a binding
arbitration award, or by a final judgment, order or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction. The Termination Date shall be extended by a notice of
dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and the party giving such
notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with reasonable diligence.
Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the Company will continue to
pay Executive his full compensation in effect when the notice giving rise to the
dispute was given and Executive shall continue as a participant in all Award
Plans and Benefit Plans in which Executive participated when the Termination
Notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the dispute is finally
resolved in accordance with this subsection. Amounts paid under this subsection
are in addition to all other amounts due under this Agreement and shall not be
offset against or reduce any other amounts due under this Agreement.

      4.    COMPENSATION.

            (a) BASE SALARY. During the Term, the Company shall pay the
Executive for his services a Base Salary of $184,500.00, to be paid in
accordance with customary Company policies, such Base Salary being subject to
any increases approved by the Compensation Committee or the Board, as the case
may be.

            (b) AWARD PLANS. During the Term, the Executive shall also be
eligible for additional compensation in the form of a cash bonus, shares of
stock in the Company, Partnership Units, or Options, and shall be eligible to
participate the 1994 Plan, 1999 Plan, and any other stock option, incentive
compensation, profit participation, bonus or extra compensation plan that is

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adopted by the Company and in which the Company's executive officers generally
participate (collectively, "AWARD PLANS").

            (c) BENEFIT PLANS. During the Term, Executive shall be entitled to
participate in, and to all rights and benefits provided by, each and every
health, life, medical, dental, disability, insurance and welfare plan maintained
by the Company including, without limitation, the benefits contemplated by
SECTION 5 of this Agreement, that are maintained from time to time by the
Company for the benefit of Executive, the executives of the Company generally or
for the Company's employees generally, provided that Executive is eligible to
participate in such plan under the eligibility provisions thereof that are
generally applicable to the participants thereof (collectively, "BENEFIT
PLANS").

            (d) VACATION. The Executive shall be entitled each calendar year to
vacation time, during which time his compensation shall be paid in full. The
time allotted for such vacation shall be three (3) weeks.

            (e) CONTINUATION OF WELFARE BENEFITS. If Executive's employment is
terminated due to Executive's Permanent Disability, Termination Without Cause,
or termination for Good Reason, and if Executive is no longer eligible to
participate in one or more of the Benefit Plans because of such termination,
Executive shall be entitled to, and the Company shall provide to Executive at
the Company's sole expense, benefits substantially equivalent to those Benefit
Plans to which Executive was entitled immediately prior to such termination for
one (1) year after the Termination Date. If Executive's employment is terminated
due to a Change of Control Termination, and if Executive is no longer eligible
to participate in one or more of the Benefit Plans because of such termination,
Executive shall be entitled to, and the Company shall provide to Executive at
the Company's sole expense, benefits substantially equivalent to those Benefit
Plans to which Executive was entitled immediately prior to such termination for
two (2) years after the Termination Date.

            (f) OVERALL QUALIFICATION. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed as preventing the Company from modifying, suspending, discontinuing or
terminating any of the Company Benefit Plans or Award Plans without notice or
liability to Executive so long as (i) the modification, suspension,
discontinuation or termination of any such plan is authorized by and performed
in accordance with the specific provisions of such plan and (ii) such
modification, suspension, discontinuation or termination is taken generally with
respect to all similarly situated employees of the Company and does not single
out or discriminate against Executive.

      5. EXPENSES. The Company recognizes that the Executive will have to incur
certain out-of-pocket expenses, including but not limited to travel expenses,
related to his services and the Company's business and the Company agrees to
reimburse the Executive for all reasonable expenses necessarily incurred by him
in the performance of his duties upon presentation of a voucher or documentation
indicating the amount and business purposes of any such expenses, including, but
not limited to, expenses incurred in connection with the operation of
Executive's aircraft in the

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course of conducting the Company's business; provided that Executive complies
with the Company's policies and procedures regarding business expenses.

       6. VOLUNTARY TERMINATION; TERMINATION WITH CAUSE. Except as otherwise
provided in SECTION 9 of this Agreement, if (i) the Executive shall cease being
an employee of the Company on account of a Voluntary Termination or (ii) there
shall be a Termination With Cause, the Executive shall not be entitled to any
compensation after the Termination Date of such Voluntary Termination or
Termination With Cause (except Base Salary and vacation accrued but unpaid on
the Termination Date of such event). In the event of a Voluntary Termination or
Termination With Cause, the Executive shall continue to be subject to the
noncompetition covenant contained in SECTION 10 hereof for the remainder of the
Term.

      7. DEATH OR DISABILITY. In the event of the Executive's death or Permanent
Disability, the Company may elect to terminate Executive's employment with the
Company. Upon termination of Executive by the Company due to Executive's death
or Permanent Disability, the Company shall continue to pay the Executive or his
heirs, devisees, executors, legatees or personal representatives, as
appropriate, the semi-monthly payments of the Base Salary then in effect for one
year from the Termination Date. The Company shall also pay any amounts due
pursuant to the terms of any Benefit Plans and Award Plans in which Executive
was a participant, including, without limitation, the pro rata amount of any
bonus to be paid to Executive for the fiscal year in which Executive was
terminated. In addition, Executive shall be permitted to participate in, and
have all rights and benefits provided by, all Benefit Plans which Executive was
eligible to participate in immediately prior to the Termination Date (to the
extent such participation is possible under the laws then pertaining to such
Benefit Plans), for a minimum of one (1) year following the Termination Date.

      8. TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE. RESIGNATION FOR GOOD REASON. The Company may
terminate Executive for any reason, or no reason at all, at any time and
Executive may terminate this Agreement at any time for Good Reason, provided
that, upon termination of this Agreement by the Executive for Good Reason or in
the event of a Termination Without Cause, except as otherwise provided in
SECTION 9 of this Agreement, the Company shall provide the compensation and
benefits set forth in this SECTION 8. Executive may terminate this Agreement for
Good Reason notwithstanding any incapacity due to physical or mental illness.
Executive's continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver
of, rights with respect to any circumstances constituting Good Reason hereunder.

            (a) BASE SALARY, BENEFIT AND AWARD PLANS. The Company shall continue
to pay the Executive the semi-monthly payments of the Base Salary then in effect
for one year after the Termination Date. The Company shall also pay on the
Termination Date any amounts due pursuant to the terms of any Benefit Plans and
Award Plans in which Executive was a participant, including, without limitation,
the pro rata amount of any bonus to be paid to Executive for the fiscal year in
which Executive was terminated. In addition, Executive shall be permitted to
participate in, and have all rights and benefits provided by, all Benefit Plans
which Executive was eligible to participate in immediately prior to the
Termination Date (to the extent such participation is possible under the

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laws then pertaining to such Benefit Plans), for a minimum of one year following
the Termination Date.

            (b) STOCK OPTIONS. All Options granted to Executive shall become
fully vested at the Termination Date. In lieu of Company Shares issuable upon
exercise of any outstanding and unexercised Options granted to Executive,
Executive may, at Executive's option, receive an amount in cash equal to the
product of (i) the Fair Market Value of Company Shares on the Termination Date
over the per share exercise price of each Option held by Executive, times (ii)
the number of Company Shares covered by each such Option. In the event Executive
does not elect to receive a cash payment for any outstanding and unexercised
Options granted to Executive, Executive shall have the right to exercise such
Options in accordance with the terms and conditions provided in the applicable
stock option plans as if Executive had continued his employment with the
Company, notwithstanding Executive's termination.

            (c) LEGAL FEES. The Company shall also pay to Executive all legal
fees and expenses incurred by Executive as a result of a Termination Without
Cause or Executive's resignation for Good Reason (including all such fees and
expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any such termination or in
seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement).

      9.    CHANGE OF CONTROL.

            (a) TERMINATION IN CONNECTION WITH A CHANGE OF CONTROL.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, in the event of a Change
of Control Termination, the Company shall, on the Termination Date, pay the
Executive, in addition to any Base Salary earned but not paid through the
Termination Date and any amounts due pursuant to Award Plans and Benefit Plans
including, without limitation, the pro rata amount of Executive's anticipated
bonus for the fiscal year in which Executive is terminated, the compensation and
benefits set forth in SECTION 9(B).

            (b)   COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.

            (i) A Termination Payment shall be paid which is equal to the sum of
two and 99/100 (2.99) times the Executive's annual base salary in effect on the
Termination Date plus two and 99/100 (2.99) times the average annual cash bonus
paid to the Executive for the two (2) immediately preceding fiscal years, under
this Agreement or otherwise (but not including compensation under the Company's
Shareholder Value Plan) ("Termination Payment"). Notwithstanding SECTION 9(A),
the Termination Payment shall be calculated and paid immediately prior to the
closing of the transactions constituting a Change of Control if the Executive
receives notice prior to the Change of Control that his employment will be
terminated on or after the Change of Control.

            (ii) Executive shall be permitted to participate in, and have all
rights and benefits provided by, all Benefit Plans which Executive was eligible
to participate in immediately prior to

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the Termination Date (to the extent such participation is possible under the
laws then pertaining to such Benefit Plans), for a minimum of two years
following the Termination Date.

            (iii) In lieu of Company Shares issuable upon exercise of any
outstanding and unexercised Options granted to Executive, Executive may, at
Executive's option, receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the
excess of the higher of the Fair Market Value of Company Shares on the
Termination Date, or the highest per share price for Company Shares actually
paid in connection with any Change of Control of the Company, over the per share
exercise price of each Option held by Executive, times (ii) the number of
Company Shares covered by each such Option. In the event Executive does not
elect to receive a cash payment for any outstanding and unexercised Options
granted to Executive, Executive shall have the right to exercise such Options in
accordance with the terms and conditions provided in the applicable stock option
plans.

            (iv) The Company shall also pay to Executive all legal fees and
expenses incurred by Executive as a result of a termination described in SECTION
9(A) of this Agreement (including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred
in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or
enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement or in connection with
any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of
Section 4999 of the Code to any payment or benefit provided hereunder).

