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

                                   Form 10-QSB

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

                     For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002


[ ]   TRANSITION REPORT UNDER 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
                       (A California Limited Partnership)


          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)

* While this Form 10-QSB has been filed on the  specified  due date, it does not
contain the certifications  required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rules
13a-14 and 15d-14  promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. The Securities and Exchange Commission thus will not consider this Form
10-QSB to be timely filed.


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                                Explanatory Note

The  Partnership  is in the  process  of  verifying  that the  equity  method of
accounting   has  been  properly   applied  for  its   investments   in  limited
partnerships.  Once the Partnership has completed its review,  Ernst & Young LLP
will  complete  its review of the interim  financial  statements  for the period
ended September 30, 2002. As a result,  this quarterly report includes financial
statements that have not been reviewed by an independent  accountant as required
by Rule 10-01(d) of Regulation  S-X. Once the  Partnership and Ernst & Young LLP
have completed their review related to this issue, the Partnership  expects that
Ernst & Young LLP will complete the quarterly  review  required by Rule 10-01(d)
of Regulation S-X.

As a result of the fact that Ernst & Young LLP has not  completed  its review of
the interim financial  statements as of and for the three months ended September
30, 2002, this Form 10-QSB is not accompanied by the certifications  required by
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The Partnership expects that these
certifications will be filed by amendment to this Form 10-QSB upon completion of
Ernst & Young LLP's review.



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                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                       (a California limited partnership)

                              INDEX TO FORM 10-QSB

                    FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002




PART I.     FINANCIAL INFORMATION

      ITEM 1.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                  Consolidated Balance Sheet, September 30, 2002               1

                  Consolidated Statements of Operations
                    Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2002 and 2001    2

                  Consolidated Statement of Partners' Deficiency
                    Nine months Ended September 30, 2002                       3

                  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                    Nine months Ended September 30, 2002 and 2001              4

                  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                   5

      ITEM 2.     MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN
                  OF OPERATION                                                11

      ITEM 3.     CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES                                     13

PART II.    OTHER INFORMATION

      ITEM 1.     LEGAL PROCEEDINGS                                           14

      ITEM 6.     EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K                            14

      SIGNATURES                                                              15




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                         PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION


ITEM 1.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                       (a California limited partnership)

                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

                               SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
                                   (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                        ASSETS

<S>                                       <C>                             <C>
Investments in limited partnerships (Note 2)                              $ 665,819
Cash and cash equivalents                                                  1,704,668

            Total assets                                                 $ 2,370,487

         LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' DEFICIENCY

Liabilities:
   Notes payable and amounts due for partnership
     interests (Note 3)                                                  $ 1,765,000
   Accrued interest payable (Note 3)                                       2,287,215
   Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                      37,623
   Due to affiliates (Note 4)                                                 33,557
                                                                           4,123,395
Contingencies (Note 5)

Partners' deficiency:
   General partners                                      $ (368,718)
   Limited partners                                       (1,384,190)     (1,752,908)

         Total liabilities and partners' deficiency                      $ 2,370,487

The  accompanying  notes are an integral  part of these  consolidated  financial
statements.
</TABLE>

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                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                       (a California limited partnership)

                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

              FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND 2001
                                   (Unaudited)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                              Three Months Ended           Nine Months Ended
                                                 September 30,               September 30,
                                              2002          2001           2002          2001

<S>                                          <C>          <C>            <C>           <C>
interest income                              $ 6,545      $ 25,387       $ 20,944      $ 89,900

operating Expenses:
  Management fee - partners (Note 4)           51,609        51,609       152,924        154,826
  Legal and accounting                         22,941        68,411        82,506        114,995
  General and administrative (Note 4)          12,309        53,873        67,565         86,632
  Interest (Note 3)                            34,588        34,200       102,491        102,600
        Total operating expenses              121,447       208,093       405,486        459,053

Loss from Partnership operations             (114,902)     (182,706)     (384,542)      (369,153)
Distributions from limited partnerships
  recognized as income (Note 2)                    --            --        16,382          9,264
Equity in income (loss) of limited
  partnerships and amortization of
  acquisition costs (Note 2)                   39,291      (145,311)      (15,389)      (471,724)

Net loss                                    $ (75,611)    $(328,017)    $(383,549)     $(831,613)

Net loss allocated to general partners
  (1%)                                       $ (756)      $ (3,280)      $ (3,835)     $ (8,316)
Net loss allocated to limited partners
  (99%)                                       (74,855)     (324,737)     (379,714)      (823,297)

                                            $ (75,611)    $(328,017)    $(383,549)     $(831,613)
Net loss per limited partnership
  interest (Note 1)                           $ (4)         $ (19)        $ (23)         $ (49)

  The accompanying  notes are an integral part of these  consolidated  financial
statements.
</TABLE>

