Document:

December 31, 2003

Affordable Residential Communities, LP
Mr. Scott Jackson
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
600 Grant Street - Suite 900
Denver, CO 80203

Dear Mr. Jackson:

         Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. ("CGMRC") and Merrill Lynch
Mortgage Lending Inc. ("MLML" and, together with CGMRC, "Lenders"), are pleased
to issue to Affordable Residential Communities, LP ("ARC") this commitment (the
"Commitment") to make available a series of fixed rate mortgage loans (together,
the "Fixed Rate Loan") and floating rate mortgage loans (together, the "Floating
Rate Loan") based upon the Fixed Rate Loan and the Floating Rate Loan Summary of
Terms, copies of which are attached hereto (together, the "Term Sheet";
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Term Sheet). This Commitment is subject to the closing conditions
described in each Term Sheet attached.

         We look forward to working closely with you and are continuing to move
forward with due diligence. This Commitment supercedes our commitment letter
dated as of December 9, 2003. The $1,500,000 Loan Expense Deposit referenced in
that commitment letter shall constitute the Loan Expense Deposit referred to in
each Term Sheet attached. We are re-issuing this Commitment at the request of
ARC.

Very truly yours,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS REALTY CORP.

By:    /s/ David Vadon
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Name:  David Vadon
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Title: Authorized Agent
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MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING, INC.

By:    /s/ Fred Haranger
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Name:  Fred Haranger
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Title: Authorized Signatory
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ACCEPTED:

AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, LP

By:    /s/ John Sprengle
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Name:  John Sprengle
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Title: Vice Chairman & CFO
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                    ARC FLOATING RATE LOANS SUMMARY OF TERMS

LOANS:                           Affordable Residential Communities, LP ("ARC") will enter into two
                                 separate first mortgage loans (each, a "LOAN" and together, the "LOANS"),
                                 one made by Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending Inc. or an affiliate ("MERRILL
                                 LYNCH"), its successors, transferees and assigns and the other made by
                                 Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. or an affiliate ("CITIGROUP"), its
                                 successors, transferees and assigns (together with Merrill Lynch, the
                                 "MORTGAGE LENDERS," or the "LENDERS"), with each Lender funding its
                                 respective Loan.

LOAN AMOUNT:                     $182,714,000 million in the aggregate (the Merrill Lynch Loan being equal
                                 to approximately $91,826,641 and the Citigroup Loan being equal to
                                 approximately $90,887,359). The Loans will not be cross-defaulted or
                                 cross-collateralized and all provisions of this Summary of Terms will apply
                                 to each Loan individually without any application to the other Loan. Each
                                 Lender reserves the right to decrease the respective Loan Amount prior to
                                 closing to the extent necessary to meet: (i) the Maximum Loan-to-Value
                                 Ratio, (ii) the Minimum Debt Service Coverage Ratio, and (iii) satisfaction
                                 of the closing conditions described below.

                                 In addition, each Lender shall have the right at its option at any time
                                 within one year after the closing to re-underwrite each or any of the Loans
                                 made by it based, in the case of each Loan re-underwritten, on Lender's
                                 determination of then-current Underwritten Net Cash Flow (as hereinafter
                                 defined) for the Property securing such Loan (without giving effect or
                                 credit to any cross-collateralization with any other Loan or any Property
                                 securing any other Loan), and if such Underwritten Net Cash Flow is not
                                 sufficient to satisfy the debt service coverage ratio for such Loan as
                                 determined by Lender at the time of closing (the "Closing DSCR"), such
                                 Lender may require that ARC either (a) provide additional or substitute
                                 unencumbered mobile home park real estate collateral acceptable to Lender
                                 for such Loan, so as to increase Underwritten Net Cash Flow in an amount
                                 sufficient to cause the Loan and related Property to satisfy the Closing
                                 DSCR, or (b) prepay the Loan in an amount which results in a debt service
                                 reduction sufficient to cause the Closing DSCR to be satisfied. On Lender's
                                 request post-closing ARC will provide on a monthly basis trailing twelve
                                 month operating statements and other reporting to assist Lender in any
                                 re-underwriting. Each Lender's right to re-underwrite any Loan shall
                                 terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which such Loan is
                                 securitized or otherwise sold in any secondary market, or (ii) the date
                                 which is one year following the closing.

PROPERTY:                        A pool of mobile home parks as represented in a schedule to be attached
                                 (the "PROPERTIES"), which based on Lenders' analysis are sufficient to
                                 support each Loan. The Lenders will separate the Properties into two
                                 equivalently sized by value sub-pools, which secure the respective Loan to
                                 which they relate.

BORROWER:                        For each Loan, one or more newly created, special purpose bankruptcy remote
                                 entities that are subsidiaries of a publicly held real estate investment

                                 trust and that own no assets other than the respective Property. At the
                                 closing of each respective Loan, the applicable Borrower(s) will have (i)
                                 no debt other than the respective Loan and (ii) no liabilities other than
                                 ordinary trade payables incurred in the normal operations of the applicable
                                 Property.

                                 A substantive non-consolidation legal opinion and independent
                                 director/manager will be required with respect to each Loan.

SECURITY:                        For each Loan, all customary items of security for a first mortgage loan of
                                 this size and type, including, but not limited to (i) a perfected
                                 first-priority mortgage lien on the Properties, (ii) an assignment of
                                 leases and rents and an assignment of contracts, licenses and permits,
                                 (iii) a perfected first priority security interest in any reserve accounts
                                 and any interest rate cap, and (iv) a pledge by the principals of the
                                 Borrower of the entire ownership interests in the Borrower.

INTEREST RATE:                   One month LIBOR plus 3.00% (i.e. no LIBOR floor) (actual/360 reset
                                 monthly).

AMORTIZATION:                    None.

TERM:                            Two years.

EXTENSION OPTIONS:               Three options for twelve months each, subject to the following conditions:

                                 (i) for the second extension, the payment of an extension fee equal to
                                 0.25% of the outstanding principal amount of the respective Loan and for
                                 the third extension, the payment of an extension fee equal to 0.375% of
                                 the outstanding principal amount of the respective Loan (i.e. for each
                                 Loan, no extension fee will be due and payable in connection with the
                                 first Extension Option);

                                 (ii) no event of default under the respective Loan;

                                 (iii) renewal or extension of or delivery of a new interest rate cap; and

                                 (iv) satisfaction of the Minimum Debt Service Coverage Ratio.

RELEASES:                        At closing, an allocated Loan amount (the "Allocated Loan Amount") will be
                                 assigned by Lender to each Property.

                                 In connection with either any sale of a Property to a bona fide independent
                                 third party or a refinancing of a Property, the minimum Release Price will
                                 equal the sum of (i) 125% of the initial ALA and (ii) that amount required
                                 to pay down the Loan such that the post-release Debt Service Coverage Ratio
                                 is no less than the greater of (a) 1.20x and (b) the Debt Service Coverage
                                 Ratio immediately prior to the release.

PREPAYMENT PROTECTION:           For each Loan:

                                 Months 1-12:              LIBOR-based yield maintenance (i.e. the product
                                                           of (i) 0.25% (1/12th of the spread margin), (ii)
                                                           the number of payment dates remaining to maturity
                                                           and (iii) the amount of the Loan being prepaid).

                                 Months 13-24:             open with 1.00% prepayment fee

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                                 Month 25 and thereafter: open with no prepayment penalty.

MAXIMUM LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO:     For purposes of each Loan closing: 80% (based upon Appraised Value).

                                 Appraised Value will equal the sum of the values for each Property
                                 comprising the sub-pool securing the respective Loan as determined by
                                 new Property appraisals acceptable to the respective Lender.

DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE RATIO:     Defined as the quotient of (i) the Underwritten Net Cash Flow and (ii) the
                                 Loan Debt Service.

MINIMUM DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE
RATIO:                           For purposes of each Loan closing: 1.16x.

                                 For purposes of each Extension Option: 1.25x.

MINIMUM DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE
RATIO ASSUMPTIONS:

     LOAN DEBT SERVICE:          Defined as the product of the Market Constant and the outstanding
                                 Loan balance.

     MARKET CONSTANT:            For purposes of each Loan, the Market Constant shall equal the greatest of
                                 (x) 7.50%, (y) the current annual interest rate on the Loan adjusted to
                                 reflect 30 year amortization and (z) 10 year U.S. Treasury plus 2.00%
                                 adjusted to reflect 30 year amortization.

