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THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES ACT OF ANY STATE (COLLECTIVELY, THE "ACTS").  NEITHER
THIS WARRANT NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED
OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE ACTS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL OF HOST FUNDING,
INC. TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH REGISTRATIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED.  THIS WARRANT IS
SUBJECT TO CERTAIN OTHER LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFER.


                               SERIES A WARRANT

                         TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF

                              HOST FUNDING, INC.


    THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT, for value received, HMR Capital, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, or permitted assigns, is entitled to purchase from
Host Funding, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), at the Warrant
Office (hereinafter defined), at a purchase price per share of $9.90, subject to
adjustment as provided below (the "Exercise Price"),225,000 shares of duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company's
Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value ("Common Stock"), and is entitled also to
exercise the other appurtenant rights, powers and privileges hereinafter set
forth.  The number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder and the
Exercise Price are subject to adjustment in accordance with Article IV hereof.

    This Warrant is issued pursuant to the terms of that certain  Agreement,
dated effective February 3, 1997, by and among the Company, HMR Capital and Host
Funding Advisors, Inc., a Delaware corporation.  Subject to the limitations and
requirements contained herein, the holders of these Warrants may transfer or
exchange such Warrants or a portion thereof in the manner specified herein.

    Certain terms used in this Warrant are defined in Article I.

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                                  ARTICLE I

                                TERMS DEFINED

    As used in this Warrant, unless the context otherwise requires, the
following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or in the Section
indicated:

    ACTS -- shall mean the Securities Act of 1933 and any applicable state
securities or blue sky laws, as they may be amended from time to time, and the
rules and regulations thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the
time.

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS -- shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

    COMMON STOCK -- shall mean the Company's Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par
value per share.

    CODE -- shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.

    COMPANY -- shall mean Host Funding, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and its
successors and assigns.

    DATE OF ISSUANCE -- shall mean February 3, 1997.

    EXPIRATION DATE -- shall mean February 2, 2000 (i.e. three years from the
Date of Issuance).

    EXERCISE PRICE -- shall mean the purchase price per share of Common Stock
payable by the holder hereof upon exercise of this Warrant, as it may be
adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of Article IV
hereof.

    OUTSTANDING -- when used with reference to Common Stock at any date, shall
mean all issued shares of Common Stock at such date, except shares then held in
the treasury of the Company.

    PERSON -- shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, trust,
organization, association or other entity or individual.

    REIT QUALIFICATION RULES -- shall mean any and all provisions of the Code
the compliance with which is necessary for the Company to maintain its status as
a qualified real estate investment trust in accordance with the Code.

    WARRANT -- shall mean this Warrant and any successor or replacement Warrant
delivered in accordance herewith.

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    WARRANT OFFICE  --  shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

    WARRANT SHARES --  shall mean the shares of Common Stock purchased or
purchasable by the registered holder of this Warrant or the permitted assignees
of such holder upon exercise hereof pursuant to Article II hereof.


                                  ARTICLE II

                             EXERCISE OF WARRANT

    2.1  TERM. Subject to the limitations and requirements contained
herein, this Warrant may be exercised as a whole at any time or in part from
time to time commencing on the Date of Issuance and terminating at 5:00 p.m.,
Dallas, Texas time on the Expiration Date.

