CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

We have issued our reports dated November 22, 2002, (except for the sixth
through eighth paragraphs of Note 12, for which the date is December 24, 2002)
accompanying the consolidated financial statements of Resource America, Inc. and
subsidiaries ("RAI") included in this Registration Statement and also
accompanying the consolidated financial statements and schedule included in
RAI's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002
which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent
to the use of the aforementioned reports included in and incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and to the use of our name as it appears
under the caption "Experts".

                                                          Grant Thornton LLP

Cleveland, Ohio
May 14, 2003