     UNDERWRITTEN NET CASH
     FLOW:                       For each Property, defined as the most recently available: (i) trailing
                                 three month base rent, annualized, plus (ii) trailing twelve month utility
                                 income and other income, less (iii) trailing twelve month expenses, each
                                 as determined by the Lenders, after the Lenders make adjustments for

                                 (i)    management fees equal to 5.00% of total revenues,

                                 (ii)   a minimum 5.00% vacancy adjustment

                                 (iii)  an annual minimum capital expenditure reserve equal to $50/pad,

                                 (iv)   exclusion of rental income and expenses from manufactured homes
                                 owned by Borrower/Operator,

                                 (v)    exclusion of any other revenue items deemed nonrecurring by the
                                 Lenders, and

                                 (vi)   inclusion of increases in future operating costs as determined by
                                 the Lender, in its sole discretion, so that, assuming current occupancy,
                                 the annualized underwritten operating expenses fully reflect the operating
                                 costs expected to be incurred over the next twelve month period.

                                 For each respective Loan, defined as the aggregate of the Underwritten Net
                                 Cash Flows of the Properties comprising the collateral pool for said
                                 respective Loan.

LOCKBOX/CASH MANAGEMENT:         For each Loan, a Lockbox Account pledged to and under the control of the

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                                 Lenders shall be maintained at bank(s) acceptable to the Lenders. The
                                 Borrower under each Loan or the manager on its behalf will be required to
                                 deposit in the respective Lockbox Account by not later than the business
                                 day following collection and receipt all rents, receivables and other
                                 revenue generated in connection with the Properties. Notwithstanding the
                                 preceding sentence, if an event of default under a Loan has occurred and
                                 is continuing, the respective Lender may require a hard lockbox (i.e. all
                                 rents, receivables and other revenue referred to above would be deposited
                                 directly into the respective Lockbox Account).

                                 The funds collected in the Lockbox Account will be distributed as follows
                                 on each monthly payment date:

                                 (i)    scheduled principal and interest payments under the respective
                                        Loan,

                                 (ii)   funding of reserves under the respective Loan, and

                                 (iii)  the remainder to the Borrower unless an event of default has occurred
                                        and is continuing, in which case, the respective Lender in its sole
                                        discretion will allocate the remainder to the Operating Expense
                                        Account, the Working Capital Account and the Debt Service Reserve
                                        Account.

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RESERVES

     TAXES AND INSURANCE         For each Loan, the Borrower will be required to reserve, on a monthly basis,
     RESERVE:                    an amount equal to one-twelfth of (i) all annual tax bills and (ii) the
                                 annual insurance premium(s) for the respective Properties. The reserve must
                                 be funded up-front in an amount necessary to meet the first tax and
                                 insurance bill with credit for any existing monthly escrow payments to be
                                 made prior to the applicable due date(s) of the tax and/or insurance payments
                                 and shall be held in a non-interest-bearing account.

     DEFERRED MAINTENANCE        For each Loan, the Borrower will be required to reserve at closing 125% of
     RESERVE:                    the cost to correct deferred maintenance items as identified in the property
                                 condition report.

     REPLACEMENT RESERVE:        For each Loan, the Borrower will be required to reserve, on a monthly basis,
                                 an amount equal to the greater of (i) 1/12th of $50 per pad and (ii) the amount
                                 of replacement reserves necessary to maintain the property as identified in the
                                 property condition report.

     OPERATING EXPENSE           An Operating Expense Account shall be established to collect funds to pay
     ACCOUNT:                    operating expenses to the extent deemed necessary by the respective Lender, if
                                 an event of default has occurred and is continuing.

     WORKING CAPITAL             For each Loan, the Borrower and Lender will mutually agree on a Working Capital
     ACCOUNT:                    Account budget, which will set forth both an initial and on-going amount. The
                                 Working Capital Account may be funded if an event of default has occurred and is
                                 continuing.

     DEBT SERVICE RESERVE        A Debt Service Reserve Account will be established to collect excess cash if an
     ACCOUNT:                    event of default has occurred and is continuing.

LOAN EXPENSE DEPOSIT:            ARC shall be responsible to pay or reimburse Lenders for all out-of pocket
                                 expenses and fees (including, without limitation, attorney fees, third-party
                                 vendor fees, due diligence expenses, etc.) (the "LOAN EXPENSES") incurred by
                                 Lenders in connection with the Loans. Receipt is acknowledged of ARC's payment
                                 to Lender of $550,000 in the aggregate (the "LOAN EXPENSE DEPOSIT") which Lenders
                                 shall use to pay the Loan Expenses. ARC shall receive a refund of the amount, if
                                 any, by which the Loan Expense Deposit exceeds the Loan Expenses and ARC shall
                                 be responsible for payment of the amount, if any, by which the Loan Expenses
                                 exceed the Loan Expense Deposit, whether or not the Loans close.

                                 If the Lenders, in their sole discretion, believe the Loan expenses, at any time,
                                 will exceed the Loan Expense Deposit, the Borrower shall be responsible to
                                 deposit additional funds into the Loan Expense Deposit account in an amount to be
                                 determined by the Lenders.

ORIGINATION FEE:                 For each Loan, 1.00% of the funded Loan Amount payable upon funding the Loan.

EXIT FEE:                        For each Loan, 0.50% of the respective Loan Amount payable upon any repayment of
                                 the principal amount of such Loan. For each Loan the Exit Fee will be subject to
                                 reduction by an amount equal to 0.50% of the principal amount of any first
                                 mortgage loans provided by the respective

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                                 Lender to refinance the Loan.

INTEREST RATE PROTECTION:        During the entire term of each Loan (including any extension period), the
                                 respective Borrower will be required to enter into an interest rate cap agreement
                                 for each Loan acceptable to the respective Lender. Such interest rate cap
                                 agreement will (i) have a notional amount equal to the outstanding principal
                                 amount of such Loan, (ii) have a LIBOR strike rate equal to 5.00%, (iii) be with
                                 a counterparty rated not lower than "AA-" (or the equivalent) and (iv) otherwise
                                 be on terms approved by the Lenders.

                                 For each Loan, the Borrower will be required to provide to the respective Lender's
                                 affiliate the right to match the terms of any interest rate cap agreement such
                                 Borrower proposes to purchase.

REFINANCING/RIGHT TO MATCH:      Each Lender shall have a right to match with respect to any refinancing of the
                                 Loan for which they are lender of record, in whole or in part. Borrower shall
                                 provide Lender with a copy of the refinancing term sheet and the Lender, within
                                 five business days, will be required to notify the Borrower of its intent to match
                                 the terms. If, however, the Lender chooses not to match the terms, and the terms
                                 at closing are economically less favorable to the Borrower than the term sheet
                                 presented to the Lender, then the Lender shall have the right to match the
                                 modified Loan terms.

ASSIGNMENT; PARTICIPATION AND    Each Lender may at any time sell, transfer or assign its Loan or grant
COOPERATION:                     participations in its Loan. Borrower agrees to cooperate with any sale, transfer
                                 assignment, hypothecation, etc. of the Loan by a Lender.

ASSUMABILITY; SECONDARY          Not permitted.
FINANCING:

RECOURSE:                        For each Loan, the respective Lender's recourse in the event of a default will be
                                 limited to the items referenced under "Security" and to the respective Borrower's
                                 interest therein; provided, however, for each Loan, the respective Borrower and
                                 Guarantor shall be personally liable for all standard carveouts, including without
                                 limitation, damages arising from the following acts being committed by Borrower,
                                 ARC, Guarantor, or any of their respective officers, agents, directors, employees,
                                 or affiliates:

                                 (i)    any fraud or willful misrepresentations,

                                 (ii)   misapplication or misappropriation of insurance proceeds, condemnation
                                 proceeds, tenant security deposits, rents, any other cash flow from the
                                 respective Properties and any other funds due the respective Lender under the
                                 Loan documents.

                                 (iii)  damage to the respective Properties resulting from gross negligence or
                                 intentional acts, or

                                 (iv)   if sufficient cash flow exists, failure to pay taxes or other liens related
                                 to the respective Properties.

                                 In addition, the respective Loan will become fully recourse to the respective
                                 Borrower and Guarantor if:

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                                 (a) the respective Borrower or any related entity interferes with the respective
                                 Lender's enforcement of any of the respective Loan documents following maturity
                                 of the Loan or acceleration of the Borrower's payment obligations on account of a
                                 failure to make a timely payment of principal or interest ("MONETARY DEFAULT"),

     `                           (b) any Property becomes an asset in a voluntary bankruptcy or insolvency
                                 proceeding, or the respective Borrower or Guarantor violates any of the
                                 prohibitions against voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy filings contained in the
                                 Loan documents,

                                 (c) all or any part of the respective Properties (including the removal of any
                                 equipment) or ownership interest in all or any part of the respective Properties
                                 or the respective Borrower is transferred in violation of the respective Loan
                                 documents,

                                 (d) Borrower violates the single-purpose bankruptcy remote status of the Borrower,

                                 (e) there is any environmental contamination of any of the Properties or any
                                 non-compliance with environmental laws or any provisions of the transaction
                                 documents relating to environmental matters, or

                                 (f) Borrower or ARC make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admit, in
                                 writing or in any legal proceeding, their insolvency or inability to pay their
                                 debts as they become due.

