START OF PAGE: 282 DOCH O125 FOSTED 09/06/2026 01:20F4 Aallee Hanson L. BRANDON STEINMANN, COUNTY CLERK MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS T.S. #: 2025-14946-TX APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE and NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE 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, The undersigned, in accordance with Texas Property Code §51.0076, as attorney-in-fact for the Mortgagee or Mortgage Servicer, hereby removes the original trustee and any and all successor substitute trustees, and appoints in their stead: Nestor Solutions, LLC, Auction.com, LLC, Xome Inc., Tejas Corporate Services, LLC, NFPDS-TX LLC, Agency Sales and Posting LLC, Abstracts/Trustees of Texas, LLC, Resolve Trustee Services, LLC, or any one of them, c/o Nestor Solutions, LLC, 214 5% Street, Suite 205, Huntington Beach, California 92648, as Substitute Trustee, to hereafter exercise all powers and duties conferred upon the original trustee under the Deed of Trust, and further authorizes and directs the Substitute Trustee to conduct and execute the remedies provided to the beneficiary therein. 1. Date, Time, and Place of Sale. Date: 10/6/2026 Time: The earliest time the sale will begin is 10:00 AM, or within three (3) hours after that time. Place: Montgomery County Courthouse, Texas, at the following location: 301 N. Main, Conroe, TX 77301, MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURTHOUSE STEPS AT 301 N. MAIN, IN CONROE, TEXAS; OR AS DESIGNATED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, or if the preceding area is no longer the designated area, at the area most recently designated by the County Commissioners Court. 2. Property To Be Sold. SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT 'A' Commonly known as: 303 S PINE CIR PINEHURST, TX 77362 3. Instrument to be Foreclosed. The instrument to be foreclosed is the Deed of Trust dated 5/15/2020 and recorded in the office of the County Clerk of Montgomery County, Texas, recorded on 5/18/2020 under County Clerk’s File No 2020047038, in Book -- and Page -- in the Real Property Records of Montgomery County, Texas. Grantor(s): WILLIAM F. BROWN AND RACHEL Y. BROWN, HUSBAND AND WIFE Original Trustee: MICHAEL BURNS Original Mortgagee: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for CMG MORTGAGE, INC. DBA CMG FINANCIAL, its successors and assigns Current Mortgagee: Freedom Mortgage Corporation Mortgage Servicer: Freedom Mortgage Corporation  START OF PAGE: 283 T.S. #: 2025-14946-TX 4. Terms of Sale. The sale will be conducted as a public auction to the highest bidder for cash, subject to the provisions of the Deed of Trust permitting the Mortgagee thereunder to have the bid credited to the note up to the amount of the unpaid debt secured by the Deed of Trust at the time of sale. Pursuant to §51.009 of the Texas Property Code, the property will be sold in “AS IS, 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. 5. Notice Regarding Federal Reporting Requirements. Please be advised that the highest bidder (“purchaser”) at this trustee’s sale may be required to provide information, documentation and/or certification as mandated by applicable federal law, and entity and trust purchasers should be prepared to provide beneficial ownership information as may be required by federal reporting requirements effective for transfers of residential real property to covered transferees on or after 3/1/2026. If applicable, the required information must be provided to the trustee before a trustee’s deed will be issued for covered transfers. Additional information regarding these regulations and the required transferee information and certifications can be found at https://www.fincen.gov/rre-faqs#D_5 or https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/29/2024-19198/anti-money- laundering-regulations-for-residential-real-estate-transfers. 6. Obligations Secured. The Deed of Trust provides that it secures the payment of the indebtedness and obligations described therein (collectively, the “Obligations”), including, but not limited to: (1) the promissory note in the original principal amount of $269,037.00, executed by WILLIAM F. BROWN AND RACHEL Y. BROWN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, and payable to the order of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for CMG MORTGAGE, INC. DBA CMG FINANCIAL, its successors and assigns; (2) all renewals and extensions of the note; and (3) any and all present and future indebtedness of the Trustor(s) to the current holder of the Obligations, secured by the Deed of Trust. Default has occurred in the payment of the indebtedness, and the same is now wholly due and payable. The owner and holder of the Obligations has requested that the Substitute Trustee sell the Property to satisfy the indebtedness. 7. Mortgage Servicer Information. 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 administer any resulting foreclosure of the lien securing the Property referenced above. Freedom Mortgage Corporation as Mortgage Servicer, represents the current mortgagee, whose address is: c/o Freedom Mortgage Corporation 11988 EXIT 5 PKWY BLDG 4 FISHERS IN 46037-7939 Phone: (855) 690-5900 Assert and protect your rights as a member of the armed forces of the United States. If you are or your spouse is servin: 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. NESTOR SOLUTIONS, LLC, as attorney-in-fact for FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION By: Dated: 9/3/2026 Christopher K. Baxter Senior Vice President Texas Bar No. 90001747 214 Sth Street, Suite 205 Huntington Beach, California 92648 Phone: (888) 403-4115 Fax: (888) 345-5501 For sale information visit: https://www.xome.com or Contact (800) 758-8052  START OF PAGE: 284 EXHIBIT "A” LEGAL DESCRIPTION File No.: 2027170 All that certain tract or parcel of land in the Buckman Canfield Survey, Abstract 120, Montgomery County, Texas, containing 1.0791 acres and being part of Tracts 13 and 14 of Pinehurst Visage, an unrecorded subdivision of 58.47 acres as recorded in Volume 846, Page 681 of the Deed Records of Montgomery County, Texas; said 1.0791 acres being further described as follows: BEGINNING at 2 metal post found at the most Easterty comer of said 58.47 acres and of sald Tract 14; THENCE, South 49° 24' 60° West (called South 50° 14° 32° West), along 8 Southeasterty line of sald Pinehurst Vilage, st 270.02 feet passing a 1/2* iron rod found for the Southeasterly common comer of Tracts 13 and 14 and continuing for a total of 306.24 feet to a fence comer post at the most Southerly comer of the herein described tract; THENCE, North 42° 66° 51° West, crossing Tract 13, st 157.29 feet passing a fence comer and continuing for a total of 187.57 feet to a point for comer in the center of a 60 foot wide road easement known a8 South Pine Circie; THENCE, North 45° 52° 00° East, along the center line of South Pine Circle, at 33.05 feet passing the Northwesterly common comer of Tracts 13 and 14 and continuing for a total of 63.71 feet to & point for comer, THENCE, North 59° 39° 27° West, 14.41 feet (called North 59° 41° 17" West, 15.00 feet) to a point for the Westerly common comer of Tract 14 and Tract 16, as recorded under Montgomery County Clerk's File No. 9710231; THENCE, North 72° 02' 58° East, 166.24 feet (called North 71° 43° 09° East, 165.65 feet) along the common fine of Tracts 14 and 16 to a point for comer at a fence on the Southwesterly line of a 0.057 acre water weil site as recorded under Monigomery County Clerk's File No. 9767430, THENCE, South 59° 39° 27" East, 25.00 feet to a fence corner post at the Southerly comer of said 0.057 acre tract, THENCE, North 30° 20 33” East, 50.00 feet to a fence corner post at the Easterly comer of said 0.057 acre tract, lying on the Northeasterly line of said Pinehurst Village: THENCE, South 50° 39 27° East, 141.46 feet (called South 69° 41 17° East, 131.46 feet) along the Nottheasterty line of Pinehurst Vitage to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 1.0791 acres of land, more or less. T.S. #: 2025-14946-TX