EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Resource Real Estate Investors 7, L.P. (“the Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Kevin M. Finkel, President of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

	RESOURCE REAL ESTATE INVESTORS 7, L.P.
	By:  Resource Capital Partners, Inc., its general partner
November 14, 2016	By:      /s/ Kevin M. Finkel
	Kevin M. Finkel
	President
	(Principal Executive Officer)