GUARANTOR FOR RECOURSE           Affordable Residential Communities Inc. (i.e. a publicly traded real estate
CARVEOUTS:                       investment trust) and its operating partnership on a joint and several basis
                                 ("GUARANTOR").

BROKER'S FEES:                   No person will be entitled to a brokerage fee in connection with this Summary of
                                 Terms, the commitment issued by Lenders or the Loans. ARC will pay any and all
                                 brokerage commissions owed to any broker in the transaction. It is understood and
                                 agreed that any broker is the agent for ARC and that no statement, acts or
                                 representations on the part of it or its agents shall be considered binding upon
                                 Lenders.

CLOSING CONDITIONS:              Lenders' consideration of the issuance of any commitment and, upon issuance of any
                                 commitment, the obligation of Lenders to fund the Loans thereunder is subject,
                                 among other things, to the satisfactory completion of Lenders' customary due
                                 diligence review with respect to mortgage-related financings (including, but not
                                 limited to, satisfactory site inspections, verification of in-place property net
                                 operating income, title review, review of environmental and engineering reports
                                 and general corporate due diligence) and each Lender's approval of the following
                                 conditions:

                                 (i)    satisfaction of Maximum Loan-to-Value Ratio, and Minimum Debt Service
                                 Coverage Ratio (it being understood that in the event the Properties do not
                                 satisfy the Maximum Loan-to-Value Ratio or the Minimum Debt Service Coverage Ratio,
                                 the Loan Amount may be adjusted to the amounts which satisfy such ratios),

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                                 (ii)   loan and security documentation, organizational documents and legal opinions
                                 acceptable to Lenders,

                                 (iii)  delivery of FIRREA appraisals acceptable to Lenders prepared by an MAI
                                 appraiser acceptable to Lenders,

                                 (iv)   financial statements with respect to the Property acceptable to Lenders,

                                 (v)    delivery of a Phase I (and, if necessary, Phase II) environmental report,
                                 engineering report and asbestos survey, in each case, acceptable to Lenders,

                                 (vi)   delivery of surveys and Lenders' title insurance policies and evidence of
                                 Property insurance acceptable to Lenders,

                                 (vii)  background check of the Borrower's principals (including credit reports),

                                 (viii) evidence of zoning compliance,

                                 (ix)   review and reasonable approval of Management Agreement and delivery of
                                 manager's subordination agreement,

                                 (x)    payment of all fees and expense reimbursement required to be paid at closing,

                                 (xi)   review and reasonable approval of capital improvement plan and operating
                                 budget, and

                                 (xii)  there not having occurred (1) any material adverse change in the Property's
                                 physical condition or in the financial condition of the Property, (2) any material
                                 adverse change to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations,
                                 performance, properties, prospects or legal or regulatory environment of ARC or
                                 ARC and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (3) any circumstance, change or
                                 condition (including the continuation of any existing condition) in loan
                                 syndication, financial, banking, commercial mortgage backed securities or capital
                                 markets that in Lenders' sole judgment makes it inadvisable or impracticable to
                                 proceed with any portion of the financing.

PERMITTED DISCLOSURE:            ARC and the Borrower (and each employee, representative, or other agent of the
                                 Applicant and the Borrower) may disclose to any and all persons, without
                                 limitation of any kind, the U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure of the
                                 transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax
                                 analyses) that are provided to the Lenders relating to such U.S. tax treatment
                                 and U.S. tax structure.

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                     ARC FIXED RATE LOANS SUMMARY OF TERMS

LOANS:                           Affordable Residential Communities, L.P. ("ARC") will enter into ten or more
                                 separate first mortgage loans (each, a "LOAN" and together, the "LOANS"), one
                                 group made by Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending Inc. or an affiliate ("MERRILL
                                 LYNCH"), its successors, transferees and assigns and the other group made by
                                 Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. or an affiliate ("CITIGROUP"), its
                                 successors, transferees and assigns (together with Merrill Lynch, the
                                 "MORTGAGE LENDERS," or the "LENDERS"), with each Lender funding its respective
                                 Loans.

LOAN AMOUNT:                     $317,286,000 in the aggregate (the Citigroup Loans being equal to approximately
                                 $109,310,000 in ten year Loans and $50,328,000 in five year Loans, and the
                                 Merrill Lynch Loans being equal to approximately $106,448,000 in ten year Loans
                                 and $51,200,000 in five year Loans). The Loans held by each Lender shall be
                                 cross-defaulted and cross-collateralized with the other Loans held by that Lender
                                 (but not with those held by the other Lender). At any time, each Lender shall
                                 have the unilateral right to release the cross-default or the cross-collaterization
                                 between one or more of its respective Loans. All provisions of this Summary of
                                 Terms will apply to each Loan individually without any application to any other
                                 Loan. Each Lender reserves the right to decrease the respective Loan Amount prior
                                 to closing to the extent necessary to meet: (i) the Maximum Loan-to-Value Ratio,
                                 (ii) the Minimum Debt Service Coverage Ratio, (iii) the Minimum Debt Yield, and
                                 (iv) satisfaction of the closing conditions described below.

                                 In addition, each Lender shall have the right at its option at any time within
                                 one year after the closing to re-underwrite each or any of the Loans made by it
                                 based, in the case of each Loan re-underwritten, on Lender's determination of
                                 then-current Underwritten Net Cash Flow (as hereinafter defined) for the Property
                                 securing such Loan (without giving effect or credit to any cross-collateralization
                                 with any other Loan or any Property securing any other Loan), and if such
                                 Underwritten Net Cash Flow is not sufficient to satisfy the debt service coverage
                                 ratio for such Loan as determined by Lender at the time of closing (the "Closing
                                 DSCR"), such Lender may require that ARC either (a) provide additional or
                                 substitute unencumbered mobile home park real estate collateral acceptable to
                                 Lender for such Loan, so as to increase Underwritten Net Cash Flow in an amount
                                 sufficient to cause the Loan and related Property to satisfy the Closing DSCR, or
                                 (b) prepay the Loan in an amount which results in a debt service reduction
                                 sufficient to cause the Closing DSCR to be satisfied, which prepayment shall be
                                 accompanied by payment to Lender of prepayment consideration equal to Lender's
                                 hedge breakage charges with respect to the principal amount prepaid, as calculated
                                 by Lender. On Lender's request post-closing ARC will provide on a monthly basis
                                 trailing twelve month operating statements and other reporting to assist Lender in
                                 any re-underwriting. Each Lender's right to re-underwrite any Loan shall terminate
                                 upon the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which such Loan is securitized or
                                 otherwise sold in any secondary market, or (ii) the date which is one year
                                 following the closing.

PROPERTY:                        A pool of mobile home parks as represented in a schedule of properties to be
                                 attached (the "PROPERTIES"), which based on the Lenders' analysis are sufficient
                                 to support the Loans. The Lenders will separate the Properties into approximately
                                 ten (perhaps more) equivalently sized by value sub-pools, which secure the
                                 respective Loan to which they relate and which will be cross-defaulted and
                                 cross-collateralized with the other Loans held by each Lender, subject to each
                                 Lender's option, exercisable prior to or after closing of the Loans held by it, to
                                 terminate such cross-default and cross-collateralization with respect to one or
                                 more Loans.

BORROWER:                        For each Loan, one or more newly created, special purpose bankruptcy remote entities
                                 that are subsidiaries of a publicly-held REIT and own no assets other than the
                                 respective Property. At the closing of each respective Loan, the applicable
                                 Borrower(s) will have (i) no debt other than the respective Loan and (ii) no
                                 liabilities other than ordinary trade payables incurred in the normal operations
                                 of the applicable Property, subject to limits on the amount of such trade payables.

                                 A substantive non-consolidation legal opinion and independent director/manager will
                                 be required with respect to each Loan.

SECURITY:                        For each Loan, all customary items of security for a first mortgage loan of this
                                 size and type, including, but not limited to (i) a perfected first-priority mortgage
                                 lien on the Properties, (ii) an assignment of leases and rents and an assignment of
                                 contracts, licenses and permits, and (iii) a perfected first priority security
                                 interest in any reserve accounts.

INTEREST RATE:                   A) TEN-YEAR LOANS: The interest rate will be the sum of (i) 150 basis points and
                                 (ii) the greater of (y) 3.90% and (z) the bid yield to maturity on the "on the run"
                                 10-year Treasury Note as determined by Lender on the Rate Lock Date (as defined below).
                                 If as of the Rate Lock Date the 10-year offered swap spread (the "OFFERED SWAP SPREAD")
                                 is greater than 45 basis points (the "THRESHOLD SWAP SPREAD"), the Spread and the
                                 interest rate will be increased by the number of basis points by which the Offered
                                 Swap Spread exceeds the Threshold Swap Spread. Interest will be payable monthly in
                                 arrears and will be calculated on an actual/360 basis.