            (c) CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. Notwithstanding the provisions of
subparagraphs (i) or (vi) in the definition of change of control, unless
otherwise determined in a specific case by majority vote of the Board, a Change
of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Agreement
solely because (i) an entity in which the Company directly or indirectly
beneficially owns 50% or more of the voting securities or (ii) any
Company-sponsored employee stock ownership plan, or any other employee benefit
plan of the Company, either files or becomes obligated to file a report or a
proxy statement under or in response to Schedule 13D, Schedule 14D-l, Form 8-K
or Schedule 14A (or any successor schedule, form or report or item thereon)
under the Exchange Act, disclosing beneficial ownership by it of shares of stock
of the Company, or because the Company reports that a Change of Control of the
Company has or may have occurred or will or may occur in the future by reason of
such beneficial ownership.

            (d) ESCROW ARRANGEMENT. If within thirty (30) days after the
effective date of a Change of Control Executive's employment has not been
terminated, the Company shall deposit with an escrow agent, pursuant to an
escrow agreement between the Company and such escrow agent, a sum of money, or
other property permitted by such escrow agreement, which is substantially
sufficient in the opinion of the Company's management to fund the amounts due to
Executive set forth in SECTION 9(B) of this Agreement. The escrow agreement
shall provide that such agreement may not be terminated until the earlier of (i)
Executive's employment has terminated and all amounts due to Executive as set
forth in this Agreement have been paid to Executive or (ii) three (3) years
after the effective date of the Change of Control.

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            (e) TAX MATTERS. If the Excise Tax on Excess Parachute Payments will
be imposed on the Executive under Code section 4999 as a result of the
Executive's receipt of the Change of Control Benefits, the Company shall
indemnify the Executive and hold him harmless against all claims, losses,
damages, penalties, expenses, interest, and Excise Taxes. To effect this
indemnification, the Company shall pay to the Executive the Additional Amount
which is sufficient to indemnify and hold the Executive harmless from the
application of Code sections 280G and 4999, including the amount of (i) the
Excise Tax that will be imposed on the Executive under section 4999 of the Code
with respect to the Change of Control Benefits; (ii) the additional (A) Excise
Tax under section 4999 of the Code, (B) hospital insurance tax under section
3111(b) of the Code and (C) federal, state and local income taxes for which the
Executive is or will be liable on account of the payment of the amount described
in subitem (i); and (iii) the further excise, hospital insurance and income
taxes for which the Executive is or will be liable on account of the payment of
the amount described in subitem (ii) and this subitem (iii) and any other
indemnification payment under this SECTION 9(E). The Additional Amount shall be
calculated and paid to the Executive at the time that the Termination Payment is
paid to the Executive. In calculating the Additional Amount, the highest
marginal rates of federal and applicable state and local income taxes applicable
to individuals and in effect for the year in which the Change of Control occurs
shall be used. Nothing in this paragraph shall give the Executive the right to
receive indemnification from the Company for federal, state or local income
taxes or hospital insurance taxes payable solely as a result of the Executive's
receipt of (a) the Change in Control Benefits, or (b) any additional payment,
benefit or compensation other than the Additional Amount. As specified in items
(ii) and (iii), above, all income, hospital insurance and additional Excise
Taxes resulting from additional compensation in the form of the Excise Tax
payment specified in item (i), above, shall be paid to the Executive.

      The provisions of this SECTION 9(E) are illustrated by the following
example:

      Assume that the Termination Payment and all other Change of Control
Benefits result in a total federal, state and local income tax and hospital
insurance tax liability of $180,000; and an Excise Tax liability under Code
section 4999 of $70,000. Under such circumstances, the Executive is solely
responsible for the $180,000 income and hospital insurance tax liability; and
the Company must pay to the Executive $70,000, plus an amount necessary to
indemnify the Executive for all federal, state and local income taxes, hospital
insurance taxes, and Excise Taxes that will result from the $70,000 payment to
the Executive and from all further indemnification to the Executive of taxes
attributable to the initial $70,000 payment.

      10. NONCOMPETITION. During the Term, the Executive shall not, other than
through the Company or affiliates of the Company, own any interest in any
Multi-Family Residential Property (other than Multi-Family Residential Property
in which the Company or the Partnership has an ownership interest), as partner,
shareholder or otherwise, or engage in the Multi-Family Residential Business,
directly or indirectly, for his own account or for the account of others, either
as an officer, director, shareholder, owner, partner, promoter, employee,
consultant, advisor, agent, manager, or in any other capacity. For a period of
two (2) years after a Change of Control Termination, Executive shall not own any
interest in any Multi-Family Residential Property as partner, shareholder

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or otherwise, or directly or indirectly, for his own account or for the account
of others, either as an officer, director, promoter, employee, consultant,
advisor, agent, manager, or in any other capacity, engage in the Multi-Family
Residential Business within 5 miles of any Multi-Family Residential Property
owned by the Company or the Partnership at the time of termination of
employment.

      The Executive agrees that damages at law for violation of the restrictive
covenant contained herein would not be an adequate or proper remedy to the
Company, and that should the Executive violate or threaten to violate any of the
provisions of such covenant, the Company, its successors or assigns, shall be
entitled to obtain a temporary or permanent injunction, as appropriate, against
the Executive in any court having jurisdiction over the person and the subject
matter, prohibiting any further violation of any such covenants. The injunctive
relief provided herein shall be in addition to any award of damages,
compensatory, exemplary or otherwise, payable by reason of such violation.

      Furthermore, the Executive acknowledges that this Agreement has been
negotiated at arms' length by the parties, neither being under any compulsion to
enter into this Agreement, and that the foregoing restrictive covenant does not
in any respect inhibit his ability to earn a livelihood in his chosen profession
without violating the restrictive covenant contained herein. The Company by
these presents has attempted to limit the Executive's right to compete only to
the extent necessary to protect the Company from unfair competition. The Company
recognizes, however, that reasonable people may differ in making such a
determination. Consequently, the Company agrees that if the scope or
enforceability of the restricted covenant contained herein is in any way
disputed at any time, a court or other trier of fact may modify and enforce the
covenant to the extent that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances
existing at the time.

      11. EMPLOYMENT STATUS. The parties acknowledge and agree that Executive is
an employee of the Company, not an independent contractor. Any payments made to
Executive by the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated for federal
and state payroll tax purposes as payments made to a Company employee,
irrespective whether such payments are made subsequent to the Termination Date.

      12. NOTICES. All notices or deliveries authorized or required pursuant to
this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given when in writing and personally
delivered or when deposited in the U.S. mail, certified, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the parties at the following addresses
or to such other addresses as either may designate in writing to the other
party:

            To the Company:         6584 Poplar Avenue, Suite 340
                                    Memphis, Tennessee 38128
                                    Attn: Chief Executive Officer

            To the Executive:       Simon R.C. Wadsworth
                                    274 Grove Park Road
                                    Memphis, Tennessee 38117

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      13. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire understanding
between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall
not be modified in any manner except by instrument in writing signed, by or on
behalf of, the parties hereto; provided, however, that any amendment or
termination of the covenant of noncompetition in SECTION 10 must be approved by
a majority of the Directors of the Company other than the Executive, if the
Executive is then a director of the Company. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors and assigns of the
parties hereto.

      14. ARBITRATION. Any controversy concerning or claim arising out of or
relating to this Agreement shall be settled by final and binding arbitration in
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee at a location specified by the party seeking
such arbitration.

            (a) THE ARBITRATORS. Any arbitration proceeding shall be conducted
by three (3) Arbitrators and the decision of the Arbitrators shall be binding on
all parties. Each Arbitrator shall have substantial experience and expert
competence in the matters being arbitrated. The party desiring to submit any
matter relating to this Agreement to arbitration shall do so by written notice
to the other party, which notice shall set forth the items to be arbitrated,
such party's choice of Arbitrator, and such party's substantive position in the
arbitration. The party receiving such notice shall, within fifteen (15) days
after receipt of such notice, appoint an Arbitrator and notify the other party
of its appointment and of its substantive position. The Arbitrators appointed by
the parties to the Arbitration shall select an additional Arbitrator meeting the
aforedescribed criteria. The Arbitrators shall be required to render a decision
in accordance with the procedures set forth in Subparagraph (b) below within
thirty (30) days after being notified of their selection. The fees of the
Arbitrators shall be equally divided amongst the parties to the arbitration.

            (b) ARBITRATION PROCEDURES. Arbitration shall be conducted in
accordance with the Uniform Arbitration Act, except to the extent the provisions
of such Act are modified by this Agreement or the subsequent mutual agreement of
the parties. Judgment upon the award rendered by the Arbitrator(s) may be
entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Any party hereto may bring an
action, including a summary or expedited proceeding, to compel arbitration of
any controversy or claim to which this provision applies in any court having
jurisdiction over such action in Shelby County, Tennessee, and the parties agree
that jurisdiction and venue in Shelby County, Tennessee are appropriate and
approved by such parties.

      15. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee.

      16. ASSIGNMENT. The Executive acknowledges that his services are unique
and personal. Accordingly, the Executive may not assign his rights or delegate
his duties or obligations under this Agreement, except with respect to certain
rights to receive payments as described in SECTION 7.

      17. HEADINGS. Headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and
shall not be used to interpret or construe its provisions.

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      18. SUCCESSORS; BINDING AGREEMENT. The Company will require any successor
to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to
expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to
the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such
succession had taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and
agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a beach of
this Agreement and shall entitle Executive to compensation from the Company in
the same amount and on the same terms as Executive would be entitled to
hereunder if Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason. The Company's
rights and obligations under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
shall be binding upon the Company's successors and assigns.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective as
of the date first above written.

                                    MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.