    2.2  METHOD OF EXERCISE. To exercise this Warrant, the registered holder
hereof or permitted assignees of all rights of the registered holder hereof
shall deliver to the Company, at the Warrant Office (a) a written notice in the
form of the Subscription Notice attached hereto, stating therein the election of
such holder or such permitted assignees to exercise this Warrant in the manner
provided in the Subscription Notice, (b) payment in full of the Exercise Price
(in the manner described below) for all Warrant Shares purchased hereunder, and
(c) this Warrant.  This Warrant shall be deemed to be exercised on the date of
receipt by the Company of the Subscription Notice, accompanied by payment for
the Warrant Shares and surrender of this Warrant, as aforesaid, and such date is
referred to herein as the "Exercise Date".  Upon such exercise, the Company
shall issue and deliver to such holder a certificate for the full number of the
Warrant Shares purchasable by such holder hereunder, against the receipt by the
Company of this Warrant and the total Exercise Price payable hereunder for all
such Warrant Shares, in accordance with Section 2.4 below. Upon any partial
exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall forthwith issue and deliver to or
upon the order of the exercising holder a new Series A Warrant To Purchase
Common Stock of Host Funding, Inc. of like tenor, in the name of the holder
thereof, or as such holder may request, calling in the aggregate on the face or
faces thereof for the number of Warrant Shares equal to the number of such
shares called for on the face of the original Warrant minus the number of such
shares designated by the holder in the Subscription Notice.  The person in whose
name the certificate(s) for Common Stock is to be issued shall be deemed to have
become a holder of record of such Common Stock on the Exercise Date. Each
certificate representing the Warrant Shares shall upon issuance bear the
restrictive legend set forth on Exhibit A attached to this Warrant.

    2.3  FRACTIONAL SHARES.  No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be
issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but in lieu of such fractional share,
the Company shall make a cash payment therefor equal to the Exercise Price then
in effect multiplied by such fractional share.

    2.4  PAYMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE.  Upon exercise of this Warrant, the
Exercise Price then in effect shall be payable, at the holder's election, by
delivering to the Company, in accordance with

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this Article II, certified or cashier's check or wire transfer of good funds
in an amount equal to the Exercise Price then in effect multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being
exercised.

                                 ARTICLE III

                           WARRANT OFFICE; TRANSFER

    3.1  WARRANT OFFICE.  The Company shall maintain an office for certain
purposes specified herein (the "Warrant Office"), which office shall initially
be 6116 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1313, Dallas, Texas 75205 Attention:
Michael S. McNulty, and may subsequently be such other office of the Company or
of any transfer agent of the Common Stock in the continental United States as to
which written notice has previously been given to the registered holder of this
Warrant.  The Company shall maintain, at the Warrant Office, a register for the
Warrant, in which the Company shall record the name and address of the person in
whose name this Warrant has been issued, as well as the name and address of each
permitted assignee of the registered holder hereof.

    3.2  OWNERSHIP OF WARRANT.  The Company may deem and treat the person in
whose name this Warrant is registered as the holder and owner hereof
(notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone
other than the Company) for all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice
to the contrary, until presentation of this Warrant for registration of transfer
as provided in this Article III. The Warrants shall be evidenced by a
"Certificate of Warrant" issued by the Company to the holder of the Warrant and
containing the appropriate legend relating to restrictions on sale and transfer
under the Acts.

    3.3  RESTRICTIONS ON EXERCISE AND TRANSFER OF WARRANTS. The Company agrees
to maintain at the Warrant Office books for the registration and transfer of
this Warrant.  Subject to the restrictions on transfer of Warrants in this
Section 3.3, the Company, from time to time, shall register the transfer of this
Warrant in such books upon surrender of this Warrant at the Warrant Office
properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer and
written instructions for transfer satisfactory to the Company.  Upon any such
transfer, a new Warrant shall be issued to the transferee and the surrendered
Warrant shall be canceled by the Company.  The Company shall pay all expenses,
taxes (other than transfer or income taxes incurred by the holder) and other
charges payable in connection with the transfer of Warrants pursuant to this
Section 3.3.

         (a)  RESTRICTIONS IN GENERAL.  Notwithstanding any provisions
    contained in this Warrant to the contrary, this Warrant shall not be
    exercisable or transferable and the Warrant Shares shall not be
    transferable except upon the conditions specified in this Section 3.3,
    which conditions are intended, among other things, to insure compliance
    with the provisions of the Acts and the REIT Qualification Rules in respect
    of the exercise or transfer of this Warrant or transfer of Warrant Shares.
    The registered holder of this Warrant agrees that except for transfers of
    this Warrant expressly permitted by Section 3.3 (b) below, he will

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    neither transfer this Warrant nor transfer Warrant Shares prior to delivery
    to the Company of the opinion of counsel referred to in, and to the effect
    described in, clause (A) of Section 3.3(c).

