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                                                                     Exhibit 4.1


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                       OAKWOOD MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.,

                        OAKWOOD ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION

                                      AND

                           THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
                                  AS TRUSTEE



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                              AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO

                 SERIES 1998-C POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

                          Dated as of August 10, 2001


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                       OAKWOOD MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.,

                              SENIOR/SUBORDINATED

                   PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1998-C

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     AMENDMENT NO. 3 (this "Amendment"), dated as of August 10, 2001, to the
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Series 1998-C Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of  August 1, 1998 (the
"Series Agreement") among OAKWOOD MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., a Nevada corporation
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(as successor by merger to Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc., a North Carolina
corporation, the "Company"), OAKWOOD ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a North Carolina
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corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer"), and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a New
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York  banking corporation, as trustee (successor in interest to PNC Bank,
National Association, the "Trustee").  The Series Agreement, together with the
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Company's Standard Terms to Pooling and Servicing Agreement, July 1998 Edition,
as amended from time to time (the "Standard Terms") are referred to herein as
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the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement".
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                             PRELIMINARY STATEMENT


     Section 11.01 of the Standard Terms provides, inter alia, that the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Company, the
Servicer, and the Trustee, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders
to cure any ambiguity, and to correct or supplement any provisions that are
inconsistent with any other provisions; provided, however, that no such
amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of,
payments received on the Assets that are required to be distributed on any
Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) affect
adversely in any material respect the interests of the Holders of any Class of
Certificates in a manner other than described in clause (i) of this paragraph,
without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing at
least 66% of the Voting Rights with respect to such Class, or (iii) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of Certificates the Holders of which are required to
consent to any such amendment, without the consent of such Holders of all
Certificates then outstanding, as specified in section 11.01 of the Standard
Terms.

     All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein are defined in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.  All Article, Section or Subsection references
herein shall mean Article, Section or Subsections of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, except as otherwise provided herein.

SECTION 1.  Amendments to Series Agreement.

(a)  Section 2,  Defined Terms, is hereby amended by adding the following
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     definitions:

          "Guarantee":  The guarantee by the Guarantor, dated as of August 10,
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     2001, for the benefit of the Class B-2 Certificates.

          "Guarantee Excess Amount": With respect to any Distribution Date, (a)
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     the positive difference, if any, between (1) distributions to be made with
     respect to any Interest Distribution Amount, Carryover Interest
     Distribution Amount, Writedown Interest Distribution Amount and Carryover
     Writedown Interest Distribution Amount pursuant to clauses (v) and (xi) of
     Section 5(b) hereof, and (2) an amount equal to interest accrued at the
     applicable Pass-Through Rate for the related Interest Accrual Period on the
     Guaranteed Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance, and (b) any Principal
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     Shortfall Carryover Amount distributable pursuant to clause (xi) under
     Section 5(b) hereof.

          "Guarantee Payment Amount":  With respect to any Distribution Date,
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          (a) the positive difference, if any, between (1) an amount equal to
          interest accrued at the applicable Pass-Through Rate for the related
          Interest Accrual Period on the Guaranteed Class B-2 Certificate
          Principal Balance, and (2) distributions to be made with respect to
          any Interest Distribution Amount, Carryover Interest Distribution
          Amount, Writedown Interest Distribution Amount and Carryover Writedown
          Interest Distribution Amount pursuant to clauses (v) and (xi) of
          Section 5(b) hereof,

          (b) after giving effect to the allocation of the Available Amount, any
          due but unpaid principal amounts distributable pursuant to clause (xi)
          under Section 5(b) hereof, and

          (c) if, after giving effect to the distributions of principal amounts
          pursuant to clause (xi) under Section 5(b) hereof, the Adjusted
          Certificate Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates has been reduced to
          zero, an amount equal the remaining Guaranteed Class B-2 Certificate
          Balance, if any.

          "Guaranteed Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance":  On any
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     Distribution Date, the Initial Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
     B-2 Certificates as set out in Section 3, reduced by all prior
     distributions of principal to the Class B-2 Certificates.

