UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   Form 10-QSB

(Mark One)
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
    ACT OF 1934

                   For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003


[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
    ACT OF 1934

              For the transition period from __________ to __________

                         Commission file number 0-13112


                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          California                                            95-3778627
(State or other jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization                              Identification No.)

                          55 Beattie Place, PO Box 1089
                        Greenville, South Carolina 29602
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (864) 239-1000
                           (Issuer's telephone number)






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                         PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION


ITEM 1.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                       (a California limited partnership)

                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

                                 MARCH 31, 2003
                                 (in thousands)
                                   (Unaudited)

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                        ASSETS

Investments in and advances to Local Limited
<S>                  <C>                                                    <C>
  Partnerships (Note 2)                                                     $ 460
Cash and Cash Equivalents                                                    1,389

            Total assets                                                   $ 1,849

          LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' DEFICIT

Liabilities:
  Notes payable and amounts due for partnership
    interests, including $520 in default (Note 3)                          $ 1,765
  Accrued interest payable, including $910 in
    default (Note 3)                                                         2,338
  Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                        169
  Due to affiliates (Note 4)                                                     7
                                                                             4,279
Partners' deficit:
  General partners                                          $ (376)
  Limited partners                                          (2,054)         (2,430)

         Total liabilities and partners' deficit                           $ 1,849

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                       (a California limited partnership)

                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

                      (in thousands, except per unit data)
                                   (Unaudited)

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                                                            Three Months Ended
                                                                March 31,
                                                             2003            2002
Revenues:
<S>                                                         <C>               <C>
  Interest income                                           $   5             $ 6

Operating expenses:
  Management fee - general partner (Note 4)                    46              52
  Legal and accounting                                         52              42
  General and administrative (Note 4)                          12              44
  Interest (Note 3)                                            34              34
        Total operating expenses                              144             172

Loss from Partnership operations                             (139)           (166)
Write-off of advances made or to be made to limited
  partnerships                                               (131)            (65)
Equity in (loss) income of limited partnerships and
  amortization of acquisition costs (Note 2)                  (13)              2

Net loss                                                   $ (283)         $ (229)

Net loss allocated to general partners (1%)                 $ (3)           $ (2)
Net loss allocated to limited partners (99%)                 (280)           (227)

                                                           $ (283)         $ (229)

Net loss per limited partnership interest (Note 1)        $(16.71)        $(13.50)

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                       (a California limited partnership)

                   CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PARTNERS' DEFICIT

                                 (in thousands)
                                   (Unaudited)

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                                        General          Limited
                                       Partners          Partners          Total

<S>                                                       <C>
Partnership interests (A)                                 16,752

Partners' deficit,
  January 1, 2003                       $ (373)          $(1,774)         $(2,147)

Net loss for the three months
  ended March 31, 2003                      (3)             (280)            (283)

Partners' deficit,
  March 31, 2003                        $ (376)          $(2,054)         $(2,430)


(A)   Consists of 16,752  Partnership  interests at March 31, 2003 and 16,810 at
      March 31, 2002.  During the year ended  December  31, 2002,  58 units were
      abandoned (Note 5).

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                       (a California limited partnership)

                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

                                 (in thousands)
                                   (Unaudited)

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<CAPTION>

                                                                       Three Months Ended
                                                                           March 31,
                                                                      2003            2002
Cash flows from operating activities:
<S>                                                                  <C>             <C>
  Net loss                                                           $ (283)         $ (229)
  Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
   operating activities:
     Equity in loss (income) of limited partnerships and
      amortization of acquisition costs                                  13              (2)
     Advance to be made to limited partnerships                         123              --
     Increase (decrease) in:
      Due to affiliates                                                 (46)             (5)
      Accounts payable and accrued expenses                              39              67
      Accrued interest payable                                           34              34
         Net cash used in operating activities                         (120)           (135)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents                              (120)           (135)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period                        1,509           2,147

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period                            $ 1,389         $ 2,012


 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                       (a California limited partnership)

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                                   (Unaudited)

                                 MARCH 31, 2003

NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

General

The information  contained in the following notes to the consolidated  financial
statements  is  condensed  from that which would  appear in the  audited  annual
consolidated  financial  statements;  accordingly,  the  consolidated  financial
statements   included  herein  should  be  reviewed  in  conjunction   with  the
consolidated  financial  statements  and related notes thereto  contained in the
annual  report for the year ended  December  31,  2002  prepared  by Real Estate
Associates   Limited  VI  (the   "Partnership"  or   "Registrant").   Accounting
measurements at interim dates  inherently  involve greater reliance on estimates
than at year end. The results of operations  for the interim  periods  presented
are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year.

In the  opinion of the  Partnership,  the  accompanying  unaudited  consolidated
financial  statements  contain all adjustments  (consisting  primarily of normal
recurring  accruals)  necessary to present fairly the financial  position of the
Partnership  at March 31, 2003 and the results of operations and changes in cash
flows for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

The general  partners  collectively  have a one percent  interest in profits and
losses of the  Partnership.  The limited  partners have the remaining 99 percent
interest  which  is  allocated  in  proportion  to their  respective  individual
investments.  The general  partners of the Partnership are National  Partnership
Investments  Corp.  ("NAPICO" or the "Corporate  General  Partner") and National
Partnership   Investment  Associates  ("NPIA"  or  the  "Non-Corporate   General
Partner").

On December 3, 2001, Casden Properties Inc., entered into a merger agreement and
certain other  transaction  documents with  Apartment  Investment and Management
Company ("AIMCO"), a publicly traded real estate investment trust and certain of
its  subsidiaries,  pursuant to which, on March 11, 2002,  AIMCO acquired Casden
Properties Inc. and its subsidiaries,  including 100% of the outstanding capital
stock of NAPICO.  Prior to March 11, 2002, Casden Properties Inc. owned a 95.25%
economic  interest  in  NAPICO,  with the  balance  owned by  Casden  Investment
Corporation ("CIC").  CIC, which is wholly owned by Alan I. Casden, owned 95% of
the voting common stock of NAPICO prior to March 11, 2002.