                                 B) FIVE-YEAR LOANS: The interest rate will be the sum of (i) 205 basis points and
                                 (ii) the greater of (y) 2.80% and (z) the bid yield to maturity on the "on the run"
                                 5-year Treasury Note as determined by Lender on the Rate Lock Date (as defined below).
                                 If as of the Rate Lock Date the 5-year offered swap spread (the "OFFERED SWAP SPREAD")
                                 is greater than 43 basis points (the "THRESHOLD SWAP SPREAD"), the Spread and the
                                 interest rate will be increased by the number of basis points by which the Offered
                                 Swap Spread exceeds the Threshold Swap Spread. Interest will be payable monthly in
                                 arrears and will be calculated on an actual/360 basis.

                                 Interest will be payable monthly in arrears, except that interest with respect to
                                 the period commencing on the closing date through and including the last day of the
                                 month in which the closing occurs will be paid from the proceeds of the Loan
                                 advanced at Closing. Interest will be calculated on an actual/360 basis.

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RATE LOCK:                       The interest rate will be fixed by Lender (the "Rate Lock") within three (3)
                                 business days prior to the funding of the Loan (the date the rate is so fixed is
                                 herein called the "Rate Lock Rate"). An early Rate Lock is available up to 90 days
                                 prior to the Loan upon satisfaction of Lender's additional requirements, including
                                 execution of a forward rate lock agreement acceptable to Lender and Borrower's
                                 payment of a rate lock deposit by wire transfer of funds equal to 2% of the
                                 proposed Loan amount at the time of the early Rate Lock, subject to increase in
                                 the event of margin calls. All costs incurred by Lender in hedging will be covered
                                 by the Borrower in the form of an increased interest rate on the Loan.
                                 Notwithstanding any Rate Lock, Borrower will be obligated to satisfy Lender's
                                 closing requirements.

AMORTIZATION:                    For each Loan, 30 years level payment, providing for a fixed monthly payment of
                                 principal and interest due and payable on the first day of the second calendar
                                 month following the month in which the Closing occurs, and on the first day of
                                 each calendar month thereafter during the term of the Loan.

TERM:                            Either ten years, for six or more Loans with an aggregate principal balance of
                                 $215,758,000, or five years, for four or more Loans with an aggregate principal
                                 balance of $101,528,000.

PREPAYMENT/DEFEASANCE:           For each Loan, no prepayment will be allowed prior to two months before the
                                 maturity date of the Loan, at which time and thereafter, the entire principal
                                 balance may be repaid at par. However, the Borrower may prepay the Loan subject to
                                 defeasance as set forth in the Loan Documents beginning on the earlier of (i) the
                                 second (2nd) anniversary from the date the Note is securitized or (ii) the fourth
                                 (4th) anniversary of the date of the Note (the "Lockout Expiration Date").

MAXIMUM LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO:     For purposes of each Loan closing: 80% (based upon Appraised Value).

                                 Appraised Value will equal the sum of the values for each Property comprising the
                                 sub-pool securing the respective Loan as determined by new Property appraisals
                                 acceptable to the respective Lender.

DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE RATIO      Defined as the quotient of (i) the Underwritten Net Cash Flow and (ii) the Loan
("DSCR"):                        Debt Service.

MINIMUM DEBT YIELD:              Defined as the quotient of (i) the Underwritten Net Cash Flow and (ii) the Loan
                                 Amount.

MINIMUM DEBT YIELD:              For purposes of each Loan closing: 9.375%

MINIMUM DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE    For purposes of each Loan closing: 1.20x
RATIO:

MINIMUM DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE
RATIO / DEBT YIELD ASSUMPTIONS:

     LOAN DEBT SERVICE:          Defined as the product of the Market Constant and the outstanding Loan balance.

     MARKET CONSTANT:            For purposes of each Loan, the Market Constant shall equal the greater of (x)
                                 7.50% and (v) twelve times the fixed monthly payment of principal and

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                                 (x) 7.50% and (y) twelve times the fixed monthly payment of principal and interest
                                 on each Loan.

UNDERWRITTEN NET CASH            For each Property, defined as the most recently available; (i) trailing three
FLOW:                            month base rent, annualized, plus (ii) trailing twelve month utility income and
                                 other income, less (iii) trailing twelve month expenses, each as determined by the
                                 Lenders, after the Lenders make adjustments for

                                 (i)    management fees equal to 5.00% of total revenues,

                                 (ii)   a minimum 5.00% vacancy adjustment

                                 (iii)  an annual minimum capital expenditure reserve equal to $50/pad,

                                 (iv)   exclusion of rental income and expenses from manufactured homes owned by
                                 Borrower / Operator,

                                 (v)    exclusion of any other revenue items deemed nonrecurring by the Lenders, and

                                 (vi)   inclusion of increases in future operating costs as determined by the
                                 Lender, in its sole discretion, so that, assuming current occupancy, the
                                 annualized underwritten operating expenses fully reflect the operating costs
                                 expected to be incurred over the next twelve month period.

                                 For each respective Loan, defined as the aggregate of the Underwritten Net Cash
                                 Flows of the Properties comprising the collateral pool for said respective Loan.

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LOCKBOX/CASH MANAGEMENT:         For each Loan, a Lockbox Account pledged to and under the control of the Lenders
                                 shall be maintained at bank(s) acceptable to the Lenders. The Borrower under each
                                 Loan or the manager on its behalf will be required to deposit in the respective
                                 Lockbox Account by not later than the business day following collection and
                                 receipt all rents, receivables and other revenue generated in connection with the
                                 Properties. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if an event of default under a
                                 Loan has occurred and is continuing, the respective Lender may require a hard
                                 lockbox (i.e. all rents, receivables and other revenue referred to above would be
                                 deposited directly into the respective Lockbox Account).

                                 The funds collected in the Lockbox Account will be distributed as follows on cash
                                 monthly payment date (i.e. the 1st of the month, as determined by Lender and to be
                                 reflected in the loan documents, or if such day is not a business day, the next
                                 business day):

                                 (i)    scheduled principal and interest payments under the respective Loan,

                                 (ii)   funding of reserves under the respective Loan, and

                                 (iii)  the remainder to the Borrower unless an event of default has occurred and
                                        is continuing, in which case, the respective Lender in its sole discretion
                                        will allocate the remainder to the Operating Expense Account, the Working
                                        Capital Account and the Debt Service Reserve Account.

RESERVES

     TAXES AND INSURANCE         For each Loan, the Borrower will be required to reserve, on a monthly basis, an
     RESERVE:                    amount equal to one-twelfth of (i) all annual tax bills and (ii) the annual
                                 insurance premium(s) for the respective Properties. The reserve must be funded
                                 up-front in an amount necessary to meet the first tax and insurance bill with
                                 credit for any existing monthly escrow payments to be made prior to the
                                 applicable due date(s) of the tax and/or insurance payments and shall be held in
                                 an non-interest-bearing account.

     DEFERRED MAINTENANCE        For each Loan, the Borrower will be required to reserve at closing 125% of the
     RESERVE:                    cost to correct deferred maintenance items as identified in the property condition
                                 report.

     REPLACEMENT RESERVE:        For each Loan, the Borrower will be required to reserve, on a monthly basis, an
                                 amount equal to the greater of (i) 1/12th of $50 per pad and (ii) the amount of
                                 replacement reserves necessary to maintain the property as identified in the
                                 property condition report.

     OPERATING EXPENSE:          An Operating Expense Account shall be established to collect funds to pay
     ACCOUNT:                    operating expenses to the extent deemed necessary by the respective Lender, if an
                                 event of default has occurred and is continuing.

     WORKING CAPITAL             For each Loan, the Borrower and Lender will mutually agree on a Working Capital
     ACCOUNT:                    Account budget, which will set forth both an initial and on-going amount. The
                                 Working Capital Account may be funded if an event of default has occurred and is
                                 continuing.

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     DEBT SERVICE RESERVE        A Debt Service Reserve Account will be established to collect excess cash if an
     ACCOUNT:                    event of default has occurred and is continuing.

LOAN EXPENSE DEPOSIT:            ARC shall be responsible to pay or reimburse Lenders for all out-of-pocket
                                 expenses and fees (including, without limitation, attorney fees, third-party
                                 vendor fees, due diligence expenses, etc.)(the "LOAN EXPENSES") incurred by
                                 Lenders in connection with the Loans. Receipt is acknowledged of ARC's payment to
                                 Lender of $950,000 in the aggregate (the "LOAN EXPENSE DEPOSIT") which Lenders
                                 shall use to pay the Loan Expenses. ARC shall receive a refund of the amount, if
                                 any, by which the Loan Expense Deposit exceeds the Loan Expenses and ARC shall be
                                 responsible for payment of the amount, if any, by which the Loan Expenses exceed
                                 the Loan Expense Deposit, whether or not the Loans close.

