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                                                                 Exhibit 99.2(i)

                                                    [ARTHUR ANDERSEN LETTERHEAD]


                    REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


To Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA:

We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying Report of
Management on Compliance with Minimum Servicing Standards, that Advanta Mortgage
Corp. USA, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Advanta Corp., complied with
the minimum servicing standards identified in the Mortgage Bankers Association
of America's Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers (USAP) and
that Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA had in effect fidelity bond coverage in the
amount of $15 million and errors and omissions coverage in the amount of $5
million per occurrence as of and during the year ended December 31, 2000.
Management is responsible for Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA's compliance with those
minimum servicing standards and for maintaining a fidelity bond and errors and
commissions policy. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's
assertion about Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA's compliance based on our
examination.

Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and,
accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about Advanta
Mortgage Corp. USA's compliance with the minimum servicing standards and
performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the
circumstances. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on Advanta
Mortgage Corp. USA's compliance with the minimum servicing standards.

In our opinion, management's assertion that Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA complied
with the aforementioned minimum servicing standards and that Advanta Mortgage
Corp. USA had in effect fidelity bond coverage in the amount of $15 million and
errors and omissions coverage in the amount of $5 million per occurrence as of
and during the year ended December 31, 1999 is fairly stated, in all material
respects.



/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
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Philadelphia, PA
March 27, 2001

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[ADVANTA LETTERHEAD]

                                                     Advanta
                                                     Mortgage
                                                     Walsh & McKean Roads
                                                     P.O. Box 918
                                                     Spring House, PA 19477-0918

                                                     215-323-4900



       Report of Management on Compliance with Minimum Servicing Standards


As of and during the year ended December 31, 2000, Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA
has complied in all material respects with the minimum servicing standards as
set forth in the Mortgage Bankers Association of America's Uniform Single
Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers. As of and during the same period,
Advanta Mortgage Corp. USA had in effect fidelity bond coverage in the amount of
$15 million and errors and omissions coverage in the amount of $5 million per
occurrence.




/s/ H. John Berens                                     /s/ James L. Shreero
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H. John Berens                                         James L. Shreero
Senior Vice President                                  Senior Vice President and
Loan Servicing                                         Chief Financial Officer