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EXHIBIT 10.59
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HEARTSOFT LOGO

CORPORATE NOTE

MAY 11, 2001

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Heartsoft, Inc. promises to pay to the order of:

                   Mr. George W. Fenimore III
                   HCR3, Box N4
                   Del Rio, Texas  78840

the sum of $50,000 (fifty thousand dollars), with interest from the date written
above until paid; at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum.

This Note, together with all interest due, is payable in thirty (30) days from
the date written above.

Heartsoft shall reserve the right to prepay the principle of this Note, together
with all such accrued interest at the time of prepayment in whole or in part
prior to its due date without premium or penalty.

Heartsoft, signers, and endorsers of this Note severally waive demand,
presentment, notice of dishonor, diligence in collection and notice of protest
and agree to all extensions and partial payments before or after maturity,
without prejudice to the holder. This written Note represents the final
agreement between the parties and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior,
contemporaneous, or subsequent oral agreements of the parties.

Heartsoft, Inc.

by:    /s/ Benjamin P. Shell
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       Benjamin P. Shell
       Chief Executive OfficerCONSULTING AGREEMENT

This  Agreement is made as of this April 20, 2001, by and between MLM WORLD NEWS
TODAY, Inc., (the "Company") a Nevada Corporation whose primary business address
is  3633  Camino del Rio South, Suite #107, San Diego, CA 92108, and Mr. Michael
D.  Wilder  ("Consultant")  at  4244  Tacoma  Street  San  Diego,  CA  92117.

WHEREAS,  the  Company  seeks  to  acquire the services of a professional in the
field  of  property  development  and  property  acquisition  and  investment.

WHEREAS,  the  Consultant  possesses  substantial knowledge and expertise in the
field  of  property  development and property acquisition and investment, and is
prepared  to  head  up  the  Property  Development  Division  of  the  Company.

WHEREAS,  the  Company  wishes  to  retain the services of the Consultant on the
following  terms  and  conditions:

1.     The Company hereby retains the services of the Consultant for a period of
one  (1)  year  commencing  April  20,  2001 and terminating April 20, 2002.  In
exchange  for  the  Consulting  Services  (as  that term is defined herein), the
Consultant  shall receive 1,400,000 shares of "MLMS" common stock (the "shares")
to  be  issued  to  Mr.  Michael  D. Wilder.  The Company agrees to register the
shares  for  resale  in  a  registration  statement  on  form  S-8.

2.     The Consultant shall, employing his best efforts, provide the Company the
     following:

a.     Head  up  and manage the Property Development Division of the Company for
the  period  of  one  year.
b.     Search  for,  and  assist  in  the  negotiations of, all property leasing
options  for  current  corporate  headquarters  in San Diego County, California.
c.     Search  for,  and  assist  in  the  negotiations of, all property leasing
options  for  Sales/Marketing  Operations  in  Orange  County,  California.
d.     Inform,  educate  and train Company Management on the aspects of property
acquisition  and  investment.
e.     Search  for, and assist in the negotiations of, property purchase options
for  future  corporate  headquarters  in  San  Diego  County,  California.

3.   The  Consultant  shall  be  an  Independent Contractor and not an Employee.
NOTHING  IN  THIS  AGREEMENT  SHALL  BE CONSTRUED TO CREATE AN EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE
RELATIONSHIP  BETWEEN  THE  COMPANY  AND  THE  CONSULTANT.  The  Consultant  is
responsible  and  liable  for  the  methods  by  which  he performs the services
specified  herein  and  for  payment  of all applicable federal, state and local
taxes.  The  Consultant shall have no right or authority to assume or create any
obligations or responsibilities, express or implied, on behalf of or in the name
of  the  Company,  unless  specifically authorized in writing by the Company. No
provision  of  this Agreement shall be construed to preclude the Consultant from
pursuing  other  consulting  projects.

4.    The  Company  agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Consultant against
any  loss,  claim,  damage  or  liability  whatsoever,  (including  reasonable
attorney's  fees  and  expenses),  to  which  such  Indemnified Party may become
subject  as  a  result  of  performing  any act, or omitting to perform any act,
contemplated  to  be  performed  by the Consultant pursuant to this Agreement if
such  act  or  omission  did  not  violate  the  provisions  of  this Agreement.

