Exhibit 23.3

February 16, 2006 

United States Securities and
   Exchange Commission
Washington, DC  20549 

Form S-3 Registration Statement-Investors Real Estate Trust 

        We consent to the incorporation directly or by reference in the Registration Statement of Investors Real Estate Trust, on Form S-3 dated February 16, 2006, of our Legality and Tax Matters opinion letters dated February 16, 2006.  In giving the foregoing consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder. 

PRINGLE & HERIGSTAD, P.C. 

By:	/s/  David J. Hogue
	David J. Hogue