POWER OF ATTORNEY



        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints

each of Gustav Bahn and David Miller, and with full power of substitution, as the

undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



 (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity

as an officer and/or director of Steadfast Apartment REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the

"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act

of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



 (2) 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 3, 4, or 5, complete

and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the U.S.

Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



 (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing

which, in the opinion of any 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 any 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 any 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 each such attorney-in-fact,

or each 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 attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request

of the undersigned, are 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.



        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

transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in

a signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.





      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed

as of this 25th day of August, 2020.





 /s/ Ella S. Neyland

 Name: Ella S. Neyland