         (b)  PERMITTED TRANSFERS.  HMR Capital, as the original registered
    holder of this Warrant, shall have the right to transfer and assign all or
    any portion of this Warrant to (i) the members of HMR Capital existing as
    of the Date of Issuance and (ii) the Profit Holders, as defined in the
    Profit Percentage Agreement dated effective as of November 1,1996, by and
    among HMR Capital and HFG Acquisition Group, Inc.(as assignee of La Jolla
    Securities Corporation), Strategic Property Advisors, Inc. (as assignee of
    Capital Equities of La Jolla, Inc.) and John Phillips (collectively, the
    "Permitted Transferees"); provided, that each such Permitted Transferee
    shall have executed and delivered to the Company an Investment Letter
    Agreement effective on or before the date of the assignment or transfer, in
    form and substance acceptable to the Company.

         (c)  OPINION OF COUNSEL.  The registered holder of this Warrant, by
    his acceptance hereof, agrees that prior to any transfer of this Warrant or
    any transfer of the related Warrant Shares, said holder will deliver to the
    Company a statement setting forth either said holder's intention with
    respect to the disposition of this Warrant or any Warrant Shares, or the
    intention of said holder's prospective transferee with respect to his
    acquisition of this Warrant or of said Warrant Shares (whichever is
    involved in such transfer), in either such case, together with a signed
    copy of the opinion of said holder's counsel, such opinion and counsel to
    be reasonably acceptable to the Company, as to (i) the necessity or non-
    necessity for registration under the Acts in connection with such exercise
    or such transfer and (ii) whether or not the effect of such exercise or
    transfer would disqualify the Company as a qualified real estate investment
    trust pursuant to the REIT Qualification Rules.  The following provisions
    shall then apply:

              (A)  If, in the opinion of said holder's counsel, the proposed
         transfer of this Warrant or the proposed transfer of such Warrant
         Shares may be effected without (i) registration under the Acts of this
         Warrant or such Warrant Shares, as the case may be, and (ii)
         disqualification of the Company as a qualified real estate investment
         trust pursuant to the REIT Qualification Rules, then the registered
         holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to transfer this Warrant or
         such Warrant Shares in accordance with the statement of intention
         delivered by said holder to the Company.

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              (B)  If, in the opinion of said counsel, either the proposed
         transfer of this Warrant or the proposed transfer of such Warrant
         Shares may not be effected without (i) registration under the Acts of
         this Warrant or such Warrant Shares, as the case may be, or (ii)
         disqualification of the Company as a qualified real estate investment
         trust pursuant to the REIT Qualification Rules, the registered holder
         of this Warrant shall not be entitled to transfer this Warrant or such
         Warrant Shares, as the case may be, until such registration is
         effected or disqualification remedied.

         (d)  TERMINATION OF RESTRICTIONS.  If, in the opinion of counsel to
the holder of this Warrant, a copy of which shall be furnished, and reasonably
acceptable, to the Company, this Warrant may be freely transferred pursuant to
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or other applicable
provisions of the Acts, the restrictions set forth in this Section 3.3 shall
terminate and, upon request by said holder, the Company shall cause the
restrictive legends on the face hereof to be removed.

    3.4  ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RIGHTS.  The Company will, at the time of any
exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof, upon the request
of the registered holder hereof, acknowledge in writing its continuing
obligation to afford to such holder any rights to which such holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant, provided, that if the holder of this Warrant shall fail to make
any such request, such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the
Company to afford to such holder any such rights.

    3.5  EXPENSES OF DELIVERY OF WARRANTS.  The Company shall pay all expenses,
taxes (other than transfer or income taxes incurred by the holder) and other
charges payable in connection with the preparation, issuance and delivery of
Warrants and related Warrant Shares hereunder (except as otherwise provided in
Section 5.5 hereof).