5.    This  Agreement  shall  be binding upon the Company and the Consultant and
their  successors  and/or  assigns.

6.    If  any  provision  or  provisions  of  this Agreement shall be held to be
invalid,  illegal  or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, (i) the validity,
legality  and  enforceability  of  the  remaining  provisions  of this Agreement
(including,  without  limitation,  each portion of any Section of this Agreement
containing  any  such  provision  held  to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable)
shall  not  in  any way be affected or impaired thereby: and (ii) to the fullest
extent  possible,  the  provisions  of  this  Agreement  (including,  without
limitation,  each  portion  of any Section of this Agreement containing any such
provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as
to  give  effect to the intent manifested by the provision held, invalid illegal
or  unenforceable.

7.    No  supplement,  modification  or  amendment  of  this  Agreement shall be
binding  unless  executed  in  writing by both parties hereto.  No waiver of any
other  provisions  hereof  shall  be  binding unless executed in writing by both
parties  hereto  nor  shall  waiver  constitute  a  continuing  waiver.

8.     This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which
shall  for  all  purposes  be  deemed  to  be an original but all of which shall
constitute  one  and  the  same  Agreement.

9.       The  parties  agree that should any dispute arise in the administration
of  this  Agreement,  that  the agreement shall be governed and construed by the
Laws  of  the  State  of  California.

10.   This  Agreement  contains  the  entire  agreement between the Parties with
respect  to  the  consulting  services  to  be  provided  to  the Company by the
Consultant  and  supersedes  any  and  all  prior  understanding,  agreement  or
correspondence  between  the  Parties.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Consultant have caused this Agreement to
be  signed by duly authorized representatives as of the day and year first above
written.

/s/ James C. Frans
James  C.  Frans  for  MLM  WORLD  NEWS  TODAY

/s/ Michael D. Wilder
Mr.  Michael  D.  WilderTHIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT  AGREEMENT (this  "Amendment"),  dated as of March 30,
2001, to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of November 17, 1999 (as amended
by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2000, and the
Second  Amendment and Waiver to Credit  Agreement dated as of November 17, 2000,
as extended by the Letter  Agreement,  dated  February 17, 2001,  and the Letter
Agreement,  dated  March 17,  2001,  the  "Credit  Agreement"),  among  Equivest
Finance,  Inc.  (the  "Borrower"),   Peppertree   Acquisition  Corp.  ("Newco"),
Peppertree  Acquisition  Corp.  II ("Newco II") and Bank of America,  N.A.  (the
"Lender").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
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         WHEREAS, the Lender, the Borrower, Newco and Newco II entered into the
Credit Agreement; and

         WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that certain amendments to the
Credit Agreement be made and the Lender is on the terms and conditions stated
below willing to grant such requests to the Borrower;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:

         1. Definitions. Except as otherwise set forth herein, capitalized terms
not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in
the Credit Agreement.

         2. Amendments to the Credit Agreement.

         Effective as of the date hereof and subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 hereof, the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended as follows:

         (a) The definition of "Collateral" in Section 1.1 (Defined Terms) is
amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          "Collateral" means any collateral granted at any time by any Person to
     the Lender to secure the Obligations, including without limitation, the
     following collateral subject to the Pledge Agreement, the Security
     Agreement and the Mortgages (a) all outstanding shares of the capital stock
     of the Peppertree Entities, Newco I and Newco II; (b) all general and
     limited partnership interests in Great Smokies (after the making of the
     Great Smokies Drawing); (c) all "Collateral" as such term is defined in the
     Security Agreement; and (d) all property subject to the Lien of any
     Mortgage.

         (b) The definition of "Collateral Document" in Section 1.1 (Defined
Terms) is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
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          "Collateral Document" means the Pledge Agreement, the Security
     Agreement, the Mortgages and any other agreement pursuant to which a lien,
     pledge or security interest in any property (including, without limitation,
     real or personal property) is granted to the Lender and all documents
     related thereto.

