Exhibit 31.1





CERTIFICATIONS





I, Terry
G. Roussel, certify that:





1.   
         I have reviewed this
annual report on Form 10-K of Cornerstone Growth & Income
REIT, Inc.;





2.    
        Based on my knowledge, this
annual 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 annual report; and





3.       
     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
and other financial information included in this annual 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 annual
report.





4.     
       The registrant’s other certifying
officer 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)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a – 15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
registrant 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 consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which this annual report is being prepared;





(b)            designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles;





(c)            evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the period covered by this annual
report based on such evaluation; and





(d)            disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that
has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and





5.            The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, 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 function):





(a)            all
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the 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





(b)            any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting.





/s/
      TERRY G. ROUSSELDate:
      March 17, 2009
              Terry
      G. RousselChief
      Executive Officer (Principal Executive
Officer)