TENESHIA HUDSPETH, COUNTY CLERK, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS FRCL-2026-6939 32:13 AM FILED 9/17/2026 8 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE Grantor(s)/Mortgagor(s) ELVIS PADILLA, SINGLE MAN Current Beneficiary/Mortgagee Wells Fargo Bank, N A Deed of Trust Date 9128/2018 Original Beneficrary/Mortgagee MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC (“MERS”) SOLELY AS A NOMINEE FOR ARK-LA-TEX FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC DBA BENCHMARK MORTGAGE, ITS SUCCESSORS Property County HARRIS Mortgage Servicer’s Address 1000 Blue Gentran Rd, Eagan , MN 55121 Earliest Time Sale Wsll Begin 10 00 AM ef Propg oo ont City Event Center, Magnolia South Ballroom, 9401 Knight Road, Houston TX 77045 OR IN THE AREA B AM 1s representing the Current Benefictary/Mortgagee nt with the Current Benefictary/Mortgagee IONER'S COURT, PURSUANT TO SECTION 51 002 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE LOCK ONE (1) OF IMPERIAL TRACE SEC 5, AN ADDITION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING Legal Desenption LO’ ER FILM CODE NO 680573 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS TO THE MAP OR PLA’ and the Deed of Trust referenced above, the undersigned as attorney for Mortgagee or Mortgage Servicer does hereby es and appoints in their stead, Auction com, LLC, Patricia Poston, Chns Poston, Amar Sood, Sandy , Thuy Frazier, McCarthy & Holthus, LLP, as Substitute Trustee, who shall hereafter exercise all said Deed of Trust, and, further, does hereby request, authorize, and instruct said Substitute Trustee therein In accordance with Tex PROP CODE temove the original Trustee and al Dasigenis, Jeff Leva or Steve Leva, Cole Patton, Myra powers and duties set aside to the said original Trustee to conduct and direct the execution of remedies set as! The Substitute Trustee will sell the property by pi stated above or within three (3) hours after that time The Property will be sold “AS IS,” without any express or tm} Tex Prop Cope §51 002 and §51 009 Prospective bidders are Subststute Trustee reserves the night to set further reasonable conditi bidding ts opened for the first sale of the day held by Substitute Trustee THIS INSTRUMENT APPOINTS THE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE(S) ID! INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIED IN THIS NOTICE OF SALE THE PERSON SIGN. (CE IS THE ATTORNEY OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE MORTGAGEE OR MORTGAGE SERVICER NOTICE PURSUANT TO TEX PROP CODE § 51 002(1) ASSERT AND PROTECT Y¥' RIGHTS AS MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES IF YOU OR YOUR SPOUSE ARE SERVING ON ACTIVE MILIT. MEMBER OF THE TEXAS NATIONAL OR THE NATIONAL GUARD OF ANOTHER STATE’ OR AS A MEMBER OF A RESERVE COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, PLEASE SEND WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE ACTIVE DULY; MILITARY SERVICE TO THE SENDER OF THIS NOTICE IMMEDIATELY Dated_9/16/2026. Thuy Frazier, Attomey § Tustee 4 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP c/o Auction com 1255 West 15th Street, Suite 1060 1255 West 15th Street, Suite 1060 Plano, TX 75075 Plano, TX 75075 Attorneys for Wells Fargo Bank, N A a wholthus com/ \ MH File Number TX-26-132871-POS Loan Type FHA