Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT (RSRL) S-11 Registration of securities for real estate companies

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have issued our report dated March 22, 2019, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT, Inc. included in the Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, which is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference of the aforementioned report in this Registration Statement, and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption “Experts.”

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

September 4, 2019