                                      ARTICLE IV

                                ADJUSTMENT PROVISIONS

    4.1  ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT SHARES.  The
Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in
this Article IV.  Upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price, the registered
holder hereof shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, upon exercise hereof, at
the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of shares of
Common Stock (calculated to the nearest whole shares pursuant to Section
4.1(a)(iv)) obtained by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to such adjustment by the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable
pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product
thereof by the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

         (a)  ADJUSTMENTS.  The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares
    shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

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              (i)  STOCK DIVIDENDS.  If the number of shares of Common Stock
         outstanding at any time after the date of this Warrant is increased by
         a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or by a subdivision
         or split-up of shares of Common Stock, then immediately after the
         record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common Stock
         entitled to receive such stock dividend or the effective date of such
         subdivision or split-up, as the case may be, the Exercise Price shall
         be appropriately adjusted so that the adjusted Exercise Price shall
         bear the same relation to the Exercise Price in effect immediately
         prior to such adjustment as the total number of shares of Common Stock
         outstanding immediately prior to such action shall bear to the total
         number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such
         action.

              (ii) COMBINATION OF STOCK.  If the number of shares of Common
         Stock outstanding at any time after the date of issuance of this
         Warrant is decreased by a combination of the outstanding shares of
         Common Stock, then, immediately after the effective date of such
         combination, the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted so
         that the adjusted Exercise Price shall bear the same relation to the
         Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment as the
         total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior
         to such action shall bear to the total number of shares of Common
         Stock outstanding immediately after such action.

              (iii)     REORGANIZATIONS, CONSOLIDATIONS, MERGERS AND SALES.  In
         case of any capital reorganization of the Company, or of any
         reclassification of the Common Stock, or in case of the consolidation
         of the Company with or the merger of the Company with any other Person
         or of the sale, or other transfer of all or substantially all of the
         assets of the Company to any other Person, this Warrant shall, after
         such capital reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger,
         sale, lease or other transfer, be exercisable for the number of shares
         of stock or other securities or property to which the Common Stock
         issuable (at the time of such capital reorganization,
         reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, or other transfer) upon
         exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled to receive upon such
         capital reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
         or other transfer if such exercise had taken place; and in any such
         case, if necessary, the provisions set forth herein with respect to
         the rights and interests thereafter of the holder of this Warrant
         shall be appropriately adjusted so as to be applicable, as nearly as
         may reasonably be, to any shares of stock or other securities or
         property thereafter deliverable on the exercise of this Warrant.  The
         subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
         exercise of this Warrant at any time outstanding into a greater or
         lesser number of shares of Common Stock (whether with or without par
         value) shall not be deemed to be a reclassification of the Common
         Stock of the Company for the purposes of this clause (iii).

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              (iv) ROUNDING OF CALCULATIONS; MINIMUM ADJUSTMENT.  All
         calculations under this Section 4.1(a) shall be made to the nearest
         cent or to the nearest whole share (as provided in Section 2.3), as
         the case may be.

         (b)  STATEMENT REGARDING ADJUSTMENTS.  Whenever the Exercise Price
    shall be adjusted as provided in Section 4.1(a), the Company shall
    forthwith file at the Warrant Office a statement showing in detail the
    facts requiring such adjustment and the Exercise Price and new number of
    shares issuable that shall be in effect after such adjustment, and the
    Company shall also cause a copy of such statement to be given to the
    registered holder of this Warrant.  Each such statement shall be signed by
    the Company's chief financial or accounting officer.  Where appropriate,
    such copy may be given in advance and may be included as part of a notice
    required to be mailed under the provisions of Section 4.1(c).

         (c)  NOTICE TO HOLDERS.  In the event the Company shall propose to
    take any action of the type described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of
    Section 4.1(a), the Company shall give notice to the registered holder of
    this Warrant, in the manner set forth in Section 7.6, which notice shall
    specify the record date, if any, with respect to any such action and the
    approximate date on which such action is to take place.  Such notice shall
    also set forth such facts with respect thereto as shall be reasonably
    necessary to indicate the effect of such action (to the extent such effect
    may be known at the date of such notice) on the Exercise Price and the
    number, kind or class of shares or other securities or property which shall
    be deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant.  In the case of any action
    which would require the fixing of a record date, such notice shall be given
    at least 10 days prior to the date so fixed, and in case of all other
    action, such notice shall be given at least 15 days prior to the taking of
    such proposed action.