                                 If the Lenders, in their sole discretion, believe the Loan expenses, at any time,
                                 will exceed the Loan Expense Deposit, the Borrower shall be responsible to
                                 deposit additional funds into the Loan Expense Deposit account in an amount to
                                 be determined by the Lenders.

ORIGINATION FEE:                 For each Loan, 0.50% of the funded Loan Amount payable upon funding the Loan.

ASSIGNMENT; PARTICIPATION AND    Each Lender may at any time sell, transfer or assign its Loan or grant
COOPERATION:                     participations in its Loan. Borrower agrees to cooperate with any sale, transfer,
                                 assignment, hypothecation, etc of the Loan by a Lender, which may include the
                                 restructuring of the Loan to create multiple loan components and/or a mezzanine
                                 loan structure for components of the Loan.

ASSUMABILITY:                    One time right of assumability subject to a 1% fee, rating agency confirmation and
                                 satisfaction of other conditions to be specified in the loan documents.

SECONDARY FINANCING:             Not permitted

RECOURSE:                        For each Loan, the respective Lender's recourse in the event of a default will be
                                 limited to the items referenced under "Security" and to the respective Borrower's
                                 interest therein; provided, however, for each Loan, the respective Borrower and
                                 Guarantor shall be personally liable for all standard carveouts, including without
                                 limitation, damages arising from the following acts being committed by Borrower,
                                 ARC, Guarantor, or any of their respective officer, agents, directors, employees,
                                 or affiliates:

                                 (i)    any fraud or willful misrepresentation,

                                 (ii)   misapplication or misappropriation of insurance proceeds, condemnation
                                 proceeds, tenant security deposits, rents, any other cash flow from the respective
                                 Properties and any other funds due the respective Lender under the Loan documents,

                                 (iii)  damage to the respective Properties resulting from gross negligence or
                                 intentional acts, or

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                                 (iv)   if sufficient cash flow exists, failure to pay taxes or other liens related
                                 to the respective Properties.

                                 In addition, the respective Loan will become fully recourse to the respective
                                 Borrower and Guarantor if:

                                 (a)         the respective Borrower or any related entity interferes with the
                                 respective Lender's enforcement of any of the respective Loan documents following
                                 maturity of the Loan or acceleration of the Borrower's payment obligations on
                                 account of a failure to make a timely payment of principal or interest (a
                                 "MONETARY DEFAULT"),

                                 (b)         any Property becomes an asset in a voluntary bankruptcy or insolvency
                                 proceeding, or the respective Borrower or Guarantor violates any of the
                                 prohibitions against voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy filings contained in the
                                 Loan documents,

                                 (c)         all or any part of the respective Properties (including the removal of
                                 any equipment) or ownership interest in all or any part of the respective
                                 Properties or the respective Borrower is transferred in violation of the
                                 respective Loan documents,

                                 (d)         Borrower violates the single-purpose bankruptcy remote status of the
                                 Borrower,

                                 (e)         there is any environmental contamination of any of the Properties or
                                 any non-compliance with environmental laws or any provisions of the transaction
                                 documents relating to environmental matters, or

                                 (f)         Borrower or ARC make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
                                 admit, in writing or in any legal proceeding, their insolvency or inability to pay
                                 their debts as they become due.

GUARANTOR FOR RECOURSE           Affordable Residential Communities Inc. (i.e. a publicly traded real estate
CARVEOUTS:                       investment trust) and its operating partnership on a joint and several basis
                                 ("GUARANTOR").

BROKER'S FEES:                   No person will be entitled to a brokerage fee in connection with this Summary of
                                 Terms, the commitment issued by Lenders or the Loans. ARC will pay any and all
                                 brokerage commissions owed to any broker in the transaction. It is understood and
                                 agreed that any broker is the agent for ARC and that no statement, acts or
                                 representations on the part of it or its agents shall be considered binding upon
                                 Lenders.

CLOSING CONDITIONS:              Lenders' consideration of the issuance of any commitment and, upon issuance of any
                                 commitment, the obligation of Lenders to fund the Loans thereunder is subject,
                                 among other things, to the satisfactory completion of Lenders' customary due
                                 diligence review with respect to mortgage-related financings (including, but not
                                 limited to, satisfactory site inspections, verification of in-place property net
                                 operating income, title review, review of environmental and engineering reports
                                 and general corporate due diligence)

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                                 and each Lender's approval of the following conditions:

                                 (i)         satisfaction of Maximum Loan-to-Value Ratio, Minimum Debt Service
                                 Coverage Ratio and Minimum Debt Yield (it being understood that in the event the
                                 Properties do not satisfy any of the Maximum Loan-to-Value Ratio, the Minimum Debt
                                 Service Coverage Ratio or the Minimum Debt Yield, the Loan Amount may be adjusted
                                 to the amounts which satisfy such ratios),

                                 (ii)        loan and security documentation, organizational documents and legal
                                 opinions acceptable to Lenders,

                                 (iii)       delivery of FIRREA appraisals acceptable to Lenders prepared by an MAI
                                 appraiser acceptable to Lenders,

                                 (iv)        financial statements with respect to the Property acceptable to
                                 Lenders,

`                                (v)         delivery of a Phase I (and, if necessary, Phase II) environmental
                                 report, engineering report and asbestos survey, in each case, acceptable to
                                 Lenders,

                                 (vi)        delivery of surveys and Lenders' title insurance policies and evidence
                                 of Property insurance acceptable to Lenders,

                                 (vii)       background check of the Borrower's principals (including credit
                                 reports),

                                 (viii)      evidence of zoning compliance,

                                 (ix)        review and reasonable approval of Management Agreement and delivery of
                                 manager's subordination agreement,

                                 (x)         payment of all fees and expense reimbursement required to be paid at
                                 closing,

                                 (xi)        review and reasonable approval of capital improvement plan and
                                 operating budget, and

                                 (xii)       there not having occurred (1) any material adverse change in the
                                 Property's physical condition or in the financial condition of the Property,
                                 (2) any material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or
                                 otherwise), operations, performance, properties, prospects or legal or
                                 regulatory environment of ARC or ARC and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole or
                                 (3) any circumstance, change or condition (including the continuation of any
                                 existing condition) in loan syndication, financial, banking, commercial mortgage
                                 backed securities or capital markets that in Lenders' sole judgement makes it
                                 inadvisable or impracticable to proceed with any portion of the financing.

PERMITTED DISCLOSURE:            ARC and the Borrower (and each employee, representative, or other agent of the
                                 Applicant and the Borrower) may disclose to any and all persons, without
                                 limitation of any kind, the U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure of the
                                 transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax
                                 analyses) that are provided to the Lenders relating to such U.S. tax treatment and
                                 U.S. tax structure.

                                       8December 22, 2003

AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, L.P.
600 Grant Street, Suite 900
Denver, Colorado  80203
Attention: John Sprengle
           Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer

              $125,000,000 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
                                COMMITMENT LETTER

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Citicorp North America, Inc. ("CNAI") is pleased to inform Affordable
Residential Communities, L.P. (the "Company") of its commitment to provide the
Company with up to $50,000,000 of a $125,000,000 3-year Senior Secured Revolving
Credit Facility (the "Facility"), subject to the terms and conditions of this
letter and the attached Annex I (collectively, and together with the Fee Letter
referred to below, this "Commitment Letter"). Further, Citigroup Global Markets
Inc. ("CGMI", and together with CNAI, "Citigroup") is pleased to inform the
Company of its commitment to act as Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Book Running
Manager, and in such capacity to use its best efforts to arrange a syndicate of
lenders (the "Lenders") for the Facility, subject to the terms and conditions of
this Commitment Letter (it being understood and agreed that, except with respect
to the $50,000,000 commitment of CNAI described above, neither CGMI nor any of
its affiliates is agreeing to underwrite such syndication). In addition, CNAI is
pleased to inform the Company of its commitment to act as Administrative Agent
for the Facility, subject to the terms and conditions of this Commitment Letter.
The proceeds of the Facility will be used for acquisitions of mobile home
communities and mobile homes, to repay certain existing indebtedness, to buy
back certain preferred equity, for capital expenditures and for general
corporate purposes.

         Section 1. Conditions Precedent. Citigroup's commitment hereunder is
subject to: (i) the preparation, execution and delivery of mutually acceptable
loan documentation incorporating substantially the terms and conditions outlined
in this Commitment Letter (the "Operative Documents"); (ii) the absence of (A)
any material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Company or the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole or any of its operating subsidiaries
since December 31, 2002, and (B) any circumstance, change or condition in the
loan syndication, financial or capital markets generally that, in the judgment
of CGMI, could reasonably be expected to materially impair syndication of the
Facility; (iii) the accuracy and completeness of all representations that the
Company makes to Citigroup and all information that the Company furnishes to
Citigroup; (iv) the Company's compliance with the terms of this Commitment
Letter, including, without limitation, the payment in full of all fees, expenses
and other amounts payable under this Commitment Letter; (v) satisfactory
completion of legal and financial due diligence by Citigroup; and (vi) receipt
of commitments for the Facility from other Lenders of not less than $75,000,000
in the aggregate, subject to the terms and conditions of this Commitment Letter.

