UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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): August 29, 2008

APPLE REIT NINE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(804) 344-8121

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Apple REIT Nine, Inc. (which is referred to below as the “Company” or as “we,” “us” or “our”) is filing this report in accordance with Item 1.01 of Form 8-K.

On August 29, 2008, we caused one of our indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries (the “purchasing subsidiary”) to enter into two purchase contracts for the potential purchase of three hotels.

The table below describes the hotels:

Notes:

The sellers are affiliated with each other but do not have any material relationship with us or our subsidiaries, other than through the purchase contracts. The aggregate initial deposits for the hotels listed above totaled $500,000. The initial deposits are refundable to our purchasing subsidiary if it elects to terminate the purchase contracts during the “review” period, which ends on October 13, 2008. If the purchase contracts are not terminated during the review period, additional deposits in the aggregate amount of $500,000 are due after the expiration of the review period.

The initial deposits under the purchase contracts will be funded by proceeds from the Company’s ongoing offering of Units (with each Unit consisting of one common share and one Series A preferred share). It is expected that the additional deposits and payment of the purchase price under each of the purchase contracts would be funded, if a closing occurs, by the Company’s ongoing offering of Units.

The purchase contracts also contemplate that our purchasing subsidiary would assume existing loans secured by the three hotels listed above. The table below describes these loans:

Notes:

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During the review period, our purchasing subsidiary will have the opportunity to evaluate the legal, title, survey, construction, physical condition, structural, mechanical, environmental, economic, permit status, franchise status, financial and other documents and information related to each hotel. Our purchasing subsidiary may terminate a purchase contract at any time during the review period for any reason. Our purchasing subsidiary may become aware of facts or conditions pertaining to a hotel as a result of its review that will cause us to terminate a purchase contract. If our purchasing subsidiary terminates a purchase contract after the review period but before closing, and the termination is not based on the seller’s failure to satisfy a required condition, the escrow agent will release the deposits under that contract to the seller. If a closing occurs under a purchase contract, the deposits will be credited toward the purchase price.

Certain closing conditions must be met before or at the closing, and currently remain unsatisfied. They include, but are not limited to, the following: the seller having performed and complied in all material respects with the covenants under the purchase contract; all third party consents having been obtained; the existing management and franchise agreements shall have been terminated by the seller and new management and franchise agreements shall have been executed by one of our subsidiaries. If any of the closing conditions under the purchase contracts are not satisfied by the seller, our purchasing subsidiary may terminate a purchase contract and receive a refund of the deposits.

Accordingly, as of the date of this report and until the closing of the purchase of the hotels, there can be no assurance that our purchasing subsidiary will acquire any or all the hotels.

All brand and trade names, logos or trademarks contained, or referred to, in this Form 8-K are the properties of their respective owners.

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SIGNATURES

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.

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