**Exhibit 31.1**

**CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER**

I, Terry G. Roussel,certify that:

1.        I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q ofCornerstone Realty Fund, LLC;

2.        Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not containany untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material factnecessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this quarterly report; and

3.        Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and otherfinancial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flowsof the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterlyreport.

4.        The registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

(a)           designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

(b)           evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this reported our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the period covered by this quarterlyreport based on such evaluation; and

(c)           disclosed in thisreport any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

5.        The registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internalcontrol over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the auditcommittee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent function):

(a)           all significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrols over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

(b)           any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 
|                             | /s/ TERRY G. ROUSSEL                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| Date:  August 11, 2006 | Terry G. Roussel  Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) of  Cornerstone Ventures, Inc., the Managing Member of  Cornerstone Industrial Properties, LLC, the Managing  Member of Cornerstone Realty Fund, LLC |

 

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