POWER OF ATTORNEY

                                      FOR

                         LANDMARK APARTMENT TRUST, INC.

                             SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

     Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Anthony E. Szydlowski, B. Mechelle Lafon, Gustav G. Remppies,
Laura Wood, and Stanley J. Olander as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

     (1)     Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or regulations of
the SEC;

     (2)     Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Landmark Apartment Trust, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5, and amendments thereto in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to
file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition
of securities of the Company;

     (3)     Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form IDs and Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, or amendment thereto and
timely file such forms or reports with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

     (4)     Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in- fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transaction in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as
a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 18th day of May, 2015.

                                 /s/ Greg E. Brooks
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                                 Greg E. Brooks