         (c) The definition of "LIBOR Basis" in Section 1.1 (Defined Terms) is
amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          "LIBOR Basis" means a simple per annum interest rate equal to the
     lesser of (a) the Highest Lawful Rate and (b) (i) during the Initial Term,
     the sum of the LIBOR Base Rate plus 3.00%; (ii) for the period from and
     including August 18, 2000 through and including November 17, 2000, the sum
     of the LIBOR Base Rate plus 3.50%; (iii) during the Extension Period, the
     sum of the LIBOR Base Rate plus 3.75%; (iv) during the period from and
     including February 17, 2001 to February 17, 2002, 3.75% (or 4.00% from July
     17, 2001, if Peppertree Net Cash Proceeds in escrow or realized did not
     equal or exceed $3,500,000 on or before July 15, 2001); (v) if the option
     set forth in Section 2.8(b) is exercised, then during the period from and
     including February 18, 2002 to November 17, 2002, the rate determined
     pursuant to clause (iv) hereof; (vi) if the option set forth in Section
     2.8(b) is exercised, then during the period from and including November 18,
     2002 to February 17, 2003, the rate determined pursuant to clause (iv)
     hereof, plus 0.25%.

         (d) The definition of "Loan Documents" in Section 1.1 (Defined Terms)
is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          "Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Term Note, the Pledge
     Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, any other Collateral
     Document, the Subsidiary Guaranty, any Hedge Agreements entered into with
     the Lender and any other document or agreement executed or delivered from
     time to time by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or
     Affiliate of the Borrower or any other Person in connection herewith or as
     security for the Obligations.

         (e) The definition of "Payment Date" in Section 1.1 (Defined Terms) is
amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          "Payment Date" means the seventeenth day of each calendar month.

         (f) Section 1.1 (Defined Terms) is amended by adding the following new
definitions in alphabetical order as follows:

          "Additional Prepayments" has the meaning specified in Section
     2.5(b)(vi) hereof.

          "Mortgages" means the mortgages, deeds of trust or other instruments
     in favor of the Lender encumbering the Peppertree Assets, in form and
     substance satisfactory to the Lender.

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          "Peppertree Assets" means the real properties specified on Schedule 18
     hereto and any rights in connection with the option to purchase additional
     real property associated with the property identified on Schedule 18 hereto
     as the "Myrtle Beach/Blackwater, LLC Tract 1" property.

          "Peppertree Net Cash Proceeds" means, with respect to the sale of any
     Peppertree Assets, the amount of cash received by the Borrower from sales,
     or to be received by the Borrower from sales in escrow (as such escrows are
     described in Section 5.19), before deducting from such amount payment of
     the outstanding principal amount of any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on
     such Peppertree Assets that is senior to the Lien of the Lender on such
     Peppertree Assets and that is required to be repaid under the terms of such
     Indebtedness as a result of such sale.

          "Second Extension Period" has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(b)
     hereof.

         (g) Section 1.1 (Defined Terms) is amended by deleting from the
definition of "Maturity Date" the following: "February 17, 2001" and adding in
its place the following: "February 17, 2002".

         (h) The definition of "Reference Rate" in Section 1.1 (Defined Terms)
is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          "Reference Rate" means, for any day, a simple per annum interest rate
     equal to the lesser of (a) the Highest Lawful Rate and (b) the sum of (x)
     (i) during the Initial Term, 0.50%, (ii) during the period from and
     including August 18, 2000 through and including November 17, 2000, 1.00%,
     (iii) during the Extension Period, 1.25%, (iv) during the period from and
     including February 17, 2001 to February 17, 2002, 1.25% (or 1.50% from July
     17, 2001, if Peppertree Net Cash Proceeds in escrow or realized did not
     equal or exceed $3,500,000 on or before July 15, 2001); (v) if the option
     set forth in Section 2.8(b) is exercised, then during the period from and
     including February 18, 2002 to November 17, 2002, the rate determined
     pursuant to clause (iv) hereof; (vi) if the option set forth in Section
     2.8(b) is exercised, then during the period from and including November 18,
     2002 to February 17, 2003, the rate determined pursuant to clause (iv)
     hereof, plus 0.25%, plus, in each case (y) the prime rate of the Lender,
     which rate is the floating rate of interest most recently announced by the
     Lender at its principal office in Charlotte, North Carolina as its "prime
     rate", provided that any change in the prime rate announced by the Lender
     shall take effect at the opening of business on the date specified in the
     public announcement of such change.