    4.2. COSTS.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.5, the Company shall
pay all documentary, stamp, transfer or other transactional taxes attributable
to the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this
Warrant; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to pay any
taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance
or delivery of any certificate for such shares in a name other than that of the
holder of this Warrant in respect of which such shares are being issued.

                                      ARTICLE V

                                 REGISTRATION RIGHTS

    5.1  SHELF REGISTRATION.  The Company agrees that within ninety (90) days
following the effective date of a public offering of the Company's common stock
in which the net proceeds to the Company (after underwriting discounts and
commissions but before other expenses of the offering) is not less than
$20,000,000 to prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-3 (the "Shelf
Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
for the public sale of the Warrant Shares. The Company shall use its reasonable
diligent efforts to cause the Shelf

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Registration Statement to become effective not later than ninety (90) days
after the date of filing and to remain effective for a period ending on the
earlier to occur of (i) two years after the effective date of the Shelf
Registration Statement or (ii) the Expiration Date of this Warrant. The
Company shall supply to the  registered holder of this Warrant a reasonable
number of copies of all registration materials and related prospectuses.

    5.2  LIMITATIONS ON SHELF REGISTRATION.  The obligation of the Company
under Section 5.1 to file the Shelf Registration Statement is subject to each of
the following limitations, conditions and qualifications:

         (a)  ELIGIBILITY OF FORM S-3.  The Company shall be entitled to
         postpone the preparation and filing of the Shelf Registration
         Statement if the Company delivers to the registered holder of this
         Warrant an opinion of counsel that (i) either the Company or the
         Warrant Shares do not meet the eligibility requirements for filing a
         Form S-3 or (ii) there is a reasonable likelihood that the filing of
         the Shelf Registration Statement would not be approved for filing by
         the SEC.  Any postponement pursuant to this Section 5.1 (a) shall
         continue until such time as counsel to the Company shall determine
         that the Company and the Warrant Shares meet the eligibility
         requirements for the use of Form S-3 and that the SEC would accept the
         filing of the Shelf Registration Statement.

         (b)  PENDING MATERIAL EVENTS.  The Company shall be entitled to
         postpone for a reasonable period of time (not exceeding sixty (60)
         days ) the effectiveness (but not the filing or preparation ) of the
         Shelf Registration Statement  if the underwriter or investment banking
         firm of the Company determines (and the Company so notifies the
         registered holder of this Warrant) that in its judgment, such
         registration would materially interfere with any financing,
         acquisition, corporate reorganization or other material transaction
         involving the Company.

         (c)  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.  The Company shall be entitled to postpone
         for a reasonable period of time (not exceeding sixty (60) days) the
         filing of the Shelf Registration Statement, as is reasonably
         necessary, to prepare the financial statements of the Company for
         inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement.

    5.3  RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC SALE.  To the extent not inconsistent with
public law, the registered holder of this Warrant agrees not to effect any
public sale or distribution of the Warrant Shares under the Shelf Registration
Statement during the fourteen (14) days prior to, and during the ninety (90) day
period beginning on, the effective date of a registration statement filed by the
Company (excluding the Shelf Registration Statement), but only to the extent
requested in writing (with reasonable prior notice) by the managing underwriter
or underwriters in the case of an underwritten public offering by the Company of
securities of the same type as the Warrant Shares;  provided, that the period of
time for which the Company is required to keep the Shelf Registration

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Statement effective shall be increased by a period of days equal to the
requested holdback period, not to exceed the Expiration Date of this Warrant.

