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