C&M No. 44-26-00387/ FILE NOS NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE AND APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE 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 sender of this notice immediately. Sender is: Codilis & Moody, P.C., 20405 State Highway 249, Suite 170, Houston, TX 77070 INSTRUMENT BEING FORECLOSED AND MORTGAGE SERVICER INFORMATION Deed of Trust dated October 30, 2024 and recorded under Vol. 8733, Page 465, or Clerk's File No. 2024-0034309, in the real property records of Kaufman County Texas, with Otis M Kent Jr, an unmarried man as Grantor(s) and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Ease Mortgage, its successors and assigns as Original Mortgagee. Deed of Trust executed by Otis M Kent Jr, an unmarried man securing payment of the indebtedness in the original principal amount of $609,600.00 and obligation therein described including but not limited to the promissory note and all modifications, renewal and extensions of the promissory note (the “Note”) executed by Otis M Kent Jr. United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC is the current mortgagee (the “Mortgagee”) of the Note and Deed of Trust or Contract Lien. The Mortgage Servicer is authorized to represent the Mortgagee by virtue of a servicing agreement with the Mortgagee. Pursuant to the Servicing Agreement and Texas Property Code 51.0025, the Mortgage Servicer is authorized to collect the debt and to administer any resulting foreclosure of the property securing the above teferenced loan. Cenlar FSB is acting as the Mortgage Servicer for the Mortgagee. Cenlar FSB, is representing the Mortgagee, whose address is: 1000 Technology Drive, O'Fallon, MO 63368. Legal Description: LOT 70, OAK VIEW ACRES, PHASE FOUR, A PRIVATE ROAD SUBDIVISION IN KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN CABINET 3, PAGE 238, PLAT RECORDS, KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF FOR ALL PURPOSES SALE INFORMATION Date of Sale: 04/07/2026 ] Earliest Time Sale Will Begin: 10:00 AM Location of Sale: The place of the sale shall be: Kaufman County Courthouse, Texas at the following location: On the front steps of the Kaufman County Courthouse, or if the preceding area is no longer the designated area, at the area most recently designated by the County Commissioner's Court TERMS OF SALE A default has occurred in the payment of said herein referenced indebtedness, and the same is now wholly due, and the Mortgagee and/or Mortgage Servicer has requested the hereinafter appointed Substitute Trustee to sell said property to the highest bidder for cash and to distribute or apply the proceeds of said sale in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust. The Sale will be conducted as a public auction 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. Pursuant to the Deed of Trust, the mortgagee has the right to direct the Trustee to sell the property in one or more parcels and/or to sell all or only part of the property. Pursuant to Section 51.009 of the Texas Property Code, the Property will be sold in “AS IS,” 44-26-00387 WO tl il ti il Wh Reniuite 4866027 “WHERE IS” condition, without any express or implied warranties, except as to the warranties of title, if any, provided for under the Deed of Trust. The sale will begin at the earliest time stated above, or within three (3) hours after that time. If the sale is sct aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a retum of the funds paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney, 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 ATTORNEY OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE MORTGAGEE OR MORTGAGE SERVICER. WHEREAS, in my capacity as attorney for the Mortgagee and/or Its Mortgage Servicer, and pursuant to Section 51.0076 of the Texas Property Code, ] HEREBY APPOINT AND DESIGNATE Jeff Benton, Brandy Bacon, Jack Beckman, Brenda Wiggs, Guy Wiggs, David Stockman, Donna Stockman, Janet Pinder, Brandy Bacon, Michelle Schwartz, Jamie Dworsky, Angela Brown, Auction.com, LLC, or Codilis & Moody, P.C., as Substitute Trustee. The address for the Substitute Trustee for purposes of Section 51.0075(e) of the Texas Property Code is: Codilis & Moody, P.C. 20405 State Highway 249, Suite 170 Houston, TX 77070 (281) 925-5200 Executed on 02/11/2026. /s/ Danya F. Gladney SBOT No. 24059786, Attorney at Law Codilis & Moody, P.C. 20405 State Highway 249, Suite 170 Houston, TX 77070 (281) 925-5200 (Cowna Stodoman Posted and filed by: Printed Name: _ Donna Stockman C&M No. 44-26-00387 LEGAL DESCRIPTION THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF KAUFMAN, STATE OF TEXAS, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED ‘WIT: PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY OF KAUFMAN, STATE OF TEXAS, TO- LOT 70. OAK VIEW ACRES, PHASE FOUR, A PRIVATE ROAD SUBDIVISION IN KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN CABINET 3, PAGE 238, PLAT RECORDS, KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS. TITLE YO. THE ABOVE REFERENCED PROPERTY CONVEYED TO OTIS M, KENT, JR., AN UNMARRIED MAN FROM TODD A. CLARK AND HEATHER CLARK, ACTING HEEIN BY AND THROUGH MY AGENT TOOD A. CLARK, MARRIED COUPLE AND RECORDED ON APRIL BOOK . PAGE. 0.2809.0000.0070.00.01.00 Commonty Known as: 2253 riverside Drive, Kaufman, TX 75142 Parcel ID: $, 2023 IN savy Gaus ZO g Wy 21 6339202 4