Exhibits 31.1

                                 CERTIFICATIONS


I, David C.  Quade,  as  Principal  Executive  Officer and  Principal  Financial
Officer, certify that:

1.   I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q of Berkshire  Income
     Realty, Inc.;

2.   Based on my knowledge,  this  quarterly  report does not contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to
     make the statements  made, in light of the  circumstances  under which such
     statements  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
     this quarterly report;

3.   Based on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
     information  included  in this  quarterly  report,  fairly  present  in all
     material respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and cash
     flows of the  registrant  as of, and for,  the  periods  presented  in this
     quarterly report;

4.   The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and I are  responsible  for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Exchange Act Rules 13a -15(e) and 15d-15(e) for the Company and we have:

     a.   designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures,  or caused such
          disclosure   controls  and   procedures  to  be  designed   under  our
          supervision,  to ensure  that  material  information  relating  to the
          registrant,  including its subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
          within those  entities,  particularly  during the period in which this
          quarterly report is being prepared;

     b.   evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's  disclosure  controls and
          procedures as of the date of this  quarterly  report (the  "Evaluation
          Date"); and

     c.   Disclosed in this report any change in the Company's  internal control
          over  financial  reporting  that occurred  during the  Company's  most
          recent fiscal quarter that has materially  affected,  or is reasonably
          likely to  materially  affect,  the  Company's  internal  control over
          financial reporting.

5.   The Company's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,  based on our
     most recent  evaluation,  to the Company's auditors and the audit committee
     of  Company's  board of directors  (or persons  performing  the  equivalent
     functions):

     a.   all  significant  deficiencies in the design or operations of internal
          controls which could adversely affect the Company's  ability to record
          , process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for
          the Company's  auditors any material  weaknesses in internal controls;
          and

     b.   any fraud, whether or not material,  that involves management or other
          employees  who  have a  significant  role  in the  Company's  internal
          controls.

     November 14, 2003          /s/ David C. Quade
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                                David C. Quade
                                Principal Executive Officer / Chief Financial
                                Officer