PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR FEE SIMPLE UNDIVIDED INTEREST AND ASSIGNMENT OF NET LEASE AGREEMENT

  PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR FEE SIMPLE UNDIVIDED INTEREST AND
                         ASSIGNMENT
                             OF
                     NET LEASE AGREEMENT

      THIS ASSIGNMENT made and entered into this 28th day of
December,  1998, by and between AEI REAL ESTATE  FUND  XVIII
LIMITED   PARTNERSHIP,  a  Minnesota  Limited   Partnership,
("Assignor")  and  AEI NET LEASE INCOME &  GROWTH  FUND  XIX
LIMITED   PARTNERSHIP,  a  Minnesota  limited   partnership,
("Assignee");

     WITNESSETH, that:

      WHEREAS,  on the 28th day of December, 1998,  Assignor
entered   into   Commitment,  Net  Lease  Agreement,   ("the
Agreements") for that certain property located at ▇▇▇▇  ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ (the "Property") with Tumbleweed,
LLC, as Seller/Lessee; and

      WHEREAS,  Assignor  desires  to  assign  an  undivided
interest of its rights, title and interest in, to and  under
the  Agreement  and  as to the fee simple  interest  in  the
Leased Premises to the Assignees as hereinafter provided;

     AEI NET LEASE INCOME & GROWTH FUND XIX
     LIMITED PARTNERSHIP                          60.00%
     undivided interest as tenant in common

      NOW, THEREFORE, for One Dollar ($1.00) and other  good
and  valuable  consideration, receipt  of  which  is  hereby
acknowledged,  it is hereby agreed between  the  parties  as
follows:

     1.    Assignor  maintains as tenant in common  a  forty
     percent (40.00%) right, title and interest in,  to  and
     under the Agreements and in the fee simple interest  in
     the  Leased Premises, to have and to hold the same unto
     its successors and assigns;

     2.    Assignor  assigns all of its  rights,  title  and
     interest in, to and under the Agreements and in the fee
     simple  interest in the Leased Premises to the Assignee
     as  noted above, to have and to hold the same unto  the
     Assignee, its successors and assigns;

     3.    Assignee  hereby  assumes all  rights,  promises,
     covenants,   conditions  and  obligations   under   the
     Agreements  to be performed by the Assignor thereunder,
     and  agrees  to be bound for all of the obligations  of
     Assignor under the Agreements from this day forward.


     4.     The   Purchase  Price  paid  by  the   Assignees
     designated herein is equal to the prorata share of  the
     amounts funded as of the date of this Agreement.

All  other  terms  and  conditions of the  Agreements  shall
remain unchanged and continue in full force and effect.

AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVIII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
("Assignor")

BY:  AEI FUND MANAGEMENT XVIII, INC.


By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
        ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, its President


AEI NET LEASE INCOME & GROWTH FUND XIX
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ("Assignee")

BY: AEI FUND MANAGEMENT XIX, INC.


By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
        ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, its President