                                    By: ___________________________________
                                    Name: _________________________________
                                    Title: ________________________________


                                    EXECUTIVE:


                                    _______________________________________
                                    Simon R. Wadsworth

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.10


                        MASTER CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT


        THIS MASTER CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT is made as of the 10th day of
November, 1999 by and among (i) (a) MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC., a
Tennessee corporation (the "REIT), (b) MID-AMERICA APARTMENTS, L.P., a Tennessee
limited partnership ("OP"); the REIT and OP being collectively referred to as
the "BORROWER"), (c) PADDOCK CLUB BRANDON, A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Georgia
limited partnership ("BRANDON"), (d) PADDOCK CLUB COLUMBIA, A LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, a Georgia limited partnership ("COLUMBIA"), (e) PADDOCK PARK OCALA
II, A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Georgia limited partnership ("OCALA"), and (f)
PADDOCK CLUB TALLAHASSEE, A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Georgia limited partnership
("TALLAHASSEE"; BRANDON, COLUMBIA, OCALA AND TALLAHASSEE being collectively
referred to as the "GUARANTORS"; Borrower and the Guarantors being collectively
referred to as the "BORROWER PARTIES") and (ii) WMF WASHINGTON MORTGAGE CORP., a
Delaware corporation formerly known as Washington Mortgage Financial Group, Ltd.
("LENDER").

                                    RECITALS

        A. The REIT owns directly and indirectly 86% of the voting interests in
OP. The REIT owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the ownership interest in
each of the Guarantors.

        B. The Borrower Parties own one or more Multifamily Residential
Properties (capitalized terms used but not defined shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in Article I of this Agreement) as more particularly
described in EXHIBIT A to this Agreement.

        C. The Borrower has requested that the Lender establish a $113,231,000
Credit Facility in favor of the Borrower, comprised initially of a $113,231,000
Variable Facility, all or part of which can be converted to a Fixed Facility in
accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and
a minimum of 25% (but in no event less than $28,307,750) of such Variable
Facility must be converted to a Fixed Facility not later than the date 18 months
after the Initial Closing Date.

        D. The Guarantors have agreed to guaranty all of the obligations of the
Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

        E. To secure the obligations of the Borrower Parties under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents issued in connection with the Credit
Facility, the Borrower Parties shall create a Collateral Pool in favor of the
Lender. The Collateral Pool shall be comprised of (i) Security Instruments on
certain Multifamily Residential Properties owned by the Borrower Parties and
(ii) any other Security Documents executed by any Borrower Party pursuant to
this Agreement or any other Loan Documents.
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        F. Each of the Security Documents shall be cross-defaulted (i.e., a
default under any Security Document, or under this Agreement, shall constitute a
default under each Security Document, and this Agreement) and
cross-collateralized (i.e., each Security Instrument shall secure all of the
Borrower Parties' obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
issued in connection with the Credit Facility) and it is the intent of the
parties to this Agreement that the Lender may accelerate any Note without the
necessity to accelerate any other Note and that in the exercise of its rights
and remedies under the Loan Documents, Lender may, except as provided in this
Agreement, exercise and perfect any and all of its rights in and under the Loan
Documents with regard to any Mortgaged Property without the necessity to
exercise and perfect its rights and remedies with respect to any other Mortgaged
Property and that any such exercise shall be without regard to the Allocable
Facility Amount assigned to such Mortgaged Property and that Lender may recover
an amount equal to the full amount outstanding in respect of any of the Notes in
connection with such exercise and any such amount shall be applied as determined
by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion.

        G. Subject to the terms, conditions and limitations of this Agreement,
the Lender has agreed to establish the Credit Facility.

        NOW, THEREFORE, the Borrower Parties and the Lender, in consideration of
the mutual promises and agreements contained in this Agreement, hereby agree as
follows:

                                    ARTICLE I
                                   DEFINITIONS

For all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings set forth below:

               "ACQUIRING PERSON" means a "person" or "group of persons" within
        the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
        of 1934, as amended.

               "ADDITIONAL MORTGAGED PROPERTY" means each Multifamily
        Residential Property owned by any Borrower Party (either in fee simple
        or as tenant under a ground lease meeting all of the requirements of the
        DUS Guide) and added to the Collateral Pool after the Initial Closing
        Date pursuant to Article VI.

               "ADVANCE" means a Variable Advance or a Fixed Facility Advance.

               "ADVANCE CONFIRMATION INSTRUMENT" shall have the meaning set
        forth in Section 4.02.

               "AFFILIATE" means, as applied to any Person, any other Person
        directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common
        control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition,
        "control" (including with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling,"
        "controlled by" and "under common control with"), as applied to any
        Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
        direct or cause the direction of the management (other than property
        management) and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership
        of voting securities, partnership interests or by contract or otherwise.

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               "AGGREGATE DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE RATIO FOR THE TRAILING 12 MONTH
        PERIOD" means, for any specified date, the ratio (expressed as a
        percentage) of--


               (a)   the aggregate of the Net Operating Income for the Trailing
                     12 Month Period for the Mortgaged Properties

                                       TO

               (b)   the Facility Debt Service on the specified date.

               "AGGREGATE LOAN TO VALUE RATIO" means, for any specified date,
        the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of--

               (a)   the Advances Outstanding on the specified date,

                                       TO

               (b)   the aggregate of the Valuations most recently obtained
                     prior to the specified date for all of the Mortgaged
                     Properties.

               "AGREEMENT" means this Master Credit Facility Agreement, as it
        may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
        including all Recitals and Exhibits to this Agreement, each of which is
        hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.

               "ALLOCABLE FACILITY AMOUNT" means the portion of the Credit
        Facility allocated to a particular Mortgaged Property by Lender in
        accordance with this Agreement.

               "AMORTIZATION PERIOD" means, with respect to each Fixed Facility
        Advance, the period of not less than 25 years and not more than 30
        years.

               "APPLICABLE LAW" means (a) all applicable provisions of all
        constitutions, statutes, rules, regulations and orders of all
        governmental bodies, all Governmental Approvals and all orders,
        judgments and decrees of all courts and arbitrators, (b) all zoning,
        building, environmental and other laws, ordinances, rules, regulations
        and restrictions of any Governmental Authority affecting the ownership,
        management, use, operation, maintenance or repair of any Mortgaged
        Property, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (if applicable),
        the Fair Housing Amendment Act of 1988 and Hazardous Materials Laws, (c)
        any building permits or any conditions, easements, rights-of-way,
        covenants, restrictions of record or any recorded or unrecorded
        agreement affecting or concerning any Mortgaged Property including
        planned development permits, condominium declarations, and reciprocal
        easement and regulatory agreements with any Governmental Authority, (d)
        all laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, whether in the form of rent
        control, rent stabilization or otherwise, that limit or impose
        conditions on the amount of rent that may be collected from the units of
        any Mortgaged Property, and (e) requirements of insurance companies or
        similar organizations, affecting the operation or use of any Mortgaged
        Property or the consummation of the transactions to be effected by this
        Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

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               "APPRAISAL" means an appraisal of a Multifamily Residential
        Property or Multifamily Residential Properties conforming to the
        requirements of Chapter 5 of Part III of the DUS Guide, and accepted by
        the Lender.

               "APPRAISED VALUE" means the value set forth in an Appraisal.

               "BORROWER" means, individually and collectively, the REIT and OP.

               "BORROWER PARTIES" means, individually and collectively, the
        Borrower and the Guarantors.

               "BUSINESS DAY" means a day on which Fannie Mae is open for
        business.

               "CALENDAR QUARTER" means, with respect to any year, any of the
        following three month periods: (a) January-February-March; (b)
        April-May-June; (c) July-August-September; and (d)
        October-November-December.

               "CAP RATE" means, for each Mortgaged Property, a capitalization
        rate reasonably selected by the Lender for use in determining the
        Valuations, as disclosed to the Borrower Parties from time to time.

               "CASH MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT" means that certain Cash Management
        Security, Pledge and Assignment Agreement between the Borrower Parties
        and the Lender in the form attached as EXHIBIT C to this Agreement.

               "CHANGE OF CONTROL" means the earliest to occur of: (a) the date
        on which the REIT ceases for any reason whatsoever to be the sole
        general partner or managing member of any other Borrower Party, or (b)
        the date on which the REIT or OP shall cease for any reason to be the
        holder of at least 75% of the voting interest of the other Borrower
        Parties or to own at least 40% of the equity, profits or other limited
        partnership interests in, or Voting Equity Capital (or any other
        Securities or ownership interests) of the other Borrower Parties, or (c)
        the date on which an Acquiring Person becomes (by acquisition,
        consolidation, merger or otherwise), directly or indirectly, the
        beneficial owner of more than 25% of the total Voting Equity Capital (or
        of any other Securities or ownership interest) of any Borrower Party
        then outstanding, or (d) the replacement (other than solely by reason of
        retirement at age sixty-five or older, death or disability) of more than
        50% (or such lesser percentage as is required for decision-making by the
        board of directors or an equivalent governing body) of the members of
        the board of directors or an equivalent governing body) of the REIT or
        OP over a one-year period from the directors who constituted such board
        of directors at the beginning of such period and such replacement shall
        not have been approved by a vote of at least a majority of the board of
        directors of the REIT or OP then still in office who either were members
        of such board of directors at the beginning of such one-year period or
        whose election as members of the board of directors was previously so
        approved (it being understood and agreed that in the case of any entity
        governed by a trustee, board of managers, or other similar governing
        body, the foregoing clause (d) shall apply thereto by substituting such
        governing body and the members thereof for the board of directors and
        members thereof, respectively).

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               "CLOSING DATE" means the Initial Closing Date and each date after
        the Initial Closing Date on which the funding or other transaction
        requested in a Request is required to take place.

               "COLLATERAL" means, the Mortgaged Properties and other collateral
        from time to time or at any time encumbered by the Security Instruments,
        or any other property securing any of the Borrower Parties' obligations
        under the Loan Documents.