Basis of Presentation

The  accompanying  consolidated  financial  statements  have  been  prepared  in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.

Principles of Consolidation

The  consolidated  financial  statements  include  the  accounts  of Real Estate
Associates  Limited  VI  and  its  majority-owned   general  partnerships.   All
significant  intercompany  accounts and  transactions  have been  eliminated  in
consolidation.

Method of Accounting for Investment in Limited Partnerships

The investments in unconsolidated  limited partnerships are accounted for on the
equity method. Acquisition, selection and other costs related to the acquisition
of the projects are capitalized as part of the investment  account and are being
amortized on a straight  line basis over the estimated  lives of the  underlying
assets, which is generally 30 years.

Net Loss Per Limited Partnership Interest

Net loss per limited  partnership  interest was computed by dividing the limited
partners'  share of net loss by the  number  of  limited  partnership  interests
outstanding during the period. The number of limited  partnership  interests was
16,752 and 16,810 for the three  month  periods  ended  March 31, 2003 and 2002,
respectively (see "Note 5 -Abandonment of Units").

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46 ("FIN46"), "Consolidation
of  Variable  Interest  in  Entities,  an  Interpretation  of ARB No. 51." FIN46
requires  certain variable  interest  entities to be consolidated by the primary
beneficiary of the entity if the equity  investors in the entity do not have the
characteristics  of a controlling  financial  interest or do not have sufficient
equity at risk for the  entity to  finance  its  activities  without  additional
subordinated  financial  support from other parties.  FIN46 is effective for all
new variable  interest  entities created or acquired after January 31, 2003. For
variable  interest  entities  created or acquired prior to February 1, 2003, the
provisions  of FIN46 must be  applied  for the first  interim  or annual  period
beginning  after June 15, 2003.  The  Partnership  is currently  evaluating  the
effect,  if any,  that  the  adoption  of  FIN46  will  have on its  results  of
operations and financial condition.

NOTE 2 - INVESTMENTS IN AND ADVANCES TO LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS

As of March 31, 2003, the  Partnership  holds limited  partnership  interests in
nineteen  local limited  partnerships  (the "Local Limited  Partnerships").  The
limited partnership  interests decreased by one Local Limited Partnership due to
the  assignment  of the interest in Century  Plaza  Limited  Partnership  to the
noteholder  (see  "Note 6 -  Foreclosure  of  Local  Limited  Parntership").  In
addition the partnership holds a majority-owned general partner interest in Real
Estate  Associates  III ("REA III") which,  in turn,  holds limited  partnership
interests in three additional local limited partnerships.  In total,  therefore,
the Partnership holds interests,  either directly or indirectly through REA III,
in twenty-two  Local  Limited  Partnerships  which owned,  as of March 31, 2003,
residential  low income rental  projects  consisting of 1,239  apartment  units.
Certain of the Local  Limited  Partnerships  are  encumbered  by mortgage  notes
payable to or insured by agencies of the federal or local government. During the
three  months  ended March 31, 2003,  the  Partnership's  interest in one of the
Local  Limited  Partnerships  was  assigned  to the note  holder  (see "Note 6 -
Foreclosure of Local Limited Partnership").

The  Partnership,  as a limited  partner,  does not  exercise  control  over the
activities and operations,  including  refinancing or selling decisions,  of the
Local  Limited  Partnerships.  Accordingly,  the  Partnership  accounts  for its
investments  in the Local  Limited  Partnerships  using the equity  method.  The
Partnership  is allocated  profits and losses of the Local Limited  Partnerships
based  upon its  respective  ownership  percentages  between  90% and  99%.  The
Partnership  is also entitled to 99.9% of the profits and losses of REA III. REA
III is entitled to a 99% interest in each of the Local Limited  Partnerships  in
which it has invested.  Distributions  of surplus cash from operations from most
of  the  Local  Limited   Partnerships  are  restricted  by  the  Local  Limited
Partnerships' Regulatory Agreements with the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development  ("HUD").  These  restrictions limit the distribution to a
portion,  generally less than 10% of the initial  invested  capital.  The excess
surplus  cash is  deposited  into a  residual  receipts  reserve,  of which  the
ultimate  realization by the Partnership is uncertain as HUD frequently  retains
it upon sale or dissolution of the Local Limited Partnership. The Partnership is
allocated  profits and losses and receives  distributions  from refinancings and
sales in accordance with the Local Limited Partnerships' partnership agreements.
These  agreements  usually limit the  Partnership's  distributions  to an amount
substantially   less  than  its  ownership   percentage  in  the  Local  Limited
Partnership.

The individual  investments are carried at cost plus the Partnership's  share of
the Local  Limited  Partnership's  profits less the  Partnership's  share of the
Local Limited  Partnership's  losses,  distributions and impairment charges. The
Partnership  is not  legally  liable for the  obligations  of the Local  Limited
Partnerships  and is not otherwise  committed to provide  additional  support to
them. Therefore, it does not recognize losses once its investment in each of the
Local Limited  Partnerships  reaches zero.  Distributions from the Local Limited
Partnerships  are accounted for as a reduction of the  investment  balance until
the investment  balance is reduced to zero. When the investment balance has been
reduced to zero, subsequent  distributions  received are recognized as income in
the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

For those  investments  where the  Partnership  has determined that the carrying
value  of its  investments  approximates  the  estimated  fair  value  of  those
investments,  the  Partnership's  policy is to recognize equity in income of the
Local  Limited  Partnerships  only to the extent of  distributions  received and
amortization  of  acquisition  costs  from  those  Local  Limited  Partnerships.
Therefore,  the  Partnership  limits its  recognition of equity  earnings to the
amount it expects to ultimately realize.

The holder of a purchase money  promissory  note issued by Century Plaza Limited
Partnership,  one of the  Partnership's  investments,  in the amount of $960,000
plus accrued  interest  payable of $1,675,554  as of December 31, 2002,  filed a
suit seeking a monetary judgment against the Partnership and the other partners.
During the three months ended March 31, 2003, the Partnership's  interest in the
Local Limited  Partnership was foreclosed on by the note holder. The Partnership
had no  investment  balance  related to this Local  Partnership  as of March 31,
2003.