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                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                       (a California limited partnership)

                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PARTNERS' DEFICIENCY

                  FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
                                   (Unaudited)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                        General          Limited
                                       Partners          Partners          Total

<S>                                                         <C>
Partnership interests                                       16,810

Partners' deficiency,
  January 1, 2002                     $ (364,883)      $(1,004,476)     $(1,369,359)

Net loss for the nine months
  ended September 30, 2002                (3,835)         (379,714)        (383,549)

Partners' deficiency,
  September 30, 2002                  $ (368,718)      $(1,384,190)     $(1,752,908)

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

</TABLE>

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                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                       (a California limited partnership)

                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

                   FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 AND 2001
                                   (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                                      2002            2001
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
<S>                                                                <C>             <C>
  Net loss                                                         $ (383,549)     $ (831,613)
  Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
   operating activities:
     Equity in (income) loss of limited partnerships and
      amortization of acquisition costs                                15,389         471,724
     Increase (decrease) in:
      Due to affiliates                                                27,722             --
      Accounts payable and accrued expenses                           (33,800)         (6,901)
      Accrued interest payable                                        102,491         102,599
         Net cash used in operating activities                       (271,747)       (264,191)

Cash flows from investing activities:
  Distributions from limited partnerships recognized as a
   return of capital                                                    1,523          40,441
  Capital contributions                                              (172,574)       (506,831)
         Net cash used in investing activities                       (171,051)       (466,390)


NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS                            (442,798)       (730,581)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD                      2,147,466       3,197,380

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD                           $1,704,668      $2,466,799


  The accompanying  notes are an integral part of these  consolidated  financial
statements.
</TABLE>

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                        REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED VI
                       (a California limited partnership)

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                               SEPTEMBER 30, 2002


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,  2001  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 September 30, 2002 and the results of operations  and changes in
cash flows for the three and nine months then ended.

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,  a Maryland  corporation  ("AIMCO")  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
16,810 for the periods presented.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash  and  cash  equivalents  consist  of  cash  and  money  market  funds.  The
Partnership  has its cash and cash  equivalents  on deposit  primarily  in money
market  funds.  Such  cash and cash  equivalents  may be in  excess  of the FDIC
insurance limit.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The  Partnership  reviews  long-lived  assets to determine if there has been any
permanent  impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances  indicate that
the  carrying  amount  of the asset  may not be  recoverable.  If the sum of the
expected future cash flows is less than the carrying  amount of the assets,  the
Partnership recognizes an impairment loss.

NOTE 2 - INVESTMENTS IN LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS

As of September 30, 2002, the Partnership holds limited partnership interests in
twenty  limited  partnerships  (the "Limited  Partnerships").  In addition,  the
Partnership  holds a general partner  interest in REA III, which in turn,  holds
limited  partnership  interests in three  additional  Limited  Partnerships.  In
total, therefore, the Partnership holds interests, either directly or indirectly
through  REA  III,  in  twenty-three  Limited  Partnerships  which  owned  as of
September 30, 2002,  residential low income rental projects  consisting of 1,369
apartment  units. The mortgage loans of these projects are payable to or insured
by various governmental agencies.

The Partnership,  as a limited partner, is entitled to between 90 percent and 99
percent of the profits and losses of the Limited Partnerships it has invested in
directly.  The  Partnership  is also entitled to 99.9 percent of the profits and
losses of REA III.  REA III holds a 99 percent  interest  in each of the Limited
Partnerships in which it has invested.

Equity in losses of the Limited  Partnerships  is  recognized  in the  financial
statements until the limited partnership investment account is reduced to a zero
balance or to a negative amount equal to further capital contributions required.
Losses incurred after the limited  partnership  investment account is reduced to
zero are not recognized.

Distributions  from the Limited  Partnerships  are  accounted for as a return of
capital   until  the   investment   balance  is  reduced  to  zero.   Subsequent
distributions  received are recognized as income. The investments in all but two
of the Limited  Partnerships have been reduced to zero as of September 30, 2002.
The  Partnership  still has an  investment  balance in Cassidy  Village and Park
Place Limited Partnerships.