               "COLLATERAL ADDITION FEE" means, with respect to a Multifamily
        Residential Property added to the Collateral Pool in accordance with
        Article VI--

                      (i)   65 basis points, multiplied by

                      (ii)  Allocable Facility Amount of the Multifamily
               Residential Property, as determined by the Lender.

               "COLLATERAL ADDITION LOAN DOCUMENTS" means the Security
        Instrument covering an Additional Mortgaged Property and any other
        documents, instruments or certificates required by the Lender in
        connection with the addition of the Additional Mortgaged Property to the
        Collateral Pool pursuant to Article VI.

               "COLLATERAL ADDITION REQUEST" shall have the meaning set forth in
        Section 6.02(a).

               "COLLATERAL POOL" means the aggregate total of the Collateral.

               "COLLATERAL RELEASE PROPERTY" shall have the meaning set forth in
        Section 7.02(a).

               "COLLATERAL RELEASE REQUEST" shall have the meaning set forth in
        Section 7.02(a).

               "COLLATERAL SUBSTITUTION FEE" means, with respect to any
        substitution effected in accordance with Section 7.04, a fee equal to 65
        basis points multiplied by the Allocable Facility Amount of the
        Substituted Mortgage Property added to the Collateral Pool.

               "COMMITMENT" means, at any time, the sum of the Fixed Facility
        Commitment and the Variable Facility Commitment.

               "COMPLETE FIXED FACILITY TERMINATION" shall have the meaning set
        forth in Section 9.02(a).

               "COMPLETE VARIABLE FACILITY TERMINATION" shall have the meaning
        set forth in Section 9.02(a).

               "COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE" means a certificate of the Borrower
        Parties in the form attached as EXHIBIT D to this Agreement.

               "CONVERSION DOCUMENTS" has the meaning specified in Section
        3.07(b).

               "CONVERSION REQUEST" has the meaning specified in Section
        3.07(a).

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               "COUPON RATE" means, with respect to a Variable Advance, the
        imputed interest rate determined by the Lender pursuant to Section 2.05
        for the Variable Advance and, with respect to a Fixed Facility Advance,
        the interest rate determined by the Lender pursuant to Section 3.05 for
        the Fixed Facility Advance.

               "COVERAGE AND LTV TESTS" mean, for any specified date, each of
        the following financial tests:

               (a)   The Aggregate Debt Service Coverage Ratio for the Trailing
                     12 Month Period is not less than 140%.

               (b)   The Aggregate Loan to Value Ratio does not exceed 65%.

               "CREDIT FACILITY" means the Fixed Facility and the Variable
        Facility.

               "CREDIT FACILITY EXPANSION" means an increase in the Commitment
        made in accordance with Article VIII.

               "CREDIT FACILITY EXPANSION LOAN DOCUMENTS" means amendments to
        the Variable Facility Note or the Fixed Facility Note, as the case may
        be, increasing the amount of such Note to the amount of the Commitment,
        as expanded in accordance with Article VIII and amendments to the
        Security Instruments, increasing the amount secured by such Security
        Instruments to the amount of the Commitment.

               "CREDIT FACILITY EXPANSION REQUEST" shall have the meaning set
        forth in Section 8.02(a).

               "CREDIT FACILITY TERMINATION REQUEST" shall have the meaning set
        forth in Section 10.02(a).

               "DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE RATIO" means, for any Mortgaged Property,
        for any specified date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of --

               (a)   the aggregate of the Net Operating Income for the preceding
                     12 month period for the subject Mortgaged Property

                                       TO

               (b)   the Facility Debt Service on the specified date, assuming,
                     for the purpose of calculating the Facility Debt Service
                     for this definition, that Advances Outstanding shall be the
                     Allocable Facility Amount for the subject Mortgaged
                     Property.

               "DISCOUNT" means, with respect to any Variable Advance, an amount
        equal to the excess of --

               (i)   the face amount of the MBS backed by the Variable Advance,
                     over

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               (ii)  the Price of the MBS backed by the Variable Advance.

               "DUS GUIDE" means the Fannie Mae Multifamily Delegated
        Underwriting and Servicing (DUS) Guide, as such Guide may be amended
        from time to time, including exhibits to the DUS Guide and amendments in
        the form of Lender Memos, Guide Updates and Guide Announcements (and, if
        such Guide is no longer used by Fannie Mae, the term "DUS Guide" as used
        in this Agreement means the Fannie Mae Multifamily Negotiated
        Transactions Guide, as such Guide may be amended from time to time,
        including amendments in the form of Lender Memos, Guide Updates and
        Guide Announcements). All references to specific articles and sections
        of, and exhibits to, the DUS Guide shall be deemed references to such
        articles, sections and exhibits as they may be amended, modified,
        updated, superseded, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

               "DUS UNDERWRITING REQUIREMENTS" means the overall underwriting
        requirements for Multifamily Residential Properties as set forth in the
        DUS Guide.

               "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
        1974, as amended from time to time.

               "EVENT OF DEFAULT" means any event defined to be an "Event of
        Default" under Article XVII.

               "FACILITY DEBT SERVICE" means, as of any specified date, the sum
        of:

               (a)   the amount of interest and principal amortization, during
                     the 12 month period immediately succeeding the specified
                     date, with respect to the Advances Outstanding on the
                     specified date, except that, for these purposes:

                     (i)   each Variable Advance shall be deemed to require
                           level monthly payments of principal and interest (at
                           the Coupon Rate for the Variable Advance) in an
                           amount necessary to fully amortize the original
                           principal amount of the Variable Advance over a
                           30-year period, with such amortization deemed to
                           commence on the first day of the 12 month period; and

                     (ii)  each Fixed Facility Advance shall require level
                           monthly payments of principal and interest (at the
                           Coupon Rate for the Fixed Facility Advance) in an
                           amount necessary to fully amortize the original
                           principal amount of the Fixed Facility Advance over a
                           30-year period, with such amortization to commence on
                           the first day of the 12 month period; and

               (b)   the amount of the Standby Fees payable to the Lender
                     pursuant to Section 16.01 during such 12 month period
                     (assuming, for these purposes, that the Advances
                     Outstanding throughout the 12 month period are always equal
                     to the amount of Advances Outstanding on the specified
                     date).

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EXHIBIT E to this Agreement contains an example of the determination of the
Facility Debt Service.

        "FACILITY TERMINATION FEE" means, with respect to a reduction in either
the Variable Facility Commitment or the Fixed Facility Commitment pursuant to
Articles IX or X, an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying--

               (1)   the reduction in the Variable Facility Commitment and any
                     undrawn portion of the Fixed Facility Commitment, by

               (2)   24 basis points, by

               (3)   the present value factor calculated using the following
                     formula:

                                  1 - (1 + R)-n
                                   -----------
                                               r

               [r =  Yield Rate

                n =  the number of years (counting any partial year as a full
                     year) remaining between the Closing Date for the reduction
                     in the Commitment and the Variable Facility Termination
                     Date or the Fixed Facility Termination Date, as the case
                     may be.

        The "Yield Rate" means the rate, determined as of the Initial Closing
        Date, on the U.S. Treasury security having a maturity closest to the
        Variable Facility Termination Date or the Fixed Facility Termination
        Date, as the case may be].

               "FANNIE MAE" means the federally-chartered and stockholder-owned
        corporation organized and existing under the Federal National Mortgage
        Association Charter Act, 12 U.S.C. ss. 1716 ET SEQ.

               "FINANCIAL COVENANTS" means the covenants set forth in Article
        XV.

               "FIXED FACILITY" means the agreement of the Lender to make Fixed
        Facility Advances to the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.01.

               "FIXED FACILITY ADVANCE" means a loan made by the Lender to the
        Borrower under the Fixed Facility Commitment.

               "FIXED FACILITY AVAILABILITY PERIOD" means the period beginning
        on the Initial Closing Date and ending on the date five years after the
        Initial Closing Date.

               "FIXED FACILITY COMMITMENT" means $0, plus such amount as the
        Borrower may elect to add to the Fixed Facility Commitment in accordance
        with Articles III or VIII.

               "FIXED FACILITY FEE" means (i)(a) if at the time of the first
        Fixed Facility Advance, the Borrower elects that payments in respect of
        the Fixed Facility Advance shall not include payments of principal as
        provided in the Fixed Facility Note, 57 basis

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        points for a Fixed Facility Advance drawn from the Fixed Facility
        Commitment converted from the Variable Commitment during the period
        ending on the date 12 months after the Initial Closing Date, or (b) if
        at the time of the first Fixed Facility Advance, the Borrower elects
        that payments in respect of the Fixed Facility Advance shall include
        payments of principal as provided in the Fixed Facility Note, 52 basis
        points for a Fixed Facility Advance drawn from the Fixed Facility
        Commitment converted from the Variable Commitment during the period
        ending on the date 12 months after the Initial Closing Date, and (ii)
        for any Fixed Facility Advance drawn from any portion of the Fixed
        Facility Commitment, increased under Article VIII or converted from any
        portion of the Variable Commitment after the period ending on the date
        12 months after the Initial Closing Date, the number of basis points
        determined at the time of such increase by the Lender as the Fixed
        Facility Fee for such Fixed Facility Advances, provided that in no event
        shall the Fixed Facility Fee for Fixed Facility Advances converted from
        the Variable Commitment (expressed as a number of basis points) exceed
        the Variable Facility Fee.

               "FIXED FACILITY NOTE" means a promissory note, in the form
        attached as EXHIBIT B to this Agreement, which will be issued by the
        Borrower to the Lender, concurrently with the funding of each Fixed
        Facility Advance, to evidence the Borrower's obligation to repay the
        Fixed Facility Advance.

               "FUTURE ADVANCE" means an Advance made after the Initial Closing
        Date.

               "FUTURE ADVANCE REQUEST" shall have the meaning set forth in
        Section 5.02.

