PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS SURVEY
                      MULTI FAMILY PROPERTIES:  REASONS FOR CONTINUING TO OWN 
                                      THE PROPERTY - TABLE 79
    
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    !                     !          !          TYPE OF MULTI FAMILY PROPERTY                   !
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    !                     !  TOTAL   !         !        !        !         !          ! 50 OR   !
    !                     ! UNITED   !         ! 3 TO 4 ! 5 TO 9 ! 10 TO 19! 20 TO 49 ! MORE    !
    !                     ! STATES   ! 2 UNITS ! UNITS  ! UNITS  !  UNITS  !  UNITS   ! UNITS   !
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    !TOTAL UNITED STATES  ! 20584822 ! 3084750 !2471070 !1894445 ! 1467786 !  2223786 ! 9442986 !
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    !REASONS FOR CONTINU- !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
    !ING TO OWN THE       !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
    !PROPERTY             !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
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    !AS RESIDENCE         !  1574342 !  828204 ! 451143 ! 146143 !   28505 !    54527 !   65820 !
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    !TO PROVIDE AFFORD-   !  2757928 !  227040 ! 121855 ! 180296 !  149718 !   350696 ! 1728323 !
    !ABLE HOUSING         !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
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    !FOR INCOME FROM      !  8370505 ! 1475472 !1127184 ! 883822 !  622605 !   934804 ! 3326618 !
    !RENTS                !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
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    !FOR LONG-TERM        !  4715717 !  577800 ! 477444 ! 481295 !  340990 !   481654 ! 2356534 !
    !CAPITAL GAINS        !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
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    !TO CONVERT TO NON-   !    80871 !   14818 !  11371 !  25892 !    5575 !        0 !   23215 !
    !RESIDENTIAL USE      !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
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    !AS TAX SHELTER       !  1123771 !  168849 ! 150268 ! 121471 !   74589 !   142000 !  466594 !
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    !AS RETIREMENT        !  3387298 !  814164 ! 736794 ! 498823 !  334020 !   403335 !  600162 !
    !SECURITY             !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
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    !AS FUTURE SECURITY   !  2429880 !  469886 ! 449944 ! 353165 !  260023 !   308890 !  587972 !
    !FOR FAMILY           !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
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    !CURRENTLY FOR SALE   !   494288 !  100535 !  84103 !  72571 !   41036 !    62950 !  133093 !
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    !CANT SELL - MORTGAGE !   461462 !   60564 ! 101342 !  72851 !   38690 !    38368 !  149647 !
    !HIGHER THAN VALUE    !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
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    !CANT SELL AT CURRENT !   907208 !  149857 ! 187684 ! 199313 !   86875 !   125012 !  158467 !
    !ASKING PRICE         !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
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    !OTHER REASONS        !  1510737 !  256857 ! 220602 ! 119177 !  147929 !   177156 !  589016 !
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    !NOT REPORTED         !  5557865 !  302367 ! 282651 ! 302766 !  367461 !   623236 ! 3679384 !
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     NOTE: Items will not sum to totals because of multiple responses