         (i) The first sentence of Section 2.5(b)(ii) (Mandatory Prepayments) is
amended in its entirety to read as follows:

          On the date of any Asset Sale (including any Asset Sale of any
     Peppertree Assets after the Additional Prepayments have been paid in full)
     the Borrower shall prepay the Term Note in an amount equal to all of the
     Net Cash proceeds of such Asset Sale. On the date of any Offering, the
     Borrower shall prepay the Term Note in an amount equal to 80% of the amount
     by which the Net Cash Proceeds of any such Offering exceeds $5,000,000.

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         (j) Section 2.5(b) (Mandatory Prepayments) is amended by adding a new
subsection (vi) thereto, to read in its entirety as follows:

          (vi) The Borrower shall prepay the Term Loan in an aggregate amount
     equal to $4,800,000 as follows (collectively, the "Additional
     Prepayments"): (A) $1,000,000 on November 1, 2001 and, (B) if the option
     set forth in Section 2.8(b) is exercised, $2,500,000 on January 31, 2002
     and $1,300,000 on November 1, 2002.

         (k) Section 2.5(b) (Mandatory Prepayments) is amended by adding a new
subsection (vii) thereto, to read in its entirety as follows:

          (vii) On the date of any sale of Peppertree Assets, the Borrower shall
     pay to the Lender an amount equal to 75% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such
     Asset Sale, which shall be applied to the prepayment of the Additional
     Prepayments as set forth in Section 2.5(b)(vi) hereof in the order such
     prepayments are due until all $4,800,000 of such Additional Prepayments
     have been paid in full.

         (l) Section 2.8(a) (Payment of Principal of Term Note/Extensions) is
amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          (a) The principal of the Term Note shall be paid in installments as
     set forth on Schedule 19 hereto. In addition, to the extent not otherwise
     required to be paid earlier as provided herein, the remaining principal
     amount of the Term Note, all accrued interest and fees thereon, and all
     other Obligations related thereto, shall be due and payable in full on the
     Maturity Date, except as set forth in Section 2.8(b).

         (m) Section 2.8 is amended by adding a new subsection (b) thereto, to
read in its entirety as follows:

         (b) The Maturity Date shall be extended if:

          (i) no later than January 31, 2002, the Borrower shall have delivered
     to the Lender a written notice (the "Extension Notice") stating that the
     Borrower desires to extend the Maturity Date of the Term Note until
     February 17, 2003 and certifying that no Default or Event of Default has
     occurred or would occur after giving effect to all of the conditions set
     forth in this Section 2.8(b), which notice shall be accompanied by payment
     of an extension fee in the amount of $75,000;

          (ii) the Borrower shall have made all payments required to be made
     pursuant to Schedule 19 as of the date of the Extension Notice;

          (iii) the Borrower shall have made the $1,000,000 Additional
     Prepayment shown on Schedule 19 hereto on or before November 1, 2001;

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          (iv) the Borrower shall have made the $2,500,000 Additional Prepayment
     shown on Schedule 19 hereto on or before January 31, 2002;

          (v) the Borrower shall have paid the advisory fee pursuant to the
     terms of the letter agreement dated March 30, 2001 between the Borrower and
     the Lender (unless previously waived in writing by the Lender);

     in which case the Term Note shall be extended to mature on February 17,
     2003 (the "Second Extension Period"); provided, however, that the extension
     of the Maturity Date is subject to the condition that no Default or Event
     of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date on which the
     conditions set forth in this Section 2.8 (b) have been completed.

