Resource Apartment REIT III POS AM Prospectus update (post-effective amendment)

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have issued our report dated March 29, 2017 with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Resource Apartment REIT III, Inc. included in the Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, which are 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

April 14, 2017