               "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the
        United States in effect from time to time, consistently applied.

               "GENERAL CONDITIONS" shall have the meaning set forth in Article
        XI.

               "GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS" means, prior to the
        occurrence of an increase in the Commitment pursuant to Article VIII, a
        requirement that the Collateral Pool consist of at least seven (7)
        Mortgaged Properties located in at least five (5) states and, upon the
        occurrence of any increase in the Commitment pursuant to Article VIII,
        such requirements as to the geographical diversity of the Collateral
        Pool as the Lender may determine and notify the Borrower of at the time
        of the increase.

               "GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL" means an authorization, permit, consent,
        approval, license, registration or exemption from registration or filing
        with, or report to, any Governmental Authority.

               "GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" means any court, board, agency,
        commission, office or authority of any nature whatsoever for any
        governmental unit (federal, state, county, district, municipal, city or
        otherwise) whether now or hereafter in existence.

               "GROSS REVENUES" means, for any specified period, with respect to
        any Multifamily Residential Property, all income in respect of such
        Multifamily Residential Property as reflected on the certified operating
        statement for such specified period as

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        adjusted to exclude unusual income (e.g. temporary or nonrecurring
        income), income not allowed under DUS guidelines as shown in Section
        403.02 of Part III of the DUS Guide (e.g. interest income, furniture
        income, etc.), and the value of any unreflected concessions.

               "GUARANTORS" means, individually and collectively, BRANDON,
        COLUMBIA, OCALA and TALLAHASSEE.

               "GUARANTY" means that certain Guaranty executed by the Guarantors
        in the form attached as EXHIBIT FF to this Agreement.

               "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS", with respect to any Mortgaged Property,
        shall have the meaning given that term in the Security Instrument
        encumbering the Mortgaged Property.

               "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS LAW", with respect to any Mortgaged
        Property, shall have the meaning given that term in the Security
        Instrument encumbering the Mortgaged Property.

               "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE ACTIVITY" means any storage, holding,
        existence, release, spill, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection,
        escaping, deposit, disposal, dispersal, leaching, migration, use,
        treatment, emission, discharge, generation, processing, abatement,
        removal, disposition, handling or transportation of any Hazardous
        Materials from, under, into or on any Mortgaged Property in violation of
        Hazardous Materials Laws, including the discharge of any Hazardous
        Materials emanating from any Mortgaged Property in violation of
        Hazardous Materials Laws through the air, soil, surface water,
        groundwater or property and also including the abandonment or disposal
        of any barrels, containers and other receptacles containing any
        Hazardous Materials from or on any Mortgaged Property in violation of
        Hazardous Materials Laws, in each case whether sudden or nonsudden,
        accidental or nonaccidental.

               "IMPOSITIONS" means, with respect to any Mortgaged Property, all
        (1) water and sewer charges which, if not paid, may result in a lien on
        all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, (2) premiums for fire and
        other hazard insurance, rent loss insurance and such other insurance as
        Lender may require under any Security Instrument, (3) Taxes, and (4)
        amounts for other charges and expenses which Lender at any time
        reasonably deems necessary to protect the Mortgaged Property, to prevent
        the imposition of liens on the Mortgaged Property, or otherwise to
        protect Lender's interests.

               "INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any Person, as of any
        specified date, without duplication, all:

                     (a) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for
        the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i)
        current trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business
        and payable in accordance with customary practices, and (ii) for
        construction of improvements to property, if such person has a
        non-contingent contract to purchase such property);

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                     (b) other indebtedness of such Person which is evidenced by
        a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument;

                     (c) obligations of such Person under any lease of property,
        real or personal, the obligations of the lessee in respect of which are
        required by GAAP to be capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee or
        to be otherwise disclosed as such in a note to such balance sheet;

                     (d) obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances
        (as defined in Article 3 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the District
        of Columbia) issued or created for the account of such Person;

                     (e) liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned
        by such Person even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise
        become liable for the payment of such liabilities; and

                     (f) as to any Person ("GUARANTEEING PERSON"), any
        obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person
        (including any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation
        of a primary obligation (as defined below) with respect to which the
        guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or
        similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing, or in effect
        guaranteeing, any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation
        ("PRIMARY OBLIGATIONS") of any third person ("PRIMARY OBLIGOR") in any
        manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the
        guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, to (1) purchase any such
        primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect
        security therefor, (2) advance or supply funds for the purchase or
        payment of any such primary obligation or to maintain working capital or
        equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net
        worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (3) purchase property,
        securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner
        of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to
        make payment of such primary obligation, or (4) otherwise assure or hold
        harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in
        respect of the primary obligation, provided, however, that the term
        "Contingent Obligation" shall not include endorsements of instruments
        for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount
        of any Contingent Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed
        to be the lesser of (i) an amount equal to the stated or determinable
        amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Contingent
        Obligation is made and (ii) the maximum amount for which such
        guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the
        instrument embodying such Contingent Obligation, unless such primary
        obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may
        be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of
        such Contingent Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person's maximum
        reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by
        Owner in good faith.

               "INITIAL ADVANCE" means the Variable Advance made on the Initial
        Closing Date in the amount of $113,231,000.

               "INITIAL ADVANCE REQUEST" shall have the meaning set forth in
        Section 5.01.

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               "INITIAL CLOSING DATE" means the date of this Agreement.

               "INITIAL MORTGAGED PROPERTIES" means the Multifamily Residential
        Properties described on Exhibit A to this Agreement and which represent
        the Multifamily Residential Properties which are made part of the
        Collateral Pool on the Initial Closing Date.

               "INITIAL SECURITY INSTRUMENTS" means the Security Instruments
        covering the Initial Mortgaged Properties.

               "INITIAL VALUATION" means, when used with reference to specified
        Collateral, the Valuation initially performed for the Collateral as of
        the date on which the Collateral was added to the Collateral Pool. The
        Initial Valuation for each of the Initial Mortgaged Properties is as set
        forth in Exhibit A to this Agreement.

               "INSURANCE POLICY" means, with respect to a Mortgaged Property,
        the insurance coverage and insurance certificates evidencing such
        insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Security Instrument
        encumbering the Mortgaged Property.

               "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
        as amended. Each reference to the Internal Revenue Code shall be deemed
        to include (a) any successor internal revenue law and (b) the applicable
        regulations whether final, temporary or proposed.

               "LEASE" means any lease, any sublease or subsublease, license,
        concession or other agreement (whether written or oral and whether now
        or hereafter in effect) pursuant to which any Person is granted a
        possessory interest in, or right to use or occupy all or any portion of
        any space in any Mortgaged Property, and every modification, amendment
        or other agreement relating to such lease, sublease, subsublease or
        other agreement entered into in connection with such lease, sublease,
        subsublease or other agreement, and every guarantee of the performance
        and observance of the covenants, conditions and agreements to be
        performed and observed by the other party thereto.

               "LENDER" shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph
        of this Agreement, but shall refer to any replacement Lender if the
        initial Lender is replaced pursuant to the terms of Section 19.04.

               "LIEN" means any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt,
        security interest or other lien or encumbrance (including both
        consensual and non-consensual liens and encumbrances).

               "LOAN DOCUMENTS" means this Agreement, the Notes, the Advance
        Confirmation Instruments for the Variable Advances, the Guaranty, the
        Security Documents, all documents executed by the Borrower Parties
        pursuant to the General Conditions set forth in Article XI of this
        Agreement and any other documents executed by a Borrower Party from time
        to time in connection with this Agreement or the transactions
        contemplated by this Agreement.

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               "LOAN TO VALUE RATIO " means, for a Mortgaged Property, for any
        specified date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of --

               (a)  the Allocable Facility Amount of the subject Mortgaged
               Property on the specified date,

                                       TO

               (b)  the Valuation most recently obtained prior to the specified
               date for the subject Mortgaged Property.

               "LOAN YEAR" means the 12-month period from the first day of the
        first calendar month after the Initial Closing Date to and including the
        last day before the first anniversary of the Initial Closing Date, and
        each 12-month period thereafter.

               "MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means, with respect to any
        circumstance, act, condition or event of whatever nature (including any
        adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration, or governmental
        investigation or proceeding), whether singly or in conjunction with any
        other event or events, act or acts, condition or conditions, or
        circumstance or circumstances, whether or not related, a material
        adverse change in or a materially adverse effect upon any of (a) the
        business, operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of
        any Borrower Party, (b) the present or future ability of any Borrower
        Party to perform the Obligations for which it is liable, (c) the
        validity, priority, perfection or enforceability of this Agreement or
        any other Loan Document or the rights or remedies of the Lender under
        any Loan Document, or (d) the value of, or the Lender's ability to have
        recourse against, any Mortgaged Property.

               "MBS" means a mortgage-backed security which is "backed" by an
        interest in the Notes and the Collateral Pool securing the Notes, which
        interest permits the holder of the MBS to participate in the Notes and
        the Collateral Pool to the extent of such Advance.

               "MBS IMPUTED INTEREST RATE" shall have the meaning set forth in
        Section 2.05(a).

               "MBS ISSUE DATE" means the date on which a Fannie Mae MBS is
        issued by Fannie Mae.

               "MBS DELIVERY DATE" means the date on which a Fannie Mae MBS is
        delivered by Fannie Mae.

               "MBS PASS-THROUGH RATE" for a Fixed Facility Advance means the
        interest rate as determined by the Lender (rounded to three places)
        payable in respect of the Fannie Mae MBS issued pursuant to the MBS
        Commitment backed by the Fixed Facility Advance as determined in
        accordance with Section 4.01.

               "MORTGAGED PROPERTIES" means, collectively, the Additional
        Mortgaged Properties, the Substituted Mortgaged Properties and the
        Initial Mortgaged Properties,

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        but excluding each Collateral Release Property from and after the date
        of the release of the Collateral Release Property from the Collateral
        Pool.