As of March 31,  2003,  the  investment  balance  in 20 of the 22 Local  Limited
Partnerships  had been reduced to zero. The Partnership  still has an investment
balance in Cassidy Village and Park Place Limited Partnerships.

Subsequent to March 31, 2003, the Partnership  lost its interest in Penneco I as
the  property  was  sold at a  price  equal  to its  outstanding  mortgage.  The
Partnership  advanced  $123,000 to pay outstanding  accounts payable and closing
costs.  This amount has been  recognized as a loss during the three months ended
March 31, 2003.

The following is a summary of the investments in Local Limited  Partnerships for
the three months ended March 31, 2003 (in thousands):


      Balance, beginning of period                           $ 473
      Equity in loss of limited partnerships                   (11)
      Amortization of acquisition costs                         (2)

      Balance, end of period                                 $ 460


The following are unaudited combined estimated  statements of operations for the
three  months  ended March 31, 2003 and 2002 of Local  Limited  Partnerships  in
which the Partnership has invested (in thousands):

                                           Three Months Ended
                                               March 31,
                                        2003                  2002
                                                           (Restated)
Revenues
  Rental and other                    $ 2,347                $ 2,339

Expenses
  Operating expenses                    1,417                  1,432
  Financial expenses                      570                    601
  Depreciation                            395                    374
                                        2,382                  2,407

Net loss from continuing
  operations                              (35)                   (68)
Net loss from discontinued
  operations                               --                    (23)
Net loss                               $ (35)                 $ (91)

Effective  January 1, 2002,  the  Partnership  adopted  Statement  of  Financial
Accounting  Standards  ("SFAS")  No.  144,  "Accounting  for the  Impairment  or
Disposal of Long-Lived  Assets",  which  established  standards for the way that
public business  enterprises report information about long-lived assets that are
either  being held for sale or have  already  been  disposed of by sale or other
means.  The standard  requires that results of operations for a long-lived asset
that is being held for sale or has  already  been  disposed  of be reported as a
discontinued  operation  on  the  statement  of  operations.  As a  result,  the
accompanying  condensed  combined results of operations have been restated as of
January 1, 2001 to reflect the  operations of Century Plaza Limited  Partnership
as loss from discontinued operations.

Under recently adopted law and policy,  the United States  Department of Housing
and Urban Development ("HUD") has determined not to renew the Housing Assistance
Payment  ("HAP")  Contracts  on a long  term  basis on the  existing  terms.  In
connection with renewals of the HAP Contracts under such new law and policy, the
amount of rental  assistance  payments under renewed HAP Contracts will be based
on market  rentals  instead of above market  rentals,  which may not be the case
under existing HAP  Contracts.  The payments under the renewed HAP Contracts may
not be in an amount that would provide  sufficient cash flow to permit owners of
properties  subject to HAP  Contracts to meet the debt service  requirements  of
existing  loans  insured by the Federal  Housing  Administration  of HUD ("FHA")
unless such mortgage  loans are  restructuring  results in a reduction in annual
debt  service  payable  by the  owner of the  FHA-insured  mortgage  loan and is
expected  to  result  in an  insurance  payment  from FHA to the  holder  of the
FHA-insured  loan due to the  reduction  in the  principal  amount.  MAHRAA also
phases out project-based  subsidies on selected  properties serving families not
located in rental markets with limited  supply,  converting  such subsidies to a
tenant-based subsidy.

When the HAP  Contracts are subject to renewal,  there can be no assurance  that
the Local Limited  Partnerships  in which the Partnership has an investment will
be permitted to restructure its mortgage indebtedness under MAHRAA. In addition,
the  economic  impact  on the  Partnership  of the  combination  of the  reduced
payments  under  the  HAP  Contracts  and  the  restructuring  of  the  existing
FHA-insured mortgage loans under MAHRAA is uncertain.

NOTE 3 - NOTES PAYABLE AND AMOUNTS DUE FOR PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS

Three  of  the  Partnership's  investments  involved  purchases  of  partnership
interests   from   partners  who   subsequently   withdrew  from  the  operating
partnership.  The  purchase of these  interests  provides  for  additional  cash
payments of  approximately  $325,000 based upon specified  events as outlined in
the purchase  agreements.  Such amounts have been  recorded as  liabilities  and
included  in notes  payable.  In  addition,  the  Partnership  is  obligated  on
non-recourse  notes payable of $1,440,000 which bear interest at 9.5 percent per
annum and have principal maturities ranging from December 1999 to December 2012.
One  note  payable  and  related  accrued  interest  aggregating   approximately
$1,430,000 became payable prior to March 31, 2003.  Management is in the process
of  attempting  to negotiate  the  extension  of the maturity  date on this note
payable.  In the event the negotiations are unsuccessful,  the Partnership could
lose its  investment  in the  Local  Limited  Partnership  to  foreclosure.  The
Partnership had no investment balance related to this Local Limited  Partnership
at March 31, 2003.

The notes and  related  interest  are  payable  from  cash flow  generated  from
operations  of the  related  rental  properties  as defined in the notes.  These
obligations are  collateralized  by the  Partnership's  investments in the Local
Limited Partnerships. Unpaid interest is due at maturity of the notes.

NOTE 4 - TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATED PARTIES

Under  the  terms  of  the  Restated   Certificate   and  Agreement  of  Limited
Partnership, the Partnership is obligated to NAPICO for an annual management fee
equal  to  0.4  percent  of  the  original   invested   assets  of  the  limited
partnerships.  Invested  assets are  defined as the costs of  acquiring  project
interests,  including the proportionate  amount of the mortgage loans related to
the   Partnership's   interests  in  the  capital  accounts  of  the  respective
partnerships. The fee was approximately $46,000 and $52,000 for the three months
ended March 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

The Partnership  reimburses  NAPICO for certain  expenses.  The reimbursement to
NAPICO was approximately  $6,000 for both of the three month periods ended March
31, 2003 and 2002 and is included in general and  administrative  expenses.  The
2003  reimbursements are payable to NAPICO at March 31, 2003 and are included in
"Due to affiliates" on the accompanying balance sheet.