          "Guarantor":  Oakwood Homes Corporation, a North Carolina corporation.
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(b)  The following provisions is hereby added as Section 5.1:

     Section 5.1.  Guarantee.
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          (a)   On any Distribution Date, the Guarantor is hereby obligated to
     the pay the Guarantee Payment Amount, if any, for the benefit of the
     holders of the Class B-2 Certificates.

          (b)   No later than 1:00 p.m. New York City time on each Remittance
     Date, after taking into account the amounts allocated to the various
     Subaccounts in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof, the Trustee shall, in
     accordance with the related Remittance Report and in accordance with the
     terms of the Guarantee, notify the Guarantor of any Guarantee Payment
     Amount payable under the Guarantee on the related Distribution Date. In
     addition, the Servicer shall notify the Guarantor as soon as practical (but
     no later than the related Remittance Date) after determining that a
     Guarantee Payment Amount shall be payable under the Guarantee on the
     related Distribution Date. Upon receipt of notice as described above, the
     Guarantor shall be required to deliver the Guarantee Payment Amount, if
     any, on or prior to 10:00 a.m. on the Distribution Date for the related
     Distribution Date. Such Guarantee Payment Amount received by the Trustee
     shall be paid to the Holders of the Class B-2 Certificates on such
     Distribution Date (or such later

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     date, if such amounts are received subsequent to such Distribution Date).
     In no event shall the Guarantee Payment Amount be distributed on any Class
     of Certificates other than the Class B-2 Certificates and any such amounts
     received by the Trustee which are not distributable to the Class B-2
     Certificates shall be returned by the Trustee to the Guarantor. Any
     Guarantee Payment Amounts made by the Guarantor to the Trustee shall be
     made in cash and shall be considered to be payments made directly to the
     holders of the Class B-2 Certificates and not payments made to the Issuing
     REMIC in the nature of a guarantee within the meaning of I.R.C. (S)
     860G(d)(2)(B).

          (c)   On each Distribution Date, the Guarantor is entitled to receive
     any Guarantee Excess Amount.  At such time as the Guaranteed Class B-2
     Certificate Principal Balance has been reduced to zero, the Guarantor will
     be entitled to receive any subsequent distributions with respect to the
     Class B-2 Certificates as set forth in Section 5 (which amounts will
     constitute Guarantee Excess Amount).  All Guarantee Excess Amounts will be
     deemed to be reimbursements for prior Guarantee Payment Amounts, together
     with interest thereon at the applicable Pass-Through Rate.

(c)  Section 7, Remittance Reports, is hereby amended by (i) deleting "and" at
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     the end of clause (7), (ii) deleting "." at the end of clause (8) and
     substituting "; and,", and (iii) inserting the following text at the end of
     Section 7:

     (9)  the amount of the Guarantee Payment Amount, if any, for such
     Distribution Date, the Aggregate amount of any unpaid Guarantee Payment
     Amounts for any previous Distribution Dates, and the Guaranteed Class B-2
     Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date.

SECTION 2.  Characterization of the Guaranty.
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     The guarantee is a direct obligation of the Guarantor to the holders of the
Class B-2 Certificates.  The Guarantee shall not be an asset of the Trust or
either REMIC.

SECTION 3.  Counterparts.
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     This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 3.  Governing Law.
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     THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NORTH CAROLINA, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc., Oakwood Acceptance
Corporation and the Trustee have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
written.

                                   OAKWOOD MORTGAGE
                                   INVESTORS, INC.

                                   By:            /s/ Dennis W. Hazelrigg
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                                            Name: Dennis W. Hazelrigg
                                            Title: President

                                   OAKWOOD ACCEPTANCE
                                   CORPORATION, as Servicer

                                   By:            /s/ Douglas R. Muir
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                                            Name: Douglas R. Muir
                                            Title: Vice President

                                   THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as
                                   Trustee

                                   By:            /s/ Craig M. Kantor
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                                            Name: Craig M. Kantor
                                            Title: Vice President


                             [Amendment No. 3 To
                Series 1998-C Pooling and Servicing Agreement]