               "MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY" means a residential property,
        located in the United States, containing five or more dwelling units in
        which not more than twenty percent (20%) of the net rentable area is or
        will be rented to non-residential tenants, and conforming to the
        requirements of Chapter 2 of Part III of the DUS Guide (Property
        Requirements).

               "NET OPERATING INCOME" means, for any specified period, with
        respect to any Multifamily Residential Property, the aggregate net
        income during such period equal to Gross Revenues during such period
        less the aggregate Operating Expenses during such period. If a Mortgaged
        Property is not owned by a Borrower Party or an Affiliate of a Borrower
        Party for the entire specified period, the Net Operating Income for the
        Mortgaged Property for the time within the specified period during which
        the Mortgaged Property was owned by a Borrower Party or an Affiliate of
        a Borrower Party shall be the Mortgaged Property's pro forma net
        operating income determined by the Lender in accordance with the
        underwriting procedures set forth in Chapter 4 of Part III of the DUS
        Guide (Determination of Loan Amount).

               "NOTE" means any Fixed Facility Note or the Variable Facility
        Note.

               "OBLIGATIONS" means the aggregate of the obligations of each of
        the Borrower Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

               "OPERATING EXPENSES" means, for any period, with respect to any
        Multifamily Residential Property, all expenses in respect of the
        Multifamily Residential Property, as determined by the Lender based on
        the certified operating statement for such specified period as adjusted
        to provide for the following: (i) all appropriate types of expenses,
        including a management fee and deposits to the Replacement Reserves
        (whether funded or not), are included in the total operating expense
        figure; (ii) upward adjustments to individual line item expenses to
        reflect market norms or actual costs and correct any unusually low
        expense items, which could not be replicated by a different owner or
        manager (e.g., a market rate management fee will be included regardless
        of whether or not a management fee is charged, market rate payroll will
        be included regardless of whether shared payroll provides for economies,
        etc.); and (iii) downward adjustments to individual line item expenses
        to reflect unique or aberrant costs (e.g., non-recurring capital costs,
        non-operating borrower expenses, etc.).

               "ORGANIZATIONAL CERTIFICATE" means a certificate of the Borrower
        Parties in the form attached as EXHIBIT F to this Agreement.

               "ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS" means all certificates, instruments
        and other documents pursuant to which an organization is organized or
        operates, including but not limited to, (i) with respect to a
        corporation, its articles of incorporation and bylaws, (ii) with respect
        to a limited partnership, its limited partnership certificate and
        partnership agreement, (iii) with respect to a general partnership or
        joint venture, its partnership or

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        joint venture agreement and (iv) with respect to a limited liability
        company, its articles of organization and operating agreement.

               "OUTSTANDING" means, when used in connection with promissory
        notes, other debt instruments or Advances, for a specified date,
        promissory notes or other debt instruments which have been issued, or
        Advances which have been made, but have not been repaid in full as of
        the specified date.

               "OWNERSHIP INTERESTS" means, with respect to any entity, any
        ownership interests in the entity and any economic rights (such as a
        right to distributions, net cash flow or net income) to which the owner
        of such ownership interests is entitled.

               "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any
        entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.

               "PERMITS" means all permits, or similar licenses or approvals
        issued and/or required by an applicable Governmental Authority or any
        Applicable Law in connection with the ownership, use, occupancy,
        leasing, management, operation, repair, maintenance or rehabilitation of
        any Mortgaged Property or any Borrower Party's business.

               "PERMITTED LIENS" means, with respect to a Mortgaged Property,
        (i) the exceptions to title to the Mortgaged Property set forth in the
        Title Insurance Policy for the Mortgaged Property which are approved by
        the Lender, (ii) the Security Instrument encumbering the Mortgaged
        Property, and (iii) any other Liens approved by the Lender.

               "PERSON" means an individual, an estate, a trust, a corporation,
        a partnership, a limited liability company or any other organization or
        entity (whether governmental or private).

               "POTENTIAL EVENT OF DEFAULT" means any event which, with the
        giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute an
        Event of Default.

               "PRICE" means, with respect to an Advance, the proceeds of the
        sale of the MBS backed by the Advance.

               "PROPERTY" means any estate or interest in any kind of property
        or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, and whether tangible or
        intangible.

               "RATE CONFIRMATION FORM" shall have the meaning set forth in
        Section 4.01(c).

               "RATE SETTING DATE" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
        4.01(b).

               "RATE SETTING FORM" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
        4.01(b).

               "REIT" means Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., a Tennessee
        corporation.

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                "RELEASE FEE" means, with respect to each Mortgaged Property
        released from the Collateral Pool pursuant to Article VII, a fee equal
        to $15,000.

               "RELEASE PRICE" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
        7.02(c).

               "RENT ROLL" means, with respect to any Multifamily Residential
        Property, a rent roll prepared and certified by the owner of the
        Multifamily Residential Property, on Fannie Mae Form 4243, as set forth
        in Exhibit III-3 of the DUS Guide, or on another form approved by the
        Lender and containing substantially the same information as Form 4243
        requires.

               "REPLACEMENT RESERVE AGREEMENT" means a Replacement Reserve and
        Security Agreement, reasonably required by the Lender, and completed in
        accordance with the requirements of the DUS Guide.

               "REQUEST" means a Collateral Addition Request, a Collateral
        Substitution Request, a Collateral Release Request, a Conversion
        Request, a Credit Facility Expansion Request, a Credit Facility
        Termination Request, a Future Advance Request, an Initial Advance
        Request or a Variable Facility Termination Request.

               "REVOLVING CREDIT ENDORSEMENT" means an endorsement to a Title
        Insurance Policy which contains substantially the same coverages, and is
        subject to substantially the same or fewer exceptions (or such other
        exceptions as the Lender may approve), as the form attached as EXHIBIT H
        to this Agreement.

               "SECURITY" means a "security" as set forth in Section 2(1) of the
        Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

               "SECURITY DOCUMENTS" means the Security Instruments, the Cash
        Management Agreement, the Replacement Reserve Agreements and any other
        documents executed by a Borrower Party from time to time to secure any
        of the Borrower Parties' obligations under the Loan Documents.

               "SECURITY INSTRUMENT" means, for each Mortgaged Property, a
        separate Multifamily Mortgage, Deed of Trust or Deed to Secure Debt,
        Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement given by a
        Borrower Party to or for the benefit of the Lender to secure the
        obligations of the Borrower Parties under the Loan Documents. With
        respect to each Mortgaged Property owned by a Borrower Party, the
        Security Instrument shall be substantially in the form published by
        Fannie Mae for use in the state in which the Mortgaged Property is
        located. The amount secured by the Security Instrument shall be equal to
        the Commitment in effect from time to time.

               "SENIOR MANAGEMENT" means (i) the Chief Executive Officer,
        Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief
        Operating Officer of the REIT or OP and (ii) any other individuals with
        responsibility for any of the functions typically performed in a
        corporation by the officers described in clause (i).

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               "SINGLE-PURPOSE" means, with respect to a Person which is any
        form of partnership or corporation or limited liability company, that
        such Person at all times since its formation:

               (i)     has been a duly formed and existing partnership,
                       corporation or limited liability company, as the case may
                       be;

               (ii)    has been duly qualified in each jurisdiction in which
                       such qualification was at such time necessary for the
                       conduct of its business;

               (iii)   has complied with the provisions of its organizational
                       documents and the laws of its jurisdiction of formation
                       in all respects;

               (iv)    has observed all customary formalities regarding its
                       partnership or corporate existence, as the case may be;

               (v)     has accurately maintained its financial statements,
                       accounting records and other partnership or corporate
                       documents separate from those of any other Person;

               (vi)    has not commingled its assets or funds with those of any
                       other Person;

               (vii)   has accurately maintained its own bank accounts and books
                       and accounts separate from those of any other Person;

               (viii)  has paid its own liabilities from its own separate
                       assets;

               (ix)    has identified itself in all dealings with creditors
                       (other than trade creditors in the ordinary course of
                       business and creditors for the construction of
                       improvements to property on which such Person has a
                       non-contingent contract to purchase such property) under
                       its own name and as a separate and distinct entity;

               (x)     has not identified itself as being a division or a part
                       of any other Person;

               (xi)    has not identified any other Person as being a division
                       or a part of such Person;

               (xii)   has been adequately capitalized in light of its
                       contemplated business operations;

               (xiii)  has not assumed, guaranteed or become obligated for the
                       liabilities of any other Person (except in connection
                       with the Credit Facility or the endorsement of negotiable
                       instruments in the ordinary course of business) or held
                       out its credit as being available to satisfy the
                       obligations of any other Person;

               (xiv)   has not acquired obligations or securities of any other
                       Person;

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               (xv)    in relation to a Borrower Party, except for loans made in
                       the ordinary course of business to Affiliates, has not
                       made loans or advances to any other Person;

               (xvi)   has not entered into and was not a party to any
                       transaction with any Affiliate of such Person, except in
                       the ordinary course of business and on terms which are no
                       less favorable to such Person than would be obtained in a
                       comparable arm's-length transaction with an unrelated
                       third party;

               (xvii)  has conducted its own business in its own name;

               (xviii) has paid the salaries of its own employees, if any, and
                       maintained a sufficient number of employees in light of
                       its contemplated business operations;

               (xix)   has allocated fairly and reasonably any overhead for
                       shared office space;

               (xx)    has not pledged its assets for the benefit of any other
                       entity or made any loans or advances to any person or
                       entity;

               (xxi)   has not engaged in a non-exempt prohibited transaction
                       described in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
                       Internal Revenue Code;

               (xxii)  has not acquired obligations or securities of its
                       partners or Affiliates; and

               (xxiii) has corrected any known misunderstanding regarding its
                       separate identity.

               "SMSA" means a "standard metropolitan statistical area," as
        defined from time to time by the United States Office of Management and
        Budget.