The following is a summary of the investment in the Limited Partnerships for the
nine months ended September 30, 2002:


           Balance, beginning of period                    $ 510,157
           Equity in loss of limited partnerships            (12,234)
           Amortization of acquisition costs                  (3,155)
           Capital contributions                             172,574
           Distributions recognized as a return of
             capital                                          (1,523)

           Balance, end of period                          $ 665,819


The following are unaudited combined estimated  statements of operations for the
three and nine months ended  September  30, 2002 and 2001 of the  unconsolidated
Limited Partnerships in which the Partnership has invested:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                               Three Months Ended              Nine Months Ended
                                 September 30,                   September 30,
                              2002           2001             2002            2001
Revenues
<S>                       <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>
  Rental and other        $ 2,508,000     $ 2,474,000     $ 7,524,000     $ 7,422,000

Expenses
  Depreciation                401,000         403,000       1,203,000       1,209,000
  Interest                    640,000         647,000       1,920,000       1,941,000
  Operating                 1,558,000       1,534,000       4,674,000       4,602,000

                            2,599,000       2,584,000       7,797,000       7,752,000

Net loss                   $ (91,000)     $ (110,000)      $ (273,000)     $ (330,000)
</TABLE>

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 certain of the Limited Partnerships included above. The Limited Partnerships
pay NAPICO or its affiliate property  management fees in the amount of 5 percent
of their gross rental revenues and data  processing  fees. The amounts paid were
$80,772  and  $86,195 for the nine  months  ended  September  30, 2002 and 2001,
respectively.

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 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.  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  $1,405,000  became payable
prior to  September  30, 2002.  Management  is in the process of  attempting  to
negotiate the extension of the maturity date on this note payable.

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.

Maturity dates of the notes payable and related accrued interest are as follows:

            Years Ending December 31,            Notes         Interest
                       2002                    $ 520,000      $ 884,838
                       2003                            --             --
                       2004                            --             --
                       2005                       750,000      1,098,079
                       2006                            --             --
                    Thereafter                    170,000        304,298

                                               $1,440,000     $2,287,215

NOTE 4 - MANAGEMENT FEE AND EXPENSES DUE TO CORPORATE GENERAL PARTNER

Under  the  terms  of  the  Restated   Certificate   and  Agreement  of  Limited
Partnership, the Partnership is obligated to NAPICO for an annual management fee
of  approximately  .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.  This fee was  $152,924  and  $154,826  for the nine months  ended
September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.  $32,506 of the 2002 fees are payable
to NAPICO at September 30, 2002 and are included in "Due to  affiliates"  on the
accompanying balance sheet.

The Partnership  reimburses  NAPICO for certain  expenses.  The reimbursement to
NAPICO was $17,178 and $18,950 for the nine month  periods  ended  September 30,
2002 and 2001,  respectively,  and is  included  in general  and  administrative
expenses.

NOTE 5 - 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  interest  in the
Partnership  commenced  an action in the United  States  District  Court for the
Central District of California against the Partnership, NAPICO and certain other
affiliated  entities.  The complaint alleges that the defendants  breached their
fiduciary duty to the limited  partners of certain  NAPICO managed  partnerships
and made 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 seek 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  Housing
Programs  Limited  commenced a virtually  identical  action in the United States
District Court for the Central  District of California  against the Partnership,
NAPICO  and  certain  other  affiliated  entities.  The  second  action has been
subsumed in the first action,  which has been  certified as a class  action.  On
August 21, 2001,  plaintiffs  filed a  supplemental  complaint,  which added new
claims,  including a recission of the transfer of  partnership  interests and an
accounting.  The trial on these claims is in progress.  As of November 15, 2002,
the jury returned a special verdict against NAPICO and certain other  defendants
for violations of securities  laws and breaches of fiduciary duty.  However,  no
verdicts have been returned  against any of the NAPICO managed  partnerships and
no judgments have been entered in the case.

The Corporate General Partner of the Partnership is involved in various lawsuits
and  has  also  been  named  as a  defendant  in  other  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.

NOTE 6 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards  No. 107,  "Disclosure  about Fair
Value of Financial  Instruments,"  requires disclosure of fair value information
about financial instruments,  when it is practicable to estimate that value. The
notes payable and amounts due for partnership  interests are  collateralized  by
the Partnership's  investments in investee limited  partnerships and are payable
only  out of cash  distributions  from  investee  partnerships.  The  operations
generated  by  the  investee  limited   partnerships,   which  account  for  the
Partnership's  primary  source of  revenues,  are subject to various  government
rules,  regulations and restrictions which make it impracticable to estimate the
fair value of the notes and  related  accrued  interest  payable.  The  carrying
amount of other  assets  and  liabilities  reported  on the  balance  sheet that
require  such  disclosure  approximates  fair  value  due  to  their  short-term
maturity.


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

The Private  Securities  Litigation  Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor"
for forward-looking  statements in certain circumstances.  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 Partnership's primary sources of funds include interest income on short term
investments and distributions from Limited Partnerships in which the Partnership
has invested.  It is not expected that any of the Limited  Partnerships in which
the  Partnership  has invested will generate cash flow sufficient to provide for
distributions to limited partners in any material amount.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2002, the Partnership  advanced funds
to  eleven  of the  Limited  Partnerships  totaling  $172,754.  The  Partnership
received  distributions  from  Cadybrook,  Valley Oaks  Senior and Park  Limited
Partnerships  during the nine months ended September 30, 2002. The Partnership's
investment balance in Cadybrook and Valley Oaks Senior Limited  Partnerships had
been reduced to zero at  September  30, 2002,  so these  distributions  totaling
$16,382 were  recognized  as income.  The  Partnership  still has an  investment
balance in Park Place Limited  Partnership  so this  distribution  of $1,523 was
recorded as a return of capital.

