Exhibit 24.1


               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


TO REDWOOD MORTGAGE INVESTORS VIII:


     we hereby consent to the use of our reports accompanying the balance sheets
of the General Partner, Gymno Corporation, and the Partnership, REDWOOD MORTGAGE
INVESTORS VIII, in the prospectus, and any supplements thereto, and Registration
Statement  filed  on Form  S-11  for  REDWOOD  MORTGAGE  INVESTORS  VIII and any
post-effective amendments filed thereto. We also consent to the reference to our
firm under the reference EXPERTS in the Prospectus.

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                                        PARODI & CROPPER



Lafayette, California

_______________,1996