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  <import namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/country/2013-01-31" schemaLocation="http://xbrl.sec.gov/country/2013/country-2013-01-31.xsd"/>
  <import namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/currency/2012-01-31" schemaLocation="http://xbrl.sec.gov/currency/2012/currency-2012-01-31.xsd"/>
  <import namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2013-01-31" schemaLocation="http://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2013/dei-2013-01-31.xsd"/>
  <import namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/exch/2013-01-31" schemaLocation="http://xbrl.sec.gov/exch/2013/exch-2013-01-31.xsd"/>
  <import namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/invest/2013-01-31" schemaLocation="http://xbrl.sec.gov/invest/2013/invest-2013-01-31.xsd"/>
  <import namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/stpr/2011-01-31" schemaLocation="http://xbrl.sec.gov/stpr/2011/stpr-2011-01-31.xsd"/>
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  <element name="DispositionFeeNotToExceedPercentageOfSalePrice" id="irt_DispositionFeeNotToExceedPercentageOfSalePrice" type="num:percentItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/>
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