START OF PAGE: 6 nOcH o003 POSTED 07/13/2026 122204 Preston Kolt: NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE —L- BRANDON STEINMANN, COUNTY CLERK MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS Deed of Trust Date: Grantor(s)/Mortgagor(s): 9/13/2023 KENDRA LEMELLE BLAKE JOINED HEREIN PRO FORMA BY MY SPOUSE, JASON GOFF Original Beneficiary/Mortgagee: Current Beneficiary/Mortgagee: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRA FION SYSTEMS. INC. PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES. LLC (“MERS”) SOLELY AS A NOMINEE FOR NATIONS RELIABLE LENDING, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Recorded in: Property County: Volume: N/A MONTGOMERY Page: N/A Instrument No: 2023088511 Mortgage Servicer: PennyMac Loan Services. 1.LC is representing the Current Beneficiary/Mortgagee under a servicing agreement with the Current Beneficiary/Mortgagee. Date of Sale:_10/6/2026 Earliest Time Sale Will Begin: 10:00 AM Place of Sale of Property: MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURTHOUSE STEPS AT 301 N, MAIN. IN CONROE, TEXAS: OR AS DESIGNATED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE OR IN THE AREA DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. PURSUANT TO SECTION 51.002 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE. Mortgage Servicer’s Address: 6101 Condor Drive, Moorpark. CA 93021 Legal Description: LOT 18, BLOCK 3. OF TAVOLA SECTION 23, A SUBDIVISION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN CABINEF Z. SHEET 7385, MAP RECORDS MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS In accordance with TEX. PROP. CODE §51.0076 and the Deed of Trust referenced above, the undersigned as attorney for Mortgagee or Mortgage Servicer does hereby remove the original Trustee and all successor substitute trustees and appoints in their stead, Xome Inc. Tejas Corporate Services, LLC, NFPDS-TX LUC, Patricia Poston, Chris Poston or Amar Sood. Cole Patton, Myra Homayoun, Thuy Frazier, McCarthy & Holthus. LIP, as Substitute Trustee. who shall hercafter exercise all powers and duties set aside to the said original Trustee under there said Deed of Trust: and, further, does hereby request, authorize, and instruct said Substitute Trustee to conduct and direct the execution of remedies set aside to the beneficiary thereitt The Substitute Trustee will sell the property by public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the place and date specified. The sale will begin at the earliest time stated above or within three (3) hours after that tme The Property will be sold “AS IS.” without any express or implied warranties, except as to warranties of title, and at the purchaser's own risk, pursuant to the terms of Tex. PROP. CODE §51.002 and §51.009. Prospective bidders are advised to conduct an independent investigation of the nature and physical condition of the Property. Substitute Trustee reserves the right to set further reasonable conditions for conducting the public auction. Any such further conditions shall be announced before bidding 1s opened for the first sale of the day held by Substitute Trustee THIS INSTRUMENT APP ‘S THE SUBSTITUTE TRUS! (S) IDENTIFIED TO SELL THE PROPERTY DES BED 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. NOTICE PURSUANT TO TEX. PROP. CODE § 51.002(1): ASSERT AND PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS AS MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, IF YOU OR YOUR SPOUSE ARE SERVING ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY, INCLUDING ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY AS A 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 DUTY MILITARY SERVICE TO THE SENDER OF THIS NOTICE IMMEDIATELY. ’ Dated: 7/10/2026 Dated July 13, 2026 Chris Poston Printed Name Thuy Frazier, Attomey Substitute Trustee McCarthy & Holthus, LLP c/o Xome 1255 West 15th Street, Suite 1060. 1255 West 15th Street. Suite 1060 Plano, TX 75075 Plano. TX 75075 Attorneys for PennyMac Loan Services, LLC hips sales. meuarthy buithus cam: MH File Number; TX-26-127529-POS Loan Type: FHA