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<ARTICLE>                            5
<LEGEND>
     This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
     financial statements of Realmark Property Investors Limited Partnership
     VI-B for the six months ended June 30, 1998, and is qualified in its
     entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER>                         1
       
<S>                                  <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                        6-MOS
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<PERIOD-START>                                                         JAN-01-1998
<PERIOD-END>                                                           JUN-30-1998
<CASH>                                                                   1,082,446
<SECURITIES>                                                                     0
<RECEIVABLES>                                                               41,726
<ALLOWANCES>                                                                     0
<INVENTORY>                                                                      0
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<PP&E>                                                                   7,064,582
<DEPRECIATION>                                                           1,737,878
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<SALES>                                                                          0
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<CGS>                                                                            0
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<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                                            53,679
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                                                 0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                                         229,536
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                                           (521,743)
<INCOME-TAX>                                                                     0
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                                              0
<DISCONTINUED>                                                                   0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                                                  0
<CHANGES>                                                                        0
<NET-INCOME>                                                              (521,743)
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                                                (6.44)
<EPS-DILUTED>                                                                    0
        

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