In addition to being the Corporate  General Partner of the Partnership,  NAPICO,
or one of its affiliates,  is the general partner and property  management agent
for five of the Local Limited  Partnerships  included  above.  The Local Limited
Partnerships pay NAPICO or its affiliate property  management fees in the amount
of 5 percent of their gross revenues and data processing  fees. The amounts paid
were approximately $31,000 and $37,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2003
and 2002, respectively.

NOTE 5.     ABANDONMENT OF UNITS

During the year ended December 31, 2002, the number of Limited Partnership Units
decreased  by 58 units  due to  limited  partners  abandoning  their  units.  In
abandoning  his  or  her  Limited   Partnership   Unit(s),   a  limited  partner
relinquishes all right, title, and interest in the partnership as of the date of
abandonment.  However,  the limited partner is allocated his or her share of net
income or loss for that year. The income or loss per Limited Partnership Unit in
the  accompanying  consolidated  statements of operations is calculated based on
the number of units outstanding at the beginning of the year.

NOTE 6.     FORECLOSURE OF LOCAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

The holder of a purchase money  promissory  note issued by Century Plaza Limited
Partnership,  one of the  Partnership's  investments,  in the amount of $960,000
plus accrued  interest  payable of $1,675,554  as of December 31, 2002,  filed a
suit seeking a monetary judgment against the Partnership and the other partners.
During the three months ended March 31, 2003 the  Partnership's  interest in the
Local Limited  Partnership was foreclosed on by the note holder. The Partnership
had no  investment  balance  related to this Local  Partnership  as of March 31,
2003.

NOTE 7 - CONTINGENCIES

On August 27, 1998, two investors holding an aggregate of eight units of limited
partnership  interests  in Real Estate  Associates  Limited  III (an  affiliated
partnership in which NAPICO is the corporate  general partner) and two investors
holding an  aggregate  of five units of limited  partnership  interests  in Real
Estate Limited  Associates VI commenced an action in the United States  District
Court for the Central  District of California  against  NAPICO and certain other
defendants.  The complaint alleged that the defendants  breached their fiduciary
duty to the limited partners of certain NAPICO managed partnerships and violated
securities  laws by making  materially  false and  misleading  statements in the
consent   solicitation   statements  sent  to  the  limited   partners  of  such
partnerships  relating to approval of the transfer of  partnership  interests in
limited partnerships,  owning certain of the properties, to affiliates of Casden
Properties  Inc.,  organized by an affiliate of NAPICO.  The  plaintiffs  sought
equitable relief, as well as compensatory  damages and litigation related costs.
On August 4, 1999, one investor holding one unit of limited partnership interest
in the Partnership  commenced a virtually  identical action in the United States
District Court for the Central  District of California  against the Partnership,
NAPICO and certain other  entities.  The second action was subsumed in the first
action,  and was  certified as a class  action.  On August 21, 2001,  plaintiffs
filed a supplemental complaint,  which added new claims,  including a rescission
of the transfer of partnership  interests and an  accounting.  In November 2002,
the jury returned  special  verdicts against NAPICO and certain other defendants
in the amount of  approximately  $25.2 million for violations of securities laws
and against  NAPICO for  approximately  $67.3  million for breaches of fiduciary
duty. In addition,  the jury awarded the  plaintiffs  punitive  damages  against
NAPICO of  approximately  $92.5  million.  On April 29, 2003,  the Court entered
judgment  against  NAPICO and certain  other  defendants  in the amount of $25.2
million for  violations of securities  laws and against NAPICO for $67.3 million
for breaches of fiduciary duty, both amounts plus interest of $25.6 million, and
for punitive  damages  against NAPICO in the amount of $2.6 million.  NAPICO has
appealed the judgment.  Since the amount of the judgment  substantially  exceeds
NAPICO's  net  worth,  NAPICO  cannot  post a bond  for the full  amount  of the
judgment in order to stay execution of the judgment  during the appeal  process.
NAPICO has asserted its right to indemnification  from the prior shareholders of
Casden   Properties   Inc.   pursuant  to   documents,   including   the  Master
Indemnification  Agreement  dated as of December 3, 2001,  related to the NAPICO
acquisition,  which  was  completed  in  March  2002.  On May 13,  2003,  NAPICO
commenced  an action  in New York  against  the  former  shareholders  of Casden
Properties Inc. for damages  relating to the litigation.  In connection with the
judgment,  the plaintiffs  issued a press release  indicating their intention to
file a motion to seek to have a court-appointed  receiver take possession of all
of NAPICO's assets,  liquidate or operate  NAPICO's assets,  recover assets that
allegedly   may  have  been  conveyed  by  NAPICO  for  improper  or  inadequate
consideration  prior to the receivership,  and enforce NAPICO's rights under the
Master Indemnification Agreement.  NAPICO will vigorously oppose the motion. The
Corporate  General  Partner cannot  predict the outcome of these  matters,  what
other actions that may be pursued by the plaintiffs to satisfy the judgment,  or
the impact, if any, on the Partnership.

Millenium   Management,   LLC  ("Millenium")  and  Everest  Properties  II,  LLC
("Everest") have filed with the SEC a preliminary Consent Solicitation Statement
requesting the consent of the limited partners of Real Estate Associates Limited
VI (the  "Partnership") to remove the general partners of the Partnership and to
elect Millenium as the new general  partner.  The Partnership has filed with the
SEC  a  preliminary  Consent  Revocation   Statement  opposing  Millenium's  and
Everest's efforts to remove the general partners.  An affiliate of the Corporate
General  Partner has  purchased  Everest's  limited  partnership  interests  and
Millenium's and Everest's consent solicitation has been terminated.

The  Corporate  General  Partner of the  Partnership  is a plaintiff  in various
lawsuits  arising from  transactions in the ordinary course of business.  In the
opinion of management  and the Corporate  General  Partner,  the claims will not
result in any material liability to the Partnership.

