NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE AND APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Date: July 8, 2026 Deed of Trust ("Deed of Deed of Trust dated January 24, 2024 and recorded on January 24, 2024 at Trust"): Docuiment No D224012795 in the Real Property Records of Tarrant County, Texas. Grantor: ° Heartland Home Builders LLC Mortgagee: Ciera Bank Property for which this Lot 35A, Block 9, of THOMAS CROSSING ADDITI¢ Notice of Foreclosure sale Addition to the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texa§ is given (the “Property”) thereof recorded in/under cc# D223176663 Plat Re Texas. Secures: Promissory Note ("Note") in the opi p executed by Grantor and payable Morfagee, and all other indebtedness described in the Deed Modification & Extension Most recently extended b Document No. D22605 as used herein the terms “ Deed of Trust as so mod# THIS INSTRUMENT APPOINTS THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN NOTICE OF SALE THE PERSON. B TRUSTEE(S) IDENTIFIED TO SELL f INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIED IN THIS ‘exas Property Code Section 51.0076 and the Deed of Trust abeve, Mortgagee as the owner and holder of the Note appoints the as Substitute Trustee(s): Martin Noto, James Charles Powell, and/or FILED JUL 09 2026 Tuesday, August 4, 2026 COUNTY CLERK, TARRANT CO,, TEXAS The sale of the Property (“Forec Will take place between the hours of 10:00. a.m. and 1:00 p.m. local time for Tarrant County, Texas; the earliest time at which the Foreclosure Sale will begin is 10:00 a.m. and no later than three hours after that time. Place of Sale: The base of the courthouse steps on the west side of the Tarrant County Courthouse building located at 100: West Weatherford Street in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, being the area designated by the County Commissioners Court; or as designated by the County Commissioner’s Court. P226013914 Terms of Sale: - The Substitute Trustee will conduct the Foreclosure Sale as a public auction and the Property will be sold AS-IS without any express or implied warranties, except as to warranties of title, and will be acquired by the purchaser at their own risk, to the highest bidder for cash, except that Mortgagee’s bid may be by credit against the indebtedness secured by the lien of the Deed of Trust. In accordance with Texas Property Code Section 51.0075, the substitute trustee reserves the right to set additional reasonable conditions for conducting the sale and will announce the conditions before bidding is opened for the first sale of the day held by the substitute trustee. Default has occurred under the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust described above. Be that default, Mortgagee, the owner and holder of the Note, has requested that the Substitute J Section 9.604(a) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code. Therefore, notice is given that on and at the Date, Time al Substitute Trustee identified above, and either of them acting individt ASSERT AND PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS AS A ME UNITED STATES. IF YOU ARE OR YOUR SPO DUTY, INCLUDING AS A MEMBER OF THE T GUARD OF ANOTHER STATE OR AS Ny ENT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, PLEASE OTICE OF THE ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY SERVICE TO THE SENDER O ‘CE IMMEDIATELY. O SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE: La. GUARD OR THE NATIONAL ATTORNEY FOR MORTG. DeSiree L. Strong State Bar No. 240 FILED JUL 09 2026 COUNTY CLERK TARRANT CO. TES This instrument was acknowledged before me on July &. 2026, by Martin Noto, as Substitute Trustee, who acknowledged to me that he executed same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in the capacity therein stated. NOTARY PUBLIC, State of Texas Julie Marie Hendon My Commission Expires y 02/47/2030 Notary 10133595199 Page 2 of 2