T.S. #: 2025-1773 1-TX (UTS 24457 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 PERS LLC, Auction.com, LLC, Xome Inc., Tejas Corporate Services, LLC, NFPDS-TX LLC, Age A Abstracts/Trustees of Texas, LLC, Resolve Trustee Services, LLC, or any one of them, c/g-N Otior's, LLC, 214 5" Street, Suite 205, Huntington Beach, California 92648, as Substitute Trustee, to hereafferyexe all Jsowers and duties conferred upon the original trustee under the Deed of Trust, and further authorizes irefts HitutoPrustee to conduct and execute the remedies provided to the beneficiary therein. 1. Date, Time, and Place of Sale. Date: 9/1/2026 Time: The earliest time the sale will begin is 10:00 / Place: Tarrant County Courthouse, Texas, at the foHoww Worth, TX 76102 AT THE BASE OF THE OwKWithin three (3) hours after that time. CcOf \RY RIDGE ADDITION, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF B/OR/PLAT RECORDS, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS. , recorded on 1/3/2022 under County Clerk’s File No D222001958, in Book odified by Loan Modification recorded as Instrument D223 106786 and recorded 6f Tarrant County, Texas. AMANDA WATKINS and MICHAEL WATKINS, WIFE AND HUSBAND Black, Mann & Graham, L.L.P. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Freedom Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns Freedom Mortgage Corporation Freedom Mortgage Corporation  P226014044 Page 2 of 2 v TLS. #: 2025-1773 1-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 covexed transfers. Additional information regarding these regulations and the required transferee information and certifications can Re found at https://www.fincen.gov/rre-faqs#D_5 or _ https:/Awww.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/29/2024- laundering-regulations-for-residential-real-estate-transfers. order of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.. as Beneficiary, as nominee for successors and assigns: (2) all renewals and extensions of the note: and (3) any gat? Trustor(s) to the current holder of the Obligations, secured by the Deed of T indebtedness, and the same is now wholly due and payable. The owner and Substitute Trustee sell the Property to satisfy the indebtedness. 7. Mortgage Servicer Information. The Mortgage Servicer is autQoriged to repre agreement with the Mortgagee. Pursuant to the Servicing Agreement and Te is authorized to collect the debt and administer any resulting foregtosyre be lien securing the Property referenced above. Freedom Mortgage Corporation as Mortgage Servicer, St 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 2S So. orces of the United States. If you are or your spouse is serving on active military duty, including a Zan> miftarda as a member of the Texas National Guard or the National Guard of another state or as a member of a reserve Com onent of the armed forces of the United States, please send written notice of the active-duty military sQmwice to the sender of this notice immediately. NESTOR SOLUTIONS, LLC, as attorney-in-fact for FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION By: Christopher K. Baxter Senior Vice President Texas Bar No. 90001747 214 5th 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