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ITEM 2.     MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION

The matters discussed in this report contain certain forward-looking statements,
including, without limitation, statements regarding future financial performance
and the effect of government  regulations.  The discussions of the  Registrant's
business  and  results  of  operations,   including  forward-looking  statements
pertaining to such matters,  do not take into account the effects of any changes
to the  Registrant's  business  and results of  operations.  Actual  results may
differ  materially  from those described in the  forward-looking  statements and
will  be  affected  by  a  variety  of  risks  and  factors  including,  without
limitation:  national and local economic  conditions;  the terms of governmental
regulations that affect the Registrant and interpretations of those regulations;
the competitive  environment in which the Registrant operates;  financing risks,
including the risk that cash flows from  operations may be  insufficient to meet
required  payments of  principal  and  interest;  real estate  risks,  including
variations  of real  estate  values and the  general  economic  climate in local
markets and competition for tenants in such markets; and possible  environmental
liabilities.   Readers  should  carefully  review  the  Registrant's   financial
statements and the notes thereto,  as well as the risk factors  described in the
documents  the  Registrant  files  from  time to time  with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission.

The Corporate  General  Partner  monitors  developments in the area of legal and
regulatory   compliance  and  is  studying  new  federal  laws,   including  the
Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 mandates or suggests
additional compliance measures with regard to governance,  disclosure, audit and
other areas.  In light of these changes,  the  Partnership  expects that it will
incur higher expenses related to compliance, including increased legal and audit
fees.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Properties in which the Partnership has invested, through its investments in
the Local Limited Partnerships, receive one or more forms of assistance from the
Federal  Government.  As a result,  the Local Limited  Partnerships'  ability to
transfer funds either to the Partnership or among themselves in the form of cash
distributions,  loans or advances is generally  restricted  by these  government
assistance programs. These restrictions, however, are not expected to impact the
Partnership's ability to meet its cash obligations.

The  Partnership's  primary sources of funds include interest income earned from
investing  available cash and distributions  from Local Limited  Partnerships in
which the  Partnership  has  invested.  It is not expected that any of the Local
Limited  Partnerships  in which the  Partnership has invested will generate cash
flow  sufficient  to provide  for  distributions  to the  Partnership's  limited
partners in any material amount. No distributions were received during the three
month periods ended March 31, 2003 and 2002.

As of March 31, 2003 and 2002, the Partnership had cash and cash  equivalents of
approximately  $1,389,000 and  $2,012,000,  respectively.  Substantially  all of
these  amounts  are on deposit  primarily  with high  credit  quality  financial
institutions,  earning  interest.  This  resulted  in  the  Partnership  earning
approximately  $5,000 and $6,000 in interest  income for the three  months ended
March 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The amount of interest income varies with
market rates  available on deposits and with the amount of funds  available  for
investment. Cash equivalents can be converted to cash to meet obligations of the
Partnership  as they  arise.  The  Partnership  intends  to  continue  investing
available funds in this manner.

Results of Operations

A recurring partnership expense is the annual management fee. The fee is payable
to the Corporate  General  Partner of the  Partnership  and is calculated at 0.4
percent of the Partnership's  original remaining invested assets. The management
fee is paid to the Corporate  General  Partner for its continuing  management of
the Partnership  affairs.  The fee is payable beginning with the month following
the Partnership's initial investment in a Local Limited Partnership.  Management
fees were approximately $46,000 and $52,000 for the three months ended March 31,
2003 and 2002, respectively.

Operating expenses,  other than management fees, consist of legal and accounting
fees for services  rendered to the  Partnership  and general and  administrative
expenses.  Legal and accounting fees were approximately  $52,000 and $42,000 for
the three  months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002,  respectively.  The increase in
legal and accounting  fees is  attributable to increases in legal related to the
consent solicitation filed by Millenium  Management,  LLC and Everest Properties
II, LLC as discussed in "Item 1. Financial Statements - Note 7 - Contingencies".

General and administrative  expenses were approximately  $12,000 and $44,000 for
the three  months ended March 31, 2003 and 2002,  respectively.  The decrease in
general and  administrative  expenses is attributable to a decrease in the costs
associated  with the  preparation  and  filing  of the  Partnership's  quarterly
financial  statements  and  communicating  with  the  Partnership's   investors.
Included in general and administrative expenses are reimbursements to NAPICO for
certain expenses, which totaled approximately $6,000 for both of the three month
periods ended March 31, 2003 and 2002.

The Partnership  accounts for its investments in the Limited Partnerships on the
equity method,  thereby  adjusting its investment  balance by its  proportionate
share of the income or loss of the Limited  Partnerships.  Losses incurred after
the limited partnership investment account is reduced to zero are not recognized
in accordance with the equity accounting  method. The investments in all but two
of the Limited  Partnerships have been reduced to zero as of March 31, 2003. The
Partnership  still has an investment  balance in Cassidy  Village and Park Place
Limited Partnerships.

The  Partnership,  as a limited  partner,  does not  exercise  control  over the
activities and  operations,  including  refinancing or selling  decisions of the
Local  Limited  Partnerships.  Accordingly,  the  Partnership  accounts  for its
investment in the Local Limited  Partnerships using the equity method.  Thus the
individual  investments are carried at cost plus the Partnership's  share of the
Local Limited  Partnership's  profits less the Partnership's  share of the Local
Limited  Partnership's  losses,  distributions and impairment charges.  However,
since the  Partnership  is not legally  liable for the  obligations of the Local
Partnerships,  or is not otherwise  committed to provide  additional  support to
them,  it does not  recognize  losses once its  investment  in each of the Local
Limited Partnerships reaches zero. Distributions from the Local Partnerships are
accounted  for as a reduction of the  investment  balance  until the  investment
balance is reduced to zero. Subsequent  distributions received are recognized as
income in the accompanying statements of operations. For those investments where
the  Partnership  has  determined  that the  carrying  value of its  investments
approximates the estimated fair value of those  investments,  the  Partnership's
policy is to recognize equity in income of the Local Limited  Partnerships  only
to the extent of distributions  received,  and amortization of acquisition costs
from those Local Limited  Partnerships.  During the three months ended March 31,
2003, the Partnership recognized equity in loss of approximately $13,000. During
the three months  ended March 31, 2002,  the  Partnership  recognized  equity in
income of approximately $2,000.

