Exhibit 23.1

The Board of Directors

Cottonwood Communities, Inc:

We consent to the use of our report included in the registration statement on Form S-4 of Cottonwood Communities, Inc. of our report dated March 26, 2021, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Cottonwood Communities, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes and financial statement schedule III (collectively, the “consolidated financial statements”), included herein and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Denver, Colorado

May 11, 2021