EXHIBIT (a)(1)(D)

                     FORM OF LETTER TO THE LIMITED PARTNERS


                              DVM PROPERTIES, INC.
                           5850 SAN FELIPE, SUITE 500
                              HOUSTON, TEXAS 77057

                                  May 14, 2001

To the Limited Partners of IDM Participating Income Company - II:

Enclosed for your review is an Offer to Purchase your limited  partnership units
in IDM Participating Income Company - II (the "Partnership"). Please read all of
the enclosed material carefully before deciding to tender your units.

We invite your attention to the following:

     o    This Offer is being made to all limited partners.

     o    The price per unit is $6.75.

     o    The Offer will  expire at 5:00 p.m.,  New York City time,  on June 18,
          2001 unless the Offer is extended or a subsequent  offering  period is
          provided.

After  reading the Offer to Purchase,  if you wish to tender  units,  you should
complete the following:

     (1)  the Letter of Transmittal, and

     (2)  the Substitute Form W-9

and send them to Wilmington  Trust  Company,  the  Depositary,  at the following
address or fax number:



                                                                        
BY MAIL:                          BY HAND/OVERNIGHT COURIER:                  BY FACSIMILE:
Corporate Trust Reorg. Svcs.      Wilmington Trust Company                    Wilmington Trust Company
Wilmington Trust Company          1105 North Market St., 1st Fl.              Fax:  (302) 651-1079
P.O. Box 8861                     Wilmington, DE  19801                       Attention:  Corporate Trust
Wilmington, DE  19899-8861        Attention:  Corporate Trust Reorg. Svcs.    Reorg. Svcs.



For additional information, you may call MacKenzie Partners at (212) 929-5500 or
(800) 322-2885.

Sincerely yours,

DVM PROPERTIES, INC.