8-K/A

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 30, 2016

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland	001-34995	27-1712193
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3284 Northside Parkway NW, Suite 150, Atlanta, Georgia	30327
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (770) 818-4100

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 2.01    Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. is filing this Amendment on Form 8-K/A to its amended Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on January 24, 2017 solely to include a portion of the Independent Auditor's Consent which was inadvertently omitted in the Form 8-K/A filed on January 24, 2017. The information previously reported in the Form 8-K/A is hereby incorporated by reference into this Amendment. Except for the inclusion of the corrected Independent Auditor's Consent, all other information included in the original filing is unchanged.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

PREFERRED APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

(Registrant)

Date: January 25, 2017	By:	/s/ Jeffrey R. Sprain
		Jeffrey R. Sprain
		General Counsel and Secretary

EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Forms S-3 (Nos. 333-214531, 333-211178, and

333-183355) and on Forms S-8 (Nos. 333-181165, 333-191418, and 333-210281) of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. of

our report dated January 24, 2017, with respect to the statement of revenues and certain expenses of Three Ravinia Drive for the year ended December 31, 2015, which report appears in the Form 8-K/A of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. filed on January 24, 2017.

Our report related to the statement of revenues and expenses refers to the fact that the statement was prepared for the purpose of complying with the provisions of Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be a complete presentation of Three Ravinia Drive’s revenues and expenses.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Los Angeles, CA

January 24, 2017