CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                          OF CORPORATE GENERAL PARTNER

                 PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, James M. Seneff,  Jr., the Chief Executive Officer of CNL Realty Corporation,
the corporate  general  partner of CNL Income Fund IX, Ltd. (the  "registrant"),
certify that:

     1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K/A of the registrant;

     2.   Based on my  knowledge,  this  report  does  not  contain  any  untrue
          statement  of a  material  fact  or  omit to  state  a  material  fact
          necessary to make the statements  made, in light of the  circumstances
          under which such  statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this report;

     3.   Based on my knowledge,  the financial statements,  and other financial
          information  included in this report,  fairly  present in all material
          respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
          of the  registrant  as of,  and for,  the  periods  presented  in this
          report;

     4.   The registrant's  other  certifying  officer and I are responsible for
          establishing  and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
          defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e))  for the
          registrant  and  have:  (a)  Designed  such  disclosure  controls  and
          procedures,  or caused such  disclosure  controls and procedures to be
          designed under our  supervision,  to ensure that material  information
          relating to the registrant,  including its consolidated  subsidiaries,
          is made  known to us by others  within  those  entities,  particularly
          during the period in which this report is being prepared;

                    (b)  Evaluated  the   effectiveness   of  the   registrant's
                    disclosure  controls and  procedures  and  presented in this
                    report  our  conclusions  about  the  effectiveness  of  the
                    disclosure  controls  and  procedures,  as of the end of the
                    period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

                    (c) Disclosed in this report any change in the  registrant's
                    internal  control over  financial  reporting  that  occurred
                    during the  registrant's  most recent  fiscal  quarter  (the
                    registrant's  fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
                    report)  that  has  materially  affected,  or is  reasonably
                    likely  to  materially  affect,  the  registrant's  internal
                    control over financial reporting; and

     5.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,  based
          on our most recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over  financial
          reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
          registrant's  board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
          functions):

                    (a) All significant  deficiencies and material weaknesses in
                    the design or operation of internal  control over  financial
                    reporting  which are reasonably  likely to adversely  affect
                    the registrant's ability to record,  process,  summarize and
                    report financial information; and

                    (b)  Any  fraud,  whether  or not  material,  that  involves
                    management or other employees who have a significant role in
                    the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 5, 2004


                                                        /s/ James M. Seneff, Jr.
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                                                        James M. Seneff, Jr.
                                                        Chief Executive Officer