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SEC Comment Letter for CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL PROPERTIES 2 (CIK 0000719184) — Apr 27, 2005

CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL PROPERTIES 2 (CIK 0000719184)
Date: April 27, 2005 · CIK: 0000719184 · Accession: 0000000000-05-020502

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Date
April 27, 2005
Author
Jorge Bonilla
Form
UPLOAD
Company
CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL PROPERTIES 2 (CIK 0000719184)

Letter

Mail Stop 04-09 VIA U.S. MAIL AND FAX Ms. Martha Long Consolidated Capital Institutional Properties 2 One Insignia Financial Plaza P.O. Box 1089 Greenville, S.C. 29602

RE: Consolidated Capital Institutional Properties 2 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 File no. 0-11723

Dear Ms. Long:

We have reviewed the above referenced filings and have the following comments. We have limited our review to only your financial statements and related disclosures and will make no further review of your documents. As such, all persons who are responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure are urged to be certain that they have included all information required pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

In our comments, we ask you to provide us with supplemental information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. After reviewing this information, we may or may not raise additional comments.

Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or on any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter.

Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004

Note F - Investment in Affiliated Partnerships

1. We note that the excess of the Partnership`s investment over the historical cost of the underlying net assets of the investee is being depreciated over the useful lives of the investees underlying properties. Explain to us how you considered footnote 9 of APB 18 in determining how to account for these investments.

2. We note that the aggregate market value of the Partnership`s investments is lower than the carrying value. Explain to us how you considered paragraph 19h of APB 18 in your impairment test relating to these investments.

* * * *

As appropriate, please respond to these comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please file your response on EDGAR. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your responses to our comments.

We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filings reviewed by the staff to be certain that they have provided all information investors require for an informed decision. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made.

In connection with responding to our comments, please provide, in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that:

* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings;

* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings; and

* the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

In addition, please be advised that the Division of Enforcement has access to all information you provide to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filings or in response to our comments on your filings.

You may contact Kelly McCusker, Staff Accountant, at (202) 824- 5453 or the undersigned at (202) 942-1993 if you have questions.

Sincerely,
Jorge Bonilla
Senior Staff Accountant

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      April 27, 2005

Mail Stop 04-09

VIA U.S. MAIL AND FAX

Ms. Martha Long
Consolidated Capital Institutional Properties 2
One Insignia Financial Plaza
P.O. Box 1089
Greenville, S.C.  29602

RE:	Consolidated Capital Institutional Properties 2
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004
File no. 0-11723

Dear Ms. Long:

      We have reviewed the above referenced filings and have the
following comments.  We have limited our review to only your
financial statements and related disclosures and will make no
further
review of your documents.  As such, all persons who are
responsible
for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure are urged to be
certain that they have included all information required pursuant
to
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

      In our comments, we ask you to provide us with supplemental
information so we may better understand your disclosure.  Please
be
as detailed as necessary in your explanation.  After reviewing
this
information, we may or may not raise additional comments.

	Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects.  We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or on any other
aspect
of our review.  Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.

Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004

Note F - Investment in Affiliated Partnerships

1. We note that the excess of the Partnership`s investment over
the
historical cost of the underlying net assets of the investee is
being
depreciated over the useful lives of the investees underlying
properties. Explain to us how you considered footnote 9 of APB 18
in
determining how to account for these investments.

2. We note that the aggregate market value of the Partnership`s
investments is lower than the carrying value. Explain to us how
you
considered paragraph 19h of APB 18 in your impairment test
relating
to these investments.

*    *    *    *

      As appropriate, please respond to these comments within 10
business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response.
Please file your response on EDGAR.  Please understand that we may
have additional comments after reviewing your responses to our
comments.

	We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filings reviewed by the staff to
be
certain that they have provided all information investors require
for
an informed decision.  Since the company and its management are in
possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they
are
responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they
have made.

	In connection with responding to our comments, please
provide,
in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that:

* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filings;

* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filings; and

* the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.

      In addition, please be advised that the Division of
Enforcement
has access to all information you provide to the staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filings or
in
response to our comments on your filings.

      You may contact Kelly McCusker, Staff Accountant, at (202)
824-
5453 or the undersigned at (202) 942-1993 if you have questions.

						Sincerely,

      Jorge Bonilla
      Senior Staff Accountant

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Consolidated Capital Institutional Properties 2
April 27, 2005
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