               "STANDBY FEE" means, for any month, an amount equal to the
        product obtained by multiplying: (i) 1/12, by (ii) 24 basis points, by
        (iii) the Unused Capacity for such month.

               "SUBSIDIARY" means, when used with reference to a specified
        Person, (i) any Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more
        intermediaries, is controlled by the specified Person, (ii) any Person
        of which the specified Person is, directly or indirectly, the owner of
        more than 50% of any voting class of Ownership Interests or (iii) any
        Person (A) which is a partnership and (B) of which the specified Person
        is a general partner and owns more than 50% of the partnership
        interests.

               "SUBSTITUTED MORTGAGED PROPERTY" means each Multifamily
        Residential Property owned by any Borrower Party (either in fee simple
        or as tenant under a ground lease meeting all of the requirements of the
        DUS Guide) and added to the Collateral Pool after the Initial Closing
        Date in connection with substitution of Collateral as permitted by
        Section 7.04 of this Agreement.

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               "SURVEYS" means the as-built surveys of the Mortgaged Properties
        prepared in accordance with the requirements of Section 113 of the DUS
        Guide, or otherwise approved by the Lender.

               "TAXES" means all taxes, assessments, vault rentals and other
        charges, if any, general, special or otherwise, including all
        assessments for schools, public betterments and general or local
        improvements, which are levied, assessed or imposed by any public
        authority or quasi-public authority, and which, if not paid, will become
        a lien, on the Mortgaged Properties.

               "TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT" shall be determined as provided in
        Section 23.10 to this Agreement.

               "TERMINATION DATE" means, at any time during which Fixed Facility
        Advances are Outstanding, the latest maturity date for any Fixed
        Facility Advance Outstanding, and, at any time during which Fixed
        Facility Advances are not Outstanding, the Variable Facility Termination
        Date. "TIE-IN ENDORSEMENT" means an endorsement to a Title Insurance
        Policy which contains substantially the same coverages, and is subject
        to substantially the same or fewer exceptions (or such other exceptions
        as the Lender may approve), as the form attached as EXHIBIT J to this
        Agreement.

               "TITLE COMPANY" means Fidelity National Title Insurance Company
        of New York.

               "TITLE INSURANCE POLICIES" means the mortgagee's policies of
        title insurance issued by the Title Company from time to time relating
        to each of the Security Instruments, conforming to the requirements of
        Section 111 of the DUS Guide, together with such endorsements,
        coinsurance, reinsurance and direct access agreements with respect to
        such policies as the Lender may, from time to time, consider necessary
        or appropriate, whether or not required by the DUS Guide, including
        Revolving Credit Endorsements, if available, and Tie-In Endorsements, if
        available, and with a limit of liability under the policy (subject to
        the limitations contained in Sections 6(a)(i) and 6(a)(iii) of the
        Stipulations and Conditions of the policy) equal to the Commitment.

               "TRAILING 12 MONTH PERIOD" means, for any specified date, the 12
        month period ending with the last day of the most recent Calendar
        Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered by the
        Borrower Party to the Lender pursuant to Sections 13.04(c) and (d).

               "TRANSFER" means (i) a sale, assignment, lease, pledge, transfer
        or other disposition (whether voluntary or by operation of law) of, or
        the granting or creating of a lien, encumbrance or security interest in,
        any estate, rights, title or interest in a Mortgaged Property, or any
        portion thereof, or (ii) a sale, assignment, pledge, transfer or other
        disposition of any interest in a Borrower Party other than to another
        Borrower Party, or (iii) the issuance or other creation of new ownership
        interests in a Borrower Party other than (a) sales of the stock of the
        REIT on the New York Stock Exchange or

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        (b) private placements of ownership interests in a Borrower Party that
        do not result in a Change of Control or any other partnership,
        corporation, real estate investment trust or other entity that has a
        direct or indirect ownership interest in a Borrower Party, or (iv) a
        merger or consolidation of a Borrower Party into another entity or of
        another entity into a Borrower Party other than into another Borrower
        Party, or (v) the reconstitution of a Borrower Party from one type of
        entity to another type of entity, or (vi) the amendment, modification or
        any other change in the governing instrument or instruments of such
        Person which has the effect of changing the relative powers, rights,
        privileges, voting rights or economic interests of the ownership
        interests in such Person. "Transfer" does not include (i) a conveyance
        of the Mortgaged Property at a judicial or non-judicial foreclosure sale
        under any Security Instrument or (ii) the Mortgaged Property becoming
        part of a bankruptcy estate by operation of law under the United States
        Bankruptcy Code.

               "UNUSED CAPACITY" means, for any month, the sum of the daily
        average during such month of the undrawn amount of the Variable Facility
        Commitment available under Article II of this Agreement for the making
        of Variable Advances, without regard to any unclosed Requests or to the
        fact that a Request must satisfy conditions precedent.

               "VALUATION" means, for any specified date, with respect to a
        Multifamily Residential Property, (a) if an Appraisal of the Multifamily
        Residential Property was more recently obtained than a Cap Rate for the
        Multifamily Residential Property, the Appraised Value of such
        Multifamily Residential Property, or (b) if a Cap Rate for the
        Multifamily Residential Property was more recently obtained than an
        Appraisal of the Multifamily Residential Property, the value derived by
        dividing--

               (i)     the Net Operating Income of such Multifamily Residential
                       Property for the Trailing 12 Month Period, by

               (ii)    the most recent Cap Rate determined by the Lender.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Valuation for a Multifamily
        Residential Property calculated for a date occurring before the first
        anniversary of the date on which the Multifamily Residential Property
        becomes a part of the Collateral Pool shall equal the Appraised Value of
        such Multifamily Residential Property, unless the Lender determines that
        changed market or property conditions warrant that the value be
        determined as set forth in the preceding sentence.

               "VARIABLE ADVANCE" means a loan made by the Lender to the
        Borrower Parties under the Variable Facility Commitment.

               "VARIABLE FACILITY" means the agreement of the Lender to make
        Advances to the Borrower Parties pursuant to Section 2.01.

               "VARIABLE FACILITY AVAILABILITY PERIOD" means the period
        beginning on the Initial Closing Date and ending on the 90th day before
        the Variable Facility Termination Date.

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               "VARIABLE FACILITY COMMITMENT" means an aggregate amount of
        $113,231,000, which shall be evidenced by the Variable Facility Note in
        the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT I, plus such amount as the Borrower
        may elect to add to the Variable Facility Commitment in accordance with
        Article VIII, and less such amount as the Borrower may elect to convert
        from the Variable Facility Commitment to the Fixed Facility Commitment
        in accordance with Article III and less such amount by which the
        Borrower may elect to reduce the Variable Facility Commitment in
        accordance with Article IX.

               "VARIABLE FACILITY FEE" means (i) 67 basis points per annum
        (0.67%) for a Variable Advance drawn from the Variable Commitment
        initially available under this Agreement, (ii) if the Variable Facility
        Termination Date is extended pursuant to Section 2.07, for any Variable
        Advance drawn from any portion of the Variable Commitment after the
        original Variable Facility Availability Period, the number of basis
        points per annum determined by the Lender as the Variable Facility Fee
        for such period, which fee shall be set by Lender not less than 30 days
        prior to the commencement of such period, and (iii) for any Variable
        Advance drawn from any portion of the Variable Commitment increased
        under Article VIII, the number of basis points per annum determined at
        the time of such increase by the Lender as the Variable Facility Fee for
        such Variable Advances.

               "VARIABLE FACILITY NOTE" means, the promissory note, in the form
        attached as EXHIBIT I to this Agreement, which has been issued by the
        Borrower Parties to the Lender to evidence the Borrower Parties'
        obligation to repay Variable Advances.

               "VARIABLE FACILITY TERMINATION DATE" means the date five years
        after the Initial Closing Date unless extended pursuant to Section 2.07.

               "VOTING EQUITY CAPITAL" means Securities or partnership interests
        of any class or classes, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the
        absence of contingencies, entitled to elect a majority of the board of
        directors (or Persons performing similar functions).


                                   ARTICLE II
                        THE VARIABLE FACILITY COMMITMENT

SECTION 2.01 VARIABLE FACILITY COMMITMENT. Subject to the terms, conditions and
limitations of this Agreement, the Lender agrees to make Variable Advances to
the Borrower Parties from time to time during the applicable Variable Facility
Availability Period. The aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Variable
Advances Outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Variable Facility
Commitment. Subject to the terms, conditions and limitations of this Agreement,
the Borrower may re-borrow any amounts under the Variable Facility which it has
previously borrowed and repaid under the Variable Facility.

SECTION 2.02 REQUESTS FOR VARIABLE ADVANCES. The Borrower shall request a
Variable Advance by giving the Lender an Initial Advance Request in accordance
with Section 5.01 or a Future Advance Request in accordance with Section 5.02,
as applicable.

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SECTION 2.03 MATURITY DATE OF VARIABLE ADVANCES. Regardless of the date on which
a Variable Advance is made, the maturity date of each Variable Advance shall be
a date selected by the Borrower in its Request for the Variable Advance, which
date shall be the last day of a calendar month occurring:

               (a)  no earlier than the date which completes three full months
        after the Closing Date for the Variable Advance; and

               (b)  no later than the date which completes nine full months
        after the Closing Date for the Variable Advance.

For these purposes, a year shall be deemed to consist of 12 30-day months. For
example, the date which completes three full months after September 15 shall be
December 15; and the date which completes three full months after November 30
shall be February 28.

SECTION 2.04  INTEREST ON VARIABLE FACILITY ADVANCES.

               (a) DISCOUNT. Each Variable Advance shall be a discount loan. The
original stated principal amount of a Variable Advance shall be the sum of the
Price of the Variable Advance and the Discount of the Variable Advance. The
Price and Discount of each Variable Advance shall be determined in accordance
with the procedures set out in Section 4.01. The proceeds of the Variable
Advance made available by the Lender to the Borrower will equal the Price of the
Variable Advance. The Borrower shall pay to the Lender, in advance of the Lender
making a Variable Advance requested by the Borrower, the entire Discount for the
Variable Advance.