         Section 2. Commitment Termination. Citigroup's commitment hereunder
will terminate on the earlier of (a) the date the Operative Documents become
effective, and (b) January 31, 2004. Before such date, Citigroup may terminate
its commitment hereunder if any event occurs or information becomes available
that, in its judgment, results or is likely to result in the failure to satisfy
any condition set forth in Section 1.

         Section 3. Syndication. CGMI will manage all aspects of the syndication
of the Facility in consultation with the Company, including the timing of all
offers to potential Lenders, the determination of the amounts offered to
potential Lenders, the acceptance of commitments of the Lenders and the
compensation to be provided to the Lenders.

         The Company shall take all action as CGMI may reasonably request to
assist CGMI in forming a syndicate acceptable to CGMI and the Company. The
Company's assistance in forming such a syndicate shall include but not be
limited to (i) making senior management and representatives of the Company
available to participate in information meetings with potential Lenders at such
times and places as CGMI may reasonably request; (ii) using the Company's best
efforts to ensure that the syndication efforts benefit from the Company's
lending relationships; and (iii) providing CGMI with all information reasonably
deemed necessary by it to successfully complete the syndication.

         To ensure an effective syndication of the Facility, the Company agrees
that until the termination of the syndication (as determined by CGMI), the
Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates to, syndicate or
issue, attempt to syndicate or issue, announce or authorize the announcement of
the syndication or issuance of, or engage in discussions concerning the
syndication or issuance of, any debt facility or debt security (including any
renewals thereof) in the commercial bank market, without the prior written
consent of CGMI; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the
Company's ability to cause certain of its subsidiaries to enter into the
following new financing transactions: (i) senior fixed rate mortgage
indebtedness in the principal amount of approximately $215,233, 000 due 2013 to
be collateralized by 46 manufactured home communities, (ii) senior fixed rate
mortgage indebtedness in the principal amount of approximately $101,429,000 due
2008 to be collateralized by 29 manufactured home communities, and (iii) senior
variable rate mortgage indebtedness in the principal amount of approximately
$183,338,000 due 2005 to be collateralized by 44 manufactured home communities.

         CNAI will act as the sole Administrative Agent for the Facility. No
additional agents, co-agents or arrangers will be appointed, or other titles
conferred, without the consent of CGMI and CNAI.

         Section 4. Fees. In addition to the fees described in Annex I, the
Company shall pay the non-refundable fees set forth in the letter agreement
dated the date hereof (the "Fee Letter") between the Company and Citigroup. The
terms of the Fee Letter are an integral part of Citigroup's commitment hereunder
and constitute part of this Commitment Letter for all purposes hereof.

         Section 5. Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify and hold
harmless Citigroup, each Lender and each of their respective affiliates and each
of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and
representatives (each, an "Indemnified Party") from and against any and all
claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including, without
limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel), joint or several, that may be
incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party (including,
without limitation, in connection with any investigation, litigation or
proceeding or the preparation of a defense in connection therewith), in each
case arising out of or in connection with or by reason of this Commitment Letter
or the Operative Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or
any actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Facility, except to the extent
such claim, damage, loss, liability or expense is found in a final,
non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted
primarily from such Indemnified Party's gross negligence or willful misconduct.
In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the
indemnity in this paragraph applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether
or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by the Company,
any of its directors, security holders or creditors, an Indemnified Party or any
other person or an Indemnified Party is otherwise a party thereto and whether or
not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated.

         No Indemnified Party shall have any liability (whether in contract,
tort or otherwise) to the Company or any of its security holders or creditors
for or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, except to the
extent such liability is determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a
court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from such Indemnified
Party's gross negligence or willful misconduct. In no event, however, shall any
Indemnified Party be liable on any theory of liability for any special,
indirect, consequential or punitive damages (including, without limitation, any
loss of profits, business or anticipated savings).

         Section 6. Costs and Expenses. The Company shall pay, or reimburse
Citigroup on demand for, all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by
Citigroup (whether incurred before or after the date hereof) in connection with
the Facility and the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Commitment Letter, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel,
regardless of whether any of the transactions contemplated hereby are
consummated. The Company shall also pay all costs and expenses of Citigroup
(including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel) incurred in connection with the enforcement of any of its rights and
remedies hereunder.

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         Section 7. Confidentiality. By accepting delivery of this Commitment
Letter, the Company agrees that this Commitment Letter is for the Company's
confidential use only and that neither its existence nor the terms hereof will
be disclosed by the Company to any person other than the Company's officers,
directors, employees, accountants, attorneys and other advisors, agents and
representatives (the "Company Representatives"), and then only on a confidential
and "need to know" basis in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby; provided, however, that the Company may make such other public
disclosures of the terms and conditions hereof as the Company is required by
law, in the opinion of the Company's counsel, to make. Notwithstanding any other
provision in this letter, the Company and Citigroup hereby agree that each of
the Company and Citigroup (and each Company Representative and each of the
officers, directors, employees, accountants, attorneys and other advisors,
agents and representatives of Citigroup) may disclose to any and all persons,
without limitation of any kind, the U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure of
the transactions contemplated hereby and all materials of any kind (including
opinions and other tax analyses) that are provided to any of them relating to
such U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure.

         Section 8. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company
represents and warrants that (i) all information that has been or will hereafter
be made available to Citigroup, any Lender or any potential Lender by the
Company or any of its representatives in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby is and will be complete and correct in all material respects
and does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were or are made and (ii) all financial projections, if any, that
have been or will be prepared by the Company and made available to Citigroup,
any Lender or any potential Lender have been or will be prepared in good faith
based upon reasonable assumptions (it being understood that such projections are
subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond
the Company's control, and that no assurance can be given that the projections
will be realized). The Company agrees to supplement the information and
projections from time to time until the Operative Documents become effective so
that the representations and warranties contained in this paragraph remain
correct.

         In providing this Commitment Letter, Citigroup is relying on the
accuracy of the information furnished to it by or on behalf of the Company and
its affiliates without independent verification thereof.

         Section 9. No Third Party Reliance, Etc. The agreements of Citigroup
hereunder and of any Lender that issues a commitment to provide financing under
the Facility are made solely for the benefit of the Company and may not be
relied upon or enforced by any other person. Please note that those matters that
are not covered or made clear herein are subject to mutual agreement of the
parties. The Company may not assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without Citigroup's prior written consent. This Commitment Letter may
not be amended or modified, or any provisions hereof waived, except by a written
agreement signed by all parties hereto. This Commitment Letter is not intended
to create a fiduciary relationship among the parties hereto.

         The Company acknowledges that Citigroup and/or one or more of its
affiliates may provide financing, equity capital, financial advisory and/or
other services to parties whose interests may conflict with the Company's
interests. Consistent with Citigroup's policy to hold in confidence the affairs
of its customers, neither Citigroup nor any of its affiliates will furnish
confidential information obtained from the Company to any of Citigroup's other
customers. Furthermore, neither Citigroup nor any of its affiliates will make
available to the Company confidential information that Citigroup obtained or may
obtain from any other person.

         Section 10. Governing Law, Etc. This Commitment Letter shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
This Commitment Letter sets forth the entire agreement between the parties with
respect to the matters addressed herein and supersedes all prior communications,
written or oral, with respect hereto. This Commitment Letter may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to
be an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the
same Commitment Letter. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
to this Commitment Letter by telecopier shall be as effective as delivery of an
original executed counterpart of this Commitment Letter. Sections 3 through 8,
10 and 11 hereof shall survive the termination of Citigroup's commitment
hereunder. The Company acknowledges that information and documents relating to
the Facility may be transmitted through Intralinks, the internet or similar
electronic transmission systems.

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         Section 11. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereto irrevocably waives
all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether
based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this
Commitment Letter or the transactions contemplated hereby or the actions of the
parties hereto in the negotiation, performance or enforcement hereof..

                   [Balance of Page Intentionally Left Blank.]

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         Please indicate the Company's acceptance of the provisions hereof by
signing the enclosed copy of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter and
returning them to David Bouton, Director, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 390
Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013 (fax: 212.723.8380) at or before 5:00
p.m. (New York City time) on December 29, 2003, the time at which Citigroup's
commitment hereunder (if not so accepted prior thereto) will terminate. If the
Company elects to deliver this Commitment Letter by telecopier, please arrange
for the executed original to follow by next-day courier.

                                Very truly yours,

                                CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.

                                By /s/ David Bouton
                                   ----------------
                                   Name:  David Bouton
                                   Title: Vice President

                                CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

                                By /s/ David Bouton
                                   ----------------
                                   Name:  David Bouton
                                   Title: Director

ACCEPTED AND AGREED
on December 29, 2003:

AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, L.P.

By AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES INC.,
   its General Partner

   By /s/ John Sprengle
      ------------------------------------
      Name: John Sprengle
      Title: Vice Chairman & CFO

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                                     ANNEX 1

                     AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES INC.
                         SUMMARY OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
              $125 MILLION SENIOR SECURED REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

BORROWER:                        Affordable Residential Communities LP (the "Borrower").

FACILITY AMOUNT:                 $125,000,000.

TYPE OF FACILITY:                Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility (the "Facility"). The Facility will
                                 include Letter of Credit and Swingline subfacilities, subject to sublimits to be
                                 agreed.

PURPOSE:                         Acquisitions, repayment of indebtedness, capital expenditures, and general
                                 corporate purposes.

MATURITY:                        Three years from the Closing Date.

AVAILABILITY:                    The Borrower may borrow, repay, and reborrow.

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND         Citicorp North America, Inc. (the "Administration Agent").
COLLATERAL AGENT:

SYNDICATION AGENT:               Merrill Lynch & Co. (the "Syndication Agent").

JOINT LEAD ARRANGERS AND JOINT   Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co. (collectively the "Arrangers").
BOOK RUNNING MANAGERS:

LENDERS:                         Citicorp North America, Inc. and other financial institutions acceptable to the
                                 Borrower and the Agent.

CLOSING DATE:                    [      ], or such other date as may be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Agent.

AMORTIZATION:                    None.

GUARANTORS:                      All obligations of the Borrower under the Facility and under any interest
                                 protection or other hedging arrangements entered into with a Lender (or any
                                 affiliate thereof) will be unconditionally guaranteed (the "Guaranty") by
                                 Affordable Residential Communities Inc. (the "Company") and each existing and
                                 subsequently acquired subsidiary of the Borrower unless prohibited by an
                                 existing financing agreement.

FEES:                            As set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto.

INTEREST RATES:                  As set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto.

COLLATERAL:                      With respect to the Borrowing Base Assets, collateral shall consist of:

                                 1)   Communities: A perfected first-priority mortgage lien on the Properties
                                      (which mortgage documentation will include an assignment of leases and
                                      rents, and an assignment of contracts, licenses and permits), title
                                      insurance in amounts

                                      acceptable to the Agent, ALTA land surveys certified to the Agent and
                                      opinions of local counsel with respect to the enforceability and perfection
                                      of the mortgages.

                                 2)   Rental Units: UCC personal property and fixture filings on Rental Units and
                                      all Equipment related thereto, all service contracts, and warranty claims,
                                      pledge of ownership interests in ARC Housing, LLC. In addition, all
                                      certificates of title pertaining to the Rental Units will be held by an
                                      independent Collateral Subagent mutually satisfactory to the Agent and the
                                      Borrower. Such certificates of title will be subject to a springing first
                                      priority security interest under applicable local certificate of title
                                      statutes, that the Agent will be entitled to direct the Collateral Subagent
                                      to perfect upon the first to occur of (i) Company and Borrower Debt Service
                                      Coverage Ratio of less than or equal to 1.25x or (ii) any Event of Default
                                      (the first to occur of (i) or (ii), a "Collateral Trigger Event"). At
                                      closing, ARC Housing, LLC will grant the Collateral Subagent a power of
                                      attorney authorizing it to execute and file all documents necessary to
                                      create such first priority security interest. All income and revenue from
                                      the Rental Units will be deposited into an account pledged to the Agent.
                                      Upon the occurrence of a Collateral Trigger Event, the Lenders will have
                                      the right to implement a lockbox into which tenants of the Rental Units
                                      will be required to make payments directly.

OPTIONAL PREPAYMENT:             Prepayable in whole or in part at any time at par without penalty or premium, other
                                 than customary LIBOR breakage costs.

MANDATORY PREPAYMENT:            None, other than acceleration upon an Event of Default pursuant to customary default
                                 remedy provisions.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO          Customary for facilities of this nature, applicable to the Borrower and the
CLOSING:                         Guarantors, including but not limited to:

                                 1)   Board resolutions.

                                 2)   Incumbency/specimen signature certificate.

                                 3)   Favorable legal opinion from counsel for the Borrower and the Guarantors.

                                 4)   Favorable legal opinion from counsel for the Agent.

                                 5)   Accuracy of representations and warranties.

                                 6)   The Borrower shall enter into interest rate protection agreements, in an
                                      amount, and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

                                 7)   Completion of the Initial Public Offering by the Company in an amount of at
                                      least $350,000,000 and Recapitalization.

                                 8)   For the Communities, receipt of appraisals, engineering and environmental
                                      reports, satisfactory to the Agent.

                                 9)

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ALL      Customary for facilities of this nature, applicable to the Borrower and the
ADVANCES AND TO FACILITY         Guarantors, including but not limited to:
EXTENSION:

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                                 1)   All representations and warranties are true and correct in all material
                                      respects on and as of the date of the Borrowing, before and after giving
                                      effect to such Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom,
                                      as though made on and as of such date.

                                 2)   No Event of Default or event which, with the giving of notice or passage of
                                      time or both, would be an Event of Default, has occurred and is continuing,
                                      or would result from such Borrowing.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES:  Customary for facilities of this nature, applicable to the Borrower and the
                                 Guarantors, including but not limited to:

                                 1)   Confirmation of corporate status and authority.

                                 2)   Due authorization of the loan documents.

                                 3)   Execution, delivery, and performance of loan documents do not violate law
                                      or existing material agreements.

                                 4)   No governmental or regulatory approvals required that have not been
                                      obtained except where the failure to do so would not result in a material
                                      adverse effect on (i) the business, condition (financial or otherwise),
                                      operations or prospects of the Borrower and the Guarantors, taken as a
                                      whole, (ii) the rights and remedies of the Agent or any Lender under any
                                      Loan Document, (iii) the ability of the Borrower or any Guarantor to
                                      perform its obligations under any Loan Document, or (iv) the value of the
                                      Collateral (any such effect, a "Material Adverse Effect").

                                 5)   No litigation which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

                                 6)   No material adverse change in the business, condition (financial or
                                      otherwise), results of operations or prospects of the Borrower and the
                                      Guarantors, taken as a whole, since December 31, 2002.

                                 7)   Accuracy of information, financial statements.

                                 8)   Material compliance with laws and regulations, including ERISA and all
                                      applicable environmental laws and regulations.

                                 9)   Legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the loan
                                      documents.

                                 10)  Margin regulations.

                                 11)  Not an investment company.

                                 12)  Solvency.

                                 13)  Advances not to exceed the Borrowing Base.

                                 14)  No unpermitted liens on Borrowing Base Assets.

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS:           Customary for facilities of this nature, applicable to the Borrower and the
                                 Guarantors, including but not limited to:

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                                 1)   Preservation and maintenance of corporate existence.

                                 2)   Material compliance with laws (including ERISA and applicable environmental
                                      laws).

                                 3)   Payment of taxes.

                                 4)   Payment of material obligations.

                                 5)   Delivery of audited annual consolidated financial statements and unaudited
                                      quarterly consolidated financial statements of the Company, monthly
                                      financial reporting on the Borrowing Base Assets, together with other
                                      financial information as the Agent may reasonably request.

                                 6)   Other reporting requirements and notices of default, material litigation,
                                      material claims affecting Borrowing Base Assets and material environmental
                                      events.

                                 7)   Visitation and inspection rights.

                                 8)   Maintenance of books and records.

                                 9)   Maintenance of properties.

                                 10)  Maintenance of insurance.

                                 11)  Use of proceeds.

                                 12)  Upon the occurrence of a Collateral Trigger Event, first priority perfected
                                      liens on the Rental Unit Collateral Under applicable certificate of title
                                      statutes.

NEGATIVE COVENANTS:              Customary for facilities of this nature, applicable to the Borrower and the
                                 Guarantors, including but not limited to:

                                 1)   Maximum Permitted Investments.

                                 2)   Limitations on guarantees.

                                 3)   Prohibition on recourse debt, excluding (i) debt in the amount of
                                      $225,000,000 to support the Borrower's in-park consumer finance program,
                                      and (ii) certain other exceptions to be agreed.

                                 4)   Limitation on liens.

                                 5)   Prohibition on agreements prohibiting liens on or transfers of Borrowing
                                      Base Assets.

                                 6)   Limitations on secured debt.

                                 7)   Limitations on debt.

                                 8)   Limitations on mergers, consolidations, acquisitions, asset dispositions
                                      and sale/leaseback transactions.

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                                 9)   Limitations on transactions with affiliates.

                                 10)  Limitations on changes in business.

                                 11)  Appraisals on Communities to be performed at the request of the Agent, but
                                      not more frequently than annually.

