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EMPLOYEE/CONSULTANT STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN

I.       PURPOSE OF THE PLAN.

         The purpose of this Plan is to further the growth of EQUITY
TECHNOLOGIES & RESOURCES, INC., by allowing the Company to compensate
consultants and certain other Employees who have provided bona fide services to
the Company, through the award of Common Stock of the Company.

II.      DEFINITIONS.

         Whenever used in this Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth in this Section:

1.       "Award" means any grant of (i) Common Stock or (ii) options or warrants
         to purchase Common Stock made under this Plan.

2.       "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

3.       "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

4.       "Common Stock" means the Common Stock of the Company.

5.       "Date of Grant" means the day the Board of Directors authorized the
         grant of an Award or such later date as may be specified by the Board
         of Directors as the date a particular Award will become effective.

6.       "Consultant" means any person or entity (i) who has rendered or will
         render bona fide services to the Company, and (ii) who, in the opinion
         of the Board of Directors, are in a position to make, or who have
         previously made, a significant contribution to the success of the
         Company.

7.       "Subsidiary" means any corporation that is a subsidiary with regard to
         as that term is defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

III.     EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PLAN.

         The effective date of this Plan is July 3, 2000.

IV.      ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.

         The Board of Directors will be responsible for the administration of
this Plan, and will grant Awards under this Plan. Subject to the express
provisions of this Plan and applicable law, the Board of Directors shall have
full authority and sole and absolute discretion to interpret this Plan, to
prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to it, and to make
all other

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determinations which it believes to be necessary or advisable in administering
this Plan. The determinations of the Board of Directors on the matters referred
to in this Section shall be conclusive. The Board of Directors shall have sole
and absolute discretion to amend this Plan. No member of the Board of Directors
shall be liable for any act or omission in connection with the administration of
this Plan unless it resulted from the member's willful misconduct.

V.       STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

         The maximum number of shares of Common Stock as to which Awards may be
granted under this Plan is 1,350,000. The Board of Directors may increase the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock as to which Awards may be granted at
such time as it deems advisable.

II       PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AWARDS.

         Awards may be granted only to Consultants and Employees.

II       GRANTS OF AWARDS.

         Except as otherwise provided herein, the Board of Directors shall have
complete discretion to determine when and to which Consultants and Employees
Awards are to be granted, and the number of shares of Common Stock as to which
Awards granted to each Consultant and Employee will relate, and the terms and
conditions upon which an Award may be issued (including, without limitation, the
date of exercisability, exercise price and term of any Award which constitutes
an option or warrant to purchase Common Stock). No grant will be made if, in the
judgment of the Board of Directors, such a grant would constitute a public
distribution within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

II       DELIVERY OF STOCK CERTIFICATES.

         As promptly as practicable after authorizing the grant of an Award, the
Company shall deliver to the person who is the recipient of the Award, a
certificate or certificates registered in that person's name, representing the
number of shares of Common Stock that were granted. If applicable, each
certificate shall bear a legend to indicate that the Common Stock represented by
the certificate was issued in a transaction which was not registered under the
Act, and may only be sold or transferred in a transaction that is registered
under the Act or is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act.

IX.      RIGHT TO CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT.

         Nothing in this Plan or in the grant of an Award shall confer upon any
Consultant the right to continued engagement by the Company nor shall it
interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company to discharge any
Consultant or to terminate any consulting relationship at any time.

X.       LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

5.       The obligation of the Company to sell and deliver shares of Common
         Stock on the grant of an Award under this Plan shall be subject to the

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         condition that counsel for the Company be satisfied that the sale and
         delivery thereof will not violate the Act or any other applicable laws,
         rules or regulations.

6.       This Plan is intended to meet the requirements of Rule 16b-3 in order
         to provide officers and directors with certain exemptions from Section
         16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

XI.      TERMINATION OF THE PLAN.

         The Board of Directors may suspend or terminate this Plan at any time
or from time to time, but no such action shall adversely affect the rights of a
person granted an Award under this Plan prior to that date.

XII.     DELIVERY OF PLAN.

         A copy of this Plan shall be delivered to all participants, together
with a copy of the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors
authorizing the granting of the Award and establishing the terms, if any, of
participation.FIRST AMENDMENT TO NET LEASE AGREEMENT

     THIS  AMENDMENT  TO NET  LEASE AGREEMENT, made  and  entered
into  effective as of the 23 day of August, 2000, by and  between
AEI  Income  &  Growth Fund 23 LLC, ("Fund 23"), whose  principal
business  address is 1300 Minnesota World Trade Center,  30  East
Seventh   Street,   St.   Paul,  Minnesota   55101   (hereinafter
collectively  referred  to  as "Lessor"),  and  Tumbleweed,  Inc.
(hereinafter  referred to as "Lessee"), whose principal  business
address is 1900 Mellwood Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky;

                          WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, Lessor is the fee owner of a certain parcel of real
property and improvements located at Kettering, Ohio, and legally
described   in  Exhibit  "A",  which  is  attached   hereto   and
incorporated herein by reference; and

