Exhibit 99.2

                    MAXUS REAL PROPERTY INVESTORS-FOUR, L.P.

              CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly  Report of Maxus Real Property  Investors-Four,
L.P. (the "Partnership") for the period ending August 31, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, John W.
Alvey, Vice President,  Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of  Maxus Capital
Corp., General  Partner  of the Partnership, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  ss.
1350, as  adopted  pursuant to ss. 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002, that
to my knowledge:

     (1) The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and results of operations of the
Partnership  as of August 31,  2002 (the last date of the period  covered by the
Report).




/s/ John W. Alvey
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John W. Alvey
Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer of
Maxus Capital Corp.,
General Partner of the Partnership
October 14, 2002