BORROWING BASE:                  Availability will be subject to a Borrowing Base:

                                 1)   Communities: maximum debt equal to the lesser of 60% of Appraised Value or
                                      75% of Capitalized Real Estate Value. The approval of Required Lenders will
                                      be required to release or add Communities to the Borrowing Base.

                                 2)   Rental Units: maximum debt equal to the lesser of: (i) 45% of Capitalized
                                      Purchase Price, (ii) 70% of depreciated book value per GAAP, or (iii) a
                                      multiple of EBITDA that varies based upon the age of the Rental Unit as
                                      follows:

                                      (less than or equal to) 6 years:                   3.5x

                                      (greater than) 6 (less than or equal to) 10 years: 3.0x

                                      (greater than) 10 years:                           no Borrowing Base credit

                                 3)   Minimum Debt Service Coverage Ratio of 2.0x, calculated using an interest
                                      rate equal to the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Advances under the
                                      Facility plus the greater of 3.0% and the 3-year swap rate.

                                 4)   Borrowing Base Availability allocated to Communities (greater than or equal to)
                                      65% of total Advances and Letters of Credit under the Facility.

                                 For purposes of calculating Capitalized Real Estate Value, the Borrowing Base
                                 Cap Rate will be applied to Adjusted NOI. Adjusted NOI will include a deduction
                                 for management fees equal to the greater of actual or 5% of revenues and a
                                 reserve for capital expenditures equal to $100/pad. The "Borrowing Base Cap
                                 Rate" will initially equal 8.5%. However, if the ten-year treasury rate
                                 (calculated as an average of the five preceding closing date values) at any time
                                 exceeds 5.5%, then the Borrowing Base Cap Rate will increase by 50% of such
                                 excess (rounded downward, as necessary, to the nearest 1/4 of 1%), to a maximum
                                 of 9.5%. (As an example, an increase in the 5-day average 10-year treasury to
                                 6.5% will increase the Borrowing Base Cap Rate by 50 bps to 9.0%.)

FINANCIAL COVENANTS:             Usual and customary for facilities of this nature, including but not limited to:

                                 1)   Debt to Total Asset Value (less than) 75.0% through 12/30/04, 70.0%
                                      through 12/30/05, 65.0% through 6/29/06, and 60.0% thereafter

                                 2)   Debt Service Coverage (greater than) 1.50x through 12/30/04, 1.75x through
                                      6/29/06, 2.0x thereafter

                                 3)   Fixed Charge Coverage (greater than) 1.25x through 12/30/04, 1.5x through
                                      6/29/06, and 1.75x thereafter

                                 4)   Limitations on Dividends

                                 5)   Minimum Tangible Net Worth

                                 6)   Rental Unit NOI (less than) 20% of Total NOI

                                 For purposes of calculating Total Asset Value, an 8.5% cap rate will be applied
                                 to Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA will include a reserve for capital
                                 expenditures

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                                 equal to $100/pad.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT:               Customary for facilities of this nature, applicable to the Borrower and Guarantors,
                                 including, but not limited to:

                                 1)   Failure to pay principal when due and failure to pay interest, fees and
                                      other amounts within 3 business days of when due.

                                 2)   Representations or warranties materially incorrect.

                                 3)   Failure to comply with covenants (with notice and cure periods as
                                      applicable).

                                 4)   Cross-default (i) to payment defaults on debt aggregating $10,000,000 or
                                      more, or (ii) to other events if the effect is (A) to permit acceleration
                                      of such debt and such event is not cured within a cure period to be agreed,
                                      or (B) to accelerate such debt.

                                 5)   Unsatisfied judgment or order in excess of $10,000,000, subject to
                                      exceptions permitting appeal and a grace period to be agreed.

                                 6)   Bankruptcy/insolvency.

                                 7)   ERISA

                                 8)   Change of control or ownership.

                                 9)   Failure to have a first priority perfected lien on the Collateral
                                      (including, following a Collateral Trigger Event, a first priority
                                      perfected lien under applicable certificate of title statutes on Collateral
                                      comprised of Rental Units).

OTHER:                           Loan documentation will include:

                                 1)   Indemnification of the Agent and Lenders and their respective affiliates,
                                      officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors for any liabilities and
                                      expenses arising out of the Facility or the use or proposed use of proceeds
                                      except in cases of gross negligence and willful misconduct.

                                 2)   Normal agency, set-off and sharing language.

                                 3)   Majority Lenders defined as those holding greater than 50% of commitments.
                                      The consent of all the Lenders will be required to increase the size of the
                                      Facility, to extend the maturity or to decrease interest rates or fees.

ASSIGNMENTS AND                  Each Lender will have the right to assign to one or more eligible assignees all
PARTICIPATIONS:                  or a portion of its rights and obligations under the loan documents, with the
                                 consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, of the Agent and, so long as no
                                 default shall then exist, the Borrower. Minimum aggregate assignment level of
                                 $5,000,000 and increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. The parties to the
                                 assignment (other than the Borrower) will pay to the Agent an administrative fee
                                 of $3,500.

                                 Each Lender will also have the right, without the consent of the Borrower or the
                                 Agent, to assign (i) as security, all or part of its rights under the loan
                                 documents to any Federal Reserve Bank and (ii) with notice to the Borrower and
                                 the Agent, all or part of its rights and obligations under the loan documents to
                                 any of its affiliates.

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                                 Each Lender will have the right to sell participations in its rights and
                                 obligations under the loan documents, subject to customary restrictions on the
                                 participants' voting rights.

YIELD PROTECTION, TAXES, AND     The loan documents will contain yield protection provisions, customary for
OTHER DEDUCTIONS:                facilities of this nature, protecting the Lenders in the event of unavailability
                                 of funding, funding losses, and reserve and capital adequacy requirements.

                                 All payments to be free and clear of any present or future taxes, withholdings
                                 or other deductions whatsoever (other than franchise taxes and income taxes in
                                 the jurisdiction of the Lender's applicable lending office). The loan documents
                                 will contain customary provisions requiring the Lenders to use reasonable
                                 efforts to minimize to the extent possible any applicable taxes, withholdings or
                                 deductions, and the Borrower will indemnify the Lenders and the Agent for such
                                 items paid by the Lenders or the Agent. Foreign Lenders will furnish appropriate
                                 certificates or other evidence of exemption from U.S. federal tax withholding.

GOVERNING LAW:                   State of New York.

COUNSEL TO THE AGENT:            Shearman & Sterling LLP.

EXPENSES:                        The Borrower will reimburse the Arrangers and the Agent for all reasonable
                                 out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the
                                 Agent, it being understood that the Arrangers and the Agent will use only one
                                 legal counsel) incurred by them in the negotiation, syndication and execution of
                                 the Facility. Such expenses will be reimbursed by the Borrower upon presentation
                                 of a statement of account, regardless of whether the transaction contemplated is
                                 actually completed or the loan documents are signed.

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                                    EXHIBIT 1
                         FEE SCHEDULE AND INTEREST RATES

INTEREST RATES AND INTEREST PERIODS:  At the Borrower's option, any Advance that is made to it will be available at
                                      the rates and for the Interest Periods stated below:

                                      1)   Base Rate: a fluctuating rate equal to Citibank's Base Rate plus the
                                           Applicable Margin.

                                      2)   Eurodollar Rate: a periodic fixed rate equal to LIBOR plus the Applicable
                                           Margin.

                                      The Eurodollar Rate will be fixed for Interest Periods of 1, 2, 3, or 6 months.

                                      Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each
                                      Eurodollar Rate Advance will convert to a Base Rate Advance at the end of the
                                      Interest Period then in effect for such Eurodollar Rate Advance.

APPLICABLE MARGIN:                    The Applicable Margin means:

                                      1)   for Base Rate Advances, an amount which will vary as per the Pricing Grid,
                                           based on the Company's Leverage Ratio (Debt to Total Asset Value).

                                      2)   for Eurodollar Rate Advances, an amount which will vary as per the Pricing
                                           Grid, based on the Company's Leverage Ratio.

                                      Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the
                                      Applicable Margin will increase by 200 bps.

                                      -------------------------- -------------------------- --------------------------
                                                                   APPLICABLE MARGIN FOR      APPLICABLE MARGIN FOR
                                                                 EURODOLLAR RATE ADVANCES      BASE RATE ADVANCES
                                           LEVERAGE RATIO                  (BPS)                      (BPS)
                                      -------------------------- -------------------------- --------------------------
                                         (greater than or
                                            equal to) 70%                   350.0                      250.0

                                          (less than) 70%
                                         (greater than or
                                            equal to) 60%                   312.5                      212.5

                                          (less than) 60%
                                         (greater than or
                                            equal to) 50%                   275.0                      175.0

                                          (less than) 50%                   237.5                      137.5

UNUSED FEE:                           50 bps, payable on the average unused commitment.

LETTER OF CREDIT FEES:                Fronting and usage fees to be agreed upon and specified in the final loan
                                      documentation.

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