Exhibit 23.1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
listed below of Apartment Investment and Management Company and in the related
Prospectuses of our reports dated February 26, 2009 with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedule of Apartment Investment and
Management Company, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting of Apartment Investment and Management Company, included in this
Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Form S-3 (No. 333-828)
Form S-3 (No. 333-8997)
Form S-3 (No. 333-17431)
Form S-3 (No. 333-20755)
Form S-3 (No. 333-4546)
Form S-3 (No. 333-36531)
Form S-3 (No. 333-36537)
Form S-3 (No. 333-4542)
Form S-8 (No. 333-4550)
Form S-8 (No. 333-4548)
Form S-8 (No. 333-14481)
Form S-8 (No. 333-36803)
Form S-8 (No. 333-41719)
Form S-4 (No. 333-49075)
Form S-3 (No. 333-47201)
Form S-8 (No. 333-57617)
Form S-4 (No. 333-60663)
Form S-8 (No. 333-70409)
Form S-3 (No. 333-69121)
Form S-3 (No. 333-75109)
Form S-4 (No. 333-60355)
Form S-8 (No. 333-75349)
Form S-3 (No. 333-77257)
Form S-3 (No. 333-77067)
Form S-3 (No. 333-81689)
Form S-3 (No. 333-92743)
Form S-3 (No. 333-31718)
Form S-3 (No. 333-50742)
Form S-4 (No. 333-51154)
Form S-3 (No. 333-52808)
Form S-3 (No. 333-64460)
Form S-3 (No. 333-71002)
Form S-3 (No. 333-73162)
Form S-3 (No. 333-86200)
Form S-3 (No. 333-101735)
Form S-3 (No. 333-130735)
Form S-4 (No. 333-90590-01)
Form S-4 (No. 333-90588-01)
Form S-4 (No. 333-136801)
Form S-8 (No. 333-142466)
Form S-8 (No. 333-142467)
Form S-3 (No. 333-150342)
Form S-3ASR (333-150341-01)

Denver, Colorado
February 26, 2009