LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know all by these present, that the undersigned
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of
Kenneth P. Regan Ryan Downs and Joel Thomsen,
each acting individually, as the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority as hereinafter described
on behalf of and in the name, place and stead
of the undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver
and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any
amendments thereto) with respect to the
securities of Sterling Real Estate Trust, d/b/a
Sterling Multifamily Trust, a North Dakota real
estate investment trust (the "Trust"), with
the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, any national securities exchanges
and the Trust, as considered necessary or
advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to
time (the "Exchange Act");

(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's
representative and on the undersigned's behalf,
information on transactions in the Trust's
securities from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees,
and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
person to release any such information to the
undersigned and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and

(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the
discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary
or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes,
but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact
to act in their discretion on information provided
to such attorney-in-fact without independent
verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by
either such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of
Attorney will be in such form and will contain
such information and disclosure as such
attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems
necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Trust nor either of such
attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the
undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability
of the undersigned for any failure to comply with
such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or
liability of the undersigned for profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act; and

(4)	this Limited Power of Attorney does not
relieve the undersigned from responsibility for
compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
the Exchange Act, including without limitation the
reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be
done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such
attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the
undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Limited Power of Attorney to be executed as
of __________________, 2019.


Signature

Erica Chaffee
/s" Erica Chaffee
______________
Print Name

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA	)
			) SS.
COUNTY OF CASS				)

This instrument was acknowledged before me on this
____ day of 			, 2019, by Erica Chaffee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
official seal.

Notary Public

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