               (b) PARTIAL MONTH INTEREST. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section, if a Variable Advance is not made on the first day of
a calendar month, and the MBS Issue Date for the MBS backed by the Variable
Advance is the first day of the month following the month in which the Variable
Advance is made, the Borrower shall pay interest on the original stated
principal amount of the Variable Advance for the partial month period commencing
on the Closing Date for the Variable Advance and ending on the last day of the
calendar month in which the Closing Date occurs, at a rate per annum equal to
the greater of (i) the Coupon Rate for the Variable Advance as determined in
accordance with Section 2.05(b) and (ii) a rate determined by the Lender, based
on the Lender's cost of funds and approved in advance, in writing, by the
Borrower, pursuant to the procedures mutually agreed upon by the Borrower and
the Lender.

               (c) VARIABLE FACILITY FEE. In addition to paying the Discount and
the partial month interest, if any, the Borrower shall pay monthly installments
of the Variable Facility Fee to the Lender on account of each Variable Advance
over the whole number of calendar months the MBS backed by the Variable Advance
is to run from the MBS Issue Date to the maturity date of the MBS. The Variable
Facility Fee shall be payable in advance, in accordance with the terms of the
Variable Facility Note. The first installment shall be payable on or prior to
the Closing Date for the Variable Advance and shall apply to the first full
calendar month of

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the MBS backed by the Variable Advance. Subsequent installments shall be payable
on the first day of each calendar month, commencing on the first day of the
second full calendar month of such MBS, until the maturity of such MBS. Each
installment of the Variable Facility Fee shall be in an amount equal to the
product of multiplying (i) the Variable Facility Fee, by (ii) the amount of the
Variable Advance, by (iii) 1/12.

SECTION 2.05 COUPON RATES FOR VARIABLE ADVANCES. The Coupon Rate for a Variable
Advance shall be a rate, per annum, as follows:

               (a) The Coupon Rate for a Variable Advance shall equal the sum of
(i) an interest rate as determined by the Lender pursuant to Section 4.01 of
this Agreement (rounded to three places) payable for the Fannie Mae MBS pursuant
to the MBS Commitment backed by the Variable Advance ("MBS Imputed Interest
Rate") and (ii) the Variable Facility Fee.

               (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, if
a Variable Advance is not made on the first day of a calendar month, and the MBS
Issue Date for the MBS backed by the Variable Advance is the first day of the
month following the month in which the Variable Advance is made, the Coupon Rate
for such Variable Advance for such period shall be the greater of (i) the rate
for the Variable Advance determined in accordance with subsection (a) of this
Section and (ii) a rate determined by the Lender, based on the Lender's cost of
funds, and approved in advance, in writing, by the Borrower, pursuant to
procedures mutually agreed upon by the Borrower and the Lender.

SECTION 2.06 VARIABLE FACILITY NOTE. The obligation of the Borrower to repay the
Variable Advances will be evidenced by the Variable Facility Note. The Variable
Facility Note shall be payable to the order of the Lender and shall be made in
the amount of the Variable Facility Commitment.

SECTION 2.07 EXTENSION OF VARIABLE FACILITY TERMINATION DATE. The Borrower shall
have the right to extend the Variable Facility Termination Date for one (1) five
(5) year period upon satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

               (a) The Borrower provides written notice to the Lender not less
than thirty (30) nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the then effective
Variable Facility Termination Date requesting that the Variable Facility
Termination Date be extended.

               (b) No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default exists on
either the date the notice required by paragraph (a) of this Section is given or
on the then effective Variable Facility Termination Date.

               (c) All of the representations and warranties of the Borrower
Parties set forth in Article XII of this Agreement and the Other Loan Documents
are true and correct in all material respects on the date the notice required by
paragraph (a) of this Section is given and on the then effective Variable
Facility Termination Date.

               (d) The Borrower Parties are in compliance with all of the
covenants set forth in Article XIII, Article XIV and Article XV on the date the
notice required by paragraph (a) of this Section is given and on the then
effective Variable Facility Termination Date.

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Upon receipt of the notice required in paragraph (a) of this Section and upon
compliance with the other conditions set forth above, the Variable Facility
Termination Date shall be extended for five (5) years on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Other Loan Documents, provided
that the maturity and pricing applicable to the Variable Facility during the
period after the then effective Variable Facility Termination Date shall be
acceptable to Lender in its discretion.


                                   ARTICLE III
                          THE FIXED FACILITY COMMITMENT

SECTION 3.01 FIXED FACILITY COMMITMENT. Subject to the terms, conditions and
limitations set forth in this Article, the Lender agrees to make Fixed Facility
Advances to the Borrower from time to time during the Fixed Facility
Availability Period. The Borrower shall make Requests (and to the extent such
Requests are approved, borrow), for Fixed Facility Advances in an aggregate
amount of not less than $28,307,750 and having a minimum maturity of 5 years
from the date of such Advance not later than the date eighteen (18) months after
the Initial Closing Date. The aggregate original principal of the Fixed Facility
Advances shall not exceed the Fixed Facility Commitment. The borrowing of a
Fixed Facility Advance shall permanently reduce the Fixed Facility Commitment by
the original principal amount of the Fixed Facility Advance. At all times after
the date 18 months after the Initial Closing Date, the Fixed Facility Commitment
shall be at least 25% of the aggregate of the Fixed Facility Commitment and the
Variable Facility Commitment, but in no event less than $28,307,750. The
Borrower may not re-borrow any part of the Fixed Facility Advance which it has
previously borrowed and repaid.

SECTION 3.02 REQUESTS FOR FIXED FACILITY ADVANCES. The Borrower shall request a
Fixed Facility Advance by giving the Lender an Initial Advance Request in
accordance with Section 5.01 or a Future Advance Request in accordance with
Section 5.02, as applicable.

SECTION 3.03 MATURITY DATE OF FIXED FACILITY ADVANCES; AMORTIZATION PERIOD. The
maturity date of each Fixed Facility Advance shall be the maturity date selected
by the Borrower, provided that such Maturity Date shall not be earlier than the
date five (5) years after the date of such Advance and shall not be later than
the 10th anniversary of the Initial Closing Date. The principal of each Fixed
Facility Advance shall, at the election of the Borrower, which election shall be
made at the time of the first Conversion Request or Credit Facility Expansion
Request relating to a Fixed Facility Commitment (which election shall apply to
all Fixed Facility Advances) be amortized on a 30-year schedule during the
Amortization Period or shall require payments of interest only.

SECTION 3.04  INTEREST ON FIXED FACILITY ADVANCES.

               (a) ADVANCES. Each Fixed Facility Advance shall bear interest at
a rate, per annum, equal to the sum of (i) the MBS Pass-Through Rate determined
for such Fixed Facility Advance and (ii) the Fixed Facility Fee.

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               (b) PARTIAL MONTH INTEREST. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section, if a Fixed Facility Advance is not made on the first
day of a calendar month, and the MBS Issue Date for the MBS backed by the Fixed
Facility Advance is the first day of the month following the month in which the
Fixed Facility Advance is made, the Borrower shall pay interest on the original
stated principal amount of the Fixed Facility Advance for the partial month
period commencing on the Closing Date for the Fixed Facility Advance and ending
on the last day of the calendar month in which the Closing Date occurs at a
rate, per annum, equal to the greater of (i) the interest rate for the Fixed
Facility Advance described in the first sentence of this Section and (ii) a rate
determined by the Lender, based on the Lender's cost of funds, and approved in
advance, in writing, by the Borrower, pursuant to procedures mutually agreed
upon by the Borrower and the Lender.

SECTION 3.05 COUPON RATES FOR FIXED FACILITY ADVANCES. The Coupon Rate for a
Fixed Facility Advance shall be the rate of interest applicable to such Fixed
Facility Advance pursuant to Section 3.04.

SECTION 3.06 FIXED FACILITY NOTE. The obligation of the Borrower to repay a
Fixed Facility Advance will be evidenced by a Fixed Facility Note. The Fixed
Facility Notes shall be payable to the order of the Lender and shall be made in
the original principal amount of each Fixed Facility Advance.

SECTION 3.07 CONVERSION OF COMMITMENT FROM VARIABLE FACILITY COMMITMENT TO FIXED
FACILITY COMMITMENT. The Borrower shall have the right, from time to time during
the Fixed Facility Availability Period, to convert all or a portion of a
Variable Facility Commitment to the Fixed Facility Commitment, in which event
the Variable Facility Commitment shall be reduced by, and the Fixed Facility
Commitment shall be increased by, the amount of the conversion.

        (a) REQUEST. In order to convert all or a portion of the Variable
Facility Commitment to the Fixed Facility Commitment, the Borrower shall deliver
a written request for a conversion ("CONVERSION REQUEST") to the Lender, in the
form attached as EXHIBIT K to this Agreement. Each Conversion Request shall be
accompanied by a designation of the amount of the conversion and a designation
of any Variable Advances Outstanding which will be prepaid on or before the
Closing Date for the conversion as required by Section 3.08(c).

        (b) CLOSING. If none of the limitations contained in Section 3.08 is
violated, and all conditions contained in Section 3.09 are satisfied, the Lender
shall permit the requested conversion, at a closing to be held at offices
designated by the Lender on a Closing Date selected by the Lender, and occurring
within 30 Business Days after the Lender's receipt of the Conversion Request (or
on such other date to which the Borrower and the Lender may agree), by executing
and delivering, all at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower, an amendment
to this Agreement, in the form attached as EXHIBIT L to this Agreement, together
with an amendment to each Security Document and other applicable Loan Documents,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender, reflecting the change in the
Fixed Facility Commitment and the Variable Facility Commitment. The documents
and instruments referred