    5.4  NOTIFICATION OF MATERIAL EVENTS.  The Company will notify the
registered holder of this Warrant or the Warrant Shares during the effective
period of the Shelf Registration Statement of the occurrence of any event, as a
result of which, the Shelf Registration Statement or any related prospectus, as
then effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading and will prepare and furnish to such holder a
reasonable number of copies of any amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement
or supplement to any related prospectus as may be necessary so that, as
thereafter delivered to a purchaser of the Warrant Shares, such prospectus shall
not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading.  The registered holder of this Warrant or the Warrant Shares, as
the case may be, agrees not to sell Warrant Shares under the Shelf Registration
Statement during any period when the Company has advised such holder that the
information in the prospectus relating to the Warrant Shares is not current.

    5.5  REGISTRATION EXPENSES.  The Company shall bear all expenses relating
to the preparation and filing of the Shelf Registration Statement except for the
following expenses which shall be borne by the registered holder of this
Warrant:  (i) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws
(including fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky
qualification of the Warrant Shares), (ii) fees and expenses incurred, if any,
in connection with the listing of the Warrant Shares upon exercise of this
Warrant on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the
Company are then listed, and (iii) underwriting fees, discounts and commissions
relating to the sale of the Warrant Shares.

    5.6  INDEMNIFICATION BY HOLDER OF WARRANT.  In connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement, the registered holder of this Warrant agrees to furnish
to the Company in writing such information with respect to the name and address
of the holder, the amount of Warrant Shares issuable to such holder upon
exercise of this Warrant, and such other information as the Company shall
reasonably request for use in connection with the preparation and filing of the
Shelf Registration Statement and any related prospectuses.  The registered
holder of this Warrant agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Company, its directors and officers, and each person or
entity which controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act of
1933) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses resulting
from any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact
required to be stated in the Shelf Registration Statement or any related
prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or necessary not to
make the statements therein not misleading, to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such untrue statement or omission is based upon information with
respect to the registered holder of this Warrant furnished in writing by such
holder specifically for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement or any
related prospectus.

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                                      ARTICLE VI

                               COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

    6.1  DILUTION OR IMPAIRMENTS.  The Company will not, by amendment of its
Articles of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other
voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of
the terms of this Warrant.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, so long as this
Warrant remains outstanding, free from preemptive rights, the number of shares
of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon
the exercise of all of the Warrants issued and outstanding.

                                     ARTICLE VII

                                    MISCELLANEOUS

    7.1  ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  This Warrant contains the entire agreement between
the registered holder hereof and the Company with respect to the Warrant Shares
purchasable upon exercise hereof and the related transactions and supersedes all
prior arrangements or understandings with respect thereto.

    7.2  GOVERNING LAW.  This Warrant shall be interpreted, construed and
governed by the laws of the State of Maryland.

    7.3  WAIVER AND AMENDMENT.  Any term or provision of this Warrant may be
waived at any time by the party which is entitled to the benefits thereof, and
any term or provision of this Warrant may be amended or supplemented at any time
by agreement of a majority of the holders of Warrants and the Company, except
that any waiver of any term or condition, or any amendment or supplementation,
of this Warrant must be in writing.  No course of dealing between the holder
hereof and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of the
holder hereof in exercising any rights or remedies hereunder shall operate as a
waiver of any rights or remedies of the holder under this or any other
applicable instrument. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies
hereunder shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights
or remedies hereunder, and a waiver of any breach or failure to enforce any of
the terms or conditions of this Warrant shall not in any way affect, limit or
waive a party's rights hereunder at any time to enforce strict compliance
thereafter with every term or condition of this Warrant.

    7.4  SEVERABILITY.  Any provision contained in this Warrant which is
prohibited or unenforceable by law shall be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
contained in this Warrant.


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    7.5  COPY OF WARRANT.  A copy of this Warrant shall be filed among the
records of the Company.