         (n) Section 4.1(g) (Title to Properties) is amended to read in its
entirety as follows:

          Title to Properties. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates
     have good and indefeasible title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all
     of their material assets. Except as set forth on Schedule 20, none of their
     assets is subject to any Liens, except Permitted Liens. Except as set forth
     on Schedule 20, no financing statement, mortgage or other Lien filing
     (except relating to Permitted Liens) is on file in any state or
     jurisdiction that names the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
     Affiliates as debtor or covers (or purports to cover) any assets of the
     Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. Except as set forth on
     Schedule 20, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates have not
     signed any such financing statement or filing, nor any mortgage or security
     agreement authorizing any Person to file any such financing statement or
     filing (except relating to Permitted Liens).

         (o) Section 4.1 (Representations and Warranties) is amended by adding a
new clause (iii) to subsection (qq) to read in its entirety as follows:

          (iii) The Mortgages are effective to create in favor of the Lender, a
     legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Peppertree Assets
     and, when such Mortgages in appropriate form are recorded in the
     appropriate state or local offices, the Lender shall have a fully perfected
     Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the
     grantors thereunder in the Peppertree Assets, in each case prior and
     superior in right to any other Person, except as set forth on Schedule 20.

         (p) Section 5.11 (Further Assurances) is amended by adding the
following at the end thereof:

          (i) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall execute any
     and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and
     instruments, and take all further action (including filing Uniform
     Commercial Code and other financing statements, mortgages and deeds of
     trust) that may be required under applicable law, or that the Lender may
     reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the
     validity and priority of the security interests created or intended to be
     created by the Mortgages and any other agreements pursuant to which a lien,
     pledge or security interest in any Peppertree Assets is granted to the
     Lender and all documents related thereto.

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         (q) Article 5 (General Covenants) is amended by adding two new sections
thereto to read in their entirety as follows:

          5.19 Peppertree Asset Sales. The Borrower shall sell sufficient
     Peppertree Assets on or prior to July 15, 2001 for an amount equal to at
     least $3,500,000 in Peppertree Net Cash Proceeds, which amounts shall be
     applied to the payment of the Additional Prepayments as set forth in
     Section 2.5(b)(vi). Such sales of Peppertree Assets may include sales in
     escrow which are evidenced by (a) a purchase and sale agreement executed by
     buyer and seller and (b) an opened escrow into which the down payment or
     other deposit required under the terms of the purchase and sale agreement
     has been deposited, all of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
     Lender.

          5.20 Sale of Stock of the Borrower. The Borrower shall use its best
     efforts to find an interested buyer for the purchase of the shares of the
     Borrower held by the Estate.

         (r) Section 7.11 (Interest Coverage Ratio) is amended by deleting
"1.90:1.00" and replacing it with "1.85:1.00".

         (s) Section 7.15 (Average Quarterly Charge-Off Rate) is amended by
deleting "3.0%" and replacing it with "6.0%".

         (t) Section 7.16 (Average Quarterly Default Rate) is amended by
deleting "4.5%" and replacing it with "3.0%".

         (u) Section 7.17 (Average Quarterly Delinquency Rate) is amended by
deleting "7.5%" and replacing it with "6.0%".

         (v) The Agreement is amended to add three new schedules thereto, to be
designated Schedule 18, Schedule 19 and Schedule 20, in the form of Exhibit A-1,
A-2 and A-3 hereto.

         (w) The Term Note is amended and restated to read in its entirety as
set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

         3. Representations and Warranties. To induce the Lender to enter into
this Amendment, the Borrower represents and warrants, as of the date hereof,
that:

         (a) It has the power, authority and legal right to make and deliver
this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement, as
amended by this Amendment, without any notice, consent, approval or
authorization not already obtained, and that it has taken all necessary action
to authorize the same.

(b) The making and delivery of this Amendment and the performance of the Credit
Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, does not violate any provision of law
or any

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regulation, or its charter or by-laws, or result in the breach of or constitute
a default under or require any consent under any indenture or other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be
bound or affected. The Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment,
constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited
by any applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other
laws affecting creditors' rights generally.

         (c) The representations and warranties made by it contained in the
Credit Agreement are true and correct on the date hereof and after giving effect
hereto.

         (d) No Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing under
the Credit Agreement on the date hereof and after giving effect hereto.

