UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 30, 2015

REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES LIMITED III

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:  (720) 387-8135

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Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Real Estate Associates Limited III, a California limited partnership (the “Registrant”), held a 99% limited partnership interest in Marina del Rey Limited Dividend Partnership Associates, a Massachusetts limited partnership (the “Partnership”).  On June 30, 2015, the Registrant entered into a Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate and Agreement of Limited Partnership of Marina del Rey Limited Dividend Partnership Associates (the “Amendment”) by and among the Registrant, Puerto Rico Management, LLC, a California limited liability company, the General Partner of the Partnership (“PRM”), and Vicente Geigel Polanco LP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Assignee”), pursuant to which Registrant assigned 100% of its interests in the Partnership to the Assignee in exchange for a payment of $400,000.  Following such payment, the Registrant no longer held any interest in the Partnership and had no rights, obligations or liabilities related thereto.

Item 2.01

Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

Pursuant to the terms of the Amendment, on June 30, 2015, the registrant transferred all of its interests in the Partnership to the Assignee.  These interests represented all of the remaining Local Limited Partnership assets held by the Registrant.

As a result of the transfer of the Registrant’s interests in the Partnership, the Registrant received approximately $400,000 in consideration, all of which is intended to be used by the Registrant for the payment of outstanding payables and deferred management fees owed by the Registrant.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

     DATED:  July 6, 2015