Results of Operations

Partnership  revenues consist  primarily of interest income earned on investment
of funds not required for investment in Limited Partnerships.

An annual  Partnership  management  fee in an  amount  equal to 0.4  percent  of
invested assets. The management fee is paid to the Corporate General Partner for
its continuing  management of partnership  affairs. The fee is payable beginning
with the month  following  the  Partnership's  initial  investment  in a Limited
Partnership.  Management fees were  approximately  $153,000 and $155,000 for the
nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

Operating expenses,  other than management fees, consist of legal and accounting
fees for services rendered to the Partnership and administrative expenses. Legal
and  accounting  fees  were  $82,506  and  $114,995  for the nine  months  ended
September 30, 2002 and 2001,  respectively.  General and administrative expenses
were $67,565 and $86,632 for the nine months ended  September 30, 2002 and 2001,
respectively.

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 September 30, 2002.
The  Partnership  still has an  investment  balance in Cassidy  Village and Park
Place Limited Partnerships.

Distributions  received from Limited  Partnerships  are  recognized as return of
capital until the  investment  balance has been reduced to zero or to a negative
amount equal to future capital contributions required.  Subsequent distributions
received are recognized as income.

Except for  investing  cash in money  market  mutual  funds,  the  Partnership's
investments  are entirely  interests in other  limited and general  partnerships
owning government  assisted projects.  Available cash is invested in these money
market  funds  earning  interest  income  as  reflected  in  the  statements  of
operations.  These funds can be readily converted to cash to meet obligations as
they arise.

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.

Notes payable and related accrued  interest  payable  aggregating  approximately
$1,404,000  became  payable  prior to September  30, 2002.  Management is in the
process of  attempting to negotiate  extensions  of the maturity  dates on these
notes payable.

AIMCO  and its  affiliates  as of  September  30,  2002  do not own any  limited
partnership  interests (the "Units") in the Partnership.  A Unit consists of two
limited partnership interests.  It is possible that AIMCO or its affiliates will
acquire 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.
In this regard,  on September 16, 2002, an affiliate of AIMCO commenced a tender
offer to purchase any and all of the Partnership  interests for a purchase price
of $117.00 per Unit in cash.  The offer  expired on November 11, 2002,  at which
time  AIMCO  had  acquired  a total of 247  Units  (or 494  limited  partnership
interests), representing approximately 2.94% of the outstanding Units. 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.

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,  except  that,  as  indicated  in  the
Explanatory Note introducing  this quarterly  report,  the Partnership is in the
process of verifying  that the equity  method of  accounting  has been  properly
applied  to  its  investments  in  limited  partnerships.  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.  However,  depending on the outcome of the review  currently
being  undertaken by the  Partnership as to the propriety of the  application of
the equity method of accounting with respect to the Partnership's investments in
limited  partnerships,  changes to the  Partnership's  internal  controls may be
warranted.



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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  interest  in the
Partnership  commenced  an action in the United  States  District  Court for the
Central District of California against the Partnership, NAPICO and certain other
affiliated  entities.  The complaint alleges that the defendants  breached their
fiduciary duty to the limited  partners of certain  NAPICO managed  partnerships
and made 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 seek 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  Housing
Programs  Limited  commenced a virtually  identical  action in the United States
District Court for the Central  District of California  against the Partnership,
NAPICO  and  certain  other  affiliated  entities.  The  second  action has been
subsumed in the first action,  which has been  certified as a class  action.  On
August 21, 2001,  plaintiffs  filed a  supplemental  complaint,  which added new
claims,  including a recission of the transfer of  partnership  interests and an
accounting.  The trial on these claims is in progress.  As of November 15, 2002,
the jury returned a special verdict against NAPICO and certain other  defendants
for violations of securities  laws and breaches of fiduciary duty.  However,  no
verdicts have been returned  against any of the NAPICO managed  partnerships and
no judgments have been entered in the case.

The Corporate General Partner of the Partnership is involved in various lawsuits
and  has  also  been  named  as a  defendant  in  other  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).

            b) Reports on Form 8-K filed during the quarter ended  September 30,
2002:

                  Current  Report on Form 8-K dated August 29, 2002 and filed on
                  September  6, 2002,  disclosing  the  dismissal  of Deloitte &
                  Touche LLP as the  Partnership's  certifying  auditor  and the
                  appointment  of Ernst & Young LLP, as the  certifying  auditor
                  for the year ending December 31, 2002.



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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: November 19, 2002