Subsequent to March 31, 2003, the Partnership  lost its interest in Penneco I as
the  property  was  sold at a  price  equal  to its  outstanding  mortgage.  The
Partnership  advanced  $123,000 to pay outstanding  accounts payable and closing
costs.  This amount has been  recognized as a loss during the three months ended
March 31, 2003.

Under recent adopted law and policy, the United States Department of Housing and
Urban  Development  ("HUD") has determined  not to renew the Housing  Assistance
Payment  ("HAP")  Contracts  on a long  term  basis on the  existing  terms.  In
connection with renewals of the HAP Contracts under such new law and policy, the
amount of rental  assistance  payments under renewed HAP Contracts will be based
on market rentals instead of above market  rentals,  which may be the case under
existing HAP Contracts.  The payments under the renewed HAP Contracts may not be
in an amount  that  would  provide  sufficient  cash  flow to  permit  owners of
properties  subject to HAP  Contracts to meet the debt service  requirements  of
existing  loans  insured by the Federal  Housing  Administration  of HUD ("FHA")
unless such mortgage loans are  restructured.  In order to address the reduction
in payments under HAP Contracts as a result of this new policy, the Multi-family
Assisted Housing Reform and  Affordability  Act of 1997 ("MAHRAA")  provides for
the  restructuring  of  mortgage  loans  insured  by the  FHA  with  respect  to
properties  subject  to the  Section 8 program.  Under  MAHRAA,  an  FHA-insured
mortgage  loan can be  restructured  into a first  mortgage  loan  which will be
amortized on a current basis and a low interest  second mortgage loan payable to
FHA which will only be payable on  maturity  of the first  mortgage  loan.  This
restructuring  results in a  reduction  in annual debt  service  payments by the
owner of the FHA-insured mortgage loan and is expected to result in an insurance
payment from FHA to the holder of the  FHA-insured  loan due to the reduction in
the principal amount. MAHRAA also phases out project-based subsidies on selected
properties  serving  families not located in rental markets with limited supply,
converting such subsidies to a tenant-based subsidy.

When the HAP  Contracts are subject to renewal,  there can be no assurance  that
the Local Limited  Partnerships  in which the Partnership has an investment will
be permitted to restructure its mortgage indebtedness under MAHRAA. In addition,
the  economic  impact  on the  Partnership  of the  combination  of the  reduced
payments  under  the  HAP  Contracts  and  the  restructuring  of  the  existing
FHA-insured mortgage loans under MAHRAA is uncertain.

The Partnership is obligated on non-recourse  notes payable of $1,440,000  which
bear  interest at 9.5 percent per annum and have  principal  maturities  ranging
from December 1999 to December 2012. The notes and related  interest are payable
from cash flow  generated from  operations of the related  rental  properties as
defined in the notes.  These obligations are collateralized by the Partnership's
investments in the limited  partnerships.  Unpaid interest is due at maturity of
the notes.  Interest  expense  was  approximately  $34,000 for both of the three
month  periods  ended  March 31,  2003 and 2002.  One note  payable  and related
accrued interest  aggregating  approximately  $1,430,000 became payable prior to
March 31, 2003.  Management  is in the process of  attempting  to negotiate  the
extension  of  the  maturity  date  on  this  note  payable.  In the  event  the
negotiations are unsuccessful,  the Partnership could lose its investment in the
Local Limited  Partnership to  foreclosure.  The  Partnership  had no investment
balance related to this Local Limited Partnership at March 31, 2003.

Other

In addition to its indirect ownership of the general partnership interest in the
Partnership,  AIMCO and its affiliates owned 275 limited  partnership  interests
(the "Units") in the Partnership, representing 3.28% of the outstanding Units at
March 31,  2003.  These Units were  acquired  pursuant to tender  offers made by
AIMCO and its affiliates.  A Unit consists of two limited partnership interests.
It is possible that AIMCO or its  affiliates  will acquire  additional  Units of
limited  partnership  interest  in the  Partnership  in  exchange  for cash or a
combination of cash and units in the operating  partnership of AIMCO.  Under the
Partnership Agreement,  unitholders holding a majority of the Units are entitled
to take action with respect to a variety of matters,  which would include voting
on certain  amendments  to the  Partnership  Agreement  and voting to remove the
Corporate General Partner. Although the Corporate General Partner owes fiduciary
duties to the limited partners of the Partnership, the Corporate General Partner
also owes fiduciary duties to AIMCO as its sole  stockholder.  As a result,  the
duties of the Corporate General Partner,  as Corporate  General Partner,  to the
Partnership  and its limited  partners may come into conflict with the duties of
the Corporate General Partner to AIMCO, as its sole stockholder.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In  January  2003,  the  Financial   Accounting   Standards  Board  issued  FASB
Interpretation  No. 46 ("FIN46"),  "Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,
and  Interpretation  of ARB No. 51." FIN46 requires  certain  variable  interest
entities  to be  consolidated  by the primary  beneficiary  of the entity if the
equity investors in the entity do not have the  characteristics of a controlling
financial  interest  or do no have  sufficient  equity at risk for the entity to
finance its activities  without additional  subordinated  financial support from
other parties. FIN46 is effective for all new variable interest entities created
or acquired after January 31, 2003. For variable  interest  entities  created or
acquired  prior to February 1, 2003, the provisions of FIN46 must be applied for
the  first  interim  or  annual  period  beginning  after  June  15,  2003.  The
Partnership  is currently  evaluating  the effect,  if any, that the adoption of
FIN46 will have on its results of operations and financial condition.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The financial  statements are prepared in accordance with accounting  principles
generally  accepted in the United States which require the  Partnership  to make
estimates and  assumptions.  The  Partnership  believes that of its  significant
accounting  policies,  the following may involve a higher degree of judgment and
complexity.