    7.6  NOTICES.  Any notices or communications under this Agreement shall be
given by any of the following means:  (i) registered, certified or first class
mail, (ii) hand delivery or (iii) telex, telecopy or telegram.  Such notice or
communication shall be sent to the respective parties at the address listed
below.  Except as expressly provided herein, notice shall be deemed to have been
given when sent to or refused by the party to whom notice is being given.
Notice given by first class mail shall be deemed received on the third business
day following the date on which it is mailed.  Communication by telex, telecopy
or telegram shall be confirmed by posting a copy of the same by registered,
certified or first class mail in an envelope properly addressed to the
respective parties at the address listed below:

    If to the Company:            Host Funding, Inc.
                                  6116 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1313
                                  Dallas, Texas  75205
                                  Telecopy No. (214)750-0793
                                  Attn: Michael S. McNulty

    If to the holder hereof:      HMR Capital, LLC
                                  1025 Prospect Street, Suite 350
                                  La Jolla, California  92037
                                  Telecopy No. (619) 456-6073
                                  Attn:  Ian Gardner-Smith

    With a Copy To:               Peter G. Aylward
                                  Attorney at Law
                                  3250 Vista Diego Road
                                  Jamul, California  91935

Any party may, by written notice to the others, change the representative or
the address to which such notices and communications are to be sent.

    7.7  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; NOT SHAREHOLDERS.  No provision of this
Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the holder hereof the right to
vote, consent, receive dividends or receive notices other than as herein
expressly provided in respect of meetings of shareholders for the election of
directors of the Company or any other matter whatsoever as a shareholder of
the Company. No provision hereof, in the absence of affirmative action by the
holder hereof to purchase shares of Common Stock, and no mere enumeration
herein of the rights or privileges of the holder  hereof, shall give rise to
any liability of such holder for the purchase price of any shares of Common
Stock or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted
by the Company or by creditors of the Company.


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    7.8  EXCHANGE OF WARRANTS.  Subject to Section 3.3 hereof, upon surrender
for exchange of this Warrant to the Company, the Company at its expense will
promptly issue and deliver to or upon the order of the registered holder
hereof a new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of such registered holder or
as such holder may direct, calling in the aggregate for the purchase of the
number of shares of the Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of this
Warrant so surrendered.  The Company shall pay all taxes (other than
securities transfer taxes) and all other expenses and charges payable in
connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of Warrants pursuant
to this Section 7.8.

    7.9  REPLACEMENT OF WARRANT.  Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to
the Company of the loss, theft, mutilation or destruction of this Warrant,
and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction upon delivery of an
agreement of indemnity in such form and amount as shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, or in the event of such mutilation upon
surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company will make and deliver
a new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the registered holder hereof, in
lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.  This Warrant
shall be promptly cancelled by the Company upon the surrender hereof in
connection with any exchange or replacement.  The Company shall pay all taxes
(other than securities transfer taxes) and all other expenses and charges
payable in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of
Warrants pursuant to this Section 7.9.

    7.10  HEADINGS.  The Article and Section and other headings herein are
for convenience only and are not a part of this Warrant and shall not affect
the interpretation thereof.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed
effective as of the 3rd day of February, 1997.


                                       HOST FUNDING, INC.



                                       BY:
                                          -----------------------------
                                           Guy E. Hatfield





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                                 SUBSCRIPTION NOTICE



    The undersigned, the holder of the foregoing Warrant, hereby elects to
exercise purchase rights represented by said Warrant for, and to purchase
thereunder, _______shares of the Common Stock covered by said Warrant and
herewith makes payment in full therefor pursuant to Section 2.1 of such
Warrant, and requests (a) that certificates for such shares (and any
securities or other property issuable upon such exercise) be issued in the
name of, and delivered to, ___________________________________,  and (b) if
such shares shall not include all of the shares issuable as provided in said
Warrant, that a new Warrant of like tenor and date, in the name of the
undersigned, for the balance of the shares issuable thereunder be delivered
to the undersigned.


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                                        Dated: __________ , 19__







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                                      ASSIGNMENT

    For value received, ___________________________ , hereby sells, assigns
and transfers unto _______________________ the within Warrant, together with
all right, title and interest therein and does hereby irrevocably constitute
and appoint ___________________attorney, to transfer said Warrant on the
books of the Company, with full power of substitution.



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Dated: __________ , 19__







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