       WHEREAS,   Lessee   has  constructed  the   building   and
improvements  (together  the "Building")  on  the  real  property
described  in  Exhibit "A", which Building is  described  in  the
plans and specifications heretofore submitted to Lessor; and

     WHEREAS,  Lessee and Lessor Fund 23 have entered  into  that
certain  Net  Lease  Agreement  dated  February  25,  2000   (the
"Lease")  providing  for  the lease of  said  real  property  and
Building (said real property and Building hereinafter referred to
as  the  "Leased  Premises"), from  Lessor  upon  the  terms  and
conditions therein provided in the Lease;

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of  the  Rents,  terms,
covenants, conditions, and agreements hereinafter described to be
paid, kept, and performed by Lessee, including the completion  of
the  Building  and  other  improvements constituting  the  Leased
Premises, Lessee and Lessor do hereby agree to amend the Lease as
follows:

1.    Article 2(A) and (B) of the Lease shall henceforth read  as
follows:

ARTICLE 2.     TERM

     (A)   The term of this Lease ("Term") shall be Fifteen  (15)
consecutive  "Lease  Years", as hereinafter  defined,  commencing
August  23,  2000, plus the period commencing February  25,  2000
("Occupancy  Date") through the effective date hereof,  with  the
contemplated initial term hereof ending on August 31, 2015.

     (B)  The first full Lease Year shall commence on the date of
this First Amendment and continue through August 31, 2015.

2.   Article 4(A) of the Lease shall henceforth read as follows:

ARTICLE 4.  RENT PAYMENTS

     (A)  Annual Rent Payable for the first and second Lease
          Years:  Lessee shall pay to Lessor an annual  Base
          Rent of $120,821.10, which amount shall be payable
          in advance on the first day of each month in equal
          monthly installments of $10,068.43 to Fund 23.  If
          the  first day of the Lease Term is not the  first
          day  of  a  calendar month, then the monthly  Rent
          payable for that partial month shall be a prorated
          portion  of the equal monthly installment of  Base
          Rent.

3.   Article  34  is hereby deleted in its entirety;  Lessor  and
     Lessee agree that the referenced Development Financing Agreement
     is terminated in accordance with its terms.  All other terms and
     conditions of the Lease shall remain in full force and effect.

4.   Lessee has accepted delivery of the Leased Premises and  has
     entered into occupancy thereof;

5.   Lessee  has fully inspected the Premises and found the  same
     to be as required by the Lease, in good order and repair, and all
     conditions under the Lease to be performed by the Lessor have
     been satisfied;

6.   As  of this date, the Lessor is not in default under any  of
     the terms, conditions, provisions or agreements of the Lease and
     the undersigned has no offsets, claims or defenses against the
     Lessor with respect to the Lease.

7.   This  Agreement  may  be executed in multiple  counterparts,
     each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall
     constitute one and the same instrument.
8.
IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, Lessor and Lessee have respectively  signed
and sealed this Lease as of the day and year first above written.

                        LESSEE:  Tumbleweed, Inc.,

                                 By:/s/ Gregory A Compton
                                 Its:  VP/Secretary &  General Counsel

Witness
/s/ Sarah Snyder
    Sarah Snyder
    Print Name

Witness
/s/ Kathy Corum
    Kathy Corum
    Print Name

STATE OF KENTUCKY)
                    )SS.
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON)

     The  foregoing  instrument was acknowledged before  me  this
10th  day  of  August,  2000,  by  Gregory  A  Compton,  as  Vice
President/Secretary and General Counsel of Tumbleweed,  Inc.,  on
behalf of said corporation.

                          /s/ Lisa Hall Cinffin
                            Notary Public /s/ commission expires  4-27-2003

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                    LESSOR:

                               AEI INCOME & GROWTH FUND 23 LLC

                               By:  AEI Fund Management XXI, Inc.

Witness
/s/ Michael B Daugherty        By:/s/ Robert P Johnson
    Michael B Daugherty               Robert P. Johnson,
                                      President
    Print Name

Witness
/s/ Ann M Feucht
    Ann M Feucht
    Print Name

STATE OF MINNESOTA  )
                                   )SS.
COUNTY OF RAMSEY    )

     The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me the 23rd
day  of  August, 2000, by Robert P Johnson, the President of  AEI
Fund  Management  XXI,  Inc., a Minnesota corporation,  corporate
general partner of AEI Income & Growth Fund 23 LLC, on behalf  of
said limited partnership.

                              /s/ Barbara J Kochevar
                              Notary Public

                                                   [notary seal]

LEASE AMENDMENT, TUMBLEWEED, KETTERING, OHIO

                        LEGAL DESCRIPTION

Situate in the City of Kettering, County of Montgomery, State of
Ohio, and being Lot 1 Kettering Towne Center Section 1 as
recorded in Plat Book 177, Page 19 of the Plat Records of
Montgomery County, Ohio.

Together with non-exclusive rights of ingress and egress and
parking as set forth in Cross Easement Agreement by and between
Center-Plex Venture and AEI Income & Growth Fund 23 LLC dated 23
August, 2000.

Subject to all Easements, covenants, conditions, agreements and
restrictions of record.

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