START OF PAGE: 253 NOTICE OF ACCELERATION AND NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Assert and protect your rights as a member of the armed forces of the United States. If you are or your spouse is senring on active military duty, including active military duty as a member of the Texas National Guard 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 duty military service to the sender of this notice immediately. DEED OF TRUST INFORMATION: Date: September 6, 2006 Grantor(s): JAMES CEASER AND PATRICIA A. CEASER, HUSBAND AND WIFE Original Mortgagee: Original Principal: HIGHLAND CAPITAL LENDING INC. $156,750.00 Recording 2006114989 Information: Property County: Fort Bend ... iflLED FOR R~~J>t~ NO_ TIME !II'-'"' JUN 11 2028 I ~~ County Clerk Fort Bend Co. Texas Property: LOT THIRTY-ONE (31), IN BLOCK EIGHT (8), OF STAFFORD RUN, SECTION TWO (2), A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED UNDER SLIDE NO. 605/A, OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. Property Address: 2006 Westwood Drive Stafford, TX 77477 MORTGAGE SERVICING INFORMATION: The Mortgage Servicer, if not the Current Mortgagee, is representing the Current Mortgagee pursuant to a Mortgage Servicing Agreement. Current Mortgagee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007- FXDl Mortgage Servicer: Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Mortgage Servicer 75 Beattie Place Address: Greenville, SC 29601 SALE INFORMATION: Date of Sale: July 7, 2026 / Tune of Sale: 1:00 PM or within three hours thereafter. Place of Sale: Gus George Academy, 1521 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond, TX 77469 or; if the preceding area is no longer the designated area, at the area most recently designated by the County Commissioner's Court Substitute Trustee: Substitute Trustee Address: Auction.com, LLC, and Padgett Law Group, any to act 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake, TX 76092 PLG File Number: 25-000840-1 1 START OF PAGE: 254 APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE: THIS INSTRUMENT APPOINTS THE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE(S) IDENTIFIED TO SELL THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIED IN THIS NOTICE OF SALE THE PERSON SIGNING THIS NOTICE IS THE AITORNEY OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE MORTGAGEE OR MORTGAGE SERVICER. The undersigned is the attorney for the mortgagee and/or mortgage servicer, and in such capacity does hereby remove the original trustee and all successor substitute trustees under the above-described Deed of Trust and appoints in their place, any to act, those substitute trustees identified in the SALE INFORMATION section of this notice, whose address is do Padgett Law Group, 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake, TX 76092 as Substitute Trustee, who shall hereafter exercise all powers and duties to set aside the said original trustee under said Deed of Trust, and further does hereby request, authorize, and instruct said Substitute Trustees to conduct and direct the execution of remedies set aside to the beneficiary therein. WHEREAS, the above-named Grantor(s) previously conveyed the above-described property in trust to secure payment of the Note set forth in the above-described Deed of Trust; and WHEREAS, a default under the Note and Deed of Trust was declared, such default was reported to not have been cured, and all sums secured by such Deed of Trust are declared immediately due and payable. WHEREAS, the original Trustee and any previously appointed Substitute Trustee under said Deed of Trust has been hereby removed and the herein described Substitute Trustees, have been appointed as Substitute Trustees and authorized by the Mortgage Seivicer to enforce the power of sale granted in the Deed of Trust; and WHEREAS, the undersigned law firm has been requested to provide these notices on behalf of the Current Mortgagee, Mortgage Servicer and Substitute Trustees; NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the foregoing matters and that: 1. The marurity of the Note is hereby accelerated, and all sums secured by the Deed of Trust are declared to be immediately due and payable. 2. The herein appointed Substitute Trustees, any to act, as Substitute Trustee will sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash on the date, at the place, and no earlier than the time set forth above in the Sale Information section of this notice. The sale will begin within three hours after that time. 3. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN"), a bureau of the U.S. Department of '.lreasury, now requires the collection, certification and reporting of certain information relating to non-financed transfers of real property to legal entities and/or trusts, which such information the successful bidder(s) shall be expected to provide to the auctioneer at the time of the subject sale. Interested bidders with questions regarding the necessary information to be provided are hereby directed, generally, to FinCEN's website and, more specifically to the FinCEN Real Estate Report located in the forms bank thereof. 4. This sale shall be subject to any legal impediments to the sale of the Property to any exceptions referenced in the Deed of Trust or appearing of record to the extent the same are still in effect and shall not cover any property that has been released from the lien imposed by the Deed of Trust. 5. No warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for the particular purpose shall be conveyed at the sale, save and except the Grantor's warranties specifically authorized by the Granter in the Deed of Trust. The property shall be sold "AS-IS", purchaser's will buy the property "at the purchaser's own risk" and "at his peril" and no representation is made concerning the quality or nature of title to be acquired. Purchasers will receive whatever interest Granter and Grantor's assigns have in the property, subject to any liens or interest of any kind that may survive the sale. Interested persons are encouraged to consult counsel of their choice prior to participating in the sale of the property. PLG File Number: 25-000840-1 2 START OF PAGE: 255 .. 6. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the funds paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee's Attorney, or the duly appointed Substitute Trustee. PJtAUIJ- Padgett Law Group, LLC CERTIFICATE OF POSTING My name is Jeff Leva and my address is c/o Padgett Law Group, 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake, TX 76092. I declare under penalty of perjury that on 06/11/2026 I filed at the office of the Fort Bend County Clerk to be posted at the Fort Bend County courthouse this notice of sale. Declarant's Name: ____ J_eff..:....L::..:e:....:.va.;;;.._ _____ _ Date: 06/11/2026 Padgett Law Group 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake, TX 76092 (850) 422-2520 WITNESS MY HAND this ___ day of ________ _. __ ___, PLG File Number: 25-000840-1 3