         4. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective, as of
the date hereof, upon receipt by the Lender of the following:

         (a) a counterpart of this Amendment duly executed and delivered by the
Borrower and each Guarantor and the Term Note in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
duly executed and delivered by the Borrower;

         (b) payment of the advisory fee due on November 18, 2000 in accordance
with the terms of the letter agreement dated as of June 30, 2000 in the amount
of $80,946.25 and deferred by the Lender until February 17, 2001, which has been
paid on February 20, 2001;

         (c) a letter agreement, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower
with respect to the payment of an advisory fee relating to the extension of the
Maturity Date to February 17, 2002;

         (d) an opinion of counsel to the Borrower addressed to the Lender as to
such matters reasonably requested by the Lender;

         (e) all other costs and expenses, including, without limitation, (i)
the fees and expenses of Dechert in the amount of $3,678.00 and $2,786.49
relating to their invoices dated November 8, 2000 and November 17, 2000, and
(ii) the fees and expenses of Dechert in connection with the preparation of this
Amendment.

         5. Conditions Subsequent. Any and all obligations of the Lender are
expressly conditioned upon receipt and performance of the following on or before
May 1, 2001 and the failure of the Borrower to deliver such items or perform
such conditions on or before such date shall constitute an Event of Default
under the Agreement:

         (a) The Lender shall have received counterparts of each Mortgage and
other security agreements as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the
Lender naming the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, as applicable, as
debtor in favor of the Lender, as secured party relating to each of the
Peppertree Assets, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates, as applicable, which Mortgages shall be in full
force and effect.

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         (b) The Lender shall have received evidence satisfactory to the Lender
that each of the Mortgages shall have been recorded in the appropriate state or
local recording office and, in connection therewith, the Lender shall have
received such other documents, including a policy or policies of title insurance
issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company, together with such
endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as may be requested by the Lender,
insuring the Mortgages as valid liens on the Peppertree Assets having a priority
acceptable to the Lender, together with such additional deliveries and legal
opinions required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of the Mortgages, or as
reasonably requested by the Lender.

         (c) The Borrower has advised the Lender that certain of the Peppertree
Assets currently are encumbered by prior liens, and that the consent of the lien
holder may be required in order to enter into a Mortgage relating to such
property in favor of the Lender. If the Borrower is unable to enter into a
Mortgage in favor of the Lender with respect to any Peppertree Assets, the
Borrower shall provide the Lender with copies of the mortgage, deed of trust or
other agreement setting forth the provision pursuant to which such Mortgage may
not be entered into by the Borrower together with a letter dated no later than
thirty (30) days from the date hereof from an authorized officer of such lien
holder stating that such lien holder does not consent to the entering into of
such a Mortgage by the Borrower.

         (d) The Borrower shall have paid the fees and expenses of the Lender
incurred in connection with the Mortgages and all other agreements pursuant to
which a lien, pledge or security interest in any Peppertree Assets is granted to
the Lender and all documents related thereto (including, without limitation the
fees and expenses of counsel to the Lender).

         (e) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall execute any
and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and
take all further action (including filing Uniform Commercial Code and other
financing statements, mortgages and deeds of trust) that may be required under
applicable law, or that the Lender may reasonably request, in order to grant,
preserve, protect and perfect the validity and priority of the security
interests created or intended to be created by the Mortgages and any other
agreements pursuant to which a lien, pledge or security interest in any
Peppertree Assets is granted to the Lender and all documents related thereto.

         (f) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall maintain or
cause to be maintained insurance covering physical loss or damage to the
property subject to each Mortgage in such amounts and subject to such other
provisions as the Lender shall reasonably request.

         6. Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents.

         (a) On and after the date hereof, (i) all references in the Credit
Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereof", "herein", or similar terms, (ii) all
references to the Credit Agreement in each agreement, instrument and other
document executed or delivered in connection with the Credit Agreement and (iii)
all references to the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents, shall mean
and refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

                                       8
<PAGE>

         (b) Except as specifically amended hereby, the Credit Agreement and all
other Loan Documents shall continue to be in full force and effect and are
hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.

