| | EXHIBIT 31.1
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| | CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER              | 
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| | PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
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I, Christopher H. Cole, certify that:



| | 1.                    | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Cole Credit
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| | Property Trust, Inc.; |                                                                    



| | 2.                                                                   | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue | 
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| | 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 report;                                |                                                               
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| | 3.                                                                  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
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| | information included in this 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 report;                                                        |                                                                     
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| | 4.                                                                  | The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
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| | establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
| | defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) for the       |                                                                    
| | registrant and have:                                                |                                                                    
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| | a)                                                             | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused | 
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| | such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under   |                                                            
| | our supervision, to ensure that material information relating  |                                                            
| | to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiary, is   |                                                            
| | made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
| | during the period in which this report is being prepared;      |                                                            
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| | b)                                                             | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure | 
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| | controls and procedures and presented in this report our       |                                                           
| | conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
| | and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this     |                                                           
| | report based on such evaluation; and                           |                                                           
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| | c)                                                             | disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's | 
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| | internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
| | the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's  |                                                        
| | fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that    |                                                        
| | has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
| | affect, the registrant's internal control over financial       |                                                        
| | reporting; and                                                 |                                                        
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| | 5.                                                                  | The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, | 
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| | based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over        |                                                                
| | financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit     |                                                                
| | committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
| | the equivalent functions):                                          |                                                                
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| | a)                                                            | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the | 
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| | design or operation of internal control over financial        |                                                            
| | reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
| | registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
| | financial information; and                                    |                                                            
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| | b)                                                      | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
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| | or other employees who have a significant role in the   |                                                             
| | registrant's internal control over financial reporting. |                                                             
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| | /s/ Christopher H. Cole                         | 
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| | Christopher H. Cole                             | 
| | Chief Executive Officer and President           | 
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Date: August 14, 2006