| 1. | I                have reviewed this                quarterly* *report                on Form 10-Q of Desert                Capital REIT, Inc.; |
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| 2. | Based                on my knowledge, this                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                report; |
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| 3. | Based                on my knowledge, the                financial statements, and other financial 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(s) 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 registrant and                have: |
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|   | 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 report is being                prepared; |
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|   | b) | 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 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 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(s) 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 the registrant’s board of directors (or persons                performing the equivalent                functions): |
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|   | 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 |
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|   | 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. |
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