         (c) Except as specifically provided herein, the execution, delivery and
effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right,
power or remedy of the Lender under any Loan Document, nor constitute a waiver
of any provision of any Loan Document.

         7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be signed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together
shall constitute a single instrument with the same effect as if the signatures
thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

         8. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflict
of law principles thereof (except Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations
Law).

                                       9
<PAGE>

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to
be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as
of the day and year first above written.

                                       10
<PAGE>

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to
be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as
of the day and year first above written.

                               BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Lender

                               By:
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

                               EQUIVEST FINANCE, INC., as Borrower

                               By:   /s/ Richard C. Breeden
                                     -------------------------------------------
                                     Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                     Title:   Chairman, President and CEO

Acknowledged and consented to by:
--------------------------------

                               RESORT FUNDING, INC.

                               By:      /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                        Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title: Chairman and CEO

                               EASTERN RESORTS CORPORATION

                               By:      /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                        -----------------------------
                                        Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title:  Chairman

                                       11
<PAGE>

                               LONG WHARF MARINA RESTAURANT, INC.

                               By:      /s/Richard G. Winkler
                                        ----------------------------
                                        Name: Richard G. Winkler
                                        Title:  Secretary

                               BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE, INC.

                               By:      /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                        ----------------------------
                                        Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title: Chairman

                               CASTLE ACQUISITION INC.

                               By:      /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                        ----------------------------
                                        Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title:  Chairman

                               AVENUE PLAZA LLC

                               By:      /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                        ------------------------------
                                        EQUIVEST LOUISIANA, Managing
                                        Member
                                        Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title: Chairman

                               OCEAN CITY COCONUT MALORIE, INC.

                               By:      /s/ Richard C. Breeden
                                        Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title: Chairman

                               ST. AUGUSTINE RESORT DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.

                               By:      /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                        Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title: Chairman

                                       12
<PAGE>

                               EQUIVEST WASHINGTON, INC.
                               (f/k/a EFI D.C. ACQUISITION, INC.)

                               By:      /s/ Richard C. Breeden
                                        --------------------------------
                                        Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title: Chairman

                               EQUIVEST ST. THOMAS, INC.
                               (f/k/a EFI ST. THOMAS ACQUISITION, INC.)

                               By:      /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                        Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title:  Chairman

                               EQUIVEST LOUISIANA, INC.
                               (f/k/a EFI LOUISIANA ACQUISITION, INC.)

                               By:      /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                        ----------------------------------
                                        Name:  Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title: Chairman

                               EQUIVEST MARYLAND, INC.
                               (f/k/a EFI MARYLAND ACQUISITION, INC.)

                               By:      /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                        Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title: Chairman

                               EQUIVEST FLORIDA
                               (f/k/a EFI FLORIDA ACQUISITION, INC.)

                               By:      /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                        ---------------------------------
                                        Name:  Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title:  Chairman

                                       13
<PAGE>

                               PEPPERTREE ACQUISITION II CORP.

                               By:      /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                        Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title:  Chairman

                               PEPPERTREE RESORTS, LTD.

                               By:      /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                         -------------------------------
                                        Name:Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title: Chairman

                               PEPPERTREE RESORT VILLAS, INC.

                               By:      /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                        -------------------------------
                                        Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title:  Chairman

                               PEPPERTREE RESORTS MANAGEMENT, INC.

                               By:      /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                        -------------------------------
                                        Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                        Title:  Chairman

                               EQUIVEST VACATION AND TRAVEL CLUB, INC.
                               (f/k/a PEPPERTREE RESORTS VACATION CLUB)

                               By:        /s/Richard C. Breeden
                                          ---------------------
                                             Name: Richard C. Breeden
                                             Title: Chairman

                                       14
<PAGE>

                                                                     Exhibit A-1

                                                                     Schedule 18

                                Peppertree Assets

                                 [See Attached]

<PAGE>

                                   Exhibit A-2

                                   Schedule 19
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                     Monthly Principal Amortization Schedule
                     ---------------------------------------

                         Date                 Amount ($)