Method of Accounting for Investments in Limited Partnerships

The  Partnership,  as a limited  partner,  does not  exercise  control  over the
activities and operations,  including  refinancing or selling decisions,  of the
Local  Limited  Partnerships.  Accordingly,  the  Partnership  accounts  for its
investments  in the Local  Limited  Partnerships  using the equity  method.  The
Partnership  is allocated  profits and losses of the Local Limited  Partnerships
based upon its respective ownership percentage of 99%.  Distributions of surplus
cash  from  operations  from  twelve  of  the  Local  Limited  Partnerships  are
restricted by the Local Limited  Partnerships'  Regulatory  Agreements  with the
United  States  Department  of  Housing  and Urban  Development  ("HUD").  These
restrictions  limit the distribution to 6% of the initial invested capital.  The
excess surplus cash is deposited into a residual receipts reserve,  of which the
ultimate  realization by the Partnership is uncertain as HUD frequently  retains
it upon  sale or  dissolution  of the  Local  Limited  Partnership.  For the ten
remaining  Local  Limited  Partnerships,  distributions  of surplus cash are not
restricted.  The  Partnership  is  allocated  profits  and losses  and  receives
distributions  from  refinancings and sales in accordance with the Local Limited
Partnerships'  partnership  agreements.   These  agreements  usually  limit  the
Partnership's  distributions to an amount  substantially less than its ownership
percentage in the Local Limited Partnership.

The individual  investments are carried at cost plus the Partnership's  share of
the Local  Limited  Partnership's  profits less the  Partnership's  share of the
Local Limited  Partnership's  losses,  distributions and impairment charges. The
Partnership  is not  legally  liable for the  obligations  of the Local  Limited
Partnerships  and is not otherwise  committed to provide  additional  support to
them. Therefore, it does not recognize losses once its investment in each of the
Local Limited  Partnerships  reaches zero.  Distributions from the Local Limited
Partnerships  are accounted for as a reduction of the  investment  balance until
the investment  balance is reduced to zero. When the investment balance has been
reduced to zero, subsequent  distributions  received are recognized as income in
the accompanying statements of operations.

For those  investments  where the  Partnership  has determined that the carrying
value  of its  investments  approximates  the  estimated  fair  value  of  those
investments,  the  Partnership's  policy is to recognize equity in income of the
Local  Limited  Partnerships  only to the extent of  distributions  received and
amortization  of  acquisition  costs  from  those  Local  Limited  Partnerships.
Therefore,  the  Partnership  limits its  recognition of equity  earnings to the
amount it expects to ultimately realize.

ITEM 3.     CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Corporate
General Partner, who are the equivalent of the Partnership's principal executive
officer and principal financial officer,  respectively,  have, within 90 days of
the filing date of this quarterly  report,  evaluated the  effectiveness  of the
Partnership's  disclosure  controls and  procedures  (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c)) and have determined that such disclosure controls
and  procedures  are  adequate.  There have been no  significant  changes in the
Partnership's  internal  controls or in other  factors that could  significantly
affect the  Partnership's  internal  controls since the date of evaluation.  The
Partnership does not believe any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses
exist in the Partnership's internal controls. Accordingly, no corrective actions
have been taken.



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                           PART II - OTHER INFORMATION



ITEM 1.     LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On August 27, 1998, two investors holding an aggregate of eight units of limited
partnership  interests  in Real Estate  Associates  Limited  III (an  affiliated
partnership in which NAPICO is the corporate  general partner) and two investors
holding an  aggregate  of five units of limited  partnership  interests  in Real
Estate Limited  Associates VI commenced an action in the United States  District
Court for the Central  District of California  against  NAPICO and certain other
defendants.  The complaint alleged that the defendants  breached their fiduciary
duty to the limited partners of certain NAPICO managed partnerships and violated
securities  laws by making  materially  false and  misleading  statements in the
consent   solicitation   statements  sent  to  the  limited   partners  of  such
partnerships  relating to approval of the transfer of  partnership  interests in
limited partnerships,  owning certain of the properties, to affiliates of Casden
Properties  Inc.,  organized by an affiliate of NAPICO.  The  plaintiffs  sought
equitable relief, as well as compensatory  damages and litigation related costs.
On August 4, 1999, one investor holding one unit of limited partnership interest
in the Partnership  commenced a virtually  identical action in the United States
District Court for the Central  District of California  against the Partnership,
NAPICO and certain other  entities.  The second action was subsumed in the first
action,  and was  certified as a class  action.  On August 21, 2001,  plaintiffs
filed a supplemental complaint,  which added new claims,  including a rescission
of the transfer of partnership  interests and an  accounting.  In November 2002,
the jury returned  special  verdicts against NAPICO and certain other defendants
in the amount of  approximately  $25.2 million for violations of securities laws
and against  NAPICO for  approximately  $67.3  million for breaches of fiduciary
duty. In addition,  the jury awarded the  plaintiffs  punitive  damages  against
NAPICO of  approximately  $92.5  million.  On April 29, 2003,  the Court entered
judgment  against  NAPICO and certain  other  defendants  in the amount of $25.2
million for  violations of securities  laws and against NAPICO for $67.3 million
for breaches of fiduciary duty, both amounts plus interest of $25.6 million, and
for punitive  damages  against NAPICO in the amount of $2.6 million.  NAPICO has
appealed the judgment.  Since the amount of the judgment  substantially  exceeds
NAPICO's  net  worth,  NAPICO  cannot  post a bond  for the full  amount  of the
judgment in order to stay execution of the judgment  during the appeal  process.
NAPICO has asserted its right to indemnification  from the prior shareholders of
Casden   Properties   Inc.   pursuant  to   documents,   including   the  Master
Indemnification  Agreement  dated as of December 3, 2001,  related to the NAPICO
acquisition,  which  was  completed  in  March  2002.  On May 13,  2003,  NAPICO
commenced  an action  in New York  against  the  former  shareholders  of Casden
Properties Inc. for damages  relating to the litigation.  In connection with the
judgment,  the plaintiffs  issued a press release  indicating their intention to
file a motion to seek to have a court-appointed  receiver take possession of all
of NAPICO's assets,  liquidate or operate  NAPICO's assets,  recover assets that
allegedly   may  have  been  conveyed  by  NAPICO  for  improper  or  inadequate
consideration  prior to the receivership,  and enforce NAPICO's rights under the
Master Indemnification Agreement.  NAPICO will vigorously oppose the motion. The
Corporate  General  Partner cannot  predict the outcome of these  matters,  what
other actions that may be pursued by the plaintiffs to satisfy the judgment,  or
the impact, if any, on the Partnership.

