Doc# 20261100165 09/24/2026 04:21 PM Page 1 of 3 Lucy Adame-Clark, Bexar County Clerk NOTICE OF ACCELE IN AND Ni E 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 serving 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 sendex of this notice immediately. DEED OF TRUST INFORMATION: QUAN AER AY #UG~-8@-2026~20261100165* Date: March 4, 2026 Grantor(s): CYNTHIA DENISE KNUFFKE AND MICHAEL R. KNUFFKE, WIFE AND HUSBAND Original MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS Mortgagee: NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN FINANCIAL NETWORK INC DBA: ORION LENDING, its successors and assigns Original Principal: $162,800.00 Recording 20260043185 Information: Property County: Bexar Property: LOT 23 AND THE EAST 19 FEET OF LOT 22, BLOCK 1, NEW CITY BLOCK 2883, C. GARCIA’S SUBDIVISION, IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 642, PAGE 259, DEED AND PLAT RECORDS, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS. Property Address: 2014 Montezuma Street San Antonio, TX 78207 MORTGAGE SERVICING INFORMATION: The Mortgage Servicer, if not the Current Mortgagee, is representing the Current Mortgagee pursuant to a Mortgage Servicing Agreement. Current Mortgagee: American Financial Network, Inc. Mortgage Servicer: Servbank, N.A. Mortgage Servicer 3138 E. Elwood Street Address: Phoenix, AZ 85034 ALE INE TION: Date of Sale: December 1, 2026 Time of Sale: 10:00 AM or within three hours thereafter. Place of Sale: Bexar County Courthouse, 100 Dolorosa, San Antonio TX 78205 or, if the preceding area is no longer the designated area, at the area most recently designated by the County Commissioner’s Court. Substitute Auction.com, LLC, and Padgett Law Group, any to act Trustee: PLG File Number: 26-019171-1 1 Doc# 20261100165 09/24/2026 04:21 PM Page 2 of 3 Lucy Adame-Clark, Bexar County Clerk Substitute Trustee 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake, TX 76092 Address: APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE: Ss APP TRUSTEE IDE TO § PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIED IN THIS NOTICE OF SALE ERSON_SIGNIN NOTICE IS ATTO R_ AUTHORIZED AGENT OF 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 c/o 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 Servicer 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 maturity 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 Treasury, 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 Grantor 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 Grantor 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 PLG File Number: 26-019171-1 2 Doc# 20261100165 09/24/2026 04:21 PM Page 3 of 3 Lucy Adame-Clark, Bexar County Clerk encouraged to consult counsel of their choice prior to participating in the sale of the property. 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, Pawo the Mortgagee’s Attorney, or the duly appointed Substitute Trustee. Padgett Law Group, LLC My name is and my address is c/o Padgett Law FOB 6 Silicon Dr., Suife 103, Southlake, TX 76092.\J declare under penalty of perjury that on 4 ~XY ~-~e 1 filed at the County Clerk to be posted at the Bexar County courthouse this notice of sale. Declarant’s Name: Date: F- LY -2Z C Padgett Law Group 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake, TX 76092 (850) 422-2520 “ton ay of Spe nlo 2026 FILE INFORMATION Document Number: 20261100165 Date/Time: 9/24/2026 4:21:10 PM FILED Weve THE OFFICIAL PUB RECORDS OF BEXAR COUNTY LUCY ADAME ~ CLARK BEXAR COUNTY CLERK Total Fees: $2.00 WITNE PLG File Number: 26-019171-1 3