                  <S>                      <C>
                   04/17/2001                    100,000
                   05/17/2001                    200,000
                   06/17/2001                    250,000
                   07/17/2001                    250,000
                   08/17/2001                    250,000
                   09/17/2001                    250,000
                   10/17/2001                    250,000
                   11/17/2001                    250,000
                   12/17/2001                    250,000
                   01/17/2002                    250,000
                   02/17/2002                    300,000  (if extended; otherwise outstanding
                                                          principal amount due)
   The following shall apply during the Second Extension Period, if any

                   03/17/2002                    300,000
                   04/17/2002                    300,000
                   05/17/2002                    300,000
                   06/17/2002                    300,000
                   07/17/2002                    300,000
                   08/17/2002                    325,000
                   09/17/2002                    325,000
                   10/17/2002                    325,000
                   11/17/2002                    325,000
                   12/17/2002                    325,000
                    1/17/2003                    325,000
                    2/17/2003     (outstanding principal
                                             amount due)

                             Additional Prepayments
                             ----------------------

                         Date                 Amount ($)

                   11/01/2001                  1,000,000
                   01/31/2002                  2,500,000   (if option set forth in Section
                                                                      2.8(b) is exercised)
                   11/01/2002                  1,300,000   (if option set forth in Section
                                                                      2.8(b) is exercised)

</TABLE>

<PAGE>

                                                                     Exhibit A-3

                                                                     Schedule 20

                                      Liens

                                 [See Attached]

<PAGE>

                                                                       Exhibit B

                     FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED TERM NOTE

$15,389,250
                                                                  March 30, 2001

For value received, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, EQUIVEST FINANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"),
hereby promises to pay to the order of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., (the "Lender"),
$15,389,250 in installments as set forth on Schedule 19 to the Credit Agreement
(as defined below), together with interest on the unpaid balance of such amount
from the date of the initial borrowing. This Note is the Term Note issued under
the Credit Agreement dated as of November 17, 1999 among the Lender, the
Borrower, Peppertree Acquisition Corp., and Peppertree Acquisition II Corp. (as
amended by the First Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30,
2000 and the Second Amendment and Waiver to Credit Agreement, dated as November
17, 2000, and extended by the Letter Agreement dated February 17, 2001 and the
Letter Agreement dated March 17, 2001 and amended by the Third Amendment dated
as of March 30, 2001, the "Agreement") to which a reference is made for a
statement of all of the terms and conditions of the Term Loan evidenced hereby.
Capitalized terms not defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings
assigned to them in the Agreement. This Note is secured by the Agreement, the
other Loan Documents and the Collateral, and is entitled to the benefit of the
rights and security provided thereby.

Interest on the outstanding principal balance under this Note is payable at a
rate equal the LIBOR Basis or the Reference Rate or, under certain circumstances
at the Default Rate, as contemplated in the Agreement, in immediately available
United States Dollars at the time and in the manner specified in the Agreement.
The outstanding principal and interest under this Note shall be immediately due
and payable on the Maturity Date. Payments received by the Lender shall be
applied against principal and interest as provided for in the Agreement.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower waives: (a)
presentment, demand and protest, and notice of presentment, dishonor, intent to
accelerate, acceleration, protest, default, nonpayment, maturity, release,
compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any or all of the Obligations,
the Loan Documents or this Note; (b) all rights to notice and a hearing prior to
the Lender's taking possession or control of, or to the Lender's replevy,
attachment or levy upon, the Collateral or any bond or security that might be
required by any court prior to allowing the Lender to exercise any of its
remedies; and (c) the benefit of all valuation, appraisal and exemption laws.

The Borrower acknowledges that this Note is executed as part of a commercial
transaction and that the proceeds of this Note will not be used for any personal
or consumer purpose.

Upon the occurrence of any one or more of the Events of Default specified in the
Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may
be declared to be, immediately due and payable, all as provided therein.

The Borrower agrees to pay to the Lender all fees and expenses described in the
Agreement.

THE BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE BORROWER HAS WAIVED THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ON THIS NOTE. THIS NOTE IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                                             EQUIVEST FINANCE, INC.

                                             By:
                                                ----------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

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