Millenium   Management,   LLC  ("Millenium")  and  Everest  Properties  II,  LLC
("Everest") have filed with the SEC a preliminary Consent Solicitation Statement
requesting the consent of the limited partners of Real Estate Associates Limited
VI (the  "Partnership") to remove the general partners of the Partnership and to
elect Millenium as the new general  partner.  The Partnership has filed with the
SEC  a  preliminary  Consent  Revocation   Statement  opposing  Millenium's  and
Everest's efforts to remove the general partners.  An affiliate of the Corporate
General  Partner has  purchased  Everest's  limited  partnership  interests  and
Millenium's and Everest's consent solicitation has been terminated.

The  Corporate  General  Partner of the  Partnership  is a plaintiff  in various
lawsuits  arising from  transactions in the ordinary course of business.  In the
opinion of management  and the Corporate  General  Partner,  the claims will not
result in any material liability to the Partnership.

ITEM 6.     EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

             a) Exhibits:

                  Exhibit  3,  Partnership  Agreement  (herein  incorporated  by
                  reference  to the  Partnership's  Form S-11  Registration  No.
                  2-82090).

                  Exhibit 99, Certification  Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
                  as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act
                  of 2002.

            b) Reports  on Form 8-K filed  during the  quarter  ended  March 31,
               2003:

                  None.





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                                   SIGNATURES



In accordance with the  requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant  caused
this  report to be  signed on its  behalf  by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized.



                                    REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                                    (a California limited partnership)


                                    By:   National Partnership Investments Corp.
                                          Corporate General Partner


                                    By:   /s/David R. Robertson
                                          David R. Robertson
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer


                                    By:   /s/Brian H. Shuman
                                          Brian H. Shuman
                                          Senior Vice President and
                                          Chief Financial Officer


                                    Date: May 15, 2003


<PAGE>



                                  CERTIFICATION


I, David R. Robertson, certify that:


1. I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report  on  Form  10-QSB  of  Real  Estate
Associates Limited VI;


2. Based on my  knowledge,  this  quarterly  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 quarterly
report;


3.  Based  on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
information  included in this quarterly  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 quarterly report;


4.  The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and  I are  responsible  for
establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:


      a)  Designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  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 quarterly report is
      being prepared;


      b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
      procedures  as of a date  within 90 days prior to the filing  date of this
      quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and


      c)  Presented  in  this  quarterly   report  our  conclusions   about  the
      effectiveness  of the  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  based on our
      evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;


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


      a) All  significant  deficiencies  in the design or  operation of internal
      controls which could adversely affect the registrant's  ability to record,
      process,  summarize and report  financial data and have identified for the
      registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and


      b) Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management or other
      employees  who  have  a  significant  role  in the  registrant's  internal
      controls; and


6. The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and I have  indicated in this
quarterly  report  whether or not there  were  significant  changes in  internal
controls or in other factors that could  significantly  affect internal controls
subsequent to the date of our most recent  evaluation,  including any corrective
actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.


Date:  May 15, 2003

                                    /s/David R. Robertson
                                    David R. Robertson
                                    President and Chief Executive Officer of
                                    National Partnership Investments Corp.,
                                    equivalent of the chief executive officer of
                                    the Partnership


<PAGE>



                                  CERTIFICATION


I, Brian H. Shuman, certify that:


1. I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report  on  Form  10-QSB  of  Real  Estate
Associates Limited VI;


2. Based on my  knowledge,  this  quarterly  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 quarterly
report;


3.  Based  on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
information  included in this quarterly  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 quarterly report;


4.  The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and  I are  responsible  for
establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and we have:


      a)  Designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  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 quarterly report is
      being prepared;


      b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
      procedures  as of a date  within 90 days prior to the filing  date of this
      quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and


      c)  Presented  in  this  quarterly   report  our  conclusions   about  the
      effectiveness  of the  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  based on our
      evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;


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


      a) All  significant  deficiencies  in the design or  operation of internal
      controls which could adversely affect the registrant's  ability to record,
      process,  summarize and report  financial data and have identified for the
      registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and


      b) Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management or other
      employees  who  have  a  significant  role  in the  registrant's  internal
      controls; and


6. The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and I have  indicated in this
quarterly  report  whether or not there  were  significant  changes in  internal
controls or in other factors that could  significantly  affect internal controls
subsequent to the date of our most recent  evaluation,  including any corrective
actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.


Date:  May 15, 2003

                                    /s/Brian H. Shuman
                                    Brian H. Shuman
                                    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
                                    Officer of National Partnership Investments
                                    Corp., equivalent of the chief financial
                                    officer of the Partnership


<PAGE>


Exhibit 99


                          Certification of CEO and CFO
                       Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
                             As Adopted Pursuant to
                  Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002



In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of Real Estate Associates
Limited VI (the "Partnership"), for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003 as
filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on the date  hereof  (the
"Report"),  David R. Robertson, as the equivalent of the chief executive officer
of the  Partnership,  and  Brian  H.  Shuman,  as the  equivalent  of the  chief
financial  officer of the  Partnership,  each hereby  certifies,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  Section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that, to the best of his knowledge:

      (1)   The Report fully complies with the  requirements of Section 13(a) or
            15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      (2)   The  information  contained in the Report  fairly  presents,  in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Partnership.


                                    /s/    David R. Robertson
                                    Name:  David R. Robertson
                                    Date:  May 15, 2003


                                    /s/    Brian H. Shuman
                                    Name:  Brian H. Shuman
                                    Date:  May 15, 2003


This  certification  accompanies  the  Report  pursuant  to  Section  906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002 and shall not,  except to the extent required by the
Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the  Partnership for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.